Found footage: The Soup's iPhone parody
We love a good parody, and E!'s The Soup has produced a winner. For the unfamiliar, The Soup is a television show on the E! network that pokes fun at TV and pop culture in America.
Here's a parody iPhone ad that ran on the show earlier this week. It's really funny, with an emphasis on the pricing changes the iPhone has experienced in its first year of existence.
While we're on the topic, here are a few other Apple parodies you'll enjoy
- The "Fruit" ad in Grand Theft Auto
- The Thinkpad MacBook Air ad
- Futurama's parody of the 1984 commercial
- If Microsoft designed the iPod packaging
- They iScrewed Me Again from MadTV
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Iraê said 12:14PM on 7-16-2008
Some of the older parodies linked had the movies removed...
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MatthewRex said 12:17PM on 7-16-2008
My friends and I made an iPhone parody a while back, but TUAW never deemed it funny enough ;-)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1NbzRP4R4MM
It was featured on the New York Times, too!
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quandmeme said 1:16PM on 7-16-2008
Whatever spark of wit was in the idea was extinguished by the implementation. 1 out of ten = not worth the click.
MatthewRex said 1:22PM on 7-16-2008
Thankfully, at the very least, 137 people disagree with you!
MatthewRex said 12:20PM on 7-16-2008
My friends and I made an iPhone parody a while back, but TUAW never deemed it funny enough ;-)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1NbzRP4R4MM
It was featured on the New York Times, too!
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MatthewRex said 12:20PM on 7-16-2008
Damn double post! Sorry!
Macaroni said 12:32PM on 7-16-2008
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2b6dc10edf
Warning: very funny, but very NSFW.
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Jared Gibbs said 12:33PM on 7-16-2008
This was hilarious and somewhat true, no? Still it's iPhone FTW as most of us that read this blog probably have one.
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The Rude Bellman said 12:40PM on 7-16-2008
I guess it's funny if you are 19 and don't have any money. Personally, I can't relate.
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Ted said 1:06PM on 7-16-2008
I agree with The Rude Bellman. I found little to no humor in this video. I could afford my iPhone 3G if it cost 10x what it cost now.
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Simon Arch said 1:54PM on 7-16-2008
How nice for you.
Zews said 1:22PM on 7-16-2008
If you are going to provide links to "other parodies", you could at least make sure, that the links actually work. Three of the five don't work!
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MfS said 1:42PM on 7-16-2008
It's not on YouTube, but Conan O'Brien did a pretty funny iPhone spoof commercial, I believe it was last year.
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SubGenius said 2:02PM on 7-16-2008
The sad thing is the kernel of truth in the parody. Many of the people buying iPhones don't realize what they are getting into. Some of the people, especially 18-30 year olds clearly can't afford $80-100 a month for the next 2 years.
Many of these young people paid for the iPhone with a credit card and will continue to pay their monthly bills with credit cards. Many will probably ruin their credit and when they finally finish paying of their credit cards will actually have spent far more than the $2000 minimum the iPhone costs.
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kristen said 12:43AM on 7-17-2008
lol its mankini!!!!!!!! he even does the stupid accent hahahaha
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