The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple

Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store, "it's so sterile," gasps Lisa upon entering. Perhaps the best exchange comes from Bart's dubbing of a Steve Mobs' product announcement in front of a crowd of gaping nerds, "You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!" A Mapple store employee then angrily responds, "Who dares question the boss we fired 10 years ago and then brought back!" Yuk yuk. Videos after the break for as long as it takes for the copyrighters to wake up.

[Thanks, holycow]

[collegekid13 @ Dec 1st 2008 4:07AM]

ieye eat your heart out.

you're all losers!

[AVG @ Dec 1st 2008 4:19AM]

Prepare yourself, for every thread here is going to degrade into an OSX VS Windows argument.

[Ridgecity @ Dec 1st 2008 4:56AM]

are those supposed to be us waiting for a Steve Jobs keynote? Maybe they gave a shout out to Engadget during the end credits...

[Troels C @ Dec 1st 2008 5:28AM]

Well, I love my Touch, but I loved my left kidney...

[holycow @ Dec 1st 2008 9:35AM]

"[Thanks, holycow]"
You are welcome Engadget.

lol i swear i could only think of iEye when they were showing Lisa while watching the episode.

[horizontaleight @ Dec 1st 2008 9:36AM]

Your bra bomb better work, Nerdlinger!

[Paul Chapel @ Dec 1st 2008 9:41AM]

Man, I don't know what's more pathetic. The fact that so many people are so overjoyed that a cartoon has lambasted a company that they are obviously jealous of or the fact that so many grown men admit to watching a cartoon.

You guys have issues if your self esteem is elevated by what Lisa Simpson thinks about a technology company. Jesus. Get a life or a girlfriend.

[Troels C @ Dec 1st 2008 10:02AM]

@Paul:

I hate to break it to you, but Lisa is infact fictional. Everything she says and does is written by adults. Even her voice is produced by an adult. Yes, confusing, isn't it?

[Paul Chapel @ Dec 1st 2008 11:42AM]

Man, I guess it was stupid of me to expect that you cartoon loving intellectuals would understand sarcasm when you read it. Lisa Simpson would be very disappointed at your lack of understanding. On the other hand, Bart should be very pleased. Of course, who knows, I haven't watched The Simpsons since I was in fourth grade, so maybe Bart is the smart one now.

[OneLove @ Dec 1st 2008 12:26PM]

well I'll be a monkeys uncle.

[BluesK1d @ Dec 1st 2008 4:14PM]

Sorry Paul but your posts are just too dim. I can't read them.

[mitch @ Dec 1st 2008 5:43PM]

@paul
So I am assuming that you are in the fifth grade now. And who watches The Simpson's when they are in fourth grade? It is a show for adults. Look at all of the other shows that air on the same night and channel it does. King of the Hill, American Dad, and Family Guy (a show that is definitely not for kids).

[james @ Dec 1st 2008 6:25PM]

video link that works as of dec 1 3:25 pm

[XIYL @ Dec 1st 2008 6:55PM]

Looks like the copyrighters woke up, there are clips from the episode on hulu if anyone still wants to see em.

[heffeque @ Dec 1st 2008 7:21PM]

You got the video here:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/shivi2004/videos/3/

[Al @ Dec 2nd 2008 2:02AM]

No sign of ieye at all

[Tyler @ Dec 1st 2008 4:07AM]

I saw this earlier and i laughed so hard i almost cried. they had to use every apple joke ever lol

[will @ Dec 1st 2008 1:28PM]

Hehe, I guess this means there will never be simpsons episodes to download on itunes

[kal326 @ Dec 1st 2008 1:04PM]

Nope, they left out the Newton. However, it has had a previous appearance in an episode years ago.

[adrian @ Dec 1st 2008 4:53PM]

They should of had the balls to say Apple straight out.

[Craig @ Dec 1st 2008 10:28PM]

eat up martha

[diggit @ Dec 1st 2008 4:12AM]

Very funny - and so very true. Thank you to Groening (and Bart) for saying what had to be said.

[j_g_puff @ Dec 1st 2008 4:47AM]

I loved every minute, but was somewhat disappointed to see that the USB-sub wasn't firewire.

[Helmore @ Dec 1st 2008 5:03AM]

The key should have been FireWire and then the headquarter into which it docked should have to be USB. Same as with current Macbooks :P. All your equipment is FireWire and all of a sudden the FireWire port is gone on your beloved MacBook.

