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Lamb Chop (puppet)

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Lamb Chop has been described as a "6-year-old girl, very intuitive and very feisty, a combination of obstinacy and vulnerability...you know how they say fools rush in where wise men fear to go? Well, Lamb Chop would rush in, then scream for help." Lamb Chop, in all her shows, had referred to her
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in 2010. Until 2024 Mallory Lewis didn’t perform Charlie Horse, as doing his voice is hard on her vocal cords. He did make a comeback via social media videos in early 2024. Lewis's daughter still owns the live performing rights to the Lamb Chop characters.
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My mom was one of the world's greatest entertainers. I don't want to challenge that. I don't think it's wise to go there. But I do want to do everything that I can do for Lamb Chop. I'll help keep her going.
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winner for five consecutive years. The show lasted approximately 25 minutes per episode. On PBS, it premiered September 10, 1992 and was last shown on January 1, 1997. From 2007 to 2009, it was shown on
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Mallory Lewis and Lamb Chop perform mainly for the US military. Lamb Chop is an honorary three-star general in the Marines.
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In 1998, Lamb Chop co-starred with Lewis on the short-lived spin-off
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Shari Lewis's other puppet, Hush Puppy, made his comeback at the
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Prior to her death, Shari Lewis sold the rights of Lamb Chop to
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9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for August 31, 1993
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Mallory Lewis described Lamb Chop's values as a "liberal
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on November 4, 2005 – via Jump Run Productions.
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Publicity photo of Shari Lewis and her puppets Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse from The Ford Show, April 7, 1960.
Shari Lewis
The Ford Show
sock puppet
anthropomorphic
sheep
puppeteer
ventriloquist
Shari Lewis
Captain Kangaroo
WRCA-TV
New York
musical
comedy
network television
program
The Shari Lewis Show
PBS
Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Emmy Award
Qubo
U.S. Congress
Children's Television Act
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
Golden Books Family Entertainment
DreamWorks Classics
NBCUniversal
producer
Mallory Lewis

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