Stop Me If You've Heard It!

by Soupy Sales

Soupy Sales was a longtime host of an event at Friars Club called Stop Me If You ve Heard It where a group of comics all seated on bar stools attempt to top each other by telling a joke. By the end of the evening it s not all that clear who actually topped who since the audience is too busy brushing tears away, doubling over in laughter, and praying their bladders remain intact before making a beeline to the bathrooms. Hilarious doesn t even begin to describe these evenings. This event with Soupy as top banana was as highly anticipated as The Friars infamous Roasts, and his comic legacy endures in this book of his favorite jokes. There is never a dull moment when Soupy is in the room. The Friars are lucky we just have to turn around and listen to Soupy tell his hilarious jokes. Thanks to this book, though, you ve got the next best thing if you can t join him, read him. The Soup is on and he s boiling over with laughs. - Barry Dougherty of The Friars Club"

216 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2003

About the author

Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman) was an American comedian, actor, and radio-TV personality and host. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark.

From 1968 to 1975, he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s Sales hosted his own show on WNBC-AM in New York City.