A live-hand Muppet is one of the the three common types of Muppets, the others being the Full-Bodied Muppet and the Hand-Rod Muppet. The hands for these puppets are actually gloves, which the puppeteer puts his or her less dominant hand into. This way, the puppet is able to manipulate objects, like picking things up or playing a piano. These puppets tend to be large to stay in proportion with the large human-sized hands. Onky, a character created for a series of On-Cor Frozen Foods commercials, is cited as one of Jim Henson's earliest live-hand Muppets: