‘Family Guy’ asks in ad for Emmy from ‘overprivileged Brentwood Jews’
Published May 30, 2012
NEW YORK (JTA) — The TV show “Family Guy” appealed for an Emmy by asking “over privileged Brentwood Jews” to “let us into your little club.”
The ad was created as part of the FOX comedy’s “for your consideration” DVD mailer to Emmy voters, Hollywood award news website Gold Derby reported. The awards are presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
On Twitter, ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane shared the photo, billing it “the Emmy ad the trades refused to run,” referring to Hollywood trade publications.
This isn’t the first time the show has made Jewish tongue-in-cheek remarks in their Emmy appeals.
In 2009, the show became the first animated series since the Flintstones to earn an Emmy nomination for outstanding comedy series. According to Deadline.com, that year’s mailer included the tag line, “You have to vote for us – we did a Holocaust episode.”
