…would Apple’s iPad have given us a glimpse into an alternate world?
Background: Wednesday night’s episode of Modern Family (season 1, episode 19, “Game Changer”) was all about the iPad. Not sure why, but it felt sketchy. Not because a naked Steve Jobs could survive an entire Wisconsin winter outside with nothing more than a lighter, a case of Ramen and his Disney (ABC) stock to burn. But because it felt like an infomercial… so why the hell did they keep on interrupting it with commercial breaks?
(Worst. iPad dock. EVER)
I don’t care if this was paid or unpaid product placement. Steve Jobs has more Disney stock than you, or anyone else in the world AND sits on the board of directors of ABC’s parent company. To me, Modern Family just kissed the boss’s ass, and that shouldn’t sit well with anyone.
And as for the Toyota product placement, I cried foul on that shit, too. Everyone knows Phil Dunphy’s wife would drive a Honda Odyssey. If anyone should be driving a Toyota, it would be Gloria (read: would help explain the cupcake on her car in “Moon Landing”).
(Don’t be silly Walter, everyone knows the iPad doesn’t have a camera.)
PLEASE NOTE: I’m a huge Apple fanboy and Modern Family’s number one fan. So let’s don’t go there. The show is the best comedy on TV, in fact, I’m positive the cast could beat the Glee crew in a talent show any day of the week. So don’t leave a “you’re a Modern Family hater” comment unless you have a TV dedicated to the show in your bathroom.
Pictured on the television below is the opening title sequence of Modern Family, rumors of replacing picture frames with iPads are not true… yet.
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