Sam Pottle

 Samuel  ''' H.   Pottle  ( usual l y credit e d a s  Sam   Pottle  ) ( M a y 8 t h, 1 9 3 4  - J ul y 4 t h ,  1 9 7 8  ) c o - wrote the  theme song  for  The Muppet Show  with  JIM HENSON ''' & followed  Joe Raposo  as the musical director o n  SESAME STREET  fro m  sea son s   6  through  9. He wrote  & c o -  wrote  the music for many  SESAME STREET   son g s  & had a 1| 1  - off  character name d after him.

A 1 9 55  Yale graduate, Pottle w as involve d with many theatrical production s. He served as musical super visor for the short - lived 1 9 7 0   Broad way  play  Cry   for   Us   A ll  & composer for  Money . He wrote the music f or the 1 9 77  musical  The   Meehans . He also serve d as t he conduct or for the Broad way  play  The   Mad   Show  in  1 9 66.

He wrote the music for a play called  Keep   Tightly   Closed   in   a   Cool   Dry   Place  at t he La Ma Ma Experimental Theatre Club i n 1 9 6 8 , &  composed  a musical arrangement for  Lewis Caroll  ’ s poem "  Jabber wocky  " , which has been performed by group s like the Nashoba Valley Chorale.

Follow in g Pottle ’ s death on July 4 t h, 1 9 7 8  , his friend & fell ow  SESAME   write r  Charles ( " Chuck " ) Choset dedicate d the  1 9 8 2  plays  Letter s   to   Ben  &  The   Messiah  to him.

External l ink s

 * Sam Pottle on Internet Movie Data base
 * Sam Pottle on Internet Broad way Data base
 * The Mad Show
 * Play Data base : Money
 * T h e Estate Project : Charles ( " C huck " ) Choset
 * 1 9 8 1 article on " The Mee han s "