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Microsoft is Shocked, Shocked, That Seth MacFarlane Has a Potty Mouth; Pulls Sponsorhip From Show Variety
Seth MacFarlane has proven too racy for Microsoft, Variety reports.
The company pulled its sponsorship from Fox’s Nov. 8 MacFarlane and Alex Borstein variety show, "Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show," after attending the taping and finding the content not to its liking.
Sponsorship of the show-- which was to have run commercial-free with Microsoft Windows 7 marketing messages built in--was part of a bigger Microsoft marketing deal with News Corp.
The special included typical “Family Guy”-type jokes, Variety said, such as “riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.”
Fox will air the show with another yet-to-be-named sponsor.
--Elizabeth Jensen
Comments 2
Elyse
It took Microsoft THIS long to realize the show can offend??
JFD8
When Microsoft, lumbering giant,
Had "Family Guy" as a client,
It was eager to plug
Till it found a late bug:
The program's not Windows-compliant.
News Short n' Sweet by JFD8
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