November 8th brings us an entire night of Seth MacFarlane, and it's all sponsored by Microsoft. FOX has announced that, on November 8th, Family Guy will feature animated portions, live-action sequences in which Seth MacFarlane and co-star, Alex Borstein, perform Family Guy music numbers, comedy sketches - even celebrity guests! The episode is entitled, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and airs at 8:30p CST.
The show will feature non-traditional commercial advertising, sponsored entirely by Microsoft, who is pushing their new Windows 7 operating system. FOX said the Microsoft commercial portions will blend seamlessly into the show.
Further, FOX is dedicating the entire night to Seth MacFarlane programming, showing multiple episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show.
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Um, no Microsoft doesn't.
Microsoft said yesterday that they did not find the show "fitting" for the "Windows family." True to form, the special contains jokes on incest, deaf people, feminine hygiene, and other urbane topics Microsoft didn't feel promoted Bill Gates' work with children.
Because once you make nearly $100 billion by railroading and monopolizing an industry, after ripping-off a friend whose honest intention was to liberate the free-thinker from the confines of another monopoly, then ripping-off the consumer, it's always great that you give, like, 3% to kids. Let The Weirding be the very first to call you a mensch: what a fuckin' mensch.
Fox said the special will air as planned, with an, as yet unnamed, sponsor I'm secretly hoping is Apple. Or Sony.
But really, Billy, way to go.
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