The Paperwork Explosion



The Paperwork Explosion is a four and a half minute film by Jim Henson made for IBM's Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter. Features a number of office workers (including Henson and Frank Oz) speaking about how machines doing work leaving more time for people to think.

Soundtrack provided by Raymond Scott and featured on the album "Manhattan Research, Inc." as a music-only track, the original track with dialogue and other sound effects, and a test reel including improvisational material that would end up in the final film.