Soupy Sales

The wildest, most innovative children's television host of the baby-boom era, comedian Soupy Sales also scored a series of hit novelty records, including "The Mouse" and "Spy with a Pie." Born Milton Supman in Franklinton, NC, on January 8, 1926, he grew up in Huntington, WV, and later earned a degree in journalism from Marshall University. While working as a radio scriptwriter at Huntington station WHTN, he moonlighted as a standup comic, and ultimately worked his way into a regular on-air position. Reviving his old childhood nickname "Soupy" for broadcasting, Supman also aba...