Object Details
- performer
- Henson, Jim
- Henson, Jim
- Description (Brief)
- Sam is a hand puppet and the title character of Sam and Friends. This is the original Sam puppet that was created by Jim Henson in October 1954. Sam has a papier-mâché head which makes him more rigid than most of the other puppets created by Jim Henson. He never spoke, but he would lip-sync to popular music and comedy records from the time. Sam and Friends was a five-minute show that aired on the local NBC affiliate station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV. It featured a cast of hand puppets created by Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane Nebel that often lip-synched to popular songs or comedy records. It aired from 1955 to 1961.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift from the Family of Jim Henson
- 1954-10
- ID Number
- 2010.0144.01
- accession number
- 2010.0144
- catalog number
- 2010.0144.01
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 in x 14 in x 11 in; 53.34 cm x 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Jim Henson
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Puppetry
- Television broadcasts
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_1396954
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-aa34-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
