Eddie the Computer  - On the British sci-fi series THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY/BBC/1981, Eddie is the annoyingly-happy onboard computer in a stolen starship ("Heart of Gold") powered by an Improbability Drive and flown by an alien named Ford Prefect (David Dixon) as he pin-balled around the galaxy. "Hi there!  This is Eddie, your shipboard computer, and I'm feeling just great, guys, and I know I'm just going to get a bundle of kicks out of any program you care to run through me." Eddie's personality was brash and cheery as if as if it were selling detergent. It also had the habit of singing at the most inappropriate moments. His backup program acted like a stern, prim and proper schoolmarm. Eddie is based on characters created by Douglas Adams in his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. See also - "Deep Thought the Computer"