The Muppets' 1967 IBM Sales Films

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."

Comments

So many years later

[Anonymous Coward]

and IBM is still populated with muppets...

Re:So many years later

[Sponge Bath]

IBM is still populated with muppets...

Another of IBM's many interesting phenomena... (do dooo de doodoo!)

Re:So many years later

[Jafafa Hots]

True but strange story - that song was originally from the soundtrack of a french porno film.

Microseinfeld

[Itninja]

Just like when Bill did his two-step with Jerry on TV...or maybe not at all. Oh god...I just threw up in my mouth a little....

C is for Computer

[Anonymous Coward]

Computer! Computer! Computer starts with C!

Re:Something completely different

[by (1706743)]

Actually...you probably were expecting this!

Re:Statler and Waldorf

[Anonymous Coward]

"Sounds like IBM should stand for International Business MORONS!"

Both Laugh

Svedeesh Cheff

[WoodenTable]

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Furty-three-a yeers egu, beffure-a must peuple-a hed ifer heerd ooff zee Mooppets, IBM cuntrected veet Jeem Hensun fur a sereees ooff shurt feelms thet it used tu idoocete-a und interteeen its seles steffff. Zeese-a leettle-a-knoon mufeees — sume-a ooff vheech feetoore-a cootteeng-idge-a ooffffeece-a ootumeshun iqooeepment sooch es fery ierly vurd-prucesseeng systems — remeeen fresh, foonny, und soorpreesingly irreferent. Und oone-a ooff zeem feetoores zee furst eppeerunce-a ooff zee Cuukeee-a Munster, vhu gut hees beeg breek oon Seseme-a Street a cuoople-a ooff yeers leter.

You Sir...

[hellfire]

...Insult the good name of Muppets.

Re:Statler and Waldorf

[MrKaos]

Both Laugh

and then, uncontrollably

S:It's Better Manually hahaha W:I've Been Married hahaha - so was I S:It's Broken Maan hahaha - thats a good one W:I'm Being Managed hahahaha - you too S:I Believe Magic hahahaha - SO DO I W:I've Been Meeting Both: Every Day S:It's Boring Me pause pause W:Well you're not Blue any more

*Both Laugh*