Well, whadya know, I came across the Barry Mitchell edition of Soupy's life story:
"Come Pie with Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5TKTt5BeA On Oct 22, 11:27 pm, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > >Newsgroups: alt.obituaries > >Subject: Comedian Soupy Sales Dies > >Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:00 -0700 (PDT) > > http://www.wwj.com/Comedian-Soupy-Sales-Dies/5503348 > > Detroit comedian Soupy Sales died Thursday evening at a hospice in New > York, longtime friend and former manager Dave Usher said. Sales was > 83. > > Sales, who was born Milton Supman in North Carolina, moved to Detroit > in the early 50's. He was a longtime fixture on WXYZ-TV where he > starred in "Soupy's On" and "Lunch with Soupy Sales." > > In 2005, Sales was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of > Fame. > > Sales was one of the first real stars to take hold on Detroit > television. He spent nearly 50 years on television and may be > Detroit's most recognizable, original stars. > > WWJ Producer and author Tim Kiska wrote in his book "A Newscast for > the Masses" that Sales "popularized the comedic device of being hit in > the face with a pie." > > Kiska says Soupy did a lot for Detroit and will be missed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
