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| rdfs:comment | - Soupy Sales was a slapstick comedian, and apparently popular in Daventry.
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- The Op-Yop was a toy marketed in the 1960's by a company based in Royal Oak, Michigan called Kramer Designs. The company's original location was an office on Adams in the neighboring community of Birmingham. The history we could find was based on a Time Magazine article in 1968 where it was stated that a million of the Op-Yops had been sold and another million were expected to sell by Christmas. In my travels, I have found some additional information including an internal memo relating to some six months worth of advertising that was done on the Soupy Sales Show with Soupy doing the commercials shot in Detroit. There were also memo's to retailers advising them to stock up on the toy to be in sync with the Soupy Sales ads. I tracked down the original molder who made the parts and talked to
- Sales was the host (and title character) of the 1968 television special The Pied Piper of Astroworld, on which the Muppets, including Rowlf the Dog, were guest stars. He also was a panelist on What's My Line? when Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog were celebrity contestants. During that appearance, Sales made a passing reference to being friends with Henson. Other credits include television guest spots on The Love Boat, The Bob Hope Show, Saturday Night Live, and Hollywood Squares, guest hosting The Tonight Show, and the Broadway comedy Come Live With Me.
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| abstract | - The Op-Yop was a toy marketed in the 1960's by a company based in Royal Oak, Michigan called Kramer Designs. The company's original location was an office on Adams in the neighboring community of Birmingham. The history we could find was based on a Time Magazine article in 1968 where it was stated that a million of the Op-Yops had been sold and another million were expected to sell by Christmas. In my travels, I have found some additional information including an internal memo relating to some six months worth of advertising that was done on the Soupy Sales Show with Soupy doing the commercials shot in Detroit. There were also memo's to retailers advising them to stock up on the toy to be in sync with the Soupy Sales ads. I tracked down the original molder who made the parts and talked to some home workers who assembled them at their homes from 1967 through 1968. The toy was labeled as a psychedelic sensation and was skin packaged on 4-1/4 inch by 14 inch printed chipboard. More can be found out about the recent reincarnation of the op-yop at WWW.op-yop.com
- Soupy Sales was a slapstick comedian, and apparently popular in Daventry.
- Sales was the host (and title character) of the 1968 television special The Pied Piper of Astroworld, on which the Muppets, including Rowlf the Dog, were guest stars. He also was a panelist on What's My Line? when Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog were celebrity contestants. During that appearance, Sales made a passing reference to being friends with Henson. Other credits include television guest spots on The Love Boat, The Bob Hope Show, Saturday Night Live, and Hollywood Squares, guest hosting The Tonight Show, and the Broadway comedy Come Live With Me. Frank Sinatra signed Sales to his record label, and two records were produced. Sales also recorded a novelty dance record with his song "The Mouse", with the B side of the record containing the song "Pachalafaka".
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