Tim Sample

Who is Tim Sample?

New England humorist Tim Sample, famous both for his presentation and his Maine accent, has sold well over a million copies of his books, albums, and videos. In the summer of 1993, Tim was recruited by Charles Kuralt as a correspondent for the Emmy Award winning TV Show CBS News Sunday Morning. Over the following 11 years, Tim produced over 100 "Postcards from Maine" segments which introduced millions of CBS viewers around the nation and the world to the lifestyles of Mainers.

Born in Fort Fairfield, Maine and raised in Boothbay Harbor, Tim and his wife Kevin Sample have a home in Washington County and an apartment in Portland, and despite the traveling his career calls him to do, he has never lived anywhere other than in Maine.

Tim's first album of Downeast humor was recorded in 1979 and produced by Noel Paul Stookey, "Paul" of Peter, Paul, and Mary. The liner notes for the album were written by humorist Marshall Dodge, who, along with his partner Rev. Robert Bryan, created the world-famous Bert and I recordings back in the 1950s. After Marshall Dodge died in 1982, Tim recorded four albums and a video for the Bert and I company. Sample and Bryan have collaborated on a number of projects since, including several TV specials, the popular recording How to Talk Yankee, and the TV specials Out of Season and Maine Humor Behind the Barn.