Futurama is back. For people like us, who are tech affine (but not yet geeks), this is really good news. This TV series is rich in references to present cultural phenomena and makes fun of these in a creative manner. Remember Kidnapster? Or places like the Madison Cube Garden? Old New York and New New York? Or quotes like

I like TV better than real life. But this is HDTV! It’s got better resolution than the real world!

In the latest futurama episode, Apple’s iPhone was obviously the satirical target of the futurama makers. According to MacLife, some parts of the online clip of the episode were altered and some dialogue was removed:

So far, Commedy Central has not commented on this and we still don’t know if this is true. But if it is, Apple is turning more and more into one of these angry companies like MomCoorp which cannot take a joke. We think that companies should be able to take a joke and not start to put pressure on artists that make fun of companies or politicians.

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Tags: Apple, eyePhone, Futurama