About a year before the movie actually came out. Hammy was in the strip originally, but he died. Dream works wanted to name the suirrel Hammy, so they renamed him back to Hammy before the movie came...
Hammy was voiced by Steve Carrell. He stars on the television series "The Office". Most recently he can found on the big screen in Get Smart with Anne Hathaway and Dwayne Johnson. Hammy is funny