Farewell to the Pieman: Soupy Sales, 1926-2009
Soupy Sales have died Thursday at the age of 83, October-22,2009.
Soupy Sales and the art of pie-throwing
Friend remembers Soupy Sales as someone who'd 'do anything for you'
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Born Milton Supman to the only Jewish family in Franklinton, N.C., Sales first got into children's television in Detroit in 1953 -- he also had a grown-up nighttime show there -- but his years of greatest renown were from 1959 to 1966, when he worked out of Los Angeles and New York and was seen all over the country. His costume, such as it was, comprised a black pullover sweater and a floppy bow tie; early on he also wore a top hat, later on he ditched the tie.
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,Sales remained a familiar television face, first as a regular from 1968-75 on the game show What's My Line? and later appearing on everything from The Mike Douglas Show to The Love Boat.
While his TV fame had faded by the late 1960s, Sales continued to be a staple in the medium, thanks to appearances on TV game shows such as "What's My Line," "To Tell the Truth," "Match Game" and "Hollywood Squares." Modern comedians like Howard Stern continued to sing his praises to a new generation. His sons, Hunt and Tony Sales, performed with rock icon David Bowie in the band Tin Machine in the late 1980s and served as the rhythm section on Iggy Pop's Lust for Life album.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/10/23/2009-10-23_friend_remembers_soupy_sales_as_someone_whod_.html
