A biography for Soupy Saleshasn’t been written yet.
“The people in my audiences are people who never go to comedy clubs. They've grown up with me. They come out to see me.”
“As a writer, I need a creative outlet and that's why I do stand-up.”
“There's always someone who's ready to turn on you.”
“I'm an educated man. I'm literate.”
“I've had some up and down years, but my fondest memories are of Detroit.”
“California is one of the few places where people dress up for Halloween. It's the only day Sinead O'Connor looks normal.”
“I've never done a pretentious show; it's always had a live feeling, the kind of thing that comes across when you don't know what's going to happen next.”
“The performer who does the unexpected is the one who catches and holds his audience.”
“I worked in this club in Mansfield, Ohio, called the Ringside. The stage was just like a boxing ring with the four posts, the ropes and everything.”
“First they'd pronouce my last name Soupman, and then I was Soup-bone and then Soupy.”
“Back in the '60s, when I did the 'Carol Burnett Show,' we did a 'Honeymooners' sketch. You couldn't even be in the same bed. You had to have twin beds and you had to have one foot on the floor.”
“I used to live in California in the '60s.”
“Show me a man who keeps a pipe in his back pocket, and I'll show you a man who burns his britches behind him.”
“I used to look like Cary Grant.”
“In other big cities, I can play a series of sold-out one-nighters at various comedy clubs, but Detroit's the only place in the world I regularly play sold-out back-to-back weeks at different clubs!”
“People don't go to clubs to think that much. They go to have a good time and relax.”
“It's like people feel like they know me. I guess I've been around such a long time, and people have grown up and seen me on shows that they like.”
“I have a degree in journalism.”
“A lot of people grew up watching me.”
“What's so frustrating is that there are so many things I want to bring to television, but the networks just don't seem willing.”