Changes: Sam (Sam and Friends)

PERFORMER	Jim Henson
DEBUT	1954

Revision as of 17:55, 20 July 2015

BlackMagic2 — Sam lip synching to "Old Black Magic."

Sam was the main character of Sam and Friends. He was the only non-abstract human character. Sam never spoke, but would lip-sync to popular music and comedy records of the time. Sam was made of papier mâché. He was built in October 1954.^[1]

The only surviving Sam and Friends episode starring Sam is Sam lip synching to Louis Prima and Keely Smith's "Old Black Magic" with an early Kermit. According to that skit, Sam's wardrobe is courtesy of Hialeah Racetrack.

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 On Our Town,^[1] Footlight Theatre,^[2] and Today. Sam made a comeback appearance, along with Yorick and Harry the Hipster, in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years.

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Sunday Star, page 5, March 29, 1959, pictured at Jim's Red Book - 1/27/1975 -'Go to Washington put 1st Bert and Ernie in Smithsonian - dinner with Joe Irwin'
↑ Imagination Illustrated Page 17

[redbook-1] 1.0 ^1.1 The Sunday Star, page 5, March 29, 1959, pictured at Jim's Red Book - 1/27/1975 -'Go to Washington put 1st Bert and Ernie in Smithsonian - dinner with Joe Irwin'

[2] Imagination Illustrated Page 17

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+{{character|image=Sam.jpg|performer=[[Jim Henson]]|debut=1954}}
-''see also [[Sam the Eagle]]''
+[[Image:BlackMagic2.jpg|thumb|300px|Sam lip synching to "Old Black Magic."]]
-'''Sam''' was the main character of [[Sam and Friends]]. He was the only non-abstract human character. He never spoke.
+'''Sam''' was the main character of ''[[Sam and Friends]]''. He was the only non-abstract human character. Sam never spoke, but would lip-sync to popular music and comedy records of the time. Sam was made of papier mâché. He was built in October 1954.<ref name="redbook">The Sunday Star, page 5, March 29, 1959, pictured at [http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/01/1271975/ Jim's Red Book - 1/27/1975 -'Go to Washington put 1st Bert and Ernie in Smithsonian - dinner with Joe Irwin']</ref>
+The only surviving ''Sam and Friends'' episode starring Sam is Sam lip synching to Louis Prima and Keely Smith's "[[Old Black Magic]]" with an early [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]]. According to that skit, Sam's wardrobe is courtesy of Hialeah Racetrack.
-Sam was made of paper maché.
+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.
-The only surviving Sam and Friends episode starring Sam is [[Old Black Magic]].
-Sam made a comeback appearance on [[The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]].
+In addition to ''Sam and Friends'', Sam has made appearances on Mac McGarry's ''On Our Town'',<ref name="redbook" /> ''[[Footlight Theatre]]'',<ref>''[[Imagination Illustrated]]'' Page 17</ref> and ''[[Today]]''. Sam made a comeback appearance, along with [[Yorick]] and [[Harry the Hipster]], in ''[[The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]]''.
+<gallery widths="200" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
+Image:DieGroßeMuppet-Party-08.jpg|Sam with Harry the Hipster in ''The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years''
+</gallery>
+==See also==
+*[[Sam]] (disambiguation)
+==Sources==
+<references />
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Sam Sam And Friends}}
 [[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 [[Category:Sam and Friends Characters]]