The Computer Monster.

Jim Henson and Frank Oz tackling the Computer Age. Push play or go to YouTube. -via the Presurfer

Update: Anita Bath has more details. This funny computer video, titled Coffee Break Machine, was created by Jim Henson in 1967 as an IBM training video. At the time, the monster was named "Arnold the Munching Monster".


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There's also this Sesame Street video, where Maria explains to Cookie Monster how computers work. I must say, it took, because I'm sure he was my sysadmin at one point...
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It's actually from 1967. The video is from a computer training session that Jim Henson put together for IBM. The monster at the time was called "Arnold the Munching Monster". After his first appearance, Arnold sat in Henson's closet for 2 years, until it made a brief appearance in 2 Munchos potato crisp commercials.

When Arnold appeared in Sesame Street in 1969/1970 (its first season), he was unnamed and still rather scary. He quickly was fashioned as the Cookie Monster and took on the toothless "friendly monster" appearance we all know and love today.

I submitted the video to digg (link here) for anyone that likes it. I thought it was hilarious.
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this is so old! i read on a few websites that this is what cookie monster looked like back when, green w/ teeth and more scary lookin, here's a link of "Cookie Monster through the years: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster_Through_the_Years
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It is news to me that the Romans used forks for eating. As far as I know (along with a small bit of Internet research) forks were only used by the Romans for carving and had two blades.

Since this is what it is, perhaps it has the wrong date and/or cultural attribution.
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I'm fairly certain the fork wasn't introduced until around the 1600's. And it took a long time to be accepted as a tool for eating. The church was vehemently opposed to its use claiming that God already provided us with the best tools for eating (our hands) and to imply that a fork was an improvement was akin to blasphemy.
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Hmm, ok, according to Wiki, forks are referenced in the old Testament, were used by the ancient Greeks AND that the Romans used them. Furthermore that there were many examples of Roman forks to be found. A casual search yielded a Roman fork that was awfully small if it was just for serving. So unless there is a rather widespread conspiracy sponsored by the Pro-Forks-For-Romans-League, I think a travel fork might be something a Roman might actually have.
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'The photos give enough detail for a skilled craftsman/smith to make one. Apply at your nearest Reenactor cutlery supplier'

They're ahead of us:

http://www.armillum.com/product.php?id_product=289
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@Johnny Cat

Might be difficult considering they didn't have corn. I suppose it could be made a flatbread, and allow you to get a nice mouthful of delicious garum. Mmm, fermented fish pasty goodness!
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