Bossmen

The Bossmen are giant Muppet characters that were developed in 1971 for a stage show with Nancy Sinatra. The Bossmen are twelve feet tall, and operated with rods. They made occasional appearances on The Muppet Show, and they made a cameo appearance in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, during the "Cirque du So Lamé" production.
Similar characters known as Small Bossmen appeared in episode 117 and episode 319.
==Appearances==
* Nancy `71
* The Dick Cavett Show
* Movin' with Nancy: Nice 'n' Easy
* Herb Alpert and the TJB
* The Muppet Show
**Episode 117: Ben Vereen ("Pure Imagination")
**Episode 220: Petula Clark ("The Boy from Ipanema") 
**Episode 319: Elke Sommer ("Animal Crackers in My Soup")
**Episode 424: Diana Ross ("Love Hangover")
* Hello, Here Is Berlin
* The Muppets Go Hollywood
* Royal Variety Performance
* Muppets Tonight
**Episode 206: Paula Abdul
* The Muppet Show Live
* It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
==Book appearances==
*The Muppets Character Encyclopedia
Image:Jerry nelson bossman.jpg|Jerry Nelson performs a bossman on The Dick Cavett Show
Image:Herbalpert_bossmen.jpg|Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Image:smallbossman.jpg|A small bossman dances in "Pure Imagination".
Image:Ipanema.JPG|Petula Clark next to a bossman in "The Girl from Ipanema"
Image:Vmxbossman.jpg|A bossman in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Image:Cirque Du So Lame stage.jpg|The "Cirque du So Lamé" number from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
HV 14946 KaiLeeandPJBigBoss.jpg|A bossman dances with Kai-Lee and P.J.
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