In the mid-’60s, I didn’t just like Soupy Sales, I loved Soupy Sales. There was a great joy to his TV show, combined with a delightful anarchy. He had the ability to make me feel like I was one of his friends, something Stan Lee was also accomplishing at around the same time via his Bullpen Bulletins pages back when the Marvel Comics universe was born.

That show was eventually canceled, but in the late ’70s, Soupy came back with The New Soupy Sales Show. After about a year, it was also in danger of cancellation. And though I might not have been able to do anything about the loss of Soupy’s first show, I swore I would do something this time. (more…)