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diversity
News Corp. Not Racist Any More
To make up for employing Sean Delonas, News Corp. is forming a "diversity community council" to rubber-stamp bland statements affirming the company's commitment to non-white individuals, or whatever. Which frees up Sean Delonas to expose NObama as an Arabian terrorist! More »
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Media Crack
Boston Globe's 'Friendly' Joke
In your soothing Wednesday media column: the Boston Globe has a sense of humor, Jon Friedman turns 10, the Weekly Standard's getting dumped, Steve Doocy's kid finds a job, and crazy people want to start a new newspaper. More »
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Comment by Front_Towards_Enemy: The Boston Globe is sinking fast while its Union goes about re-arranging the deck chairs and demanding better living quarters. more » | Other threads
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sonia sotomayor
New York Falling Behind in Racist Cartoon Race
The Oklahoman, a newspaper in, we think, Wyoming, published this bizarre racist cartoon about Sonia Sotomayor. We can't believe they beat Sean Delonas! More »
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By PareeneComment by VanessaAkon: Christ you people are IDIOTS. This is not racist. Here is how you numbskulls read the cartoon: Cartoonist shows Hispanic... 13 Responses | Other threads
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sean delonas
David Paterson's Like Mr. Magoo Cause They're Both Blind, Ha Ha
You know, it's been more than a month since hateful NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas drew an offensive (and uncreative!) cartoon. Maybe he's not so bad...wait, did he just mock a blind man, for blindness? More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: I quit smoking and Jesus, that dog is really making me want to light up. Get thee behind me, American... 11 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
Amnesty International and the Art of War
War: What is it good for? For lushly animated Amnesty International spots, obvs. The tagline at the end of this ad is just convoluted nonsense. But the ad's great! More »
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Comment by Randy Treibel: Interesting ad. I do think everybody is against everybody is a bit broad and it could've been a more... 5 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Today's Page Six 100% Less Racist-Cartoony Than Usual
Sean Delonas, America's Favorite Editorial Cartoonist, isn't on the New York Post's Page Six today! WE WON! Or, you know,maybe he picked a weird time for a vacation, he's normally off on Mondays. More »
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By PareeneComment by AngusChiron: You find him offensive so he's unfunny. Meanwhile, Gawker can be as tasteless as it likes and cal it humor.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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media wars
News Corp's Revenge on Michael Wolff
Bad: Rupert Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff is rumored to be having an affair with his younger employee. Far worse, for Wolff: this gives News Corp (and others) a chance to get back at him. More »
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Comment by Dickdogfood: For all his specious twattery, Michael Wolff is at least one-half the poundage of Delonas himself. Does the dude have... 2 Responses | Other threads
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art
Three Illustrations Too Sexy for the New York Times
Jerelle Kraus, former art editor of the NYT's Op-Ed page, has a new book out, and she's telling all of the paper's sexy art secrets! Here, three images the Times killed for being too erotic: More »
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Comment by LatestBy: I can't even tell you how many times I've complained to them about drawings of Florida looking too phallic. 6 Responses | Other threads
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apologies
Rupert Murdoch: I'm Sorry My Paper Is So Racist
Sean Delonas' New York Post cartoon said, essentially, "Screw you, monkeys." The Post itself said, "Screw you if you didn't like it." But Rupert Murdoch—their boss—is suddenly being polite! Did Rev. Al win? More »
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Comment by Nick Denton: Yeah, yeah, the cartoon was crude and thoughtless. But that never bothered Murdoch in the past. Nor is the famously no-nonsense... 4 Responses | Other threads
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race
Could Rev. Al's New York Post Protest Actually Work?
Black people (so demanding!) weren't satisfied with one protest of the New York Post and the paper's shitty non-apology for Sean Delonas' racist chimp cartoon. What's behind this? Lots of history!
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Comment by JustGiveMeThePinkOne: I resent the first line of this article, "Black people(so demanding!)...". You do have some Black readers, Gawker, and right... 7 Responses | Other threads
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controversy
Spike Lee Does Not Accept the Post's Apology
The New York Post's 'apology' for the Sean Delonas cartoon has not satisfied Spike Lee, who calls it "pathetic" and "lethargic." As well as racist! Why won't this black man trust the New York Post? More »
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Comment by joefry: The Post apology was like a white man's dialogue in a Spike Lee Movie. 8 Responses | Other threads
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Your Kids
Hopefully This Huge Controversy Won't Hurt Sean Delonas' Children's Book
Lost in all this controversy over NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' ham-handed monkey bigot hackery is this: will this national uproar hurt the sales of Delonas' kiddie book? That would be the real tragedy. More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: Wait, are they going to put that giant condom on the Washington Monument? And then, you know, do stuff to... 15 Responses | Other threads
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protests
Reverend Al Assails Post with Outrage
Rev. Al Sharpton, having no other plans for the day, just held a protest outside the New York Post's headquarters to protest Sean Delonas' monkey cartoon. It's more outrageous than Don Imus, sez the Rev! More »
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Comment by eatsshootsleaves: Okay, look, even though the cartoon was stupid, was there really any racial connotation? It was an obvious play on... 39 Responses | Other threads
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sean delonas
NY Post Is All Over that Monkey Controversy! No, the Other One.
