Raymond Scott and Jim Henson made an IBM commercial!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYztk "Paperwork Explosion" The Jim Henson Company In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track. manditory viewing: the Muppets Analytical Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8 Cookie Monster for IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k AT&T Archives: Charlie Magnetico, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po AT&T Archives: Robot, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.
The old dude MUST have been the inspiration for Statler On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYztk "Paperwork Explosion"
The Jim Henson Company
In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track.
manditory viewing: the Muppets Analytical Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8
Cookie Monster for IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k
AT&T Archives: Charlie Magnetico, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po
AT&T Archives: Robot, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw
Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.
I've seen the Cookie Monster one, it's hysterical. On Nov 26, 2017 1:43 PM, "Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYztk "Paperwork Explosion"
The Jim Henson Company
In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track.
manditory viewing: the Muppets Analytical Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8
Cookie Monster for IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k
AT&T Archives: Charlie Magnetico, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po
AT&T Archives: Robot, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw
Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.
thanks for sharing On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I've seen the Cookie Monster one, it's hysterical.
On Nov 26, 2017 1:43 PM, "Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYztk "Paperwork Explosion"
The Jim Henson Company
In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. Paperwork Explosion, produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track.
manditory viewing: the Muppets Analytical Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8
Cookie Monster for IBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowwNXKEt4k
AT&T Archives: Charlie Magnetico, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLUWQRh-po
AT&T Archives: Robot, by Jim Henson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJNNwTGDcw
Jim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications.
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