Comments on: Soupy Sales, 1926-2009 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/soupy-sales-1926-2009/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Richard Nieporent https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/soupy-sales-1926-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74852 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:42:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14458#comment-74852 Soupy Sales once asked the children watching his TV program to empty mommy’s purse and mail him all the pieces of green paper bearing pictures of the presidents.

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/soupy-sales-1926-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74732 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14458#comment-74732 I grew up in Detroit as well and watching Soupy Sales on WXYZ figures among my first media memories (or any other kind of memories).

]]> By: John Burgess https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/soupy-sales-1926-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74721 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:12:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14458#comment-74721 Soupy got his break in Detroit, on WXYZ, but he was from N. Carolina, of all places!

He was certainly part of my early childhood: I’d rush back from my half-days at kindergarten to be home in time for ‘Lunch with Soupy’.

]]> By: Doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/10/soupy-sales-1926-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-74613 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:21:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14458#comment-74613 I certainly Soupy Sales, having spent my formative years in the Detroit Media Market. For many years, I believed that Detroit was his hometown. A very funny man.

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