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Monsters, Clones, Etc. (10/24/01)
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So much for wondering about why the iPod is so named: it's clearly an overexuberant Pod Racer reference. Evidently Jedi Steve has had a little too much Star Wars on the brain lately. Don't believe us? Well, surely you wouldn't dare doubt the assertions of faithful viewer Sully the Blue Wookiee, who, via a complicated series of grunts and howls, pointed us toward an article at TheForce.Net about Steve's latest connection with the sci-fi series that launched a lucrative aftermarket collectible action figure cottage industry and taught us how to act at Apple store grand openings by showing us to what lengths costumed fans will camp out in line for tickets.
Apparently at a special "cast and crew screening" of the upcoming Monsters, Inc. flick, His Steveness got up and announced that the teaser trailer for Episode II (sadly tagged with the extended title "Attack Of The Clones"-- yeesh) would be playing during the theatrical run of the new Pixar opus. So there you have it, Star Wars fans; if you want to see the new Episode II trailer, all you need to do is go see Monsters, Inc. next week. Personally, we're still so disappointed with the whole Episode I experience (the AtAT staff, two minutes in: "Trade embargoes?!") that we're going to be seeing Monsters, Inc. in spite of the Clone trailer, not because of it. (Yes, we'll still go see Episode II. It's mandatory for our generation, isn't it?)
We don't know why the Episode II trailer is being attached to a Disney film, but if you don't believe the story, TheForce.Net even has an MP3 recording of the Stevester making the introduction. (The site says not to load it with the QuickTime plugin, but having massive problems with authority, we did it anyway, and it played just fine.) If it's a fake, whoever's doing the Jobs voice should hire himself out at parties. We just have one question, though: what was Steve "MonkeyBoy" Ballmer doing at a Pixar screening? Because that sure sounds like his "woo-hoo" right towards the end of the clip...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/24/01 episode: October 24, 2001: Time to duck, because debate over the iPod has the fur a-flyin'. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs announces to Pixarians that the Star Wars Episode II trailer will be shown before theatrical screenings of Monsters, Inc., and Apple slides precariously in the ratings of environmental friendliness by the Clean Computer Campaign...
Other scenes from that episode: 3349: iPod: Imminent Civil War (10/24/01) Okay, so it's a day later-- now that everyone's had time to kick it around a little (metaphorically speaking, of course), what's the buzz on the iPod? Well, based on the feedback we're seeing, at least, we'd have to call the reactions "mixed."... 3351: Someone Call Mr. Yuck! (10/24/01) Uh-oh-- evidently the faltering economy is affecting Apple in less obvious ways than declining revenues. A couple of years ago we proudly noted that the Clean Computer Campaign (an initiative of the Silicon Valley Toxics Commission) had declared Apple to be a shining example of an environmentally-friendly computer manufacturer, awarding the company with a happy green candy cane graphic on its web site...
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