You’ve heard of Steve Jobs getting inducted into California’s Hall of Fame, but have you seen…the video? I have. Well, some of it. Just the Steve Jobs parts. Most of them. Look, it’s an hour long, and it’s pretty boring, okay? But this is the kind of stuff we put ourselves through so you don’t have to. You, dear readers, get to sit back and reap the benefits of our back-breaking labor.
Jobs was one of twelve honorees in a roster that also included John Steinbeck, John Wayne, Jackie Robinson, Milton Berle, Jonas Salk, Earl Warren, and Ansel Adams. And yes, before you ask, all of those people are dead. So the conversation was probably less-than-lively. Okay, so there were a few live ones up there: Tiger Woods, Rita Moreno, and Willie Mays. An interesting bunch; oh, to be a fly at that table.
I actually kind of like the system they have: each inductee basically introduces the subsequent one, so Jobs’s little bio was read by Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, and Jobs himself introduced Robert Mondavi. We get to hear about Jobs and Woz creating the Apple I back in ‘76, and how Jobs is bringing us into a “wireless universe” or something today. Yadda yadda yadda.
The real high point of the ceremony? Getting a big shiny medal hung around your neck by that guy from Twins. Wow, that’s quite an honor; I mean, I love Danny DeVito.
You would think that if you were being honored and added to the California hall of fame, you would at least dress up. No, not Steve, he comes with his usual black mock shirt and jeans + snickers. If I were Arnold, I would say, "you are one ugly mother $%^^%$#" (predator)
Jeez, you'd think for the Hall of Fame he'd at least throw on a pair of pants. I mean, does he even own a suit?