NBC and NPR feature iPhone humor

Wait, they got one of the iPhone's features confused with one of the power mac G5/mac pro's features: the cheese grater.

On the Media has an interesting piece on the iphone coverage

http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/01/12/01

Here's a funny spoof on the iphone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0QWFr64WU

I was at that taping! I haven't listened to the broadcast yet, but when the caller said "Microsoft's new phone" the whole audience was in an uproar. Lots of Apple fans among the cultural elite, I guess ;)

I am already subscribed to the podcast of Wait, Wait, Dont Tell Me.

I love that show.

Churry -- that's the all-star "DaVinci Code" panel lineup, featured the week Tom Hanks was the celebrity guest.

One of my favorite one-word punchlines was from that episode, from Paula. On the question of where Errol Flynn met his third wife; one of the answers was "She was selling refreshments at the courthouse while he on trial for statutory rape." Tom Hanks wondered aloud, "Do they even sell refreshments in courthouses?" and was interrupted by Paula's curt "Yes."

It took a second for the crowd and panelists to connect Paula's comment with her past legal & parenting difficulties, but once they did it was a good twenty seconds before anyone could speak, they were laughing so hard. Pure comic gold. You can listen here: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=05-13-2006&view=storyview

I have to say that Adam is my favorite, in part because I've studied with him in New York and we have mutual friends in the improv & comedy community; however, Paula is a very close second.

Another weird six degrees of "Wait Wait" fact: Peter Sagal's brother Doug is my friend Leah's boss. Strange but true.

Thank you for writing about the show! Wait Wait is a prime example of the quality programs produced by NPR, which everyone should support. My favorite panelist combination is Paula Poundstone, Adam Felber, and Roy Blount Jr.

I'm the other TUAW team member who is a Wait Wait fan :) I'd have no reason to ever wake up on the weekends were it not for Wait Wait and This American Life (another Chicago-based NPR show), and a little Car Talk thrown in for good measure.

I think it's kind of ironic that the idea behind that video is that the iPhone does a bunch of things but isn't a good cell phone, since that's exactly the kind of thing that Apple is trying to get away from. And as a matter of fact, I think the iPhone probably has fewer "features" than many other phones -- the reason it's good is that the features it does have work so well, are easy to use, and are integrated with one another.

Ha ha, that was brilliant.