Difference between revisions of "ZiffCorp"
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{{Template:Company | {{Template:Company | ||
|name = Ziffcorp | |name = Ziffcorp | ||
| − | |image = [[File:Ziffcorp.PNG| | + | |image = [[File:Ziffcorp.PNG|250px]] |
|Founder = [[Artie Ziff]] | |Founder = [[Artie Ziff]] | ||
| − | |Purpose = Software | + | |Purpose = Software company |
| − | |Owner = | + | |Owner = Artie Ziff |
|first appearance = [[Half-Decent Proposal]] | |first appearance = [[Half-Decent Proposal]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Ziffcorp''' is a software company formerly owned by [[Artie Ziff]]. | + | '''Ziffcorp''' is a software company, formerly owned by [[Artie Ziff]]. |
| − | The company's products include the Snore | + | The company's products include the Snore Converter and a computer that turns "that horrible computer noise into music (also available in |
| − | Converter | + | lyrics)".<ref>"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]"</ref> |
| − | lyrics)". | ||
| − | + | Ziffcorp lost $1 million dollars due to Artie spending the company's budget on unnecessary items. Artie was then wanted by the Security and Exchanges Commission for fraud. He was CEO and majority shareholder until he lost his shares to [[Homer Simpson]] in a poker game. As a result, Homer was taken before the U.S. Supreme Court in Ziff's place to face trial over the company's losses.<ref>"[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]"</ref> | |
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| + | == Behind the Laughter == | ||
| + | Ziffcorp's downfall, and their tilted "Z" logo, parodies [[Wikipedia:Enron|Enron]]. | ||
| − | {{ | + | == Appearances == |
| + | *{{Ep|Half-Decent Proposal}} | ||
| + | *{{Ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner}} | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
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Ziffcorp is a software company, formerly owned by Artie Ziff.
The company's products include the Snore Converter and a computer that turns "that horrible computer noise into music (also available in lyrics)".[1]
Ziffcorp lost $1 million dollars due to Artie spending the company's budget on unnecessary items. Artie was then wanted by the Security and Exchanges Commission for fraud. He was CEO and majority shareholder until he lost his shares to Homer Simpson in a poker game. As a result, Homer was taken before the U.S. Supreme Court in Ziff's place to face trial over the company's losses.[2]
Behind the Laughter
Ziffcorp's downfall, and their tilted "Z" logo, parodies Enron.
