[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Title_samfriends_1122.jpg]]

''Sam and Friends'' was the first television show to feature Franchise/TheMuppets. It ran from May 9, 1955, to December 15, 1961.
------
!!This show provides examples of:

* BigEater: Yorick.
* CastOfSnowflakes
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This was the first appearance of Kermit the ... nondescript lizard thing. He didn't become a frog until some years after this show ended.
* EnforcedPlug: Esskay Meats.
* MissingEpisode: Most of them, because the show was live.
* ParodyEpisode:
** "Powder-Burn" is a parody of ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''.
** "Poison to Poison" is a parody of the TalkShow ''Person to Person''.
* ProtagonistAndFriends
* TrashTheSet: In the final episode, Kermit and Harry blow up all the scenery and equipment since they won't need it anymore.
----