Soupy Sales

Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman, January 8, 1926, Franklinton, North Carolina) is an American comedian and actor best known for his daily noontime children's television show.

Improvised and slapstick in nature, Lunch With Soupy Sales was a rapid-fire stream of sketches, gags and puns. Almost all resulted in Soupy receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark.

The show originated in 1953 from the studios of WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan, was later syndicated nationally by ABC-TV, and in 1964 found a weekday home at WNEW-TV in New York City.

Urban legend has it that on New Year's Day 1965 Soupy, miffed at having to work on the holiday, ended his live broadcast by encouraging his young viewers to tiptoe into their still-sleeping parents' bedrooms and remove those "funny green pieces of paper" from their pants and pocketbooks. "Put them in an envelope and mail them to me," Soupy allegedly instructed the children. "And you know what I'm going to send you? A post card from Puerto Rico!"