the cast consists of a mixture of television and film actors. the sam plenty troupe also includes several veteran henson puppeteers includes yerrid (as bob choppy), drew massey (as sam plenty), and allan trautman (as the professor). emmy-winning composers julie and steve bernstein (animaniacs, pinky and the brain, and many others) wrote the music for the series. a sample of the project was screened at the 2007 san diego comic-con.