Soupy Sales Moldy Oldies, April 12-13, 1986 Pt. 1 (0:54:53)

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[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by KM Richards] Soupy Sales Moldy Oldies Show was syndicated by NBC Radio Entertainment and distributed on vinyl for an unknown period of time beginning in April, 1986. This was the second show of the series, intended for broadcast April 12-13. This show included commercials, and participating stations were expected to include all the commercials on the disc. Some are included here. This show took a lot of work and apparently included a band and live audience. Soupy Sales passed away on October 22, 2009. For the week including January 8, 2010, the debut of these broadcast-quality exhibits on REELRADIO is in observance of what would have been Soupy’s 84th birthday. He would have been 60 when this show was recorded. The show was like “Vaudeville Oldies” with many recurring phone calls and door-knocking visitors — only the jokes were older than the music. Ray D’Ariano was the “announcer” for this show, and he was also “straight man” on Soupy’s WNBC radio show. He took over the time slot at WNBC after Soupy left.

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