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Sam and Friends is an early live-action/puppet television show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane Nebel. It was taped and aired twice daily as a local series in Washington, D.C., on WRC-TV in black and white, and later color, on weeknights from May 9, 1955, to December 15, 1961. Most of the original episodes were wiped after airing on TV. A few surviving episodes can be viewed at the Paley Center for Media but many can also be found on popular video sites like YouTube, such as those digitally archived by The Jim Henson Company. Some have been documented by either the Henson Archives or newspaper articles published while the show was still on air. Some fans who grew up watching Sam and Friends have posted comments online about some of the lost episodes which they remembered watching.
Original Release
05/09/1955
US Release
05/09/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Henson | Sam / Harry the Hipster / Professor Madcliffe / Omar / Pierre the French Rat / Yorick / Kermit the Frog / Moldy Hay / Limbo Prototype |
Jane Henson | Keely Smith |
Jerry Juhl | Additional Muppet Performer |
Paul Frees | Harry the Hipster |
Bob Payne | Additional Muppet Performer |
Kermit the Frog | Self / Kermit |
Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | I've Got You Under My Skin | Tuesday, 01 January 1957 |
2 | Poison to Poison | |
3 | Singing in the Rain | |
4 | Where Hunger Is From | |
5 | Stan Freberg Demands Credit | |
6 | Last Sam Show | Friday, 15 December 1961 |
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Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Henson | Sam / Harry the Hipster / Professor Madcliffe / Omar / Pierre the French Rat / Yorick / Kermit the Frog / Moldy Hay / Limbo Prototype |
Jane Henson | Keely Smith |
Jerry Juhl | Additional Muppet Performer |
Paul Frees | Harry the Hipster |
Bob Payne | Additional Muppet Performer |
Kermit the Frog | Self / Kermit |
Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg |