Mushmellon Puppet from Sam and Friends
Object Details
- performer
- Henson, Jim
- Henson, Jane
- Description (Brief)
- Mushmellon is a yellow monster-like hand puppet from Sam and Friends. This is the original Mushmellon puppet created by Jim Henson in June 1955. 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
- 1955-06
- ID Number
- 2010.0144.06
- accession number
- 2010.0144
- catalog number
- 2010.0144.06
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 14 in x 7 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 35.56 cm x 19.05 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_1397161
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-3872-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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