Tuesday, October 27, 2009

"Family Guy" not PC enough to be a PC

"Hello, I'm a PC, and I don't think jokes about feminine hygiene are funny."

Or something like that, anyway. Microsoft was set to sponsor a prime time special by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane as part of its Windows 7 media blitz, but was somehow surprised when the MacFarlane-esque fare didn't exactly "fit with the Windows brand."

It appears that Microsoft doesn't approve of "riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest," so they've pulled out of the project after getting a look at the content. Didn't they look at any samples of MacFarlane's stuff before they signed on? Or did they just think that with a name like "Family Guy," it must be good clean fun?

One comment on the AdAge article says "But fear not as all is saved! I just heard that Microsoft has hired Michael Richards to do some colorful Windows 7 skits."

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