Sammy is an American animated television series that aired from August 8 until August 15, 2000. Inspired by Spade's own family tree, the show turns on James Blake, a TV star who's absentee free-loading father Sammy resurfaces after James makes it big.
When James' mother Marie finds out that her ex-husband Sammy is living with James and Todd, she drags her new husband Steve out to Los Angeles to "save" them. Meanwhile, James' agent Mark gets a book deal for James.
Sammy reassess his past and use his "second chance" to make amends with his sons. James' agent Mark has brokered a deal that will bring James' "Mongo Man" movie character to toy store shelves as an action figure.