Sam and Friends

*Sam and Friends*
Sam and Friends
	"The Art of Visual Thinking" sketch of Sam and Friends in which Kermit and Harry the Hipster make their thoughts appear above their heads. Harry: Man, you're just a beginner. I'm an old hand at this stuff. Watch!; Kermit: Hey, a real watch!; Harry: With moving parts, no less.
Created by	Jim Henson; Jane Nebel;
Starring	Jim Henson; Jane Nebel; Bob Payne; Jerry Juhl;
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	only 59 confirmed
Production
Running time	5 minutes per sketch (and episode)
Original release
Network	WRC-TV (NBC O&O in Washington, D.C.)
Release	May 9, 1955 –; December 15, 1961

Sam and Friends is an American live-action and puppet sketch comedy television series and a lead-in to The Tonight Show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane Nebel. It was aired live 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. However, most of the original episodes were never recorded, and are considered lost. A few surviving episodes can be viewed at the Paley Center for Media but many can also be found on video websites 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.

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