''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

Paul Rugg Paul Kevin Rugg is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is best known for his starring roles in shows like ''Freakazoid!'', ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'', and ''Earth to Ned''. Biography Rugg has worked extensively ...

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 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 ''The Phantom Empire'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross.Magers 2007, p. 21. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial ...

'', 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 Allan Trautman (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 as Queen Verbosa *

Jerry Trainor Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as "Crazy" Steve in ''Drake & Josh'' and Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom ''iCarly'' (both on Nickelodeon) and its Paramount+ revival s ...

as Fetcheye * Allan Trautman as Professor August Weadle * Victor Yerrid 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