14 DAY TRIAL // In mid-October 2009, Microsoft announced that family Guy would be upgrading to Windows 7. Essentially, the Redmond company announced a collaboration with FOX One, for the creation of a Windows 7 brand sponsorship special titled “Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show,” which was the working title at the time. The episode did not come to fruition fueled by Microsoft sponsorship as was initially intended, with the software giant deciding that the Windows 7 brand could not be married to Family Guy specific themes and content, including unorthodox references to the Holocaust, feminine hygiene, and hearing impaired people.
The exclusive Windows 7-brand sponsorship experience was scheduled to air Sunday, November 8, on FOX, but Microsoft canceled sponsorship, and the episode was no longer centered around the company’s latest iteration of Windows client. But while Microsoft might have had issues with the topics and humor of the “Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” in relation to Windows 7, the operating system did manage to get on the show.
In the video embedded at the bottom of this article, you will be able to see Peter Griffin attempting to spell “Windows 7,” more or less successfully. “Windows 7 is so simple that even a babbling fat blob like yourself could master it with ease,” the town’s local reported tell the main character. And indeed, Windows is just as simple as that.
Microsoft’s marketing push built around the OS, immensely more modest than Windows Vista’s Wow campaign, has the idea of simplicity and ease of use at its core. And Windows 7 is apparently faring extremely well on the market since the October 22nd General Availability deadline. According to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, the company already sold more than double Window s7 licenses compared to Vista. No official figures have been made public so far.