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DVD : Soupy Sales: In Living Black & White (B&W) |
- Has aged poorlyFirst the good: Soupy Sales was good in front of the camera. He was relaxed, fun loving, consistently upbeat, and seemed to be having a great time goofing around with the characters on this popular children's show. Now the bad: this show has not aged well. The low resolution black and white looks very crude today. Were these remastered? I think not. The jokes fall flat. The ultra-low budget was apparent throughout. It looks like it was thrown together with a few wooden crates and two hand puppets. It isn't entertaining. It drags on forever. I fast forwarded through most of the episodes. It is that boring.
If you had fond memories of this, remember, you were probably age 5 - 12 when you first saw this. It looks bad now.
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- Soupy Sales:In living Black and WhiteIf you were in New York between 1964-1966- Soupy Sales was king. His sense of humor which was deemed corny at the time has only grown in stature over the years. These episodes were before thought to be totally destroyed but some segments thankfully survived. His interaction with the man at the door is pure genius. This collection is a must. It makes you want to beg for more. Thanks Soupy
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- NostalgicEnjoy viewing Soupy Sales again. There's not many of his old programs available. This was an excellent represenatation.
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- amazon review-soupy salesthank you for your great delivery,and the blast from the past;i did enjoy the tape;thanks again.
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- The original Soupy Sales shows don't exist!Thought I'd clear up some of the confusion regarding the B/W Soupy shows. I'm a Detroit TV historian who has contributed to three books regarding Detroit television. In my archives I have puppeteer Clyde Adler's photos and memorabilia, including the original White Fang and Black Tooth puppets used on 12 O'Clock Comics, the original name of the Soupy Sales Show.
I'm sorry to say that the only complete Detroit Soupy show that has survived is the Jell-O pilot from 1958, which aired on the ABC affiliate stations. That show was shot on 2" Quad tape and the original is now in my possession. Soupy has no shows; neither does WXYZ-TV in Detroit. All tapes were used and reused until they wore out, then they were tossed- standard practice back then. If any other Detroit shows had survived, Clyde Adler, who was also a technician at the station, would have had copies.
It's a shame that so little of Soupy's early work exists, but those are the facts, folks!
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