Soupy Sales was an iconic figure here in Detroit before moving on to New York, he passed on yesterday at the age of 83. The comedian from the golden age of television who built his career on 20,000 pies to the face "I'll probably be remembered for the pies, and that's all right," Sales once said in an interview.
In 1964, the comedian secured his legacy with the debut of his children program “The Soupy Sales Show”, a show grown-ups could appreciate too and I remember watching.
Soupy Sales was once suspended for a week after he told his audience to mail him all the pieces of green paper in their mothers’ purses.