Remember yesterday there was a big to-do over NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' (pictured!) racist dead chimp cartoon? I could swear I heard something about it. But the Post, uh, doesn't recall that one! More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: You guys, the cartoon ISN'T racist. The stimulus bill, which was written by monkeys (i.e. congress, except for the black... 6 Responses | Other threads
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cartoons
Lefty Magazine Writer: Monkey Cartoon Not Racist
"It's not that funny; it's just not racist either." [Mother Jones]
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By Ryan TateComment by oneinsixbillion: 1. You cannot be racist against white people because racism involves oppression. 2. Do people realize how much they sound like... 7 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Racist Cartoon Makes for Rough Day at Page Six
The New York Post has been getting angry phone calls all day because of Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon. Especially the people of Page Six, where the cartoon ran. It's not their fault, angry people! More »
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Comment by Stream Of Consciousness: I will concede that the cartoon may have been in poor taste but I don't really get the whole racist... 35 Responses | Other threads
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loathsome
Ten Cartoons from Sean Delonas
The outcry over New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon today is growing louder. But he has such a rich history! We assembled ten of his all-time classics of hate: More »
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Comment by bourgeois: "Incorrect. Homophobia isn't discourse. It'll be OK to joke about once when we can get married everywhere and adopt children... 23 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Threats to New York Post Have Begun
Regarding this morning's Sean Delonas monkey cartoon, a tipster tells us that New York Post is already getting lots of calls about it—some threatening to burn their building down! [Previously]
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Comment by David Milam: I can point the finger at the ramblings of the internet on this one, and mainly the gawker network (of... 35 Responses | Other threads
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black history month
Post Cartoon Shoots a Monkey for Writing the Stimulus Bill
Ladies and gentlemen, the New York Post's Sean Delonas cartoon today. In other news: on this day in 1688, the first formal protest against slavery by an organized white body in English America was made.
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Pancake Painter Sex Cartoon Uproar!
Did you know that acclaimed pancake-head artist Dan Lacey is also an erotic cartoonist? It's true! But now his eBay-ing rights are under attack from a dreaded conservative blogger. More »
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Comment by Claire Buoyant: The blog's author responds to criticism: "Did you know posting profanities on the internet is sufficient reason to get your... 2 Responses | Other threads
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cartoon violence
Obama's First Hundred Minutes
"Minutes 65-67: Delete 'private' Scarlett Johansson photos before surrendering Blackberry to Secret Service. Minutes 91-99: Do a little blow." [Indecision]
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By Ryan TateComment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Dulce et decorum est pro patria regni. 7 Responses | Other threads
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diversification
Cartoons Are the New Crunk
Kanye West is planning a puppet show, but he's been beaten to the punch—drowsy, dancing teenage rapper Soulja Boy has just launched an online cartoon show starring Alfonso Riberio. Hip hop is magic: More »
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Comment by youranalogbuddy: This is all I know about Soulja Boy: [dinosaurcookies.wordpress.com] 3 Responses | Other threads
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ad remixes
Ad Agency Life Destroys Soul of Peanuts Characters
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" remixed as life in an ad agency. They make Pigpen work through the weekend! Monsters. Click through for the video: More »
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Comment by F-Bomb-Fanny: Poo. The organic angst and despair intrinsic to the world of Peanuts only proves one thing: empoverished journo-remakes are neither... 10 Responses | Other threads
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cartoons
Palling Around With Monuments
The urge to draw, literally, a link between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama would have been irresistible to editorial cartoonists even if both men were not Illinois legislators, outspoken against a foreign military adventure and exploitive of their hardscrabble upbringings in the national hinterlands. Who better to juxtapose with the country's first black president than the commander-in-chief who emancipated American slaves (even if Obama's ancestors were not among them)? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ellagood: let's hope obama stays away from the theater. 9 Responses | Other threads
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garfield
Denver Citizens Demand Nermal's Solace
What do average Americans count on for comic relief in these troubled times? Salvia clips on YouTube and G-spot enlargement injections, right? No, those are elitist coastal pastimes. Readers of Denver's Rocky Mountain News have a keener funny bone: "More than 2,000 readers wrote, e-mailed and called our comics hot line after the strip was dropped. Many Garfield fans told us that in these troubled times, they counted on the comic relief of their longtime favorite strip." Huh. And just the other day someone was saying that there were smart people in Denver. [RMN via Westword]
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cartoon violence
World's Worst Editorial Cartoonist Shares Wonderful Colin Powell Traitor Cartoon
Hey, were you wondering who the worst political cartoonist in the United States is? We have an answer! It's California-based syndicated cartoonist Gordon Campbell, who took a break from his recent joke-free cartoons about how we are now a nation of communists because of the bailout bill to draw a very special cartoon in which he just colored noted traitor Benedict Arnold black and called him Colin Powell. That is the whole of this cartoon, a portrait of the man who betrayed George Washington and this young nation, in blackface, with white flags, and the utterly insane caption "Benedict Powell... Race Patriot." What does that mean? Let's allow Campbell to explain, in his own words: More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: Well, in fairness, Colin typically has Conservative views - Obama does not. Hi support of Barack does not appear to... 85 Responses | Other threads
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television
Futurama Marathon! Yaaaaaay!
