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In 1967, IBM commissioned Jim Henson to make a 5-minute commercial for the IBM MT/ST, a Selectric typewriter-based word processor system integrated into its own desk. What he delivered instead was an experimental '60s techno-dystopian work of art.

"Paperwork Explosion" (embeds the film uploaded to YouTube): west86th.bgc.bard.edu/articles

The Jim Henson Company via YouTube, "Paperwork Explosion" [4:58]: youtube.com/watch?v=_IZw2CoYzt

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