Sometimes the legend is better than the reality! Remember how "everyone" told how Soupy "got away" with outrageous dirty jokes on his show (like "I took my wife to a baseball game - I kissed her on the strikes, and she kissed me on the balls")?
Never happened! See http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/soupy2.asp But the "green pieces of paper" remark is real. I remember when it happened in 1965 and the furor it caused (but apparently no tape of it survives). His show was not shown the following week, but returned the next week. Contrary to legend, Sales did NOT receive tons of money from kids, only a few dollars. See http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/soupy1.asp But the stories are better than the truth. Bruce On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < sa...@comic-art.com> wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/23/soupy.sales/index.html > > and remember kids, just go to your daddy's wallet or your mother's purse > and send me those dollars .... > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
