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The Muppets' 1967 IBM Sales Films

Posted by kdawson on from the skinny-black-tie dept.

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."

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  1. And RC Cola by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was just reading today about Jim Henson's mid-1960s TV commercial for RC Cola, featuring two birds that evolved later to become Big Bird.

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  2. It's time to put on make-up by MRe_nl · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's time to dress up right
    It's time to get things started
    On the IBM tonight

    And now for the origins of the muppet show tune
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXu4P6KpoLU

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