Word: souped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jockey in West Virginia, first hit it big in 1953 on Detroit's WXYZ-TV, where his TV antics cadged kids into eating lunch. Then he transplanted to Hollywood and bloomed on. He was such a smash that the stars lined up to get smacked by one of Soup's foam-filled pies. Things were going so well that ABC put him on the network. He bombed out. Then last fall a local New York channel tried...
...only their clawed paws are seen on camera. There was Pookie, a rubber-faced lion puppet, and, as always, corn as high as pie-in-the-eye. But once again it was a big click. Kids began strong-arming Mom into having dinner early or late, but not when Soup's on. And the result was that now 22% of his audience are adults...
...Daddy's wallet and remove "those little green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson and send them to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico." Four $1 bills came in, and so did a stiff complaint. Soup was canned, but only temporarily. His suspension became an instant cause. The phone calls never quit, petitions piled up, the station was picketed, and five days later his hourlong, six-times-a-week show roared back...
...country that has only pink automobiles . . . and I'll show you a pink carnation"), fans mumble the predictable lines along with him and then fall on their heads with delight. "It's some sort of a love thing," explains his manager, who calls himself Irving Manager. Soup's humor is epidemically catching...
...more songs from a new album (in New York alone his recording of The Mouse has sold more than a quarter of a million copies in the past month) and, more screams, the show is over. For doing just that five times a day for ten days, Soup will collect $20,000. The networks, says Irving Manager, are dying to try him again. Soupy's name is all over trading cards, pins, wallets, ties, sweat shirts, T shirts, pajamas, dolls, and he expects to gross $500,000 this year. He is an overshucked cornball, but he is the moment...