Apple Computer

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Apple Inc. is a major manufacturer of computers and operating systems, co-founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. When the company was known as Apple Computer Inc., it produced a commercial for one of the first iMac desktops in 1998, and used Kermit the Frog's recording of "Bein' Green" for the sage-colored version.

In the late 1990s, Jim Henson and Kermit appeared in the famous Think Different advertising campaign, including the commercial narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, where they appeared among such figures as Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Pablo Picasso, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The Sesame Street video game Mix And Match was created exclusively for the Apple operating system.

Some iPhone applications are in development, under the Muppets and Sesame Street brands.

Contents 1 Appearances 2 References 3 See also 4 Sources 5 External links

Appearances

Throughout much of Fraggle Rock, Doc keeps an Apple II computer in his workshop, sometimes using it to play video games with Sprocket.	A man uses a MacBook laptop in three letter inserts in Season 39 of Sesame Street.
Two Mac computers (complete with internet connection) were used inside the Mail It Shop on Sesame Street.[1]

References

• In the credits for "A Sesame Street Christmas Carol", Sam the Super Automated Ghost of Christmas Future is credited as "i-Sam", a reference to various Apple products with lowercase I's in front of the names.
• When Elmo visits a library in the song "Computers in Your Neighborhood", Mrs. Turow turns on the computer to reveal a parody of the "Finder" icon on Mac computers.
• In an episode of "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures", Ernie and Bert appear in a caveman world. In their cave, Ernie listens to music on an "Ogg Pod", a parody of iPods.
• On Sesame Street, occasionally a computer's main screen would sport a banana for a logo, parodying Apple's logo.
• A parody skit in Season 40 of Sesame Street features silhouettes of Big Bird, Snuffy and Elmo listening and dancing to the letter D, parodying commercials for iPods. (First: Episode 4190) (SSvideo)
• In Munchin: Impossible, Cookie Monster communicates with "The Man" with a device resembling the Apple iPhone, but with a cookie logo on the back.
• Miss Piggy spoofs the company in an advertisement for Muppet Learning Keys.

iPod spoof

Muppet Learning Keys ad

See also

• The iTunes Store

Sources

1. ↑ Kermit and Kimmel Behind the Scenes

External links

• Apple Inc.
• YouTube -- Think Different commercial
• YouTube -- iMac Sage commercial