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Carol Burnett Sues Over Family Guy Porn Maid Character

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Carol Burnett has filed a $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming her cleaning woman character was portrayed on the animated series Family Guy.
The U.S. District Court lawsuit, which was filed Thursday, said the Fox show didn't have the 73-year-old comedian's permission to include her cleaning woman character, Charwoman, in an April 2006 episode.
The episode shows Charwoman as a porno-shop maid, and it uses what the lawsuit called an "altered version" of Burnett's theme music. The characters in the show also perform Burnett's signature ear tug, the lawsuit said.

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Man, you don't want to take on the litigation-crazy Carol Burnett. This woman's like the pit-bull of TV variety sketch comedy.

Didn't she beat the National Enquirer like a rented mule in a defamation case a few years back?

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