Ladle used by The Swedish Chef
name: label: Associated Name
content: Henson, Jim
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This ladle was used with the Swedish Chef puppet. The Swedish Chef is a live-hand puppet originally performed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz and currently performed by Bill Barretta. In a live-hand puppet, like The Swedish Chef, 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. When performing, The Swedish Chef has human hands instead of gloves and only has standard Muppet hands specifically for photo shoots. The Swedish Chef speaks in a mock Swedish language which parodies the characteristic sounds of the Swedish language and occasionally includes an English word to help the viewer understand what he is attempting to do on screen. The Swedish Chef first appeared in <i>The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence</i> which aired on ABC in 1975 and was one of two pilot episodes for <i>The Muppet Show</i> in 1975.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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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: 2013.0101.15.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.15.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 40.64 cm x 11.43 cm x 9.525 cm