Changes: Bell Data Communications Seminar

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BellRobot — "The machine possesses supreme intelligence, a faultless memory, and a beautiful soul."

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.

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 [[File:BellRobot.jpg|thumb|300px|"The machine possesses supreme intelligence, a faultless memory, and a beautiful soul."]]
-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 featuring [[Jerry Juhl]] as "Charlie Magnetico."
+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 previously was used in a sketch for a food fair appearance in Germany in 1961, and later appeared on ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' in 1966.
+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.
 ==External links==
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 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IieWPw-aK0o Henson Archives Food Fair YouTube Video (robot at 1:29)]
 *[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.]
-[[Category:Robots]]
 [[Category:Muppet Shorts]]