SAM the Robot

A few years ago I searched for information or video for Sam the Robot and came up empty handed. But just give the internet time and it’ll dig up anything. I was thumbing thru an old Sesame Street treasurey book and saw a Sam the Robot story. Which reminded me to ask the internet about old Super Automatic Machine (S.A.M.) and so I found a really nice clip. Dig that Coon Tail hanging from his antenna.

Sam didn’t make it very long on Sesame Street and he only appeared a handful of times. But I remember well and always watched hoping he would show up.

They’ve since introduced a new robot called Rico.

Here he is as the Season Robot 3000.

I don’t really like the look of the new robot but I’d much rather see him than no robot at all. I’m sure soon enough he’ll become obsolete just like SAM.