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Shari & Lamb Chop

Directed by Lisa D’Apolito

Release: 2025
Runtime: 92
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Language: English

Before Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, there was Shari Lewis, a children’s television pioneer whose whimsical characters and ebullient spirit have guided generations of children as they came of age. Raised in the Bronx by a proud feminist mother and a professor father who moonlighted as Peter Pan the Magic Man, Shari became a multitalented dancer, singer, and magician. But when an injury sidelined her dance aspirations, she channeled her creativity into a passion for ventriloquism, creating the now beloved sock puppet characters Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. From her early years of TV success to the crush of her show’s cancellation to her 1990s comeback in her 60s, Lisa D’Apolito’s heartfelt doc charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of the spunky perfectionist whose talent and perseverance stand as a testament to women’s power and forever changed the landscape of children’s entertainment. Featuring interviews with ventriloquists inspired by Lewis alongside nostalgia-rich clips and home movies, this vibrant portrait brims with the same warmth, wit, and magic that defined her, celebrating the power of imagination and the inner child within.

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3Below Theaters San Jose 1754020800August 1 - August 7, 2025
All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee 1753416000July 25 - July 27, 2025
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Toronto 1756008000August 24, 2025
Laemmle Royal Los Angeles 1753416000July 25 - July 31, 2025
Laemmle Town Center 5 Los Angeles 1753416000July 25 - July 31, 2025
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona 1754020800August 1 - August 7, 2025
North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh 1763614800November 20, 2025
Palm Springs Cultural Center Palm Springs 1753502400July 26, 2025
Quad Cinema New York 1752811200July 18 - July 24, 2025
Rehoboth Beach Film Society Rehoboth Beach 1753502400July 26, 2025
River Oaks Theater Houston 1754625600August 8 - August 14, 2025
State Theatre Modesto 1754020800August 1 - August 7, 2025