Is it Bendering time yet? Hell yeah it is! A five-hour Futurama marathon just started on Comedy Central—and everyone should watch. Unless your computer and your TV are in different rooms, in which case you should keep reading Gawker. It culminates tonight at 8:00 with a brand new feature-length, er... feature, The Beast With a Billion Backs. Brand new unless you bought the DVD. Anyway, I'm psyched—I haven't bought a DVD in like two years. Trailer after the jump. More »
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Comment by surfacenoise76: I've seen it via Netflix, and it's fair to good (the latter if you're a Futurama fan). The first... 5 Responses | Other threads
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nostalgia
One More Thing: The Great Regression
What do you do when the world's economy is falling apart and God only knows when things will get better? Duh! You get together with your friends, pretend that you're six, and start building some sofa-and-blanket forts stat! Dig deep into your memories for the days when food and shelter was someone else's problem, and find some clips that hearken back to those warm and cozy—and lost—times. They don't have to be cartoons, but they do have to be from childhood. That's all. I'll start with my biggest childhood hero. More » -
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You Can See Russia From Parts Of Alaska
Running mates—and vice-presidential debates—are supposed to be mere sideshows of the general election. But that conventional wisdom may be shaken by this year's campaign and this week's debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. The Republican candidate was widely mocked for including among her foreign policy credentials the geographic proximity of her home state of Alaska to Vladmir Putin's Russia. "You can see Russia from parts of Alaska," said Palin. Yes, but you can mainly see Alaska and more Alaska, as this week's New Yorker cover makes plain. The conceit on which it is based, Saul Steinberg's famous 1976 vision of New York at the center of the world, is after the jump. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by Miss-Pringle: I can see billions of stars in the night sky, which is comforting, as it makes me very prepared for... 11 Responses | Other threads
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seth macfarlane
This Is Funnier Than The Time That Seth MacFarlane's Online Cartoon Comedy Project Arrived
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy is here! Half of you are like "GOD, I hate that nonsensical hack and his stupid storyline-lacking Family Guy." The other half of you lie, "Yea, me too." This new project doesn't hide the Burger King sponsorship, but these cartoon shorts actually fit MacFarlane's style better than the TV show; there's only time for one joke, so a storyline is a moot point. Seeing these things all over the web will only speed up the looming (unjustified) MacFarlane backlash, but we'll go out on a limb and predict: It will make him a(nother) shitload of money. The first two shorts are after the jump. Dogs and video games are the stars, naturally: More »
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Comment by Urbania: the second one had a potentially funny 2 seconds: "you got captured by something that goes on a salad". potentially a really... 2 Responses | Other threads
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seth macfarlane
It Is Truly Peanut Butter Jelly Time For Seth MacFarlane
The more we learn about the true extent of Seth MacFarlane's empire, the more we become quietly frightened. MacFarlane, the 34-year-old creator of Family Guy, is just about to roll out his huge new online cartoon series in partnership with Google, which will reap him just a disgusting amount of money from sponsors like Burger King. And yes, Family Guy is well on its way to becoming the Simpsons of a new generation. Sorry, haters: More »
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Comment by La Cieca: Family Guy is well on its way to becoming the Simpsons of a new generation. And then you produce a quote... 3 Responses | Other threads
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seth macfarlane
Family Guy Creator To Make Burger King Mascot Even More Disturbing
Seth MacFarlane's plan to take over the internet is even grander than we thought. In June we told you about the Family Guy creator's new project, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, which will be an internet show syndicated through Google AdSense. Each episode will only be two minutes plus an ad, and he gets a cut of ad revenue, so he looked to be positioned to make a boatload of cash. But one single boatload obviously wasn't enough for the intermittently cool MacFarlane; he's going to do all the freaking ads himself: More » -
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What Should Paris Hilton's Superhero Name Be?
