Miss Piggy Puppet
date: label: date made
content: 1990s
name: label: performer
content: Oz, Frank
label: performer
content: Jacobson, Eric
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
label: maker
content: Erickson, Bonnie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Miss Piggy is a hand-rod puppet originally performed by Frank Oz and currently performed by Eric Jacobson. In a hand-rod puppet, like Miss Piggy, the performer’s dominant hand goes into the puppet’s head and operates the mouth and sometimes other facial features. The less dominant hand controls the arm rods, which are thin rods connected to the puppet’s hands. Miss Piggy is a diva pig who believes she is a superstar. She is madly in love with Kermit the Frog and is an expert in karate. Miss Piggy began as “Piggy Lee” on <i>The Tonight Show</i> in 1974 and eventually the “Lee” was dropped so as not to upset Peggy Lee. Miss Piggy then became a major character on <i>The Muppet Show</i>.
topic: label: Subject
content: Muppet Show
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 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: 2013.0101.12
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: feathers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 17 in x 11 in; 88.9 cm x 43.18 cm x 27.94 cm