Pookie The Lion (The Soupy Sales Show) Sings Chew Tobacco Rag - 1950's
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Soupy Sales and his friends were my friends back when. My kid sister, eight years younger, also loved 'em, when she watched it later, so we had that in common, and still do.
Man we had it good. The entertainment bar was set pretty damn low back in the day. ?
Looks like the host is amazed it’s going on.
If I had paid to see that I'd be pretty amazed that it was going on as well......
I was absolutely addicted to Soupy Sales' shows. My friends and I would often "talk" like White Fang and Black Tooth, two of the "puppets" that were regulars., to drive our adults nuts.(Old fart fans of the show will know what I mean.)
All you guys bashing Soupy have no idea how much you missed, not having had his shows in your life. He was so far ahead of his time in the 50s and 60s. And, as a jazz maven, he would often have guest musicians, such as, Ellington, Armstrong, Parker, Holiday, Davis and Sinatra, stop in and perform on the late night version of the show Soupy's On.
His shows were a combination of Improv and slapstick , done live, that was funny to both the kids and to their parents. He was an influence on so many comedy shows, think Laugh-In, SNL, SCTV, and other shows, that mixed silly with clever.
You guys owe it to yourselves to watch some bits on YouTube.
Long live Soupy!
All you guys bashing Soupy have no idea how much you missed, not having had his shows in your life. He was so far ahead of his time in the 50s and 60s. And, as a jazz maven, he would often have guest musicians, such as, Ellington, Armstrong, Parker, Holiday, Davis and Sinatra, stop in and perform on the late night version of the show Soupy's On.
His shows were a combination of Improv and slapstick , done live, that was funny to both the kids and to their parents. He was an influence on so many comedy shows, think Laugh-In, SNL, SCTV, and other shows, that mixed silly with clever.
You guys owe it to yourselves to watch some bits on YouTube.
Long live Soupy!
Well, I enjoyed that clip a lot. Never heard of Soupy Sales, but I guess a lot of folk in the UK, even from that era probably haven't. And hey, when will you ever likely see a kid's puppet character sing about tobacco ever again?
I'm with Dino.
It may not be as evident in today's world but, Soupy was way ahead of his time.
It may not be as evident in today's world but, Soupy was way ahead of his time.
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