Alice Cooper on the Soupy Sales show, 1979.

The great American comedian and entertainer Soupy Sales passed away last week. Bob Merlis, who is the publicist for '70s rock icon Alice Cooper, tells Boing Boing,

We were sad to hear of Soupy Sales' death and were reminded that Alice had been a guest of his about 30 (very) odd years ago. We found the clip and are happy to share it with millions of Soupy fans that are out there. Alice recalled Soupy:

"Being from Detroit, I came home everday and watched Soupy at lunch. One of the greatest moments of my life was getting piefaced by Soupy. He was one of my all time heros."

Alice Cooper on The Soupy Sales Show 1979.

• [Anonymous]

  I can’t believe how young and skinny Alice was!

• [Ito Kagehisa]

  Jazz legend Clifford Brown’s only surviving recorded appearance was on Soupy’s show:

  http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091027/NEWS/910270329

• [Ignatz]

  Years ago I found this exact episode on video for rent at my local grocery store. Alice does another bit in full rubber-spiked armor. He actually came across as relatively normal as compared to ol’ Soupy. I was amazed at how willing Alice was to laugh at himself and his persona. Can you imagine Marilyn Manson or Slipknot volunteering for a face full of Reddi Whip?

• [readbot42]

  I met Alice Cooper at a charity golf-tournament about 10 years ago here in Colorado… genuinely nice guy, and not a bad golfer to boot. ;-)

• [readbot42]

  And rest-in-peace Soupy. You made me laugh thousands of times on the boob-tube. Not a bad life, sir! Making people laugh is an incredibly undervalued gift.

• [Anonymous]

  I think that show would have been difficult to watch for more than three minutes!

• [Anonymous]

  Still a great fan of Alice, but his appearance on current commercials campaign (flyers, mail, etc) for an electronics market here in Germany is somehow sad :/

  http://www.coopersbar.de/

• [Anonymous]

  Around the same time Alice did The Muppet Show, non?