Original lamb chop puppet
Lamb chop puppet.
Lamb Chop (puppet)
Anthropomorphic sock puppet sheep
Lamb Chop is a sock puppetanthropomorphicsheep created by the puppeteer and ventriloquistShari Lewis.
The character first appeared during Lewis's guest appearance on Captain Kangaroo in March and later appeared on Hi Mom (–), a local morning show that aired on WRCA-TV in New York, New York.
History
Concept and creation
Lamb Chop has been described as a "6-year-old girl, very intuitive and very feisty, a combination of obstinacy and vulnerabilityyou know how they say fools rush in where wise men fear to go?
Lamb chop food
Well, Lamb Chop would rush in, then scream for help."[1] Lamb Chop, in all her shows, had referred to her close friend, a girl named Lolly Pincus.
From to , Lewis had her own musical-comedynetwork televisionprogram, The Shari Lewis Show.
As children's programming turned more towards animation in the mids, she continued to perform in a wide range of venues.
In , Lamb Chop and Lewis began their
