Soupy Sales

Milton Supman known professionally as Soupy Sales was an American comedian actor radiotelevision personality and jazz aficionado He was best known for his local and network childrens 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 Whats My Line and appeared on several other TV game shows During the 1980s Sales hosted his own show on WNBCAM in New York City Sales is best known for his daily childrens television show Lunch with Soupy Sales The show was originally called 12 OClock Comics and was later known as The Soupy Sales Show Improvised and slapstick in nature Lunch with Soupy Sales was a rapidfire 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 piethrowing 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 20000 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