Soupy Sales

Birthday: 28 January 1926, Franklinton, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name: Milton Supman

Soupy Sales was born on January 28, 1926 in Franklinton, North Carolina, USA as Milton Supman. He was an actor, known for The Match Game (1962), Holy Man (1998) and The Hollywood Squares (1965). He was married to Trudy Carson and Barbara Fox. He died on October 22, 2009 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

One of my younger fans made the mistake of heaving a frozen pie at me before it defrosted. It caught...Show more »

One of my younger fans made the mistake of heaving a frozen pie at me before it defrosted. It caught me in the neck and I dropped like a pile of bricks. Show less «

I'll probably be remembered for the pies, and that's all right.

I remember one time we were working with Pookie at the window. He was doing a bit where he was break...Show more »

I remember one time we were working with Pookie at the window. He was doing a bit where he was breaking eggs and one of the eggs turned out to be rotten. My God, the smell was terrible! And I'm sure, watching us at home, everyone knew there was something wrong from the look on our faces. Show less «

Producers say, "Hey, all he does is throw pies". It kept me off a lot of shows.

Our shows were not actually written, but they were precisely thought out. But the greatest thing abo...Show more »

Our shows were not actually written, but they were precisely thought out. But the greatest thing about the show and I think the reason for its success, was that it seemed undisciplined. The more you can make a performance seem spontaneous, the better the entertainer you are. Show less «

I've never done a pretentious show; it's always had a live feeling, the kind of thing that comes acr...Show more »

I've never done a pretentious show; it's always had a live feeling, the kind of thing that comes across when you don't know what's going to happen next. I've never done anything simply because I thought I could get away with it. I've just wanted to do the funniest show. Show less «

Once I found out that adults were watching, too, I never consciously changed anything to play to the...Show more »

Once I found out that adults were watching, too, I never consciously changed anything to play to them. Show less «

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