Continental Bank kangaroo puppet

The Continental Bank kangaroo puppet is a premium created by Henson Associates for Continental Bank. The slogan of the Chicago-based bank was "It's the big bank with the little bank inside", and a kangaroo (representing the Big Bank) and joey (Little Bank) had long served as mascots for the bank. 
Sometime around 1975, Jim Henson agreed to create a puppet version of the mascots. Bank customers could order the puppet for free when depositing $300 or more into a new or existing account.
The puppet was manufactured by Knickerbocker. The mother kangaroo has a movable mouth and arms, and the joey is an independent finger puppet that can be operated through a hole in the pouch. This puppet is a rare early example of Henson creating a consumer puppet not based on an actual Muppet.
Continentalbankkangarooside.jpg|Side view
Continentalbankkangarootag.jpg|The puppet's tag
Continentalbankkangaroobag.jpg|The bag the puppet came in
Kangaroobrochureoutside.jpg|Outside of a brochure for bank customers
Kangaroobrochureinside.jpg|Inside of the brochure
Continentalbankkangarooad.jpg|A full page Sunday newspaper ad for the kangaroo puppet
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Category:Muppet Premiums
Category:Puppet Toys
Category:Knickerbocker