<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, seth macfarlane]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, seth macfarlane]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/sethmacfarlane http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/sethmacfarlane <![CDATA[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:

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<![CDATA[The New York Times helps Google and "Family Guy" creator reannounce year-old deal]]> Google will partner with "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane to create a new Google-distributed Web video series, the New York Times reports today. The Times story, already on the top of Techmeme, hails the deal as "innovative" and "a bold step into the distribution business," which is true — or at least was, when Valleywag and the rest of the Google-watching press reported the same news on August 17, 2007.

Almost a year later, the MacFarlane-Google deal — if it actually happens this time — is more an explanation as to why so many bright entrepreneurs are fleeing the company. At today's supersized, ultracorporate Google, good ideas can take so long to see the light of day, sometimes they need to be announced twice.

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