10.27.09 MICROSOFT DROPS SETH MACFARLANE

“It looks like you’re writing an abortion joke. Can I help?”

“Family Guy” creator/star Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein (who voices Lois Griffin) were supposed to do a special on Fox called “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” sponsored entirely by Microsoft’s Windows 7, but the computer giant has backed out due to the racy content of MacFarlane’s and Borstein’s jokes.

“Almost Live Comedy Show” was announced earlier this month as part of a major marketing partnership Microsoft had sealed with a wide range of News Corp. properties to promote the launch of the computer giant’s Windows 7 operating system. As part of the deal, “Almost Live Comedy Show” was set to run commercial-free, with Microsoft marketing messages built into the special instead.

But that was before Microsoft execs attended the special’s taping Oct. 16… For most of the special, MacFarlane and Borstein made typical “Family Guy”-style jokes, including riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest. [Variety]

What a surprise! Who could have expected that the writers for “Family Guy” would write the exact kind of jokes they always write? Couldn’t they have told some more Macintosh jokes?

Oh, corporate executives, don’t ever change. “What do the kids like? We need to look hip and edgy! … WHOA! That’s hip and edgy! There’s no way we could do that. We might get letters from Christians.”