You're one year behind me. I joined in 1968. Also retired. Like you I saw this film in the early 1980s at a plant wide meeting where I worked in Boulder. It was hilarious then and I think it's gotten even better with age - that or I've become more easily amused. They were a terrific company to work for. I had many outstanding opportunities throughout my career there. Never a boring moment. I loved it.
Hilarious...... I used to write programs using punch cards back in the 60s..... IBM Assembler... some programs took many thousands of them.... Younger folk would not understand this humour. At the time this was aired, the punch card was king..... and as Bob called it the whole idea seemed so unlikely... 😀
The part about the size of the cards is a bit historically inaccurate. When "Herman" was first designing his cards he made them the same size as U.S. currency so that the same drawers, racks, etc could be used. It's not his fault that they downsized the currency shortly thereafter.
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Yes. Theres is one where he went back in time to interview Sir Walter Raleigh on behalf of his trading company about his latest discoveries from the Virginia colony -tobacco and coffee.
I'm a retired IBMer. I joined in 1969. I remember them showing this at an IBM conference, and the whole room was hysterical. I still think it's funny.
You're one year behind me. I joined in 1968. Also retired. Like you I saw this film in the early 1980s at a plant wide meeting where I worked in Boulder. It was hilarious then and I think it's gotten even better with age - that or I've become more easily amused. They were a terrific company to work for. I had many outstanding opportunities throughout my career there. Never a boring moment. I loved it.
I'm also a retired IBMer and remember all of us cracking up every time we watched this ... although I confess I didn't join til '79 ;-)
This video clip was shown at the last day of our Data Processing "A" School in San Diego in May 1970.Thanks for sharing.
I joined IBM in 1073 and was also shown this video. And yes its still very funny.
1073? Wow
Hilarious...... I used to write programs using punch cards back in the 60s..... IBM Assembler... some programs took many thousands of them.... Younger folk would not understand this humour. At the time this was aired, the punch card was king..... and as Bob called it the whole idea seemed so unlikely... 😀
and heaven forbid you should drop your box of cards! ;-)
I joined IBM in 1968 and saw the video - we all thought it very funny.
Was Herman Hollerith buried face down, 9 edge first?
oh god-the years of my life i wasted chained to an IBM 029 and 129 verifier for Hertz-the horror the horror
I can still unjam and change the ribbon in an 029 keypunch.
That is a classic!
Herman spawned a 'revolution'!
The part about the size of the cards is a bit historically inaccurate. When "Herman" was first designing his cards he made them the same size as U.S. currency so that the same drawers, racks, etc could be used. It's not his fault that they downsized the currency shortly thereafter.
Yes, I believe it was the size of a one dollar bill at the time...
The currency downsize happened in 1929, nearly four decades after Hollerith used the format.
I must say in 2019 the humor is lost on me.
Bob Newhart has made funnier "UA-cam" Videos, in my opinion.
for those of us who spent eons in tech back in the day it's a reminder of our youth ;-)
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Yes. Theres is one where he went back in time to interview Sir Walter Raleigh on behalf of his trading company about his latest discoveries from the Virginia colony -tobacco and coffee.