The Cleveland Show

EdgarAllenPoo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleveland_Show

Here's a clip from the first show;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT-sNBKpDEo

The first episode aired in the states last week (next episode isn't til September), I have to say the only things I can see that could keep the show going are the baby,the bear and the redneck neighbour.

Really shouldn't have done a show based on Cleveland.

K4t

That looks savage tbh! but then again anytime I hear Cleveland's voice I go weak at the knees and all soft inside! Legend.

VelvetKevorkian

This could be delsih!

Rallo, the new Stewie!!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Looks deadly.
Any word of when it will be over here?

Schism

Of all the characters in Family Guy, why Cleveland?

Fox, if you're reading this, Adam West needs his own show.

Mr.Nice Guy

Looked quite sh*t to me. Seems like it will be worse than American Dad which is...not good.

cyberwolf77

I like American Dad. I think this show may be worth a watching or two.

Mossy Monk

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Looked quite sh*t to me. Seems like it will be worse than American Dad which is...not good.

It is going to be another Family Guy?

ScrubsfanChris

GDM wrote: »

I have to say the only things I can see that could keep the show going are the baby,the bear and the redneck neighbour.

FOX have already ordered a second season of the show, so even if you don't like it, its staying.

peanuthead

What happened to Loretta?

cyberwolf77

peanuthead wrote: »

What happened to Loretta?

She made love to Quagmire, then divorced Cleveland.

VelvetKevorkian

Schism wrote: »

Of all the characters in Family Guy, why Cleveland?

Fox, if you're reading this, Adam West needs his own show.

A show based on Adam West could be AMAZING!!!
He doesn't get enough time on Family Guy but is still one of the funniest characters.

Schism

VelvetKevorkian wrote: »

A show based on Adam West could be AMAZING!!!
He doesn't get enough time on Family Guy but is still one of the funniest characters.

[Ever so slightly NSFW]

Not his funniest clip but still funnier than most of that series.

jd007

Its not that bad, not great but not bad either.

Dman001

Looks alright, nothing great. Give us a Quagmire show!!

I see E4 have got the rights to it.

Volvagia

Picked up the pilot there, but haven't watched it yet. I'm not too hopeful, doesn't seem to have much of a plot so could be just family guy with different characters.

Having said that i do quite like American Dad.

Meeja Ireland

GDM wrote: »

Really shouldn't have done a show based on Cleveland.

It's a strange choice alright. All the supporting characters in Family Guy are a bit one-note, but Cleveland seems the least promising option for a spin-off.

Mind you, I might have said the same thing about Frasier Crane.

BlitzKrieg

tried watching it there..only 7 minutes in and already I wat to rip my eyes out.

its crap

ok from thr 7th - 8th minute it was ok.

now its crap again...

deisedude

Just watched it. Its terrible, avoid at all costs

BlitzKrieg

got to the end in bits. The bit in the pub sums up how little it changes from family guy, it is literally the bear = peter, redneck = quaqmire and the dwarf = joe.

It brings nothing new or interesting and the makers know it. This must be the most elobrate prank ever and I'm convinced they know it is. Some of the scenes seem tailored made to be funny because of how stupid of an idea this show was.

There is much better stuff out there. Even Archer had a better start then this

markfla

saw first episode and thought it was terrible, watched the new family guy episode, absolutely class, Brian and Stewie in a multiverse escapade.

Volvagia

markfla wrote: »

saw first episode and thought it was terrible, watched the new family guy episode, absolutely class, Brian and Stewie in a multiverse escapade.

Agreed. Cleveland was so mediocre. The only part that was almost funny was the baby and he was pretty poor.

And another thing, how did Cleveland Jr go from being a skinny hyperactive kid who talks really fast to being a Fat kid with glasses who talks really slow?

New family guy on the other hand was surprisingly great.

jor el

FG was surprisingly good, wasn't it. It's been not great for a while now, with the odd exception.

Anyway, watched this and thought it was very "meh". One or two laughs, nothing great, nothing that would compel you to watch it again, except maybe the Bear and the Baby, because they're essentially Peter and Stewie.

Will watch the next episode before I decide, but it'd want to be freakin' hilarious.

Schism

It was god awful. I think I laughed maybe twice throughout the whole thing.

omahaid

I agree with most posters, absolute rubbish, will not be watching another episode, new FG on the other hand, class

BlitzKrieg

i thought new FG has only 3 really good jokes, the second they tried to tell a plotline it got really crap really quick.

