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What does it mean that the Apple iPad seems to have resulted in an unusual amount of humor, much of it fueled by social media, just in the five days since it launched? Is this a sign of iPad apocalypse? Or just another signpost in the continued evolution of media from something driven by top-down messaging (the kind that Apple has has always excelled in), to something in which all voices, including some very funny ones, weigh in?
Whatever the case, we certainly didn’t see this amount of lampooning when the iPod launched, or for that matter, when the Kindle did either. Here then, for your viewing and reading pleasure, this week in iPad humor:
From The Onion: Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet. This story proved so popular that the phrase “Frantic Steve Jobs” was a trending topic on Twitter right before the launch.
From TechCrunch, a chart comparing the features of the Apple iPad to a rock. In most categories, the rock does fairly well. [Picture by Phil Santoro of DivisionCore via Techcrunch]
Here’s what you might call “green” iPad humor, a parody MadTV commercial that got widely recycled this past week, touting a new Apple feminine hygiene product, called, of course, the iPad.
The Comedy Humor gang talks about the IPad as a revolution — in comic possibility. As one writer says: “It’s almost like the iPad has a big ‘kick me’ sign on its back. Quite simply this little retard TV is going to change the way, we make fun of Apple”:
And finally, Pee Wee Herman plays with his new gift from Steve Jobs, courtesy of Will Ferrell’s “Funny or Die“:
(Note)
1.fuel (v.)[T]激起;刺激:MAINLY JOURNALISM to make something increase or become worse, especially something unpleasant
*Graf's back problem fueled speculation that she might soon retire.
People's fear of crime is fueled by sensationalist reports.
2.apocalypse (n.)[C]（尤指關於世界未來的）啟示: revelation, esp about the future of the world
*iPad apocalypse
3.signpost (n.)[C]路標；路牌: a sign next to a road showing where something is
4.lampoon (v.)用笑話諷諭: to publicly criticize someone or something by making jokes about them
*He was frequently lampooned in the newspapers for his oversized ego.
5.frantic (a.)狂亂迫切的: done in a very urgent way:
*frantic attempts to dig out survivors of the earthquake
*Her parents are absolutely frantic with worry.
*If I look a bit frantic, it's because I'm running late.
6.feminine hygiene product 女性衛生產品
7.gang (n.)一夥: a group of young people who spend time together and often cause trouble:
*A gang called the Bloods has been terrorizing people in the South Bronx.
*He asked me to join his gang.
*a study of Chicago street gangs
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