Steve Jobs must be wondering whether Gutenberg faced this kind of brand irreverence when he invented moveable type. A day after Apple’s iPad hype, the wags at Mad TV explained on NPR how the origin of this viral video sensation goes back five years.
Bruce McCoy: We’ve done other Apple spoofs on the show. And as soon as we heard the name iPad, you know, everyone across the world, thats where your mind went to.
Tami Saghe: I think you nailed it when you said, oh, there must not have been a woman in the room when they said this because its just, its so obvious. Listen/read more.
OTM asks if the iPad is indeed science fiction’s mythical Fifth (and Final) Screen: