Topics: Apple Unvarnished : Digital Life

'The Simpsons' Takes On Apple

Posted by Mitch Wagner, Dec 1, 2008 02:42 PM

When I came in this morning, Twitter was buzzing over an Apple parody that ran on The Simpsons last night. Homer, Marge, and the kids visit the Mapple Store at the mall and admire the MyPods and MyPhones. The segment includes a parody-in-a-parody of the famous 1984 Apple "Big Brother" commercial, featuring Comic Book Guy instead of an athletic woman with Eurythmics hair. Watch the embedded video below, until YouTube takes it down.

Until watching this video, it never occurred to me: Fake Steve Jobs was really a lot like Bart Simpson.

The Big Brother Apple commercial:

Who was the woman in that Big Brother commercial? I don't mean who was she symbolically -- I mean, who was the actual woman, the athlete who threw the hammer? Anybody know? What's her name? what did she do before and since?

In the second segment, Lisa discovers to her horror that she downloaded 1,200 songs from MyTunes, and doesn't have the money to pay up.

Steve Mobs: "I know our posters say 'Think Differently,' but our real slogan is, 'No refunds.'"

« Obama's Innovation Panel Creates Opportunity, Pride For Tech Industry | Main | CIO Memo To Staff: Should Customers Really Rank Last? »

This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers.

Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service.

Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.