Microsoft Pulls Plans for Windows 7 Family Guy
Microsoft has scrubbed its plans to sponsor a show written by Family Guy creator, Seth MacFarlane.
Over the last few weeks you've aired your thoughts on the available three clips of Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show. Most of you didn't like it. Some of the clips were better than others but even that wasn't saying much. However, it turns out Microsoft didn't like the way things were shaping up, either. The company canceled plans for the show because it was not a fit with the Windows brand. And Jerry Seinfeld was? What exactly do they mean when they say it's not in line with the Windows brand?
Well apparently, the boring snippets of the show we saw were nothing compared to what Microsoft saw. We got the run of the mill stuff while the execs at Microsoft saw something that cracked jokes at the expense of deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.
"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," a Microsoft spokesperson told Variety. The company spokesperson went on to say that Microsoft continues to have a good partnership with Fox, Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein and is working with them in other areas.
Variety goes on to say that Fox still plans to air the show but the network is now looking for a new sponsor. Any takers?
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falconqc The guys on the marketing team should have done some research beforehand. Family guy is a good show, but its humor can be pretty offensive. I personally find the concept fun, I just think Family Guy was the wrong show to do it with. Maybe an American Dad or Simpson could have pulled it off better.Reply -
cybrcatter cracked jokes at the expense of deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest
I bet there were some funny skits in there, but Microsoft probably made the right choice. Not everyone has a rich sense of humor, and this could have been an unfortunate source of grief for MS. -
landerx74 And what is wrong with a little off humor!? Haven't you heard the one about the deaf woman who smells down there and gets forced to go to a labor camp during the Holocaust and is forced to be with her own brother!! That one ALWAYS cracks me up! Get a sense of humor Microsoft!Reply -
dextermat stop spending all that useless money on marketing and make good products for god shakes....Reply
I really cannot believe all those marketing scheme to sell crap to consumer...
If you make good product: people will buy it. Just look a t windows xp, yeah got problems at beginning but when fix, more and more people bought it damn!!!!
If they stop spending big buck on advertisement, you could sell win 7 cheaper an then make more money (stupid marketer, you make things cost more for nothing) -
Jerky_san Wonder what they expected.. edgy is what sells these days.. if you had a happy day's like show try sell windows 7 I'm fairly certain you wouldn't sell to the proper crowd..Reply -
tenor77 landerx74And what is wrong with a little off humor!? Haven't you heard the one about the deaf woman who smells down there and gets forced to go to a labor camp during the Holocaust and is forced to be with her own brother!! That one ALWAYS cracks me up! Get a sense of humor Microsoft!Reply
Nothing wrong with off humor, but don't blast a company for taking the safe road. Special interest groups are a PIA and the last thing a company wants is to be boycotted based on a show sponsorship. That's not a good way to keep your job if your names on the project. My company sponsors a sporting team that made a controversial call during an event, and we had people threatening to never buy our products again because of it.
Stupid? Yes, but that is the American public at large. -
dingumf landerx74And what is wrong with a little off humor!? Haven't you heard the one about the deaf woman who smells down there and gets forced to go to a labor camp during the Holocaust and is forced to be with her own brother!! That one ALWAYS cracks me up! Get a sense of humor Microsoft!Reply
Normal Family Guy is quite funny but these adverts for MS is just.. not funny at all. -
rooket Not too big of a family guy fan here.Reply
Microsoft if you are reading this, you should have chosen Futurama. It is more in tune with the high tech audience and has less racial jokes afaik I could be wrong. Fox puts on the air what they feel people want to see, not necessarily what smarter people want.