"Sam
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(From
"Jim Henson - The Works")
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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All
images courtesy of The Jim Henson Legacy & the Henson Family, TM
& ©2008 The Jim Henson Company
All
Muppets, photos, and likenesses ©2008 The Jim
Henson Company.
Muppet,
Muppets, characters & elements TM The Jim
Henson Company.
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(TV
Still Photos Donated by Jack Maier)
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Aired
on WRC-TV 4
Mondays
through Fridays
Various
airtimes.
From
May 9, 1955 - December 1961
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(May
1955 - Fall 1956?)
11:25
to 11:30PM |
(Fall
1956?- Fall 1957?)
6:30
to 6:35PM and
11:25
to 11:30PM |
(Fall
1957? - Jan 1959?)
11:25
to 11:30PM |
(Jan
1959? - Jan 1961?)
6:30
to 6:35PM and
11:25
to 11:30PM |
(Jan
1961? - Dec 1961)
6:40
to 6:45PM and
11:25
to 11:30PM |
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-"Sam...was
a primitive version of the basic kind of hand and rod puppet that
Jim
Henson devised in the mid-fifties. He had the face of a prizefighter,
with
protruding Clark Gable ears, a W.C. Fields nose, and permanently
astonished
eyes. Like a well designed cartoon character, he derived some of his
personality
from his features. But Jim's manipulation of Sam - a tilt of the
head
to find an appropriate eye focus, a bounce to a song - completed the
picture."
From
"Jim
Henson:The Works:The Art, the Magic, the Imagination"
by Christopher
Finch, Charles S. Finch,
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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Host:
"Sam"
with other lifelike puppets created/operated by Jim Henson and
Jane
Anne Nebel. In 1958, friend Bob Payne took Jim Henson's place
on the
show for a period of time while Jim visited Europe. Jerry Juhl
joined
the Hensons in 1961 initially to replace Jane as puppeteer.
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(From
"Jim Henson - The Works")
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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All
images courtesy of The Jim Henson Legacy & the Henson Family, TM
& ©2008 The Jim Henson Company
All
Muppets, photos, and likenesses ©2008 The Jim
Henson Company.
Muppet,
Muppets, characters & elements TM The Jim
Henson Company.
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Jim
Henson and Yorick
(Donated
by Jack Maier)
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Sources:
Trisha Katson's "Whatever Happened To Those Kiddie Show Hosts?" 1977,
George
Mason Univ. Phoebe Magazine, (provided by John Ahmad & Jack
Maier).
Some photos from Sunday Star TV Magazine & Wilkins Coffee items
from
1989 ad campaign, donated by Jack Maier. Other photos from "Jim Henson:
The Works:The Art, the Magic, the Imagination" by Christopher Finch,
Charles
S. Finch, October 1993, Random House; "What is a Muppet?" TV Guide,
7/27
-8/2/63; 1994 PBS Great Performances program "The
World of
Jim Henson". Directed by Judy Kinburg; & donated by Jack Maier.
and
from the web site "Jim
Henson at University of Maryland". 45 RPM Phono record labels
provided
by Warrick.
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