The Muppets' 1967 IBM Sales Films 63
harrymcc writes "Forty-three years ago, before most people had ever heard of the Muppets, IBM contracted with Jim Henson for a series of short films that it used to educate and entertain its sales staff. These little-known movies — some of which feature cutting-edge office automation equipment such as very early word-processing systems — remain fresh, funny, and surprisingly irreverent. And one of them features the first appearance of the Cookie Monster, who got his big break on Sesame Street a couple of years later."
So many years later (Score:5, Funny)
and IBM is still populated with muppets...
Microseinfeld (Score:3, Funny)
C is for Computer (Score:4, Funny)
Computer! Computer! Computer starts with C!
Re:So many years later (Score:3, Funny)
IBM is still populated with muppets...
Another of IBM's many interesting phenomena... (do dooo de doodoo!)
Re:Something completely different (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Statler and Waldorf (Score:5, Funny)
"Sounds like IBM should stand for International Business MORONS!"
Both Laugh
Svedeesh Cheff (Score:5, Funny)
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You Sir... (Score:5, Funny)
...Insult the good name of Muppets.
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Re:Statler and Waldorf (Score:3, Funny)
and then, uncontrollably
*Both Laugh*