Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 28, 1926
Died
Oct 22, 2009
Place of Birth
Franklinton, North Carolina, USA
Credits
43 titles
Soupy Sales
Biography
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio/television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show Lunch with Soupy Sales, a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975 he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City. Sales is best known for his daily children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales. The show was originally called 12 O'Clock Comics, and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show. Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of comedy sketches, gags, and puns, almost all of which resulted in Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. Sales developed pie-throwing into an art form: straight to the face, on top of the head, a pie to both ears from behind, moving into a stationary pie, and countless other variations. He claimed that he and his visitors had been hit by more than 20,000 pies during his career. He recounted a time when a young fan mistakenly threw a frozen pie at his neck and he "dropped like a pile of bricks."
Known For
Filmography
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Black Scorpion Returns
Sonny Dey / Professor Prophet
Behind the Seams
Doorman
A Little Bit of Lipstck
Max
Palmer's Pick-Up
Ernie Bolza
Holy Man
Soupy Sales
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Moses
Boy Meets World
Mr. Martini
Wings
True Blue
Monsters
Howard Filby
Let's Go Mets
Self
Saturday Supercade
Donkey Kong (voice)
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (voice)
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Santola
The Love Boat
Victor Marshall
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Love, American Style
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
Bill's Hat
Murder at N.B.C.
Birds Do It
Melvin Byrd
The Dean Martin Show
Hullabaloo
Self
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Burke's Law
Henry Geller
Vacation Playhouse
Fireman Smokey
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Two Little Bears
Officer McGovern
Route 66
The Rebel
Stable Owner
Hennesey
Kraft Music Hall
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self