Just for fun.

Because FCC rules stipulate you cannot use “Jesus Christ” as an exclamation unless the deity himself is present.

This and other fascinating insight into Seth MacFarlane, his Family Guy empire, his creative relationship with Fox, his Google deal and perhaps most importantly, what the future of digital entertainment (i.e. why it pays to take risks and create edgy, even offensive content) comes from an excellent Fast Company article from November ‘08.

If today’s announcement that Google will launch Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s original web series across its network of AdSense sites sounds familiar that’s because the same parties made the exact same announcement last year. Someone, however, forgot to tell the New York Times, who managed to dust off the story, give it a fresh veneer and up the ante by quoting AdSense representative Kim Malone Scott as saying “We feel that we have recreated the mass media.”

Kim, you will never live that down.

No matter. I love what this deal represents, although I’m somewhat skeptical that users will adopt the model of clicking what has been defined as an advertisement in order to watch an advertisement in order to then watch a short blast of something MacFarlanely funny. (more…)