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References to Apple in Pop Culture

chucknorris

chucknorris

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I was thinking of some examples myself, and was curious to know other references (the more obscure, the better) made to Apple anywhere in pop culture.

Please list only one quote, or story so we can hear from as many people as possible.

My contribution is from an episode of the Simpsons.

Homer: The greatest music festival was the US Festival.

Guy in Record Store: The what festival?

Homer: The US festival. It was sponsored by that guy from Apple computers.

Guy in Record Store: What computers?

Hehe. As a footnote, this episode came out at about the nadir of Apple's success (1997 or so).
 
in family guy
seinfield had an old IIe i think
in Forest Gump he invested in some "fruit company"
direct tv commercial
 
In Gilmore Girls (watched with my girlfriend :p ) Some of Rory's friends were in a band and went out and bought a PowerMac G5 with an ACD display for recording music. Apparently, it cost them 9 grand.
 
Ummmm not that i have ever seen, not even once. Carrie in Sex in the City types on a older Powerbook in every episode.(I'm guessing she does i of course have never watched it)

Ari the agent in Entourage as well as I believe all of the Agents in that company have iMac G5's

Thats what i can think of off the top of my head right now
 
Okay, I'll keep it going.

Futurama (sorry to keep going back to Matt Groening) features Macs all over the place.

Whenever a computer is depicted (like a computerized judge) the GUI is like Classic OS.

You also hear the gong (whatever you call it) startup noise with computers in that show.
 
I saw a G5 iMac on Joey, but they covered up the name on the back.

I don't know why I was watching it. :eek:
 
If we're going TV, the Drew Carey Show had Macs everywhere ranging from the original iMacs to the flat-panel iMacs, to the iBook, to even the Cube.

And Robot Chicken on Adult Swim, parody of That 70's Show, that '00 Show:

Red: Damn it, Kitty! My iPod's broken! I'm gonna shove a boot up Steve Jobs' ass.
 
A PB is always used to showcase houses in "Escape to the country" (a UK show where people move from the City to rural locations around the Country) with Apples logo shown numerous times in each show and angled views of the PB in action, a great advert.
 
American Dad, The church sign read "The Bible, The Real Powerbook"

In the movie the island apples displays are left and right....


i guess its the screen of the future
 
Near the begining of the chicks on speed song "Song For a Future Generation" - though it's a cover of a B52's song :p
it goes: "hi, my names julie, and i like mac powerbooks and electronic music" :D
 
also in the gilmore girls, Rory got an ibook (clamshell) as a gift for her birthday.

and also in Laguna Beach (I dont usaully watch this) one of the girls got a ibook G4 as a gift for gradutating high school.
 
They always used to have Macs in Absolutely Fabulous - in the background you would see the model change between each series. I remember an iMac and a Cube though.

In the office that the main character worked at they had Macs everywhere too.
 
in one of the latest episodes of threshold (not a good series, imho but somehow we still watch it - need to end the tivo season pass to that one) there was this great line. some characters had gotten a hold of these incredibly advanced sound chips and they're examining a few, and one guy walks in and says, "it looks like bill gates's head exploded in here." one of the characters responds, saying something like, "are you kidding? bill gates would sell his mother to apple to get his hands on one of these."

thought that was pretty funny... :p
 
Ok. I admit I started to watch it because of my wife but....the Apprentice with MArtha Stewart has MAC's in the apartment and her offices.
 
We shouldn't forget the classics:

"Hello, computer."
"Just use the keyboard."
"Keyboard? How quaint."

-the late Scotty talking to the dorky plexiglass factory manager in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
 
you guys crack me up with the "i dont usually watch it, but..."

don't be so worried about internet people judging you. :rolleyes:

i've watched gilmore girls- lauren grahm is a total hottie. i like the martha stewart apprentice show, she doles out good advice. i've seen laguna beach, shows me how i dont want to raise my future kids.

relax folks :D

there were iMacs in zoolander, to add another
 
This isn't "Mac sightings," people. This is pop culture references. You're derailing the thread.

My contribution is merely that I was playing Trivial Pursuit 90's Edition the other weekend with friends at a party, and it soon digressed to me basically playing "Weakest Link" with the questions, to a group of like 30 people. :D (I guess I'm a natural star and announcer!) Anyway... at least 10-12 cards had references to Apple/Mac OS/Apple technologies. It was awesome!!! And I really only asked about 1/2 to 3/4 of the cards in the deck. So Apple is very linked to pop culture.
 
The first three seasons of 24 were loaded with Macs. In fact, at points you can see them using iChat video conferencing with iSights.

In particular I recall Jack having a 20" ACD and a G5 in his "old" head of CTU office, he also had a 17" powerbook.
 
In the comic strip Foxtrot, one of the characters uses a pear-shaped computer, a la imac.
 
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