Re: Soupy Sales - R.I.P. and a pie in the face
Indeed, the story is true, and he was summoned to the station's head office the next day and fired for it. But the furor of hundreds of viewers picketing and sending letters forced the studio to put him back on!
But what most people don't do is tell the full story.
They usually forget the tag at the end where after telling the kids to go into their parents bedroom, but not to wake them because they were tired from the New Years party that evening, and to get all the green pieces of paper that had pictures of men with beards and send it to him, "and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico!".
Indeed, the story is true, and he was summoned to the station's head office the next day and fired for it. But the furor of hundreds of viewers picketing and sending letters forced the studio to put him back on!
But what most people don't do is tell the full story.
They usually forget the tag at the end where after telling the kids to go into their parents bedroom, but not to wake them because they were tired from the New Years party that evening, and to get all the green pieces of paper that had pictures of men with beards and send it to him, "and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico!".
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