Sam and Friends presentation at Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA

As part of celebrations marking what would have been Jim Henson’s 87th birthday, Legacy President Craig Shemin shared the story of his first television show, Sam and Friends, at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. The Center is the home to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum featuring The Jim Henson Collection.

Learn more about their exhibits and programs here: https://puppet.org/

Jim and Jane Henson at the ribbon cutting ceremony opening the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, 1978.
Courtesy Center for Puppetry Arts.

Craig Shemin’s Sam and Friends talk was features on the Center for Puppetry Arts marquee.