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: