The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!
The Jim Henson Company Presents The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing! is a live action web-series from the Jim Henson Company. The series was created and directed by Paul Rugg and Mitch Schauer.
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, 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.
The cast consists of a mixture of television and film actors. The Sam Plenty troupe also includes several veteran Henson puppeteers includes Yerrid, Drew Massey, and Allan Trautman. Emmy-winning composers Julie and Steve Bernstein wrote the music for the series. A sample of the project was screened at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con.
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 as Fetcheye
- Allan Trautman as Professor August Weadle
- Victor Yerrid as Robert "Bob" Choppy