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[[File:BellRobot.jpg|thumb|300px|"The machine possesses supreme intelligence, a faultless memory, and a beautiful soul."]] |
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⚫ | The '''Bell Data Communications Seminar '''was an annual seminar hosted by The Bell System. In 1963, [[Jim Henson]] created two films for the seminar starring a puppet [[Robots|robot]]: a 3-minute short film discussing the relationship between man and machine; and a 7-minute film, "Charlie Magnetico," focusing on communication problems at Magnetico Electronics and featuring [[Jerry Juhl]] as Charlie (and all other on-camera characters, with a supporting cast of unidentified hands). |
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⚫ | The '''Bell Data Communications Seminar '''was an annual seminar hosted by The Bell System. In 1963, [[Jim Henson]] created two films |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IieWPw-aK0o Henson Archives Food Fair YouTube Video (robot at 1:29)] |
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IieWPw-aK0o Henson Archives Food Fair YouTube Video (robot at 1:29)] |
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*[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bell_6191_Robot_01.jpg Jim Henson's notes and sketch ideas for the AT&T seminar, 1963.] |
*[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bell_6191_Robot_01.jpg Jim Henson's notes and sketch ideas for the AT&T seminar, 1963.] |
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Latest revision as of 23:31, 30 January 2020
The Bell Data Communications Seminar was an annual seminar hosted by The Bell System. In 1963, Jim Henson created two films for the seminar starring a puppet robot: a 3-minute short film discussing the relationship between man and machine; and a 7-minute film, "Charlie Magnetico," focusing on communication problems at Magnetico Electronics and featuring Jerry Juhl as Charlie (and all other on-camera characters, with a supporting cast of unidentified hands).
The same robot had previously been used in a sketch for a food fair appearance in Germany in 1961, and later appeared on The Jack Paar Program in 1965 and The Mike Douglas Show in 1966.