Object Details
- performer
- Henson, Jim
- Henson, Jane
- Description (Brief)
- Chicken Liver (also known as Theodore) is a puppet with a big head and a long nose from Sam and Friends. This is the original Chicken Liver puppet created by Jim and Jane Henson in 1959. Sam and Friends was a five-minute show that aired on the local NBC affiliate station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV. It featured a cast of hand puppets created by Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane Nebel that often lip-synched to popular songs or comedy records. It aired from 1955 to 1961.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift from the Family of Jim Henson
- 1959
- ID Number
- 2010.0144.10
- accession number
- 2010.0144
- catalog number
- 2010.0144.10
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 9 in x 9 in; 63.5 cm x 22.86 cm x 22.86 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Jim Henson
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Puppetry
- Television
- Television broadcasts
- Record ID
- nmah_1397165
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-3876-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
