Talking Machine
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The Talking Machine first appeared in a 1967 IBM training film starring an early version of Cookie Monster. The machine, an ornate device which had eyes attached to its tape reel, offered a monotone "recorded analytic program read-out," describing its various parts, which in turn were eaten by the monster.
The sketch was repeated with the proto-Cookie on The Ed Sullivan Show, and later with Luncheon Counter Monster on The Muppet Show Episode 210. The machine's speech was identical in each incarnation, unusual for a repeated sketch, and ended with the revelation that the machine is a powerful explosive device, causing the monster to combust.
The Talking Machine later appeared in the 1987 Muppet Meeting Film "The Coffee Break Machine." In this appearance, he was known as the Compu-Coffee 2000. Like in its Muppet Show appearance, Luncheon Counter Monster ate the machine piece by piece, only to get blown up in the end.