It was also very inconsistent. Sometimes stewie and brian filled in for their otherworld counterparts (ala disney and real life universe) and other times they were seperate (dog universe and low resolution weird one). but thats a nitpick. I just thought for the most part it wasnt funny either. At least there was very little cutaway humour.

Marseepan

Schism wrote: »

Of all the characters in Family Guy, why Cleveland?

Exactly what I wanted to know... Made it as far as the opening credits and had to give up

JaneyMc

Agreeing with the majority, I watched the pilot and the first five minutes of episode 2 and gave up.

Kipperhell

It did feel like a joke without a punch line. Part of me thought maybe the whole thing was the joke. I found myself wondering was it aimed at a particular audience that would find it funny.

Penn

I thought it was pretty good and has potential. People say Cleveland was a strange choice, but realistically, what other character could have a spin-off?

I thought it was better than some of the episodes American Dad puts out, and has some great characters so far. Didn't like Raillo at first, but he's growing on me.

Overall, I thought it was ok.

Schism

So how are people liking episode 2? I'm disappointed again bar maybe one or two chuckles.

The aside with the toaster was funny

EdgarAllenPoo

Thought episode 2 was better than episode 1, I find that I have to watch them twice to really make up my mind. The bit with Lester and the dog and the toaster scenes were the best bits I think.

jor el

I thought the 2nd was much better than the 1st. Quite an improvement, so will watch another one.

EdgarAllenPoo

Episode 3 is a big improvement over 1(and better than 2). The show is getting better, just hope the trend continues.

thatsa spicy

Absolutely terrible.
Although I've only watched the first 2 episodes so far. Might watch the third.

grimm2005

thatsa spicy wrote: »

Absolutely terrible.
Although I've only watched the first 2 episodes so far. Might watch the third.

Yeah i watched 3 eps so far and its pretty terrible alright. Might give it up till episode 5 to get better otherwise ill stop watching

Schism

GDM wrote: »

Episode 3 is a big improvement over 1(and better than 2). The show is getting better, just hope the trend continues.

Yeah I agree.

I don't know if it's getting better though or that I've just got lower expectations for it now.

stevoslice

it is most definitely on the up. found the last ep funnier than the new american dads, and family guys, except for that muktiverse ep.

Schism

Anyone still keeping track of this? The latest episode is actually quite good.

Mellor

GDM wrote: »

Really shouldn't have done a show based on Cleveland.

I think he was the best choice, Quagmire's ep would be all the same, and they throw in a quagmire sex romp ep every few seasons, Joe ditto.

K4t wrote: »

That looks savage tbh! but then again anytime I hear Cleveland's voice I go weak at the knees and all soft inside! Legend.

I only found out recently that he is voiced by a white guy, was wierd seeing him do the voice




Anyway, its on regular telly here in Oz now, i'll be watching every week, I enjoyed it and its the best show in that time slot

brendansmith

This show 'from what I can see so far' sucks!

It would wanna start getting very funny, very soon.

120_Minutes

I dont think it really works for an international audience. its really a "black american thing", or at least a "black american thing that white americans will watch". That said, i get some of the jokes and cultural references, as i enjoy the type of humour. but theres a reason "good times" and "the jeffersons" were not exported here, and steptoe and son was imported as "sandford and son" over there.

what mcfarlane and co are doing is making a family guy for the modern "jeffersons" audience. theres a reason its on the same night over there. you'll get a few million who watch both, but as the white liberals who watch family guy switch off when cleveland come on, so the black families who dont watch FG switch it on.

once you realise thats what the cleveland show is, its not a bad watch


rallo is the best though.

Mellor

brendansmith wrote: »

This show 'from what I can see so far' sucks!

It would wanna start getting very funny, very soon.

Try it stoned, Rallo is the nuts

120_Minutes wrote: »

I dont think it really works for an international audience. its really a "black american thing", or at least a "black american thing that white americans will watch". That said, i get some of the jokes and cultural references, as i enjoy the type of humour. but theres a reason "good times" and "the jeffersons" were not exported here, and steptoe and son was imported as "sandford and son" over there.

what mcfarlane and co are doing is making a family guy for the modern "jeffersons" audience. theres a reason its on the same night over there. you'll get a few million who watch both, but as the white liberals who watch family guy switch off when cleveland come on, so the black families who dont watch FG switch it on.

once you realise thats what the cleveland show is, its not a bad watch


rallo is the best though.

Wow, that is incredibly racist.

