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December 1, 2008, 11:01 am

Video: Bart Simpson channels Steve Jobs

Lisa at the Mapple StoreGet it while it’s still available on YouTube Hulu.com: The Simpsons’ clever send-up of “Mapple,” “MyPods,” “MyPhones” and “Steve Mobs,” whose real slogan, Lisa Simpson learns, is not “think differently” but “no refunds.”

Our favorite scene: When the black-shirted staff at the Mapple Store turns on Bart and prepares to flay him with their ear buds.

Below the fold: three clips from the Apple (AAPL) spoof. (Thanks to iPhone Savior for help with Hulu.)

The Simpsons

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See the entire episode (with limited commercial interruption) via Hulu.com. Click here.

Wow Roy, you’re the epitome of PC apologists. ‘…even if it is a somewhat inferior product.’ So, just to be clear a) PCs are inferior to the Apple Macintosh and b) it’s *NOT* O.K. to charge a marginally higher price for a superior product. And, stunningly enough, you’re still actually using that ‘Bill Gates opened the platform and that’s why it dominated’ argument - Really? No doubt that’s why it initially eclipsed the Macintosh but how can you really use that argument anymore? Have you checked any OS shares lately? Windows has dropped below 90% and the Mac is well over 9% closing on 10%. Yeah, I know, still a 9 to 1 ratio - no need to mention. And holy cow, you *REALLY* think the same thing will likely happen to the iPhone and Win Mobile?!? Seriously?!? How many years and years has Win Mobile been out? Don’t you think if what you are saying had a billionth of an ounce of credibility the iPhone / iPod would never have gotten off the ground? Do you really think this is even remotely close to the same market setup as the whole PC / Mac struggle. Astounding.

As for the Simpson’s spoof - outstanding - I’ve laughed my tail off just at the clips - I can’t wait to watch the entire episode.

And for the lisp - really? Don’t you recognize this voice as the same one as countless other characters? I don’t think they’re trying to make any point whatsoever with the whole lisp thing. Have you not ever watched a keynote? It’s a cartoon spoof - I don’t think I’d read too much of anything into the details.

Posted By Randall, OKC, OK : December 9, 2008 6:14 pm

I hate P.C.’s and all the angst the bring

BUT

Gates is giving away billions of dollars.

Gotta wash your soul somehow, But really I admire his philanthropy.

Posted By Lonny, Fort Worth TX : December 2, 2008 12:32 pm

Someone here actually called Bill Gates ‘generous’. Wow.

Posted By Brian : December 1, 2008 3:45 pm

This is actually more effective than the $300 million Microsoft “I’m a PC” compaign.

Posted By Rick, Marshfield, MA : December 1, 2008 1:43 pm

This was just awesome, I think all Apple users have just wet themselves with excitement MyPods MyPhones MuCubes: By Mapple

Posted By jasonhenle : December 1, 2008 1:29 pm

you can stream the whole episode on Hulu, legally (if/when the youtube clip gets taken down for copyright infringement)

Posted By Will, Milford, MA : December 1, 2008 11:59 am

It’s nice to see some Harvard grads taking on the elite brands.

Posted By Doug, Somerville MA : December 1, 2008 11:22 am

What’s with the Steve Mob’s lisp? Am I getting touchy or is this just not their best? The undersea HQ is a nice touch, though.

Posted By Brian, Brooklyn, NY : December 1, 2008 11:20 am

Favorite scene: In spoof of 1984 commercial, instead of IBM being the villain with me-too thinking, Bart makes Apple the villain with very high pricing ($40 for ebud). (In my opinion due to the fact that it has not opened up the Mac to the world as the PC has done, which brought down prices there dramatically, even if it is a somewhat inferior product. Same thing likely to happen with IPhone vs Win Mobile in future.) Steve may be a genius and fantastic innovator but Bill Gates was more generous to its infinite developers and PC manufacturers which made it the world standard.

Posted By Roy SF, CA : December 1, 2008 11:13 am
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Philip Elmer-DeWittSilicon Valley veterans like to joke that Steve Jobs must be surrounded by a reality distortion field; if you get too close to him, you start to believe what he's saying. Thanks to the success of the iPod, the launch of the iPhone and the renewed interest in the Mac, Apple has made believers out of millions of customers - and made a lot of investors rich. But Philip Elmer-DeWitt believes that an ounce of skepticism never hurts when writing about the company. He should know. He's been covering Apple - and watching Steve Jobs operate - since 1982, first for Time Magazine, then for Business 2.0, and now for Fortune.
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