Comedy Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Siri guest stars on CBS's Big Bang Theory

by Chris Rawson (Jan 30th, 2012)

The most recent episode of CBS's sitcom The Big Bang Theory rather prominently features Siri in its "B" storyline. Astrophysicist Raj, one of the show's main characters, buys an iPhone 4S and spends most of the episode interacting with the voice-activated "personal assistant." As is typical for the ...

Stephen Colbert exposes Siri biases

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 2nd, 2011)

Stephen Colbert, America's indispensable authority on absolutely everything, decided to put Siri to the test on the Colbert Report to see if he could find an abortion clinic in Manhattan. Not only does he claim he can't find one, but he says it can't understand foreigners either. Well, Stephen, ...

Retail training video shows Apple Store behind the scenes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 11th, 2011)

Here's your chance to get a humorous behind-the-scenes look at an Apple retail store. The employee-made video is an entertaining look at Apple's Steps of Service which are introduced during a new employee's Core Training. The first five steps according to the video spell out APPLE: A ...

South Park makes fun of all things Apple in season opener

by Michael Grothaus (May 1st, 2011)

South Park has aired the opening episode of its 15th season, and it blasted not only Apple's products, but the culture surrounding the company as well. We knew this was coming based on a Steve Jobs parody keynote promo that was shown leading up to the premiere. Some of the best bits were the ...

The Daily Show takes on the Verizon iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 12th, 2011)

While the tech world debates both the merits and the shortcomings of the Verizon iPhone, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and John Oliver used the occasion to do some good ol' AT&T bashing. They celebrated the announcement of the Verizon iPhone with a rousing chant of "Freedom!" and poked fun at ...

Found Footage: Pull My Finger stands for freedom

by Michael Rose (Jul 25th, 2009)

I've got a soft spot in my comedy heart for The Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac, one of the newer correspondents on the program; he often manages to give interview subjects just enough Colbertian leeway to wander into the danger zone, then lets them blunder about, bumping into the awkward silences to ...

Down with this sort of thing

by Giles Turnbull (Aug 13th, 2008)

Look Dougal, we've done it! Done what, Ted? We're on iTunes, Dougal! In the UK store! Look at all the happy people waving at us! Wave back! What people are you talking about, Ted? The people out there with their Apple Macs. It's not even raining, Ted. Just shut up and wave, Dougal! Are you ...

Two sets of iPhone wallpapers, including SuicideGirls

by Mike Schramm (Jul 4th, 2007)

iPhone eye candy (or should that be iCa... oh never mind) is starting to roll in. Wes (thanks!) dropped us this "very nice selection" of specially sized wallpaper. Most of it seems to be about birds, but there are a few cool non-bird shots included as well. And Sarah from SuicideGirls says she's a ...

Apple employee gets fired for hilarious standup/poetry routine

by David Chartier (Mar 19th, 2006)

I love the 'six degrees of everything' effect of the world wide web. I especially love it on a Sunday morning that is the second day of my spring break, as I have the time to check out this hilarious video of a standup/poetry routing from a talent show on the Apple Campus (thanks to TUAW commenter ...

Apple adds Comedy genre to iTMS, or: why I'm going broke

by David Chartier (Feb 15th, 2006)

Apple has sealed my death sentence by adding an all-inclusive Comedy genre to the iTunes Music Store. I call myself a dead man because this top-level genre covers everything from audio and video content to audiobooks from all the big names, and as soon as my fiancé finds out how much I'll be ...

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