Microsoft Pulls Out of Family Guy Variety Special
Posted by KAT in Family GuyOctober 27th, 2009, 03:16 PM
Oh boy. So Microsoft was all on board to exclusively sponsor a Family Guy variety special… until executives watched the show, that is.
“Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show,” set to air November 8th, was supposed to feature creative Windows 7 promotion within the show (see above video), in lieu of standard commercials. However, Microsoft bigwigs attended a live taping of the show - which reportedly features jokes about incest, deaf people, the Holocaust, etc. - and were unamused.
Here’s the statement we got from the man upstairs:
“We initially chose to participate in the Seth and Alex variety show based on the audience composition and creative humor of ‘Family Guy,’ but after reviewing an early version of the variety show it became clear that the content was not a fit with the Windows brand. We continue to have a good partnership with Fox, Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein and are working with them in other areas. We continue to believe in the value of brand integrations and partnerships between brands, media companies and talent.”
Ha! I bet.
I must agree, a serious company like Microsoft shouldn’t be affiliating itself with all that hoopla. However, COME ON, MICROSOFT! Have you never seen an episode of Family Guy? Did you really not know they’d throw some off-putting jokes in there? Sheeshkabobs. Poor Microsoft has ended up looking more out of touch than ever.
Still looking forward to checking out Windows 7, though. I’m a PC, dudes. Gimme!
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