This was the flyer we sent out, along with the cover letter from Soupy, to fans who wrote to Soupy at KABC.

Original hand-painted version of Soupy Sales Fan Club badge.   Designed by Ellen Bank and hand painted with enamel on cardboard.  These took forevere to paint, and we later switched to a photo of Soupy on a badge -- also hand made but faster to produce!

Back of badge.  We used safety pins from my mother's sewing box!

We put these 3 by 5 cards on bulletin boards in Markets all over the place.

The back of the 3 x 5 card, with sticker.

We took this photo backstage.  Soupy is holding chalk, ready to write his Words of Wisdom.  He always waited until the last minute to put add them to the blackboard.  Clyde Alder in his Black tooth White Fang outfit can be seen camera left.

The studio was often a pie-covered mess at the close of an episode.  Most of the pies where expertly thrown by stagehand Bobby.

Page 1 of First issue of  the Fan Club Newsletter.  It was mimeographed at a local printer on La Cienega near Hi-Point Avenue.  The lead story was about the taping of Soupy's ABC prime time version of the show.  Taping was moved from the small studio to ABC's new studio.

Page 2 of First issue of  the Fan Club Newsletter. 

Just as we were ready to send out the newsletter, we got word that the Hippy puppet was stolen.  It was returned a few weeks later.

Clyde played the off camera characters in Detroit and Los Angeles.  Here Clyde is wearing his Black Tooth White Fang outfit.  He added the puppet hands as needed. Clyde also played Hippy and Pookie and most of the characters Soupy met at the door.

Needless to say many parents and educators were dubious about their kids watching Soupy.  So now and then Soupy would roll out a campaign like this one: "Safety Sure".

Felt pen autographed photo of Soupy. This was one of the official photos KABC-TV sent out to Soupy's fans.

Soupy autographed this photo to me."My best to you.  And my thanks for being so helpful.  Your friend, Soupy Sales"