The Soupy Sales Show

During the show Soupy would often answer knocks at the door. He would then talk to various characters not visible to the camera. One time he opened the door and, as a joke, the crew had sneaked in an exotic dancer who proceeded to disrobe to "stripper" music. Soupy was practically speechless and could not say anything on the air. Although it was obviously not shown on the air at the time, a camera backstage was taping it, and several years later it was shown (appropriate parts blacked out, of course) on TV. The entire "routine", with nothing blacked out, is available on a variety of "blooper" collection tapes.

Uncensored footage exists of an on-air prank where the crew had a topless dancer stand just off-camera to throw Soupy's concentration ... all viewers saw at the time was a moving balloon, but footage of what was REALLY going on has appeared on blooper compilations.