Professor Madcliffe Puppet from <i>Sam and Friends</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: performer
content: Henson, Jim
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Professor Madcliffe is a human-like hand puppet with big eyes and a tall head from <i>Sam and Friends</i>. Professor Madcliffe also appeared in Esskay Meats commercials with other Henson characters. This is the original Professor Madcliffe puppet created by Jim Henson and introduced on <i>Sam and Friends</i> in the fall of 1957. <i>Sam and Friends</i> was a five-minute show that aired on the local NBC affiliate station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV. It featured a cast of hand puppets created by Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane Nebel that often lip-synched to popular songs or comedy records. It aired from 1955 to 1961.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Jim Henson
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from the Family of Jim Henson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0144.08
label: accession number
content: 2010.0144
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0144.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 8 in x 8 in; 44.45 cm x 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm