Apple's 'Underdogs' Grapple With Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death'

The gang hits a trade show

As always, Apple’s entrepreneurial “Underdogs” overperform thanks to the computer giant’s snazzy offerings.

In their latest adventure, all heck breaks loose at a trade show when the “blue screen of death”—that scourge of PC users everywhere—wreaks havoc on the proceedings.

But our crew barely breaks a sweat, because they’re using Apple products. (Which, of course, boast a spinning pinwheel of doom when stuff goes wrong. But let’s not dwell on that.)

Apple’s in-house team developed the 8-minute installment, directed by Bertie Ellwood of Object & Animal.

All in all, it’s an amusing entry in the long-running series. Which is generally beloved, but not without controversy.

This new episode hits all the right beats, spoofing tech-fair tomfoolery in funny fashion. It offers kooky costumes, “free stuff!” in every booth and suitably silly satire of Silicon Valley intrigue.