Wow, so Paris Hilton just told a San Diego newspaper that "I’ve created a superhero with Stan Lee, which is [based on] me, and we’re doing a cartoon right now with MTV." That would be Stan Lee the co-creator of Spider-Man and X-Men and former president of Marvel Comics. Which begs the question, what will Hilton's comics-esque cartoon be called?? I vote for either The Flash or The Taped Crusader. You? [San Diego Citybeat] -
new yorker
Gay-Bashing Campaign Comic Book Pushes Satire To New Heights
Thanks to Wonkette for reminding us that satirical caricatures are so hot right now! A county commissioner running for re-election in Oklahoma sent a comic book to everyone in his district with over-the-top drawings of "pedifiles," "pedaphiles," anal sodomites, the devil and "liberal good ol' boys" all trying to frame him (on felony campaign finance chages). Oh, sure, at first the drawings might look like an old-fashioned nasty smear campaign in cartoon form, rather than sophisticated ironic commentary ala the New Yorker's Barack Obama cover. But this little graphic novella can't help but lampoon itself, what with its portrayal of the full gamut of Christian extremist politicking! Assuming that Times op-ed contributor Timothy Egan was correct about red states having a well-developed sense of satire, Oklahoma City should be certifying gay marriages by Labor Day. More hilarious frames after the jump. More » -
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Stupid Netherlands Turns Xenophobic Cartoonist Into Hero
Here's where we play Goofus & Gallant, European nations edition. Gallant Denmark stood up in favor of the rights of publishers when those stupid, mediocre cartoons about the prophet Muhammed caused worldwide outrage and riots a couple years back. Goofus Netherlands, on the other hand, recently threw a cartoonist in jail for drawing cartoons that might be offensive to Muslims. By all accounts the cartoonist, "Gregorius Nekschot," is offensive to Muslims. That makes his arrest no less phenomenally stupid. More »
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cartoon violence
Remnick Defends Obama Cover, Idea That Readers Aren't Retards
This is the problem with being an editor or publisher or writer or cartoonist or even blogger and having some small lingering trace of a sense of irony—sometimes you accidentally assume that the Vast and Mysterious "Audience" shares that subversive French sense. Thankfully, after what will presumably be a full week of Outrage and Demands for Apologies, David Remnick and his New Yorker will never make that mistake again. As you might've seen, the cover of that influential publication this week shows Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, and he is Terrorist Fist-Bumping his aggrieved wife as a flag burns in the Oval Office. This obvious and heavy-handed satire has enraged Democrats and liberal media critics because now they are pretty sure this nation of child-like imbeciles will believe it to be an un-retouched photograph from the FUTURE. New Yorker editor David Remnick defended the cover to the Huffington Post. Did you know that sometimes that magazine makes "jokes"?
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cartoons
New Yorker Near-Copies Another Cartoon
Good news and bad news. The bad news: The New Yorker has made yet another cartoonist uncomfortable by running a cartoon eerily similar to his work. The good news: This time the culprit is not Harry Bliss! Bliss, you'll recall, is the New Yorker cartoonist who came under fire twice in May, once for an uncredited "homage" to comic book illustrator Jack Kirby, duplicated for the magazine's caption contest, and once for a near-perfect facsimile of a cartoon by John Rau. The cartoon above and to the right is also for the New Yorker's caption contest, drawn by Paul Noth. The Wall Street Journal's health blog noticed it looks just like a Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon from more than two years ago, above and to the left. Here's what the cartoonist had to say: More » -
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Hipsters In Space
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dimitri the lover
Here, Have Fun With This
Dimitri the Lover may be an incredibly inept (if scary!) pickup artist, but it cannot be denied that he has an awesome website. One of the secrets of his awesome website is his expert use of Shockwave animation, mostly featuring big-breasted cartoon ladies. But because his site is on hiatus or something, you couldn't see all his great work. Until now!!! Because he left his "animation" directory open. Above, a still from one of his more mature works, "Dykes." (Link NSFW, probably?) [Dimitri the Lover] -
seth macfarlane
Seth MacFarlane Will Now Take Over The Internet
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, still remembers when his show got pulled from Fox. Then it came back, and now it's one of the network's biggest hits. But even though the FCC lets him make edgy jokes now, it will never allow him to make edgy enough jokes. So MacFarlane is teaming up with Google to distribute a new, top secret internet show that will change everything and make him the most fabulously wealthy poop joke maven the world has ever seen. More »
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Comment by Desk_hack: @sckmidry: Seth, how many of the show's 17 writers did you use to come up with this? more » | Other threads
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