[Andy TGD @ Dec 1st 2008 6:56AM]

*Salutes Matt Groening*

[Zomgitsmax @ Dec 1st 2008 4:13AM]

Gotta love the simpsons, that's some funny shit.

[lawyer bird @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:07PM]

This episode sucked....and not because they were ripping on apple but because the show hasn't been funny in about 10 years. It's time to cancel this garbage. Seriously, go back and watch an episode from the earlier seasons like "Homer Goes to College", "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" or "Bart on the Road" and compare it to any turd from season 11 through 20. The difference in level of humor and wit is ridiculous.

[Carpet @ Dec 1st 2008 4:14AM]

Excellent!

I guess we can expect this episode on terrestrial UK tv in about 5 years then.

[r3loaded @ Dec 1st 2008 5:03AM]

That's why torrent site exist...

[Vanillacide @ Dec 1st 2008 5:12AM]

Four weeks.

'Double, Double, Boy in Trouble', The Simpsons # 423, Season 20, Ep 3 was shown on Sky One yesterday.

'Mypods and Boomsticks' (# 427) is Episode 7 in Season 20, so assuming they continue one new episode per week it should be on around Xmas.

[Chris @ Dec 1st 2008 5:34AM]

Sky isn't terrestrial TV.

Anyway, Channel 4 show all the best Simpsons. The new ones suck.

[Vanillacide @ Dec 1st 2008 5:57AM]

You have me there, I forget about "terrestrial" television ... haven't had any kind of antenna based service since Sky+ came along in 2001.

[Raheem @ Dec 1st 2008 8:23AM]

Who watches terrestrial TV?

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Dec 1st 2008 12:41PM]

How do you think us 'Murricans keep up with Top Gear? Hint: the intartubes are involved.

[Forcewinder @ Dec 1st 2008 4:14AM]

Think Differently.

[Aaron @ Dec 1st 2008 4:22AM]

Now we know what iEye does in his spare time when he's not trolling Engadget articles.

[Lance Fisher @ Dec 1st 2008 6:27AM]

ly :)

[-Tj- @ Dec 1st 2008 10:31AM]

You know, if Apple says "think different," why is it nearly every Apple devotee seems to think the same? What a conundrum!

[Tony @ Dec 1st 2008 10:59PM]

There is no conundrum as all Apple devotees are thinking differently than all those poor infidels that use Windows.

[ratmdex @ Dec 1st 2008 4:15AM]

Lol indeed

[Ellianth @ Dec 1st 2008 4:15AM]

Time to start watching simpsons again.

[Galley @ Dec 1st 2008 8:57AM]

Actually, season 20 has been pretty good so far.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Dec 1st 2008 12:46PM]

It has been a pretty good season. My only problem with it is that it seems that they're trying to step up the controversy to remain relevant in the age of Family Guy, but often the controversial jokes are a bit too on-the-nose -- like the nonstop terrorism jokes in last night's episode. Somehow it's a bit less funny and a bit more cringe-inducing than when Family Guy makes similar jokes. I'm not sure if they're just not written the same way, or maybe it's just that my expectations of the Simpsons are somewhat different.

Family Guy is known for being more brutally honest and inappropriate, but the Simpsons have come to represent an average American family, so when they're mocking something it seems a bit more "serious" in a way.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 1st 2008 4:15AM]

"That light confirms it's turned off"
That made me LOL the most.

[joe23521 @ Dec 1st 2008 10:14AM]

That was probably the funniest joke.

[Vink @ Dec 1st 2008 4:57PM]

The pulsing light on my MBP freaks people out when they notice it in a dark room. And when I say people, I mean random chicks I meet at bars. And when I say dark room, I mean my bedroom after I turn off the flourecent pink flamingo lamp. Nothing but the truth.

[Ryan @ Dec 1st 2008 4:17AM]

EPIC

[thereapersson @ Dec 1st 2008 4:18AM]

In the eternal words of Nelson Muntz:

HAW HAWWWWWW!!!!!

[why not the LS2LS7? @ Dec 1st 2008 4:19AM]

Is regurgitating internet comment patterns what passes for writing now?

Next week the episode will start with "FIRST!" and end with a Rickroll.

Sheesh.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 1st 2008 4:23AM]

Someone's got sand up their arse.