Fozzie Bear Puppet
date: label: date made
content: 1977 - 1979
name: label: performer
content: Oz, Frank
label: performer
content: Jacobson, Eric
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
label: maker
content: Frith, Michael
label: maker
content: Erickson, Bonnie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>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 <i>The Muppet Show</i> and performs comedy in the classic vaudeville tradition. Fozzie’s jokes are generally bad and often punctuated by his signature laugh, “wocka, wocka.”</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>
topic: label: Subject
content: Muppet Show
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
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: 2013.0101.11
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 22 in x 15 1/2 in; 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm x 39.37 cm