The great Soupy Sales died

That's it Dgarretson!!! Thanks for the memory. Remember how they made an elderly woman fall for their routine and she would end up pouring stuff over her head. Wierd quirky stuff back then.

I can see Midnight the cat sitting in her chair as if it was yesterday.

Soupy's sons, Hunt and Tony Fox Sales, played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine.  Drums and bass, respectively.

Soupy Sales:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales

Including:

Sales also hosted a nighttime show, Soup's On, to compete with11 O'Clock News programs.[17] The guest star was always a musician, often a jazz performer, at a time when jazz was popular in Detroit and the city was home to twenty-four jazz clubs. Sales believed that his show helped sustain jazz in Detroit, as artists would regularly sell out their nightclub shows after appearing on Soup's On.[17]

Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Stan Getz were among the musicians who appeared on the show; Miles Davis made six appearances.[8] Clifford Brown's appearance on Soup's On, according to Sales, may be the only extant footage of Brown, and has been included in Ken Burns' Jazz and an A&E Network biography about Sales.

Also in the above link a good recap of some of his zany characters and some skits from his shows. Had me laughing just reading them.

Bander
The black cat with the violin was "Midnight" he was part of Andy's gang with Andy Devine.
RIP Soupy & thanks for all the laughs & memories of my childhood.