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Sam
PERFORMER Jim Henson
DEBUT 1954

Sam is the title character of Sam and Friends, the only non-abstract human character on the show. He almost never spoke, but would lip-sync to popular music and comedy records of the time. He was built in October 1954[1] using papier-mâché materials.

The only surviving Sam and Friends episode in which he appears, involves a routine in which he lip-syncs to "Old Black Magic" with an early Kermit. According to that skit, Sam's wardrobe is courtesy of Hialeah Racetrack.

Sam notably was given spoken dialogue during a week of shows in September 1960 during his campaign for President of the United States (under the "Republicratic" ticket). His dialogue, however, was the same recorded line spoken over and over.[2]

Sam was one of the few characters with a rigid face. Most of the other characters had flexible features that were more conducive to the close-up medium of television.

In addition to Sam and Friends, Sam has made appearances on Mac McGarry's In Our Town,[1] Footlight Theatre,[3] and Today. Sam made a comeback appearance, along with Yorick and Harry the Hipster, in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years.

Book appearances[]

See also[]

  • Sam (disambiguation)

Sources[]

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