Hy Bound Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 http://tv.ign.com/articles/103/1039355p1.html So apparently Microsoft had the idea of creating a half-hour long commercial for Windows 7 using the Family Guy "platform." Basically meaning Family Guy whored itself out to Microsoft for an episode of Microsoft commercials with Seth McFarlane and Alex Borstein. Then, upon Microsoft actually viewing the show, decided that Family Guy was too crass for them... What? Apparently nobody there ever watched Family Guy before? Thoughts? I honestly think this is hilarious. Quote
Gollgagh Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 well it would have been funnier if they'd tried to pull it back after airing Quote
tweex Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 HAHAHAHAHA. I agree with some of the comments from the article. If apple were to take this, that would be hysterical! Quote
Archaon Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Basically meaning Family Guy whored itself out to Microsoft for an episode of Microsoft commercials with Seth McFarlane and Alex Borstein. Then, upon Microsoft actually viewing the show, decided that Family Guy was too crass for them... What? Apparently nobody there ever watched Family Guy before? Presumably they had the same experience as the rest of us brave few who actually dislike Family Guy. Your friends suddenly start quoting it in the middle of conversation and you wonder what they're on about. They tell you that it's from this show called "Family Guy", it's totally awesome, you should check it out. They will not stop raving about it, so you figure, hey, it must be pretty good if they ALL like it so much, maybe you'll see what the fuss is about. Then you watch one of the DVDs and spend the next four hours saying "What the hell? THIS IS TERRIBLE. AND SO ARE MY FRIENDS." Quote
Hy Bound Posted October 28, 2009 Author Posted October 28, 2009 Well, I'm not really commenting on the show itself, but i think its funny that no one touching the actual project had ever watched family guy. But yeah, i instantly thought Apple picking it up would be diabolically genius. Quote
Moseph Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Apparently nobody there ever watched Family Guy before? Probably more a case of some of the marketing people loving the show but the bigwigs not agreeing. Quote
Arcana Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Probably more a case of some of the marketing people loving the show but the bigwigs not agreeing. Family Guy is pretty polarizing. Some people think it's great, other think it's crap. Microsoft is trying to clean up its image, it's been losing a lot of ground to the likes of Apple in terms of goodwill (though not necessarily market share). Attaching yourself to Family Guy, honestly, doesn't really help you look good. Quote
Meteo Xavier Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Well, I'm not really commenting on the show itself, but i think its funny that no one touching the actual project had ever watched family guy. Such as marketing. When money starts talking, its hard to listen to reason, or logic, or common sense. /is in marketing - although my company isn't nearly that retarded. We like to actually think things through on our deals. Quote
lazygecko Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 They were probably expecting something funny, but all they got were a bunch of random pop culture references. Quote
Thalzon Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 This is even more of a relief than the time I narrowly avoiding running a red light. Quote
BooDidley7 Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Family Guy was once seemed pretty clever, but that was about 10 years ago. Now it's just dial an 80's reference. Maybe M$ has decided they don't need any more disasters like the vomit commercial for IE 8: Don't watch it if you can't handle vomit. Serious. Quote
Hy Bound Posted October 29, 2009 Author Posted October 29, 2009 Dear lord... That was a commercial? On the Teevee!!!!!!!!!11?!??! Yeah, thats not terribly tasteful. Quote
JJT Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 Presumably they had the same experience as the rest of us brave few who actually dislike Family Guy. Yeah, except you didn't have them produce an episode specifically for you before you decided you hated it. Family Guy is what it is. Nobody in this thread cares if you hate it (or like it, for that matter). Quote
Triad Orion Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 Nobody in this thread cares if hate it (or like it, for that matter). And this is why the OCR forums are one of the few I actually frequent. Quote
JJT Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 And this is why the OCR forums are one of the few I actually frequent. Whoops. Heh. Quote
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