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 and joey 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 mother kangaroo has a moveable 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.