Bossmen

Jim Henson demonstrates the puppet on the roof of his New York City office.
DEBUT	1971

The Bossmen are giant Muppet characters that were developed in 1971 for a stage show with Nancy Sinatra. The Bossmen are twelve feet tall, and operated with rods. They made occasional appearances on The Muppet Show, and they made a cameo appearance in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, during the "Cirque du So Lamé" production.

Similar characters known as Small Bossmen appeared in episode 117 and episode 319.

Appearances

• The Dick Cavett Show
• Movin' with Nancy: Nice 'n' Easy
• Herb Alpert and the TJB
• The Muppet Show
  • Episode 117: Ben Vereen ("Pure Imagination")
  • Episode 220: Petula Clark ("The Boy from Ipanema")
  • Episode 319: Elke Sommer ("Animal Crackers in My Soup")
  • Episode 424: Diana Ross ("Love Hangover")
• Hello, Here Is Berlin
• The Muppets Go Hollywood
• Royal Variety Performance
• Muppets Tonight
  • Episode 206: Paula Abdul
• The Muppet Show Live
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Book appearances

• The Muppets Character Encyclopedia

Jerry Nelson performs a bossman on The Dick Cavett Show

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

A small bossman dances in "Pure Imagination".

Petula Clark next to a bossman in "The Girl from Ipanema"

A bossman in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

The "Cirque du So Lamé" number from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

A bossman dances with Kai-Lee and P.J.