Modified On January 12, 2005
We read that Soupy Sales got himself enshrined on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sales, whose given name is Milton Supman, was born in North Carolina. He got his start as a radio scriptwriter and standup comic, going on to host immensely popular local children’s shows in Cincinnati, Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. He also has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows, occasionally appeared in films and twice had hit records, with the novelty songs “The Mouse” and “Spy With a Pie.”
Associated Press seems to have forgotten that Sales also had a national show, starting in 1966. Not sure how long it ran, but it was definitely nationwide. He’s in a wheelchair these days– his health has hit a rough patch here and there– and we hear that he almost died recently from a torn artery in his heart.