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Soupy Keeps on Ticking: Don’t ask Soupy Sales, 66, when he plans to retire from the comedy business. “There’s no heavy lifting,” he quipped about his profession. “You keep working, but you might not work as much because I find in our business there is age discrimination.” Sales, interviewed in the Detroit area where he had several nightclub dates, says he tours about two weeks a month and also likes playing guest disc jockey across the country. “Hey, listen, it’s called, ‘Paying the Rent,’ ” he said. “And also, the subtitle is ‘Paying the Alimony.’ ”