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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.

Of all the snarky Apple references in pop culture, my all time favorite is this brief clip from The Simpsons. During a school assembly,...
 

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Speed42

I too have that on my desk. Sitting next to my two real Newtons. Both the toy and the Newtons are equally useful.

February 17 2006 at 3:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Montecore the Tiger

One of my top-five favorite Simpson's moments!

February 17 2006 at 12:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Martin Voshell

sadly, I have the exact same figure in my office.

re: above- Kearny was the one who threw it.. these are action figures ;)

February 17 2006 at 10:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ruben

the 1st time i saw that episode i didnt get it, but now it finally makes sense. its funny now :)

February 17 2006 at 1:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Harris

That episode was just on the other night, I got a good laugh out of it.

February 17 2006 at 12:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David Chartier

Yea! Put some pics up in the TUAW Flickr Feed Dave! :)

February 16 2006 at 8:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jared

why would kearny ship with it if it was dolph's newton?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Simpsons-WOS-Series-8-Kearny-Moc_W0QQitemZ6029712250QQcategoryZ2465QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

February 16 2006 at 8:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iDean

Hey can we see your toy pics?

February 16 2006 at 8:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iDean

Hey can we see your toy pics?

February 16 2006 at 8:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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