"You're not using your brains!": It's a good day to be a 14-year-old boy

Last night, the creator of "Family Guy" unveiled his latest project, "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy," which we first discussed a couple of months back, which will hit the Internets today in force, at a party in West Hollywood projectile-vomiting distance from Barney's Beanery. Besides MacFarlane, who added this lucrative paycheck in addition to the $100 million Fox burdened him with back in May, there were a host of other celebrities, such as "Borat" co-star Ken Davitian and ... OK, that's all I saw, though Seth Green, Jonah Hill, Joel McHale and James Kyson Lee of "Heroes" were supposedly there, too.

Oh, and a guy dressed in that Burger King costume that MacFarlane said was Kevin Nealon. (He was joking. I think.) (The fast-food franchise is the sponsor of the initial series of these films.) If you think that Burger King in that petroleum-based-product mask is creepy in commercials, you should see him in person (shudder).

MacFarlane has produced a series of 50 short films, two of which debut today (more will roll out over the coming weeks at SethComedy.com and YouTube.com/bk). Or, you can just watch them here:

"A Dog on 'The $25,000 Pyramid:'"

"Super Mario Rescues the Princess:"

MacFarlane is the perfect person to launch this sort of project, as the short films are essentially those non-sequitur cutaways you see on "Family Guy," without the bother of having to try to retrofit a plot around them. Future funny shorts involve ducks watching "Meet the Parents," then deciding watching a blank screen offers better entertainment value, a Scotsman shouting at the screen while watching a series of famous movies ("You're not using your brains!" is a recurring cry) and Matthew McConaughey in a life raft, driving a fellow survivor to (justifiable) violence. (During the screening, some guy behind me wondered aloud, "What is he smoking?")

(A friend of Your Mayor is getting that Scotsman understandably wound up.)

This is a big deal because it proves that someone has figured out how to make serious cash off the Internets. Google, a partner in this venture, will place ads across the online universe offering MacFarlane's offerings on sites frequently visited by MacFarlane fans and/or fast-food fans.

Of course, the lesson here seems to be, if you want to make money off online content, it helps if you're already a millionaire a hundred times over or more. The rest of us plebes will still have to work it out.

Just a few minutes after watching, and mostly enjoying, the shorts that were screened, my friend and I had trouble recalling all of them, so here's my blurb for this project: "Fun and forgettable!"