Absent from all the Soupy obits I have seen is the most famous episode known among us (then) adolescents back in the days of his show. He is said to have been fired for holding up his hand, palm inward, to the camera, with the index, middle and ring fingers showing.
He lowered the index finger saying that it was for his producer, then the ring finger saying it was for his director. The middle finger, which he left standing in the classic configuration, he said was for the sponsor. I have no idea whether the story was true, but being high adolescent humor, of course, it circulated like wildfire among us at the time. It made the man a myth in our hearts.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Like the old sea story about how Bob Hope lost his prime time slot.
Starlet standing next to him, he goes, “Put your hand in my pocket.” and just kept on with his monologue.
After a bit, he goes, “Feel crazy?”
“Yes, yes I do!”
“Put your hand in a bit farther and you’ll feel nuts.”
He-he. Never heard that one. Sounds about right, though.
My favorite “I hope it’s true, it sounds true” story is a Johnny Carson story.
Someone, I think Raquel Welch, is holding a cat in her lap and she says, “Want to pet my pussy?” (You know with a look and a lascivious grin for the double entendre)
So Johnny says, “Sure, move the cat.”
I watched that show a lot and that surely feels right.
Heh. Another likely one for sure.