Sam the Super Automated Ghost of Christmas Future



The third ghost to visit Oscar the Grouch in A Sesame Street Christmas Carol, is Sam the Super Automated Ghost of Christmas Future. He is a robot delivered by Joe Marley who appears by way of a special remote control, which summons him to show Oscar what Christmas will be like in the future.

Voiced by Kevin Clash, the character was animated by Magnetic Dreams as a computer generated image. Sam displays several characteristics similar to his predecessor of the same name, Sam the Robot. His design appears to be influenced by the former, as evidenced by his eye movement, and his faulty speech pattern follows the same loop-hiccup which can apparently only be cured by a whack on the hardware.