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Lurking in the Shadows (4/20/98)
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It's only April, and people are already getting jazzed about next July's MacWorld Expo. (We know we're pumped about going.) And the buzz is only getting busier now that, as MacCentral points out, the keynote is titled "Steve Jobs and Special Guest."
Blimey! Speculation runs rampant as to the identity of the mystery guest. Probably the most obvious explanation is that perhaps Apple expects to name a permanent CEO by then, and the Expo is the natural event at which to introduce him/her. If not a new CEO, perhaps a new boardmember will be inaugurated, or the head of some large corporation may be brought out to announce a new partnership. Our money's on Larry Ellison of Oracle, Apple board member and Steve's best friend, who will be trotted out to announce and demonstrate the Mac NC. Or, it could just be another lame celebrity tie-in, otherwise known as "a feeble attempt to relate." If it comes to that, we hope it's Drew Carey; there's no bigger crowd-pleaser than a big, funny geek in glasses.
Whoever the mystery guest is, AtAT will be in the keynote audience to witness the spectacle. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. But if it's Bill Gates, we'll be sorely disappointed. (Unless, of course, some of the more rabid elements of the audience take it into their heads to get "rowdy." We, of course, would never sink to such a level. Much.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/20/98 episode: April 20, 1998: A mysterious figure lurks in the shadows, preparing to emerge at MacWorld Expo. Meanwhile, apparently money can't buy love or a glitch-free demo, as the world's richest man crashes and burns on stage, and the AtAT community continues to work on its own Apple ads based around the Year 2000 issue...
Other scenes from that episode: 645: Please Ignore That (4/20/98) In what is undoubtedly the most embarrassing failed product demo since Larry Ellison's nonfunctional NC, this morning Bill Gates was caught with his OS down. He was in the middle of showing the upcoming Windows 98 to a large Comdex crowd when suddenly the whole thing came crashing down around his ears... 646: More Year 2000 Fun (4/20/98) Well, whaddaya know... We never would have guessed that the reaction to yesterday's commercial suggestion would be so positive! Thanx to all of you who expressed your approval of our little script, and those of you who went so far as to recommend that we consider a career in advertising are far too kind...
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