Ernie Puppet
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: performer
content: Henson, Jim
label: performer
content: Linz, Peter
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
label: maker
content: Sahlin, Don
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ernie is a live-hand puppet originally performed by Jim Henson and currently performed by Peter Linz. In a live-hand puppet, like Ernie, 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ernie lives on Sesame Street with his best friend and roommate Bert. He enjoys taking bubble baths with his rubber duck, and singing the song “Rubber Duckie” about his beloved bath toy. It was released as a single and peaked at number 16 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 on September 26, 1970. Ernie, with Bert, has been a part of <i>Sesame Street</i> since the first test pilot episodes and the premier in 1969, and this puppet is the original Ernie puppet used for those pilot episodes.
topic: label: Subject
content: Sesame Street
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Jim Henson
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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: 2013.0101.14
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 19 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm