Object Details
performer
Henson, Jim
maker
Henson, Jim
Description (Brief)
Yorick is a purple skull hand puppet with a head made from papier-mâché. Yorick eats anything and everything and has a tube in his mouth that allowed him to swallow objects. This appetite made him a precursor to other hungry monsters created by Jim Henson such as Cookie Monster. Yorick appeared regularly on Henson’s show < i>Sam and Friends. This is the original Yorick puppet created by Jim Henson in June 1954. Sam and Friends 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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift from the Family of Jim Henson
date made
1954-06
ID Number
2010.0144.09
accession number
2010.0144
catalog number
2010.0144.09
Object Name
puppet
Physical Description
fabric (overall material)
paper (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 6 1/2 in x 17 in; 16.51 cm x 43.18 cm
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Jim Henson
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Puppetry
Television
Television broadcasts
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1397164