In 1986, writer Douglas Adams was involved as a consultant on a proposed one-hour Muppet TV special about computer literacy, The Muppet Institute of Technology. Adams flew out to New York City to meet for discussions with Jim Henson and twenty other consultants, including Jon Stone, Joseph Bailey, Mark Saltzman, and Adams' friend Christopher Cerf. The special would have aired on CBS as part of a distribution deal that included The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, but the project was never completed. According to the Jim Henson Company archivist: