Sleepy Slim Marionette
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: user
content: Hickox, Harry
label: user
content: NBC
label: user
content: Hickox, Mary
label: maker
content: Kelly, Bob
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sleepy Slim the Lion was a regular on the NBC television show <i>Jump Jump of Holiday House</i> and one of the four characters that appeared along with Jump Jump, Achi Paggli, and Sir Rhyme A Lot. His head is carved from wood, he has tan suede paws, and he is wearing a red and white polka dot flannel nightgown. His voice-over was performed by Harry Hickox, part of the husband and wife team, Mary and Harry Hickox that created the original Jump Jump radio broadcast. The lion character tends to forget his lines and stumble around, but he was smart because he slept all the time. Both hands are needed to work this puppet--one controls the body, while the other hand operates a wood and string mechanism that moves his eyes and mouth.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harry Hickox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0519.02
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0519.02
label: accession number
content: 1988.0519
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in; 60.96 cm