In the picture below Steve Whitmire helps Rowlf play the piano. However, when a character like Rowlf or The Swedish Chef uses both hands, Jim Henson would operate the head and another mupeteer would do both hands. For a moment, the necromancer stands by the window, muttering dark, arcane words. So all such characters (which include Ernie, Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear, Rowlf the Dog, Beaker and Dr. Blood gushes over the rusty steal bars and Simeon quickly gathers up the several appendage with his left hand and throws it into the night, through the window bars. The muppeteer operates the character's head with his or her right hand, and his or her left hand is in the hand of the character. Live-hand muppetsThe Sesame Street character Ernie is an example of a 'live-hand' muppet.

One consequence of this design is that most Muppets are left-handed as the puppeteer uses his right hand to operate the head while operating the arm rod with his left hand.' (source: Wikipedia article.) Muppet manipulation'The Muppeteer or Muppet master always holds the Muppet above his head or in front of his body, with one hand operating the head and mouth and the other manipulating the hands and arms, either with two separate control rods or by 'wearing' the hands like gloves. Kermit is now played by Steve Whitmire, who is right handed, but the pattern set by Jim Henson still makes Kermit mainly left handed. The Hand is dexterous enough to catch a fly, but its large size causes Hellboy to prefer his normal-sized left hand to operate weapons and devices. Generally Kermit will be seen holding things that have to be manipulated in his left hand. 'Hellboy's right hand, referred to as the 'Right Hand of Doom', consists of a large forearm and hand that seems to be made from red stone. He used his left hand to manipulate the wires that operate Kermit's hands.

The left hand of Jim Henson Jim Henson was left-handed, though he wore Kermit the Frog on his right hand when performing.

Left hand of doom