The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple
By Thomas Ricker 
posted December 1st 2008 4:00AM
posted December 1st 2008 4:00AM
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posted December 1st 2008 4:00AM
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ieye eat your heart out.
you're all losers!
Prepare yourself, for every thread here is going to degrade into an OSX VS Windows argument.
are those supposed to be us waiting for a Steve Jobs keynote? Maybe they gave a shout out to Engadget during the end credits...
Well, I love my Touch, but I loved my left kidney...
"[Thanks, holycow]"
You are welcome Engadget.
lol i swear i could only think of iEye when they were showing Lisa while watching the episode.
Your bra bomb better work, Nerdlinger!
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.
@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?
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.
well I'll be a monkeys uncle.
Sorry Paul but your posts are just too dim. I can't read them.
@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).
video link that works as of dec 1 3:25 pm
Looks like the copyrighters woke up, there are clips from the episode on hulu if anyone still wants to see em.
You got the video here:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/shivi2004/videos/3/
No sign of ieye at all
I saw this earlier and i laughed so hard i almost cried. they had to use every apple joke ever lol
Hehe, I guess this means there will never be simpsons episodes to download on itunes
Nope, they left out the Newton. However, it has had a previous appearance in an episode years ago.
They should of had the balls to say Apple straight out.
eat up martha
Very funny - and so very true. Thank you to Groening (and Bart) for saying what had to be said.
I loved every minute, but was somewhat disappointed to see that the USB-sub wasn't firewire.
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.
*Salutes Matt Groening*
Gotta love the simpsons, that's some funny shit.
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.
Excellent!
I guess we can expect this episode on terrestrial UK tv in about 5 years then.
That's why torrent site exist...
Sky isn't terrestrial TV.
Anyway, Channel 4 show all the best Simpsons. The new ones suck.
Who watches terrestrial TV?
How do you think us 'Murricans keep up with Top Gear? Hint: the intartubes are involved.
Think Differently.
Now we know what iEye does in his spare time when he's not trolling Engadget articles.
ly :)
You know, if Apple says "think different," why is it nearly every Apple devotee seems to think the same? What a conundrum!
There is no conundrum as all Apple devotees are thinking differently than all those poor infidels that use Windows.
Lol indeed
Time to start watching simpsons again.
Actually, season 20 has been pretty good so far.
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.
"That light confirms it's turned off"
That made me LOL the most.
That was probably the funniest joke.
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.
EPIC
In the eternal words of Nelson Muntz:
HAW HAWWWWWW!!!!!
Is regurgitating internet comment patterns what passes for writing now?
Next week the episode will start with "FIRST!" and end with a Rickroll.
Sheesh.
Someone's got sand up their arse.
Only one thing to do left, blow out the sand...
You're wrong! The Rick Roll will come when you least expect it. It might be at the end, but it might be at the VERY BEGINNING, TOO! It might not even be there at ALL... As far as YOU can tell! But then, you'll start humming it and your hair will grow red and curly and your limbs long and gangly. You have been subconsciously Rick Rolled!