He was educated at University of Maryland, College Park, where he created Sam and Friends as a freshman.

As a freshman, he had been asked to create Sam and Friends, a 5-minute puppet show for WRC-TV.

The characters on Sam and Friends were forerunners of Muppets, and the show included a prototype of Henson's most famous character: Kermit the Frog.

Henson had said the word " Muppet " predating the show Sam and Friends.

* Sam and Friends

Candy's daughter, Jennifer Candy, is an actress and television producer, having production credits for the television series Prom Queen and Sam Has 7 Friends.

Rigby tracks down alcoholic Sam ( Ray Milland, from Lost Weekend ) and gets Dr. Forrest's dollar, which has " FOC " ( Friends of Carlotta ) names scrawled on it — including Kitty Collins and Swede Anderson ( Kitty's boyfriend ).

* The Art of Visual Thinking ( October 2, 1966 ) – A remake of the skit of the same name from Sam and Friends.

* I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face ( February 5, 1967 ) – Kermit and Yorick from Sam and Friends are featured in this act.

* Yorick, a purple skull Muppet from Sam and Friends that often tried to eat Kermit the Frog

Many soon-to-be-famous faces pop up, including: Lionel Jeffries (" Murder Ahoy " and " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ", Leslie Philips, Jane Asher, Anne Reid ( Coronation Street and Dinnerladies ), Edward Mulhare ( The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider ), Patrick Troughton ( the Second Doctor ), Irene Handl, Desmond Llewelyn ( Q in the Bond films ), Sam Kydd, Sid James, Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw ( Carry On films ), Leo McKern ( Rumpole of the Bailey ), Alfie Bass ( The Army Game ), Sylvia Kay ( Just Good Friends ), Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell ( Steptoe and Son ), Barbara Mullen ( Dr Finlay's Casebook ), Richard O ' Sullivan ( Man About the House ), Geoffrey Bayldon ( Catweazle ), Billie Whitelaw, Ronald Allen, Gordon Jackson.

HIT's catalogue of characters include Angelina Ballerina, Barney & Friends, Bob the Builder, Fifi & the Flowertots, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Mike the Knight, Rainbow Magic and Thomas & Friends.

* The Friends of Sam Rayburn Website

* DDick14 Fish ft Sam Brown Just Good Friends ( 1995 )

Sam & Mark had a # 1 UK chart hit with their cover of The Beatles tune " With a Little Help from My Friends ".

Jim and Jane Henson formed Muppets Inc. in 1958, three years after Sam and Friends debuted.

Aside from Sam and Friends, the majority of work that the company had until 1969 was creating characters for various commercials, variety show appearances, and a few meeting films for various companies ( the company would produce its own meeting films from 1965 to 1996 ).

* Sam and Friends ( 1955 – 61 )

A sketch from the television series Sam and Friends in which Kermit and Harry the Hipster make their thoughts appear above their heads.

Later, formal sketches were drawn up, many spoofing well-known television shows at the time, including Sam and Friends ' lead-in show in the Washington market, The Huntley-Brinkley Report.

Sam & Friends is mentioned in chapter 2 of Kermit The Frog's book Before You Leap, under the heading of " My First Big Splash ".

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In 1945, probably almost every American not only knew who Sam Spade was, but had some kind of emotional feeling about him.

Sam Rayburn was a good man, a good American, and, third, a good Democrat.

Sam Rayburn took unnumbered secrets with him to the grave, for he was never loquacious, and his word, once given, was not subject to retraction.

Mr. Truman has only to recall the `` hopeless '' campaign of 1948 to remember what a loyal partisan he was and the first experience of Mr. Kennedy with Congress would have been sadder than it was had not Mr. Sam been there.

Under any name -- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Democrat, Mr. Sam -- he was a good man.

`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

) But Speaker Sam Rayburn, after huddling in Palm Beach with President-elect Kennedy, decided that this year something had to be done about the Rules Committee -- and that he was the only man who could do anything effective.

He'd have to think, but the main thing, the imperative necessity, was to leave before Sam Bentley was up and about, and before Millie detained him with sympathy.

One month later, Johnston was promoted to major and the position of aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston.

" When the final payment on the farm was owed, Sam May refused to cover his brother-in-law's debts, as he often did, possibly at Abby May's suggestion.

The Ark was taken by the Philistines ( 1 Sam.

The people of Ashdod were smitten with hemorrhoids ; a plague of rats was sent over the land ( 1 Sam.

The affliction of boils was also visited upon the people of Gath and of Ekron, whither the Ark was successively removed ( 1 Sam.

The Ark was set in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and the Beth-shemites offered sacrifices and burnt offerings ( 1 Sam.

David's plan of building a temple for the Ark was stopped at the advice of God ( 2 Sam.

The Ark was with the army during the siege of Rabbah ( 2 Sam.

11: 11 ); and when David fled from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's conspiracy, the Ark was carried along with him until he ordered Zadok the priest to return it to Jerusalem ( 2 Sam.

* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.

He was of great service to David, especially at the time of the rebellion of Absalom ( 2 Sam.

When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam ( 1 Sam.