After Sam & Friends ended its run, Jim Henson and his staff began producing commercials for various advertisers, such as General Mills and Frito-Lay. They also found the time to travel to Atlanta in 1962 to produce an unaired, unsold pilot for a medieval fantasy series, Tales of The Tinkerdee. Kermit the Frog carried over from Sam & Friends, now cast as a minstrel, narrating the story in song while strumming a lute.
The gag with all the doors & gates closing behind Kermit at the end of the show would be reused on Get Smart throughout its 5 year run (1965-70).
A 2nd pilot was shot two years later, and also went unsold.
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