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Elppa Syub Yensid! Trela! (5/13/03)
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Attention, long-time fans of the ever-popular and completely baseless "Disney To Buy Apple" rumor! Prepare to be sucked into an alternate universe-- a topsy-turvy world where up is down, black is white, they wear hats on their feet, and hamburgers eat people. Faithful viewer Marker pointed us to another New York Times article; this one's about Pixar's continuing search for a better distribution deal than the 50/50 one they've long had with Disney.
"So what does that have to do with Apple?" you scoff. (Scoff. Scoff. What a great word! "Scoff." Try to use it twice today.) Well, it's like this: four paragraphs in, the article mentions that Steve Jobs-- who heads up Pixar in his voluminous spare time, you know-- made an interesting comment during the Q&A portion of last week's Pixar earnings conference call. It seems that one analyst suggested that Steve "scrap negotiations with Disney" altogether and just try to buy out the company's animation division instead. And then what do you suppose Steve suggested in response? Buying Disney outright. AAAIIIEEEEEEEE!!!
Okay, so he then laughed it off as little more than a joke by saying "I'll just leave that alone," and the prospect of Pixar buying Disney isn't quite the same as Apple buying Disney, but it's close enough for government work. Man, who knew that we'd have to start listening to Pixar's conference calls to avoid missing all the best dirt? Apparently the drama just follows Steve wherever he goes. We're starting to think we're going to have to hire a cheap intern to tail the guy all day with a camcorder so we don't miss the next melodramatic altercation down at the local Jiffy Lube.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/13/03 episode: May 13, 2003: Apple and Microsoft make with the trash talk-- just not much of it. Meanwhile, the "Disney Buys Apple" rumor gets turned on its head, Microsoft backpedals on the iLoo, Gates skips out on a $6 tab, and Mrs. Jobs is in a tizzy over Steve's cozy photo shoot with Sheryl Crow...
Other scenes from that episode: 3946: Smack Talk, Albeit Mild (5/13/03) Everybody fasten your seatbelts and return your tray tables to their full and upright positions, 'cause Sweeps Month is finally coming in for a big AtAT landing! Yesterday's improbably high yield of tabloid-worthy dirt by and about various tech-oriented captains of industry is precisely the traditionally sordid ratings-boosting stuff we love to trot out four times a year ("what, only four times a year?")... 3948: A Cornucopia Of Dirt To Dish (5/13/03) Here you go, folks-- in honor of Sweeps Month, a triptych of melodrama and scandal to round out the episode...
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