Only one thing sadder than lame corprate attempts to be hip
October 28, 2009
It’s when the corporate stuffed shirts suddenly figure out what “hip” entails and backpedal like crazy. Short version: Microsoft attempts a advertising coup by sponsoring a sellout very special episode of Family Guy, then someone at Microsoft watches the episode, are they are shocked at the presence of (gasp) risque and off-color humor. Perhaps someone should have watched a few minutes of the series beforehand? The stupidity is so epic that I’m still wondering if this is some balloon-boy hoxish publicity stunt, but given Microsoft’s record with lame attempts at humor, I think not.
Too bad we’ve been denied such comedic jems as this:
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