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Rowlf The Salesman (1966 IBM Film) [4K]

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Firstly, I'd like to give a HUGE thanks to FT Depot for scanning & restoring this film out of my collection!!! They do great work over at their channel, go check 'em out!
/ @ftdepot
Secondly, let me apologize for the heavy audio noise and pillarboxing, I would've fixed it in editing but didn't want to risk any quality loss from exporting.
Finally, I have no clue as to any specific dates this was made or any official titles. The film is missing its beginning, but Muppet Wiki states "The film opens with some brief behind-the-scenes footage of the taping of The Jimmy Dean Show, followed by scenes of Rowlf outside the studio theater greeting fans, smoking cigars lit with money, and riding in a limousine." Out of all things to cut out!!! Bah. But yeah! This! In watchable quality! After years and years and years! Enjoy!

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@DeadSkullable Год назад

So that's how Rowlf went through the retirement of being a salesperson and moved on to being a pianist for the Muppet Show.

@LamangoKaijura 3 года назад

The fact Jim put Rowlf in a pool and the ocean...

@yosefdemby8792 3 года назад

Note how he doesn't move his right hand in those scenes.

@DoctorInk20 2 года назад

Henson put his puppets through the works in those days.

@waitingforwhoasked6403 Год назад

Mad lad

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

@@DoctorInk20Of course.

@kerryelsley1790 3 месяца назад

Mad lad

@helloitismetomato Год назад

Not surprising to me that Rowlf the pianist is also a touch typist Also, this smooth jazz bass line makes Rowlf seem even more like Tom Waits than he already does

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

Like in those classes detective movie

@Obsessedwithcookies758 3 года назад

Rowlf was an icon back in the mid 60’s! And he still is!

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

I’ll say! Really superb, and nostalgic!

@Jbrangwynne53 3 года назад

4K Muppet restorations. I never realized this is something I needed until now.

@tobybartels8426 3 года назад

After his adventure with the electric typewriter, he writes to his mom on a fully manual one.

@tobybartels8426 3 года назад

That was Part 1. I'm impressed with the machine in part 3; it's faster than the dot-matrix printers I was using two decades later (and must have produced better looking copy too).

@keshiaanders6452 Год назад

Rowlf is so cute!😊 Also, that suitcase went down the stairs faster than a Slinky.😆

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

😂😅

@puzzleshield6956 7 месяцев назад

Now that scene where Rowlf's suitcase went down the stairs was pure gold. It's also kinda funny to me when I first saw it just now.

@OrionOodama 3 месяца назад

What a heartwarming story by Rowlf. Dad used to be a salesman for couple of years and felt how demanding and challenging it was for him so to make ends meet. I used to be briefly too but decided not to continue while keeping a previous job. Behind the smile and optimism of Rowlf lie hardships and constant rejection. I guess that's what Dad felt but he kept it to us, his kids. "In Pursuit of Happiness" suddenly remembered from nowhere. Praying and believing Dad is now with God, eternally enjoying His glory from his life sufferings.

@banjokazooie370 Год назад

Rowlf is the best muppet.

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

Apart from Kermit

@xanadustudios2586 Год назад

Rowlf: It's nice to know that Jack Myers hasn't forgotten about me. Jack Myers: I wish I COULD forget about him. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gianandreamajone8238 2 года назад

That's one hell of a success story, mum buying out Rowlf's quota and over. The American dream coming true!

@martinaakervik 7 месяцев назад

It’s funny and deep. It tells so many stories of sadness and bad luck you feel it’s a complete person in this. It reflects us as humans. A puppet dog did it better than most.

@ktrnvz 3 года назад

omg this is incredible... you are restoring and preserving history right here. thank you so much for having this done !!

@billygarcia9885 2 года назад

The staircase bit is sublime, classic Henson.

@Lohengrin1850 3 года назад

This is amazing! Thank you for having this restored and sharing it. Rowlf is my favorite Muppet and I always get excited seeing new clips of his

@samp.8099 3 года назад

Wow! I would never have imagined to see this is such high quality

@magnetoonproductions9541 2 года назад

Before he became a pianist, Rowlf was the face of the Muppets and Kermit was just a simple costar.

@invisiblemansleepininyobed9989 3 года назад

4K is what Rowlf deserves

@otaking3582 2 года назад

It's weird to imagine a time when IBM existed but people still used typewriters...

@fotioskatsoulis99 2 года назад

From playing the keyboard on the ibm pre computer days, the typewriter and later after a decade he started another keyboard on the muppet show, tickling the ivories 🎹

@Savagewolver 5 месяцев назад

You know, as prolific as Rowlf was in Jim’s early career, I’m astonished that his prevalence in modern muppets is kinda dim, almost nonexistent.

@SL-cl9gt 3 года назад

The main office at warehouse I used work in had old IBM printers with the little holes on the sides of the papers. As a kid in the. 90’s I thought they were really neat. I loved watching them print documents so I could deliver them to my dad. I loved peeling off the sides pieces

@654zns 3 года назад

This is great. Hopefully we'll get the full video someday along with other missing IBM films

@andrewcolinwilson1 3 года назад

RIP Rowlf the Dog (1936-1990)

@vaneram1072 Год назад

When the bag fell down it was the most heartfelt moment of my life😊😅❤

@AJKPenguin Год назад

I wouldn't be able to sell. Way to go Rowlf. I had difficulty selling garbage bags as a fundraiser.

