J.P. Grosse Puppet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1977
name: label: performer
content: Nelson, Jerry
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>J. P. Grosse is a hand-rod puppet originally performed by Jerry Nelson. He is the owner of The Muppet Theatre on <i>The Muppet Show</i>. He only made a few appearances on the show but was mentioned many more times on the show and instilled enough fear in Kermit so that Kermit went along with his requests. In a hand-rod puppet, like J. P. Grosse, the performer’s dominant hand goes into the puppet’s head and operates the mouth and sometimes other facial features. The less dominant hand controls the arm rods, which are thin rods connected to the puppet’s hands.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p><i>The Muppet Show</i> 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.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Muppet Show
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Jim Henson
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Family of Jim Henson: Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0101.06
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 18 in x 11 in; 63.5 cm x 45.72 cm x 27.94 cm