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Keep Believing, Keep Pretending

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (8)

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Forty odd years might not exactly be the most topical of current events, but it is summer, the season that invented “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you.” In the late sixties, a certain Jim Henson had built a name in advertising, and had a little side gig you may have heard of in retrospect called “The Muppets.” Henson had gotten them on some variety shows, so it wasn’t a completely unknown act, but this was still several years before “Sesame Street” and over a decade before “The Muppet Show.”

Then there was this other little company called IBM. They made computering machines. But said computering machines were too complicated for their sales staff to understand what the hell they were actually selling. So they hired Henson to make a series of training videos to explain what their technology was for to their own employees. So we’ve got Kermit and company, in addition to the introduction of an early version of Cookie Monster.

The videos have made their way onto YouTube now. There are a couple below, and the sourced article has a couple more.


(source: Technologizer)









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Comments

Muppets can do no wrong, ever.

Posted by: BWeaves at June 2, 2010 10:12 AM

Ain't nothin' like pimpin' now ya' know!
Motherfuckin' shit goddamn asshole!

Posted by: superasente at June 2, 2010 10:29 AM

The best life decision I ever made was to start following the Sesame Street twitter. I don't even have an account, but the brief little glimpses of Cookie Monster's mind are PRICELESS. I learned that the Cookie Monster is NOT in fact going sugar free, thank cookies. Two of my favorites:

Cookie Monster: Ate newspaper crossword puzzle today. Gordon said it was “a piece of cake”. So me ate it. Not very moist.

Cookie Monster: Me tried fat-free, sugar-free, gluten-free cookie today. Or, as me like to call it: crime against humanity.

I don't care how old I get. The muppets, including the Sesame Street gang, always make me happier and make me laugh. They even redeem the existence of twitter for me.

Posted by: Ruth at June 2, 2010 12:56 PM

Ever seen this set? Kermit is HARD, yo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ky7g1lgTwc

Posted by: replica at June 2, 2010 2:42 PM

Replica: I take back the "Muppets can do no wrong" comment I made earlier.

Muppet zygotes are disturbing.

Posted by: BWeaves at June 2, 2010 5:21 PM

Haa! Thanks for posting that, Ruth.

Posted by: stryker1121 at June 2, 2010 9:51 PM

@Replica That's not Kermit, that's Wilkins!

Posted by: Ryan at June 2, 2010 10:46 PM

Did anyone catch the State of The Union Speech Tuesday night? Don't know if you feel like I do, but I'm tired of the all the political bullsh_t that these politcians spout. All the grandstanding, just to make themselves look good. I thought that maybe with Republicans gaining the House and the numbers in the Senate much closer that maybe they would have a chance to effect change. But I see that nothing but gridlock and pointing fingers will come of this for the next 2 years. How sad.

Posted by: Meta Overbey at February 4, 2011 1:03 AM