Sleepy Slim Toy Puppet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950 - 1955
name: label: user
content: NBC
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sleepy Slim children's hand puppet toy made of soft plastic head and a fabric body used to promote the character from the televison show <i>Jump Jump of Holiday House</i>. Popular with children, who could create their own scenarios about Jump Jump and his adventures.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Additional promotional items created specifically for children promoting <i>Jump Jump</i> include an Achi Poggli puppet, tiny bars of soap decorated with images of Jump Jump and Sleepy Slim the Lion and a bottle of cologne with Sir Rhyme A Lot on the paper label.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The soft toy puppets, the small doll-like figures, and the toiletry items designed specifically for children are excellent examples of the rising tide of product placement and commercialism. This expanding concept foretells the ever-expanding business of character associations and commercial tie-ins so popular with children.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Consumerism
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: general subject association
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry Hickox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0519.07
label: accession number
content: 1988.0519
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0519.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: flannel (overall material)