Soupy Sales - Pookie does Motown

The Soupy Sales Show

[@VariedVids]

Such a great memory of coming home from elementary school every day to watch Soupy Sales in the afternoon. Absolutely loved White Fang and Black Tooth. Soupy was a comedic genius, and sadly was quite underrated by TV critics of this day.

[@FrankieD92]

I discovered Soupy in the early 60's and to this day, he still brings a smile to my face. I loved 'Pookie" (pet name for my wife), WF and BT were typical of rebellious youth in the 60's and so was Soupy. Thanks for the memories...

[@WNCBabyLady]

One of the greatest shows ever and always great music.

[@herasfolly]

Oh I love it!! I am so glad I grew up in this era.. Long live Soupy!!

[@ftsjr]

What a wonderful memory of my childhood. Soupy and Pookie were the best!

[@shayup]

LEGEND!!! He was one of the best. A truly nice man as well. Met him after a performance at a comedy club several years ago and he was genuine in his love of his fans. Thanks for all laughs and great memories. Heaven is smiling!!

[@LFD254]

The best part of all this is that they were having as much fun doing this show as we had watching it!

[@luciankannon9172]

i guess I'm kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online?

[@jadcasen8995]

@Lucian Kannon Lately I have been using Flixzone. Just google for it :)

[@nedludd7622]

@@luciankannon9172 Who the eff cares?

[@2old2Rock]

What a blast! I forgot how much fun it was to come home from school and enjoy watching Soupy and all his sublime silliness. I feel bad that kids today don't have anyone like Soupy to keep them company. RIP to an old friend (and thanks for the autograph!)

[@ftsjr]

It's amazing! Pookie sounds just like Stevie Wonder! Soupy and Pookie were the greatest!

[@janewalsh8978]

The best. Soupy deserved so many awards and accolades.

[@kevins.butler3402]

I hope that Soupy will eventually be inducted into"The TV Hall Of Fame"..God knows he deserves to be in there.

[@janewalsh8978]

@@kevins.butler3402, I completely agree. He deserved the recognition when he was with us, but his contributions are immortal.

[@theophano]

In the 50's, we used to watch Soupy when he was still in Detroit. In addition to the kids show at noon, he also had a live late night show which featured a lot of great music ; the humor was definitely more adult but still wacky & off the wall. Our parents usually didn't let us watch it but we could hear them laughing.

[@stanochocki8984]

Years and Years later, and Pookie's come-back line..."...Yeah, but she couldn't come today.."....Still cracks me Up!

[@Martha_thl]

As a 4-year-old fan long ago, this makes me happy again.

[@westentrance]

His brand of innocent slapstick humor is something we"ll probably never see again. I"m glad I was a kid at that time and got to enjoy it all.

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

We are enjoying today, thanks to these videos!❤❤❤❤❤

[@TCquilter1952]

I have such fond memories of watching Soupy's show in Detroit as a kid. Loved Pookie, White Fang, and Black Tooth; I still do the arm and voice thing.

[@trantrum]

Soupy had the perfect costume. That sweater and bow tie! Watched this everyday at lunch time in Redford, MI on WXYZ.

[@iadorenewyork1]

I was watching in NYC.

[@Reinhardt48]

Wow. A lot of Soupy's adult humor went way over my head back then. It's great to see this stuff again now - it makes me appreciate just how well he was able to appeal to kids and adults at the same time.

[@skyhighproductions24]

Sure glad we still have some of these great clips and complete shows in the archives. They don't make 'em like Soupy anymore. Rest in Peace. I'm gonna miss ya, but have great memories of "Lunch with Soupy".

[@postatility]

Pookie had great taste! One of Stevie's early classics.

[@sisterdiggins]

Got a BIG heart for Soupy! God bless him!

[@darkstormcloud09]

The episode with Fess Parker just aired today on Comcast Channel 288 (JLTV). What a coincidence! Loved the sound of the pie hitting one's face! Rest in peace Soupy, you made the world a better place!

[@pattiecake11]

Hia Pok!, Hia Bubbie! No one can ever replace you soupy! No one will ever forget you! You are the shining star in the sky tonight! Will always love you!!

