It’s a contextual biography, examining Sales’ accomplishments within the “domestic ideology” and gender politics of the time and digging into the roots of his schtick, as well as his acumen for ...
The pie in the face as a comedy punch line was invented ages ago, probably about 10 minutes after the first pie. But whenever Soupy Sales was on the receiving end of a custard cannon–which was ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “It”s been pretty wild,” says legendary comedian Soupy Sales of his career. It certainly has.
From the cluttered studio of Detroit’s station WXYZ came rumblings that a fresh new talent had successfully invaded the troubled precincts of TV comedy: a youthful ...
REASON TO WATCH Clips, clips, clips . . . WHAT IT'S ABOUT Written and directed by Smithtown native (now living in Bohemia) Marino Amoruso, this is an especially clip-rich overview of the unforgettable ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Not only was Soupy Sales a TV star, he was a hit with the critics. Sales ...
From 1975: Soupy Sales, best-known as a pie-in-the-face slapstick comedian, was starring in the musical “Guys and Dolls” at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. He said he was enjoying his stint ...
DETROIT -- Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He ...
Soupy Sales, whose career was basically built on giving, or taking, pies to the face, has died in New York at 83. He had many health problems and entered a hospice last week, said his long-time ...
It’s a contextual biography, examining Sales’ accomplishments within the “domestic ideology” and gender politics of the time and digging into the roots of his schtick, as well as his acumen for ...
It’s a contextual biography, examining Sales’ accomplishments within the “domestic ideology” and gender politics of the time and digging into the roots of his schtick, as well as his acumen for ...
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