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Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009) was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, ''Lunch with Soupy Sales''; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968-75, he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of ''What's My Line?'' and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City. ==Early life and career== Sales was born Milton Supman, in Franklinton, North Carolina, to Irving and Sadie (née Berman) Supman.〔Irving Supman was born on July 4, 1890, according to his World War I draft registration〕 His father, a dry goods merchant, had emigrated to America from Hungary in 1894. Sales had three siblings: Marvin Supman (1916-1920) who died during childhood, doctor J. Leonard Supman (1918-1998) and attorney Jack Supman (1921-2014).〔( Obituary for Jack Supman ), legacy.com; retrieved July 3, 2015.〕〔(Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index - Dr. J. Leonard Supman ); retrieved July 3, 2015.〕〔(Find-A-Grave - Marvin Supman ), Retrieved Jul. 3, 2015.〕〔(Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Franklinton (NC) ); retrieved July 3, 2015.〕 His was the only Jewish family in the town; Sales joked that local Ku Klux Klan members bought the sheets used for their robes from his father's store.〔Carlson, Michael (October 31, 2009). ("Soupy Sales: Anarchic and pioneering children's TV personality" ). ''The Independent''.〕 Sales got his nickname from his family. His older brothers had been nicknamed "Hambone" and "Chicken Bone." Milton was dubbed "Soup Bone," which was later shortened to "Soupy". When he became a disc jockey, he began using the stage name Soupy Hines. After he became established, it was decided that "Hines" was too close to the Heinz soup company, so he chose Sales, in part after vaudeville comedian Chic Sale. Sales graduated from Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia in 1944. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the in the South Pacific during the latter part of World War II. He sometimes entertained his shipmates by telling jokes and playing crazy characters over the ship's public address system. One of the characters he created was "White Fang", a large dog that played outrageous practical jokes on the seamen. The sounds for "White Fang" came from a recording of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. Sales enrolled in Marshall College in Huntington, where he earned a Master's Degree in Journalism. While at Marshall, he performed in nightclubs as a comedian, singer and dancer. After graduating, Sales began working as a scriptwriter and disc jockey at radio station WHTN (now WVHU) in Huntington. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1949, where he worked as a morning radio DJ and performed in nightclubs. Sales began his television career on WKRC-TV in Cincinnati with ''Soupy's Soda Shop'', TV's first teen dance program,〔(''Soupy's Soda Shop'' details ), amdest.com; accessed August 30, 2015.〕 and ''Club Nothing!'', a late-night comedy/variety program. When WKRC canceled his TV shows, Sales moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he hosted another radio and TV series on WJW-TV (Channel 8) and continued his nightclub act. It was in a skit on his late night comedy/variety TV series ''Soupy's On!'' that he got his first pie in the face. Sales claimed he left the Cleveland station "for health reasons: they got sick of me." He relocated to Detroit in 1953 and worked for WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), ABC's O&O station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soupy Sales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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