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Fozzie Bear Puppet

National Museum of American History
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performer
Oz, Frank
Jacobson, Eric
Henson, Jim
Frith, Michael
Erickson, Bonnie
Description (Brief)

Fozzie Bear is a live-hand puppet originally performed by Frank Oz and currently performed by Eric Jacobson. In a live-hand puppet, like Fozzie, one of the performer’s hands is in the puppet’s head while the other is in one of the puppet’s arms, which has gloves for hands. Another puppeteer is usually needed to operate the other arm, which is known as right-handing. Fozzie is an orange-brown bear with a hat and loose scarf around his neck. He is the resident comedian on The Muppet Show and performs comedy in the classic vaudeville tradition. Fozzie’s jokes are generally bad and often punctuated by his signature laugh, “wocka, wocka.”

The Muppet Show is a half-hour long variety show featuring the Muppets that aired for five seasons from 1976 to 1981. The action of the show was generally split evenly between on-stage acts and the chaos going on backstage. Each episode featured a human guest star.

Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of Jim Henson: Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson
1977 - 1979
ID Number
2013.0101.11
accession number
2013.0101
catalog number
2013.0101.11
Object Name
puppet
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
synthetic fibers (overall material)
foam (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 22 in x 22 in x 15 1/2 in; 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm x 39.37 cm
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Jim Henson
National Museum of American History
subject
Muppet Show
Television broadcasts
Television
Puppetry
Record ID
nmah_1444770
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c4fc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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