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		<title>Microsoft Ditches Family Guy Endorsement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is trying to push out it&#8217;s Windows 7 without the Vista-stigma attached so they got hip with the kids and hired Seth MacFarlane of &#8220;Family Guy&#8221; fame to pitch the product. Turns out that Microsoft didn&#8217;t really think it through [what a shocker, we know] and after finding out that MacFarlane has a twisted ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.daveandthomas.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/macfarlane_seth_02.jpg"><img src="http://www.daveandthomas.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/macfarlane_seth_02-125x150.jpg" alt="Seth MacFarlane" title="Seth MacFarlane" width="125" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7235" /></a>Microsoft is trying to push out it&#8217;s Windows 7 without the Vista-stigma attached so they got hip with the kids and hired <strong>Seth MacFarlane</strong> of <strong>&#8220;Family Guy&#8221;</strong> fame to pitch the product.</p>
<p>Turns out that Microsoft didn&#8217;t really think it through [what a shocker, we know] and after finding out that MacFarlane has a twisted sense of humor the geeks from Microsoft pulled out.</p>
<p>Microsoft was scheduled to sponsor the show <strong>&#8220;Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex&#8217;s Almost Live Comedy Show&#8221;</strong> on Nov. 8 set to air on Fox.  The show was to be commercial free with built in ads like this to offset the cost:<br />
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Painful, yeah we know.</p>
<p>Then Microsoft pulled the plug after seeing the material in the show.  We could point out that they could have just watched an episode of &#8220;Family Guy&#8221; instead of acting like an offended schoolgirl.  Instead, and this is one of our favorite quotes of the year, Microsoft came out with this:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;For most of the special, however, MacFarlane and Borstein made typical &#8220;Family Guy&#8221;-style jokes, including riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.</p>
<p>Such material was apparently a bit <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010418.html?categoryid=14&#038;cs=1">much for Microsoft.</a>&#8220;</p></blockquote>
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