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

Pookie was the coolest cat of them all!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BKPAGE]

This is when watching TV was fun!!!!

[@mrsmagloo]

YES! I remember that song. I was searching for it earlier today. Anybody? PLEASE! I'm in that privileged group of Boomers who got to watch the show when it was brand new. Soupy, we LOVE YOU!

[@jimsmith6747]

2 people are very un-hip. How can you you not dig Soupy & Pookie groovin' to Little Stevie Wonder?

[@alligoo2]

Anyone remember when Soupy sang"Pafalafaka" (sp)? What a great song! I'd love to hear it again!!! AAN

[@rty1955]

I have the original 45 with "the mouse" on side "A" and "Pafalafica" on side "B" It was made by Paramount records

[@rosemaryhawkinsphotos]

Rest in peace Soupy. I am truly sad today but you gave us so much joy when we were kids. What a wonderful show. We used to have his album, "Spy with a Pie" somewhere in the house, can't find it now :( I saw the "green pieces of paper" show too, thought it was really funny. Bless you Soup.

[@LFD254]

Grew up with him first with "Lunch with Soupy" and then on the insane "Soupy Sales Show" on WNEW Ch 5 in NYC. These clips on KZbin are only a tiny snippet of his genius and most all of it is better than anything on TV today. RIP

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

I also grew up with Soupy first on"Lunch With Soupy Sales"and then..the Friday night "Soupy Sales Show"on The ABC TV Network..and his WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC tv series.

[@markdezii]

Love love this show. a classic.

[@fauxfurr]

This guy had Soul and so did the Pookie and fang. Forever the BEST.

[@droppocket]

This and all the other shows were and are great. I wish my kids and grand kids could have seen these showsin their entirety.

[@hollisterpatricia]

Soupy Sales, Zacherley, such fun t.v.. Very odd as afternoon kid's show now that I've seen these again, but I still see this as nostalgic!!

[@roseyc.5846]

OMG...I LOVED SOUPY AND THIS SHOW!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Bizarronumber4]

Here in Australia,I'd only known about Soupy Sales by seeing his 1966 movie 'Birds Do It'. I then saw him on a 80's Dick Clark/Ed MacMahon TV special regarding a practical joke played on him during a taping of his show. Thanks for letting people elsewhere in the world aware of Soupy and his rather anarchic 60s kids show!

[@pdogone1]

i remember one show where pookie got a pie and i laughed till i got a headache always love soupy and even saw him once as i ddrove through brooklyn yelled out hey boobie and he laughed and waved

[@09bnunez]

1 of the best show of my era [the 60s] was a kid of 8 years old..when he[soupy] wason to hear he died at 83 man!!!! thats a lot of years now tears...R.I.P. THE KING OF SILLY . WE WILL MISS U . A FAN OF THE SHOW

[@etsweiler]

Soupy, you will be with us forever. Miss ya, big guy. You made the 60's better for being there.

[@hanno21664]

i was born in the 70's so i didnt have the privilage of watching soupy sales. i grew up with the Wallace and Ladmo Show here in Arizona. But as my uncles and father have told me soupy sales was a true genius and for all ages. pure entertianment. HEY CAN SOME ONE confirm for me if they have soupy sales on DVD? if so i want it get it for my dad make a great birthday present thank you blessed be RIP SOUPY SALES other generations can enjoy watching you as i have done.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Soupy was unknown in Britain so I only became aware of him through KZbin. And I'm glad I did. One hell of a funny guy!

[@MrUnidyne]

Believe it or not, I actually SAW the infamous "little green pieces of paper" bit he did on WNEW-TV back on Jan. 1, 1965! I didn't send him any money because I didn't know what "Puerto Rico" was. Rest in piece, Soupy!

[@rty1955]

After that bit, his show was recorded on tape before airing. I know, because I used to work in the tape room where it was recorded

[@christheone8773]

I loved his appearance on "The Beverly Hillbillies" where he played a decorated Air Force pilot - he appeared during the shows' eighth season-

[@roslyndecanio81]

Never saw that one, would love to see that!

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

@@roslyndecanio81 So would I!!!