@matthewkrenzler1171 2 месяца назад

2:02 - he suddenly clicks an aldi trailer quite perfectly.

@Lionloverky Год назад

Thank you for sharing this with us all ❤

@GregoriousGregori9 2 года назад

Rowlf; The Coolest Canadian on the Planet

@dealpianolucy Год назад

Aww, I love Rowlf

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

Me too

@joeacker703 Год назад

This is hilarious! I love Rowlf!

@TheEmeraldWeirdo 3 месяца назад

Did the case going down the stairs in Part Two remind anyone else of Oscar getting flung out of the skating rink in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street?

@ImToffe 3 года назад

Amazed that this is in 4k

@docdave15 10 месяцев назад

Just when i think i've seen all Muppet things!

@525Lines 3 года назад

I love these muppet corporate videos.

@leet7489 3 года назад

I love Rowlf

@Katzi_ 3 года назад

Loved this!!!

@gilition 2 года назад

This is fucking amazing.

@Splifftone 2 года назад

Awesome! Thanks for the upload.

@kloinman4370 3 года назад

the person you need.

@JojoMonReturns91 2 года назад

You know, Ive been watching this short since when it was uploaded half complete from one youtuber named batman1971 and henceforth he uploaded this one here: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3KNT0DF6yrg.html#searching After finding this, I can see the intro and outro finally after seeing it incomplete for many years! This might have been interesting since Rowlf the Dog talking about the models actually makes more sense here about the typewriters (I like Typewriters btw) Thanks again for the upload! ;)

@MrNoisy1976 2 года назад

Egads, he is probably gonna drop the suitcase tho

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

This is a real funny bit with a Muppet.

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

Rowlf is a real klutz

@ansumanahargett6227 10 месяцев назад

5:02 I can’t stand to see a grown dog cry

@TheAnchorArmsChad 2 года назад

Always wanted to learn how to use a Typewriter

@yosefdemby8792 2 года назад

Shame David Lazer doesn't have his own Wikipedia article.

@MarshalGrover 2 года назад

4:42 - this might be the only joke I don't get (and maybe the Sperry Rand Building at 6:56 too). Some kind of in-joke to the IBM folks?

@bcbock Год назад

Competitor. His boss was giving him a terrible territory to try to sell to.

@tavvyprods1275 2 года назад

Mike’s Toon Town sent me here.

@Alpha8713 Год назад

I want to buy a typewriter from Rowlf. Anyone know his phone number?

@aborne 3 года назад

Anyone have the corporate “Leo & Grump” videos? Those were really good.

@tobybartels8426 3 года назад

But what is this machine that he's using in the Conclusion? There's no way they had a machine to parse speech back then, so is this a recording to give to a secretary to type up, or did it produce an audiotape to put in the mail or something?

@leet7489 3 года назад

probably a dictaphone

@tobybartels8426 3 года назад

@@leet7489 : That makes sense. So a recording for a secretary to type up later.

@c00kee 3 года назад

@@leet7489 Wash your mouths out - "Dictaphone" is a competing brand. The unit Rowlf is holding looks very much like an IBM "Executary" Portable Dictation recorder. Uses magnetic belts. For its time, was quite a compact unit, but still a bit weighty.

@terrytaylor9349 3 года назад

@@c00kee It was an IBM 224 or 274 portable dictation unit. I used to work on them as an IBM OPD Customer Engineer.

@JojoMonReturns91 2 года назад

Interesting information. So was it like a voice recorder that would record your voice and then it would be sent by tape? Im interested with the device since its great to learn about past technology like the Selectric and other typewriters. :)

@mrwilfredmyers7566 4 дня назад

Repeat after me. IBM is not Spelt Commodore. !!

@user-tl9xh5rw1w 8 месяцев назад

I think he did appear sesame street but kermit became sesame street regular. I like kermit but i wish rowlf dog would been regular on sesame street. So jim henson would done ernie kermit rowlf guy smiley on sesame street

@ligerblubber 2 года назад

❤️

@HyperionHQ 3 года назад

✌️❤️

@suzzy1790 11 месяцев назад

My dad was 1

@cartoon-nw1vh 5 месяцев назад

2:02

@yosefdemby8792 2 года назад

Got any more?

@tubebobwil 2 года назад

I didn't get the joke about the West side of the street...

@abagelmuppetstuff 2 года назад

As someone explained it on Reddit, it may be a reference to the borders of Rowlf's selling district. He just made a big sale and then found out it was outside his domain.

@kilijshark7667 2 года назад

Wait a minute, Rowlf’s mom bought all this machines? That’s stupid

@sandeec6381 Год назад

My mom used to buy a lot of candy bars every year when we had school fundraisers so I could get a prize at least in the first level. I think that’s the funny part. Rowlf’s mom is still helping him out, buying what he’s selling so he can make it to the 100% club. 😊

@sonicboomman9850 2 года назад

why was rowlf crying after mr.bigelow told him the adress

@xanadustudios2586 Год назад

It was out of his selling area

@yosefdemby8792 3 года назад

5:00 I don't get it.

@soohigh5475 3 года назад

I am guessing it's implying that the west side of the street is not part of his sales territory, so he can't close this lucrative and easy deal there.