120_Minutes

Mellor wrote: »

Wow, that is incredibly racist.

african american humour is racist?

Mellor

120_Minutes wrote: »

african american humour is racist?

A little slow on the up-take, or a very poor attempt at humour. I can't decide which is worse.
If you're still scratching your head, your post was racist

120_Minutes

Mellor wrote: »

A little slow on the up-take, or a very poor attempt at humour. I can't decide which is worse.
If you're still scratching your head, your post was racist

i fail to see how. my post was an attempt to explain that the cleveland show is aimed at a particular demographic, more popular in the US than here.

there are american programmes/movies specifically created for black america, and while you may or may not agree with the motives behind it, its an undeniable fact.

african american humor is a genre in itself, me drawing attention to it is racist? sorry mate, put down the pc police badge and baton, no crime being commited here.

its like accusing me of being racist because i state that racism exists. :rolleyes:

Mellor

120_Minutes wrote: »

i fail to see how. my post was an attempt to explain that the cleveland show is aimed at a particular demographic, more popular in the US than here.

there are american programmes/movies specifically created for black america, and while you may or may not agree with the motives behind it, its an undeniable fact.

I never said that african american humour doesn't exist. of course it does. There are whole channels dedicated to it.

The cleveland show, imo isn't one of them.

african american humor is a genre in itself, me drawing attention to it is racist? sorry mate, put down the pc police badge and baton, no crime being commited here.

I said you came across racist when you suggested family guy is for whites, cleveland show is for blacks. The idea that either are aimed at such a large demographic is nonsense.

Some of the jokes are african american humour, which is obviously unavoidable, but, in contrast, there are also redneck jokes, again unavoidable. you'd really want to be a very close minded person not to get all of the jokes. They aren't exactly complex. Unlike some african american comedians, whose whole set is about lower class america and would go over our heads as we wouldn't get the references (people, places, products etc)


And some are typical MacFarlane cut-away jabs are stars and pop culture.

120_Minutes

Mellor wrote: »

I said you came across racist when you suggested family guy is for whites, cleveland show is for blacks. The idea that either are aimed at such a large demographic is nonsense.

i'd say the family guy audience is mostly white 18-30 males. probably democrat too.

Some of the jokes are african american humour, which is obviously unavoidable, but, in contrast, there are also redneck jokes, again unavoidable. you'd really want to be a very close minded person not to get all of the jokes.

I watch cleveland with my american wife, and irish housemate, my wife (herself white) has to explain a lot of the afro-american references to our open minded (but somewhat uncultured) housemate. the jokes may not be complex but you aint gonna get em if the closest you ever got to afro american sitcoms was dif'rent strokes, or if you're a child of the 90's....errr i dunno, sister sister? it really is an american thing, and i can bet you it wont do as well as FG over here.

anyway. i like the show. theres a few nice subtle jokes (when cleveland drops rallo and he exclaims "my neck, my neck and my back" anyone esle get the reference? no? then watch some more black stoner comedies then )

but it really is a family guy clone to draw in a black audience. the latest sitcom in a tradition stretching back a few decades.

MetalDawg

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

I thought it was pretty good and has potential. People say Cleveland was a strange choice, but realistically, what other character could have a spin-off?
.

Quagmire would've been a better choice for his own show. Gigitty gigitty.

jaykhunter

I stopped watching this show after 5 minutes into the 2nd episode. I just don't appreciate the type of humour being shown. Is this show doing well? What kind of ratings does it get in the states? and how is it doing these days?

I'm not gonna give it another try until i hear better things. But I feel Family Guy peaks and troughs so I'm not that open to seeing MacFarlane's "C" show...

I also think that nobody should've gotten their own spin-off show because Family Guy needs it's characters to try keep it funny. But i admit that Cleaveland's absense really doesn't count for anything in the grand scheme of family guy. Quagmire would scream as 'if you must do a spin-off, let it be him' but i think after 7 or so seasons of sex-jokes, he doesn't have much staying power. I also don't know why they gave Cleaveland, possibly the least impressionable (he doesn't have a solid character) of the non-main cast got his own show, with only a handful of jokes to his name over the entire run of Family Guy. Maybe it's that unknown is why they chose him. But I dunno, with the obvious stereotypical jokes and cutaway gags it's hard enough to keep watching FG, without giving this show a second chance!

Anyway let me know if the show has gotten better or if it's still same old.

Rb

Jesus Mellor, calm down!

Re: The Cleveland Show - complete and utter shit.