Filed under: Hardware, Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends
Eat Up Martha
Of all the
snarky Apple references in pop culture, my all time favorite is this
brief clip from The Simpsons. During a school assembly, Kearney tells his buddy, "...take a memo on your Newton:
Beat up Martin." He scribbles away only to see the Newton's handwriting recognition interpret his memo as
"Eat up Martha."A few years ago, a number of plastic Simpsons characters were issued, and the Kearney character actually shipped with a tiny Newton with "Eat up Martha" on the screen. I have one in my office.
Update: Here is a picture of the Kearney toy.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
idean said 8:35PM on 2-16-2006
Hey can we see your toy pics?
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idean said 8:36PM on 2-16-2006
Hey can we see your toy pics?
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jared said 8:54PM on 2-16-2006
why would kearny ship with it if it was dolph's newton?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Simpsons-WOS-Series-8-Kearny-Moc_W0QQitemZ6029712250QQcategoryZ2465QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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David Chartier said 8:59PM on 2-16-2006
Yea! Put some pics up in the TUAW Flickr Feed Dave! :)
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Brian said 12:43AM on 2-17-2006
That episode was just on the other night, I got a good laugh out of it.
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ruben said 1:55AM on 2-17-2006
the 1st time i saw that episode i didnt get it, but now it finally makes sense. its funny now :)
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Martin Voshell said 10:01AM on 2-17-2006
sadly, I have the exact same figure in my office.
re: above- Kearny was the one who threw it.. these are action figures ;)
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Montecore The Tiger said 12:36PM on 2-17-2006
One of my top-five favorite Simpson's moments!
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Speed42 said 3:11PM on 2-17-2006
I too have that on my desk. Sitting next to my two real Newtons. Both the toy and the Newtons are equally useful.
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