Sam and Friends

Sam and Friends
Created by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1,000 +
Production
Running time5 minutes per sketch (and episode)
Original release
NetworkWRC-TV (NBC O&O in Washington, D.C.)
ReleaseMay 9, 1955 (1955-05-09) –
December 15, 1961 (1961-12-15)
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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[citation needed], 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,[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ "Sam and Friends on YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sam and Friends clips yet to be released". YouTube. Retrieved May 6, 2017.