Steve Jobs Tribute: ‘Goodnight IPad' Book (VIDEO)

Video produced by The Other House

In the grand tradition of "Go The F**k To Sleep," comes a new parody for bedtime. And today, this one goes straight for the heartstrings.

We all remember being tucked into bed, listening to someone read “Goodnight Moon.” Now there's a twist, for a new generation, on Margaret Wise Brown's 1947 classic book. “Goodnight iPad” by “Ann Droyd” (get it?) reminds us how many beeping, flashing, whizzing gadgets our children part with when they (finally) go to sleep.

As we mourn Steve Jobs, the parody takes on a different tone. It goes to show how much everything he created changed our lives, including how we say goodnight. Below are a few pages from the new book that -- when taken out of context -- are a more-than-fitting tribute.

Illustrations: David Milgrim

Comments

[jbarelli]

01:10 PM on 10/11/2011

Okay, cute book, cute concept.

Steve Jobs tribute? He might have found it amusing, but I can't see how it's a tribute to Mr. Jobs, other than the point that he had at least an influence on most of the items mentioned.

To be fair to the author "Ann Droid", I haven't seen anything in the official publicity where they tie this to Mr. Jobs. Timing? Okay, but at least they aren't apparently promoting this as some sort of tribute, capitalizing on his death.

No doubt that it was discussed around the conference table, and probably was one factor on deciding whether or not to publish, but at least not a straight-on attempt to capitalize on the death Mr. Jobs.

I hope.

[Mark Donohue Jr]

12:36 AM on 10/10/2011

The art is so completely off, the feeling isn't there and a loose thread that infers, not connects Jobs to the original story. FAIL, FAIL FAIL...Not cute, not relevant, this is anile and fey..

[Rubberfish]

08:28 PM on 10/09/2011

A tribute? Yeah, right. But the little old lady's got it right!

[dickn2000b]

05:39 PM on 10/09/2011

The Good Night Moon I remember is every night when my wife comes to bed. It's right after my wife turns her back to me and just before she pulls the covers up. It's then I see the Good Night Moon.

[Jane Serlin]

04:54 PM on 10/08/2011

Positive this is a recycled vid with absolutely no connection to Job's passing. Also, sure that no one at Huff actually viewed it, since there is nothing sweet or relevant about it.

[jozie]

01:02 AM on 10/08/2011

It was a ridiculous stretch trying to tie it to Jobs' death, but it was very cute. It reminded me of when my son and I had Good Night Moon memorized.

[Dave Myles]

06:21 PM on 10/07/2011

It wasn't a tribute to Jobs. It only had iPad in the title. It was about ALL electronic devices. Huffingtonpost FAIL.

[stopgeorge]

02:09 AM on 10/07/2011

Tribute?

Has the author of this article watched the video or read the book?

It's anything BUT a "tribute".

[Reading22]

01:29 AM on 10/07/2011

Lol...it's genius! I'd buy it for my toddler.