Seth McFarlane sued for swiping "Ted" premise...

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Seth McFarlane sued for swiping "Ted" premise...

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And, in the "who cares" dept.:

Seth MacFarlane has been accused of ripping off the vulgar-teddy-bear concept for his hit 2012 film Ted from a California company called Bengal Mangle Productions.

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HA! Good! I hope they take that worthless pile of shit to the cleaners!
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This is the THINNEST premise for a lawsuit I have ever witnessed. The "similar" jokes aren't even remotely the same. Also the idea of a cute toy saying crude things dates WAY back. Just... ugh...
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Let's hope a certain foul mouth doll makes a cameo in Ted 2 :)
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