[@stanochocki8984]

Haaaaaaa.....LoL--- Pookie's Funny retort to Soupie...."...yeah, But she couldn't come Today..."is still Damn Funny---50 years, down the road.....Love Pookie...

[@olddude521]

Yah, back when kid's tv was fun. No silly pc values, no educational or moral message, justa a loota fun!

[@roslyndecanio81]

YES!!!!!!

[@roseyc.5846]

Soupy was AWESOME! 🤗❤️❤️❤️

[@davidgibson7615]

Joe Messina, who was part of the Legendary Motown's Funk Brothers session band, started on The Soupy Sales Show as a house band member.

[@deckard43]

Soupy you are the best.. loved you!!

[@christheone8773]

Soupy Sales later recorded an album and released a single on Motown, called "Muck-arty Park" (a parody of Macarthur Park) in 1969 - I have that single on CD, and it sounds fascinating - RIP Soupy, you will be missed-

[@DetroitLives313]

Great Detroit childhood memories here!

[@rowlffffff]

This is New York Soupy. Detroit Soupy from our childhood had the really big bow tie and broken top hat. This man had a lot of input into my sense of humor and the person I would become!

[@50Emerald]

This was a wonderful children's show, but my late mother used to howl at Pookie's antics!

[@josephcostello695]

kie was the best and knew his music

[@robertorick6383]

RobGems68 Wrote: The song is "Hi Heeled Sneakers", a cover of A Tommy Tucker song from 1964 that was moderate hit for Little Stevie Wonder on Tamla Records. Tucker wound up with the bigger charting version of this song on Checker Records.

[@motownfan3]

Love me some Pookie :)

[@wildnites558]

Man, that little lion sock-puppet could really play some mean blues harp!

[@kearlstig1961]

That joke was funny and clever.

[@wildnites558]

I remember Soupy came on around 5 or 6pm in the NYC viewing area. Pookie was always the show-stopper. Pookie used to do "mumbles" by Clark Terry. My mom always got a big kick out of that.

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

In Detroit it was Lunch With Soupy (even better). Pookie was smaller and I think only whistled. White Fangs arm was dark brown and Clyde Adler's voicing was lower pitched, and more gravely. "Do Not Touch" was the very first thing I learned to read.

[@gypsygrl1]

who's knocking them. I love it!!!

[@OneoftheImmortals]

I'm also from NY. The 4:30 movie was over at 6:00 on WABC. This was on just before or after Dark Shadows.

[@Rutoenfit]

The Pookster rules!

[@peeterpoon]

RIP, Milton Supman!

[@dancahill8555]

BEST SHOW on tv when I was in h.s.

[@sandycasasanta7282]

love it

[@rosemaryhawkinsphotos]

Is he singing to Little Stevie Wonder? I didn't realize as a 12 year old how hip the music on Soupy's show was!

[@LFD254]

AGREED-where else could you see a sock puppet lion scat singing Stevie Wonder while the "host" dances along??

[@karenofbethany]

THAT IS EARLY STEVE WONDER, you can tell by that little high note harp thing he does occasionally, together with his "ha-ha, ye-ah", which is a signature Steve sound.

[@LFD254]

Soupy: so do you have a little number for us today Pookie: yeah but she could'nt make it! Can you imagine trying to get away with that today? LOL Soupy, RIP

[@taratova]

My father got such a kick out of Soupy Sales show.. I can see why!

[@judyreed7333]

This is hilarious1🤣

[@rosemaryhawkinsphotos]

Do you mean "Spy with a Pie?" It had a great photo of Soupy in a spy trenchcoat with Pookie at his side. We had it too! Can't find it though.

[@Orsley]

Yay, Pook! Heyyyyyyyy, Bubbie!

[@reggie44]

A lot more ironic than people might think... at one point, Soupy was signed to Motown as a recording artist, and one of the musicians in the Motown "Funk Brothers" rhythm section (Joe Messina) worked on Soupy's ABC show!

[@robertvelez8485]

Folks, that Stevie Wonder singing High Heel Sneakers way back in 1965!

[@LFD254]

Somewhere in the attic-I have a 33LP called "Pie in the Sky". I think it was the soundtrack from a Soupy Sales movie. Anyone out there remember this?

