Soupy Sales, Slapstick Comedian, Dies at 83

From today's NY Times

It seems that every day brings another "end of an era". Are we feeling old yet?

And, unreported in the obit, there was of course the equally infamous episode, albeit unknown/unseen to the TV viewing world at the time, with the totally naked woman behind the door, as a prank on Soupy, who was sincerely taken aback but never truly speechless. That bit, with a couple of different camera angles, has been broadcast in at least one retrospective of the Soupy Sales Show.


That must be wonderful; I have no idea what it means.
— Molière