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“Mapple” Lampoons the Cupertino Faithful on The Simpsons

Written on December 01, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 13 people have commented

Apple fans found their beloved company satirized Simpsons-style last night. The latest installment of the Fox cartoon featured a “Mapple” store in the beginning of the episode, a tech store where hip, young t-shirted employees take brand loyalty very seriously and display an inordinate amount of devotion to their bespectacled leader. Sound familiar?
The Mapple Store [...]

Love the Simpsons? Got Money?

Written on July 23, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 4 people have commented

D’oh! I just bought an iPod Touch and didn’t realize that I could get any iPod for only $50-$100 more than retail and have some sweet, sweet laser engraved Simpsons characters all over it. The laser engraving on the back of the iPods comes in three flavors: Bart SK8, Homer Tested, and Homer D’oh, shown [...]