| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Amphikalein
Journeyman
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 3177
Location: Corrales, NM
|
 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:34 am Post subject: RIP Soupy Sales |
 |
|
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-soupy-sales23-2009oct23,0,699167.story
i can remember watching his show & laughing like crazy when i was a little kid.
_________________
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
"May we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice." ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
Amphy's blog | Proud Member NDA |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Cylinsier
Master
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 13229
Location: Oh shi-
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
I thought he died ages ago.
_________________
The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
amom
Mod
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 2753
Location: You can't get here from there
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
I too remember him and was surprised he was not already gone. RIP
_________________
-amom
"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
- Will Rogers |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
freethinker
Professional
Joined: 27 Sep 2009
Posts: 1352
Location: hardback chair
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Remember him fondly....
What I remember best, was, when he quit the show,
(or was fired) he held his hand up, knuckles towards
the camera, and began bending each finger down and
saying, "This finger is for the assistants, this finger is
for the writers, this finger is for the film crew..." etcetera..
And when the middle finger alone was left standing, he said
"And this finger is for the producer...."
His inspiration will live forever...
_________________
where-ever you get it - there you have it. - Anon. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dick
Journeyman
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 3134
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
So this Dr. Irwin is 96 years old and insisted on speaking at the funeral. He started out ok, but then started into a long rant about how Soupy would still be alive if we had healthcare reform in this country... 
Check out the second paragraph.
| Quote: | Soupy goes out with love
Posted: 12:54 AM, October 27, 2009
SOUPY Sales would have loved his memorial yesterday at the Riverside Funeral Home. Freddie Roman, Joe Franklin and Kenny Kramer -- who inspired the character played by Michael Richards on "Seinfeld" -- were among those who paid their last respects. One of Soupy's two rock musician sons, Tony or Hunt -- our source didn't know which -- recalled his dad's advice: "Be true to your teeth, and they won't be false to you."
Professor Irwin Corey had to be removed from the podium after his eulogy turned into a diatribe about health-care reform, in which he insisted that Soupy -- along with Odetta, Eartha Kitt and Miriam Makeba -- died prematurely because of inadequate treatment. And a female rabbi told the crowd that Soupy's parents, Irving and Sadie Supman, the only Jewish family in Franklinton, NC, owned a dry-goods store and sold sheets to the Ku Klux Klan.
|
_________________
Proud Member NDA
Its okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
Puff. Puff. Give. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Cylinsier
Master
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 13229
Location: Oh shi-
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
That's odd. I didn't realize you could buy sheets at dry-goods stores.
_________________
The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dick
Journeyman
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 3134
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:14 am Post subject: |
|
|
I'm surprised phony hasn't shared a story about doing just that. He was probably one of their customers. The time period certainly matches up.
_________________
Proud Member NDA
Its okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
Puff. Puff. Give. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
