Parody Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Will the iPhone 4 blend? What do you think?

by Mike Schramm (Jun 25th, 2010)

Oh come on. You knew it was coming, ever since the iPhone 4 was announced. And here it is. There's not much to say -- you know what's going to happen. Just watch and enjoy. And kudos, BlendTec. It's even cornier (and more surreal) than usual, but pays off nicely. One question: who is that dude, ...

Found Footage: Grandma gets an iPad

by David Winograd (Mar 19th, 2010)

After spending years trying, failing and trying again to teach a number of mature Apple users how to use various Apple products, I got a kick out of this video. It's funny because it's true, and it also shows that there are some less than optimum uses for an iPad. This iPad parody was made as a ...

Found Footage: Say hello to ePad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 6th, 2010)

Apple is definitely one of the world's most admired companies, but their lofty ambitions, high visibility, and easy-to-identify style also makes them ripe for parody, as in this very funny video by the UK's E4. They're boasting about a madeup device called the ePad, which will wow you with its ...

Found Footage: SNL parodies Steve Jobs again

by Dave Caolo (Mar 1st, 2010)

Saturday Night Live (SNL) has done a great job of satirizing Steve Jobs and Apple over the years, and the tradition continued last week. "Undercover Boss" is a TV show in the states that has big business CEOs perform their company's entry-level jobs. SNL expanded the idea to Undercover Celebrity ...

Found Footage: Google's ad, Mac style

by Mike Schramm (Feb 27th, 2010)

Happy weekend! Google may have won some hearts with its Super Bowl ad a little while back, but we all know that Apple is the king of advertising when it comes to technology, so YouTuber allenmonroeiii decided to make a little parody of the Google ad and promote the Mac instead. Strangely, it ...

'I'm on a Mac' parody video makes noise

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2009)

It's just incredible how fast some things can transmit themselves around the ol' blogosphere -- when I first saw this silly parody song video over on Laughing Squid last night, I chuckled and figured I'd share it for you all on TUAW the next day. But of course since then it's been all over the ...

Giant Bomb makes an app (and, more importantly, a commercial)

by Mike Schramm (Jul 6th, 2009)

Unless you're a fan of their website, you probably don't need the Giant Bomb iPhone app. It's a pretty limited use piece of software. While it does offer easy access to everything on their site, including videos, reviews, previews, and so on, it actually costs $1.99, ...

Flickr Find: You've been Steve'd!

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 19th, 2009)

When Flickr user jpegsrock returned from a few days out of the office, he discovered that someone else had taken over his desk while he was gone -- Steve Jobs. It's an unwritten rule among his co-workers that something is done to their cubes if they're going to be out of the office for awhile, ...

The Onion creates MacBook Wheel parody

by Dave Caolo (Jan 6th, 2009)

There's a great history of Apple parodies in pop culture, and the latest one from The Onion is particularly funny. The fictional "MacBook Wheel" replaces the traditional keyboard with a large, touch-sensitive scroll wheel. As the Apple representative demonstrates, typing "...couldn't be simpler." ...

Stop the presses: Apple cancels Christmas

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 16th, 2008)

In a stunning revelation, in addition to Steve Jobs declining to give the keynote speech and announcing Apple will pull out of Macworld after this year, a joint statement released by Apple and Santa Claus states that Christmas will end after this year. "Apple has been steadily scaling back on ...

Found footage: The Soup's iPhone parody

by Dave Caolo (Jul 16th, 2008)

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 ...

Found Footage: MacBook Air makes thin in again

by Mike Schramm (Jan 19th, 2008)

Is anyone else worried about Apple's obsession with being thin? This issue has come up before, but while last time around it was supposed to be serious, this time it's just plain silly. While Apple is crowing about releasing the world's thinnest notebook, nobody's thinking about the self esteem of ...

Found Footage: They iScrewed me again

by Mike Schramm (Jan 8th, 2008)

I can't say MADtv is my favorite sketch show, and personally I really liked the Feist iPod ads, but in terms of skewering the downsides of being an iPod user, they pretty much hit the nail on the head on this one. If you listen to our talkcast, you'll already know that Apple makes their product ...

Zune on Woot for $20 less, Woot offers rebate (and parody)

by Mike Schramm (Sep 21st, 2007)

Gosh, I love Woot.com. Not only are they based in my original hometown (St. Louis, MO, also home of Fried Ravioli and the Bowling Hall of Fame), and not only do they have some great deals on their site (they sell just one item per day, usually at lower-than-normal prices), but they are insightful ...

The zunePhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 23rd, 2007)

Mark sent us this silly mockup of a zunePhone that his coworker made, complete with the signature commercial music for the iPhone (which is actually called "Perfect Timing (This Morning)" by Orba Squara, available on an iTS near you). What's up with that hand? Did he actually animate it using ...