{"id":16560,"date":"2012-05-12T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:25:01","slug":"apple-spoofs-ghostbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/apple-spoofs-ghostbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Spoofs &#8216;Ghostbusters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.c2.com\/?AppleLisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-116005\" title=\"Apple Spoofs 'Ghostbusters'\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_lisa.jpg?resize=120%2C87&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Apple Spoofs 'Ghostbusters'\" width=\"120\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_lisa.jpg?resize=150%2C109&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_lisa.jpg?resize=75%2C54&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_lisa.jpg?w=589&amp;ssl=1 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>NetworkWorld<\/em> posted a long-lost version of an internal Apple video, &#8220;BlueBuster.&#8221; The video is a spoof of the classic movie <a title=\"Ghostbusters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghostbusters<\/a>. <a title=\"Chris C. Anderson\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160430080444\/http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/chrisanderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris C. Anderson<\/a> at the <em><a title=\"Huffington Post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/em> <a title=\"Steve Jobs In Apple's 1984 'Ghostbusters' Spoof 'Bluebusters' (VIDEO) \" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/05\/10\/steve-jobs-apple-ghostbusters-spoof_n_1507573.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explains<\/a> that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AAPL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>) spoofed &#8220;Ghostbusters&#8221; in a parody music video based on <a title=\"Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=42.3313888889,-83.0458333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=42.3313888889,-83.0458333333%20%28Detroit%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">Detroit<\/a> born <a title=\"Ray Parker Jr.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Ray+Parker+Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ray Parker&#8217;s<\/a> song &#8220;Ghostbusters.&#8221; &#8220;Bluebusters&#8221; was intended as an internal promotional rallying cry in which Apple defeats the global domination aspirations of &#8220;Blue&#8221; aka <a title=\"IBM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE : IBM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:IBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kpzKJ0e5TNc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>As <a title=\"Paul McNamara\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140404194429\/http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/user\/227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul McNamara<\/a> at <em><a title=\"Networld World\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140831072716\/http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network World&#8217;s<\/a><\/em> <a title=\"Buzz Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140603012201\/http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/blog\/227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buzz Blog<\/a> points out, &#8220;It was clear that the metaphor of Apple as the liberator of the office worker wasn&#8217;t confined to the famous <a title=\"1984\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/2zfqw8nhUwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1984 commercial<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2012\/05\/10\/steve-jobs-appeared-in-apples-original-1984-blue-busters-video-spoof-of-ghostbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-102861\" title=\"Steve Jobs Bluesbuster\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/jobs_blue_buster-e1567438012682-113x150.jpg?resize=100%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Steve Jobs Bluesbuster\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>As <a title=\"Apple vs IBM\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120321084245\/http:\/\/www.halfsigma.com:80\/2012\/03\/apple-vs-ibm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prophetic<\/a> as the theme of this video has turned out to be, we can&#8217;t help but grimace at a young Jobs decked out in a <a title=\"Macintosh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/mac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Macintosh<\/a> inspired Ghostbusters Uniform. Aside from a resemblance to <a title=\"Harold Ramis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/celebrity\/harold_ramis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener rottentomatoes noreferrer\">Harold Ramis<\/a>, Apple CEO <a title=\"Steve Jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/steve-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"crunchbase noopener noreferrer\">Steve Jobs<\/a> doesn&#8217;t make much more of a splash in the video. And yes, Apple managed a &#8220;Bluebusters&#8221; spoof that ran the full 4:20 of the song.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a>\u00a0about IT, careers and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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