[@ditzidee]

I was a huge Soupy fan back in the day. When the network was going to cancel him, I sent them a letter and they answered me back explaining the cancellation. I still have the letter. Nobody does kid's TV the way Soupy did. Okay, Seseme Street is a close second.

[@michekids]

Soupy is a Boss

[@buddy1065]

I thought he always wore a black turtle neck. I guess it's the monocle monopoly man phenomenon.

[@dandy7989]

I am soupy sales in every way. One Kookie boomer!!! lol

[@phillipmcdonald8509]

soupy sales is number 1

[@horsecoffindays]

you were great i love you pokie

[@yamsi00]

Pafalafaka, Pafalafaka, they whisper it all over Turkey. Pafalafaka, Pafalafaka, it sounds so romantic and jerky. Oh I know that phrase will make me thrill always, because it reminds me of you my sweet. Just the mention of that tender word of love, gives my heart a jerkish, Turkish beat. Is this not the flip side of the Mouse?

[@jamespuleo3269]

~~~YES~~~~ I had that 45.....

[@rty1955]

Yes, I still have the ORIGINAL record used on the show. It was published by Paramount records

[@n6bhu]

That's outa site Man!

[@theduker0007]

that version of "high heel sneakers" is from my main man, Pinetop Perkins......"Class dismissed!".....the duke

[@stuffsthingsthingsstuff8695]

+The Duke Thanks for letting us know!! Great song and it's annoying they don't mention the artist!

[@stuffsthingsthingsstuff8695]

+The Duke but wait! other people are saying it's Stevie Wonder... ??

[@mushmorant9253]

+stuffs & things & things & stuff Little Stevie Wonder recorded this Tommy Tucker/Robert Higgenbotham (actually it is Higginbotham) composition for Tamla Motown in 1965. Due to his prolific songwriting talent and track record I guess many people assume today that most everything Stevie sang was the product of his own hand but that was not always the case.

[@BlindArthurBlake]

Saw him sit in with the Allman Brothers Band at the Chicago Theater in 2001

[@stanochocki8984]

@@stuffsthingsthingsstuff8695 check out You Tube...this IS Stevie Wonder....Pinetop Perkins sings this in slower, Bluesy style....

[@flagranger]

Pookie, YES!

[@tornadoh]

Tommy Tucker (Robert Higginbotham) Hi-Heeled Sneakers-1964.

[@EddieHaskelll]

High Heel Sneakers was first performed Tommy Tucker. Not Tony. Steveland Morris's version (Stevie Wonder's real name), used here, was mostly a Detroit area release.

[@caraphyllis]

A lip-synching lion puppet and a manic host. Didn't take much to entertain us kids in the old days...this looks so innocent and sweet now, even with the double entendres. Still makes me laugh.

[@goodoldbill]

RIP Soup-man

[@LFD254]

Yes-thats it. I know its somewhere down in the cellar. Problem is I'd have to find a phonograph to listen to it!

[@frogandtoad57]

No wonder the boomers are so cool.

[@iadorenewyork1]

Aw, thanks!

[@bbrief]

I kept waiting for Pookie turn around and do his little "booty dance." Do you guys remember that?

[@motorcityquig]

Where's the biggest and meanest dog in all Detroit?

[@robertgoldman3685]

Hi ya Bubby!

[@flintstone9812]

I just found some of soupy's DVD at Netflix

[@rainydaymoonmaid]

i think they were all smoking weed. soupy was so cute! xxx rip soupy love you

[@jameswoodend6029]

The soup loved Stevie Wonder 😊

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

The original Pookie in Detroit didn't talk. Just whistled. That was better for some reason.

[@rty1955]

Does anyone remember "Philo Kvetch"? Or "Onions Oregano" haha

[@statikdog]

I'm pretty sure you could get away with that, yea.

[@MJDHX]

It on here, I just saw it. Search for Soupy Sales and Alice Cooper. ;)

[@bluesjaye]

Hi Folks, Who do I hear? That's 'Little' Steavie Wonder, eh? I love the Soup. Check out Cifford Brown video on KZbin. Jay