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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    I have watched the Fairy Tale segments with Pookie the Lion over and over on YouTube.

    He was great.

    He lived in Murray Hill and I would occasionally see him out and about but that was like 10 years ago. I think he didn't go out in the later years. #soupysales
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    I am way too young for Soupy, but my father had a best of VHS. He literally forced me to sit down and watch the whole thing.

    Hesitant at first, by the end I was entranced. White Fang and Black Tooth are surely devastated right now. #soupysales
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    kind of the original hipster. it's completely post modern. the fourth wall is broken, to hilarious effect. also, very jewish in an old school way u don't see so much any more #soupysales
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    If Soupy is the godfather of pie-throwing, what ancestral names would you use for the silent movie pie throwers (like Buster Keaton)?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    @eb11x008: older #soupysales
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    Image of TableNein TableNein
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    #andnowhesdead #soupysales
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    kids, go reach into your parents' wallets and take those green rectangle pieces of paper with the numbers in the corners and send them to soupy #soupysales
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/23/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: And I read this morning that early SNL once did an homage where they asked kids to send them their parents weed. Ha!
    So everyone, DO THE MOUSE!
    (starts about 3:20) #soupysales
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: do the mouse! #soupysales
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    Funny, I've been seeing him all week on the Pyramid. GSN is where we will probably see the first (and the most) tributes.

    RIP to a true original. #soupysales
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    I think Ihear the theme from The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Must be time for Wonderama. Was a cure for muscular dystrophy ever get found? #soupysales
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    Fingleheimer, fingleheimer, fingle-dingle-heimer.

    The more you fingle, the less you heimer.

    The more you heimer, the less you fingle.

    Maybe it was "Jingleheimer." I can't believe there's no video on the web.
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    Image of sweetpiece sweetpiece
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    Oh weep! He made me laugh.
    RIP Soupy! #soupysales
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    At about the 2:20 mark there is a version of the clip with the stripper that shows us, via an isolated off-air camera, exactly what Soupy was seeing. Definitely NSFW. #soupysales
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    Image of sweetpiece sweetpiece
    10/23/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Thank you for posting these clips. Man, that takes me back. He was so genuine. #soupysales
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    Image of BaldwinPeriphetes BaldwinPeriphetes
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    Will forever be remembered for telling a legion of kids to send him bits of green paper from their parents' wallets (whether or not it actually happened). RIP.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/23/09

    @BaldwinPeriphetes: It happened. #soupysales
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    This is ineffably sad for a New York boomer. Soupy was an inextricable part of the warp and woof of our childhood: he was warped, and the woof was supplied by White Fang ("the meanest dog in the world") and Black Tooth ("the sweetest dog in the world"). And he wasn't just about pies. He was about ancient vaudeville and burlesque schtick that was hilarious to kids but that also contained stuff that zoomed at jet speed over our heads and right at our parents. He was about telling us to send him the little pieces of paper in with pictures of Washington and Lincoln from Daddy's wallet and he would send us a postcard from Puerto Rico. He was about his goofy novelty dance hit "The Mouse" and his wonderfully named private detective character Philo Kvetch. When my age was in the single digits, he was about the funniest man on television. Soupy, when you open the pearly gates, I hope there's a stripper waiting for you. #soupysales
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    Image of AuntieFreeze AuntieFreeze
    10/23/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Well said. He was a treasure. I'm actually tearing up as I write this. A part of our childhoods has died, also. Rest well, Soupy. #soupysales
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Sonny Fox, too #soupysales
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/23/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: And Sandy Becker. #soupysales
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    10/23/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: i totally had a crush on sandy becker #soupysales
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    10/23/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: with those little crazy dolls that sang Leader of the Pack? #soupysales
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/23/09

    @BxgrlJeri: yes! also, my star, i have lost it #soupysales
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    He was edgy before edgy was even a word. Dumb name, intelligent act. #soupysales
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    10/23/09

    In reply to Soupy Sales Dead at 83
    R.I.P. Soupy. I’d pay money to watch this nightly instead of watching Jay Leno chewing up 5 hours per week of primetime airtime.

    We live with better tech and are more "savvy" but somehow all late night talk shows are boring white guys in suits pushing whatever publicists send their way.

    HDTV is just letting us watch the crap clearer. It was more fun when it was blurry. #soupysales
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