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<\/a><\/p>\nThat show was eventually canceled, but in the late ’70s, Soupy came back with The New Soupy Sales Show<\/i>. 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. <\/p>\n
So a bunch of us decided that we would stage a protest outside the offices of station WPIX, which was on the corner of 42nd Street and (I think) Third Avenue in Manhattan. One of the co-conspirators, Carl Gafford, went so far as to obtain a police permit!<\/p>\n
On the assigned day, a handful of us showed up in front of WPIX, marching back and forth with picket signs while a few bored policemen wasted their time watching us. (To be honest, pulling them away from patrolling the streets made me feel a bit guilty even then.) When a WPIX camera crew arrived, we launched into our prepared skit. <\/p>\n
I played the part of a WPIX executive, and carrying a briefcase on which I think we pasted a label marked WPIX EXECUTIVE, I pretended I’d just walked out the station’s front door. (I may have been chosen to be the exec because I was the only one who owned a briefcase.) The other protesters swarmed me, begging me not to cancel the show, and I resisted them with great scorn. Finally, when they became fed up with me … <\/p>\n
Well, you can guess what happened next. The pies flew! And then, covered in pie, I hung my head in shame.<\/p>\n