''The Jim Henson Company Presents The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!''Henson Company press release
March 10, 2008 is a live action web-series from

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. The series was created and directed by

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and Mitch Schauer.Sam Plenty Comes to the Web
. August 05, 2007

Synopsis

The series is designed as a Western comedy musical with science-fiction and action adventure elements, starring cowboy hero Sam Plenty.

Victor Yerrid Victor Yerrid (born November 13, 1971) is an American actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company and has performed Muppet characters in many films, television commercials and television shows. He is best known in the Muppet World for his work ...

described ''Sam Plenty'' in a 2007 interview as "a throwback to the old Gene Autry Show". In particular, the premise recalls Autry's 1935 serial '' The Phantom Empire'', in which Autry and friends must battle an evil queen, robots, and various sci-fi devices. The show is an over-the-top tongue-in-cheek parody of classic television serials. The first serial in "The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!" was titled "Sam Plenty in Underdoom". The first installment of the five-episode serial debuted on the web on March 10, 2008 (although adding the parody element, the episodes begin at "part 3"). The cast consists of a mixture of television and film actors. The Sam Plenty troupe also includes several veteran Henson puppeteers includes Yerrid (as Bob Choppy), Drew Massey (as Sam Plenty), and

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(as the professor).Jim Henson Presents The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!
March 09, 2008 Emmy-winning composers Julie and Steve Bernstein (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and many others) wrote the music for the series. A sample of the project was screened at the 2007

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Episode list

Cast

* Drew Massey as Samuel "Sam" Plenty * Zand Broumand as Sergeant Yak Munch * Jeffrey Cannata as Doom Rider * Stephanie Denise Griffin as Marion Weadle * Golda Inquito as Hanalei * Jay Mawhinney as Lord Grand Chapeau * Dan Mott as William "Billy" Weadle *

Marie O'Donnell Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...

as Queen Verbosa *

Jerry Trainor Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom '' iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series ...

as Fetcheye *

as Professor August Weadle *

as Robert "Bob" Choppy

References

External links

Sam Plenty news

Henson Company press release
- March 10, 2008
"Meet Sam Plenty" Henson.com Podcast
- March 10, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sam Plenty Cavalcade Of Action Show Plus Singing!, The The Jim Henson Company Internet properties established in 2008 Film serials Science fiction Westerns American comedy web series Parodies of television shows American science fiction web series Television series by The Jim Henson Company