Sam and Friends



Sam and Friends was Jim Henson's first television show, a five-minute twice-daily show on a local Washington D.C. station. The show ran from May 9, 1955 to December 1961.

The characters included: Kermit, Sam, Harry the Hipster, Yorick, Mushmelon, Icky Gunk, Henrietta, Moldy Hay, Chicken Liver, Hank and Frank, the Professor, and Pierre the French Rat.