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Cavalcade of Direct-to-Internet Series
September 10, 2008

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Hollywood producer Rob Fried (Rudy, So I Married an Ax Murderer) are the latest to take a stab at online, each with a new line of original Internet shorts.
MacFarlane debuted his new already-raved-about Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy web series today with the first of 50 shorts distributed in partnership with Google Adsense. The shorts, done in the spirit of Family Guy, are available on his site and YouTube for free, with the first 10 sponsored by Burger King.
On the other end of the spectrum in nearly every way is Fried’s new venture SpiritClips, which features 3-5 minute inspirational short films geared at the Oprah crowd. The first short, Sally, features Nancy Travis, Fried’s wife, playing an overworked waitress.
SpiritClips is offering Sally for free, but plans to charge  99 cents for viewing clips going forward or $24.99 for a one-year subscription and unlimited viewing. The site plans to add one new film a month. It also allows users to buy clip cards to email to friends and others.

Posted by Jennifer Netherby on September 10, 2008 | Comments (0)