In Popular Culture
When AIBO was introduced, The New Yorker published a cartoon showing AIBO "urinating" nuts and bolts on a fire hydrant.
In an episode of Frasier, Frasier gives his dad an ERS-210 to keep him company while he's visiting Roz in Wisconsin. There's a scene with Eddie interacting with the AIBO, while Martin Crane complains to Sony about not being able to get it to work.
The music video of Janet Jackson's Doesn't Really Matter features an AIBO as the singer's pet.
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