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Asger Since: Feb, 2011
02/04/2013 08:27:12 •••

Say what you will about American Dad...

...It at least TRIES to be different than Family Guy. The Cleveland Show on the other hand? It fucking RELISHES in the fact that it's a FG clone. And it's not even a very good one at that. As others have pointed out, all the main family are just clones of the Griffin family, with the only exception being Roberta who is more like the pre-Falnderisation version of Meg rather than the current one. The show is guilty of using all the worst tropes from the show and making use of the same manatee gag brand of humour. Only this time it feels uninspired and more unoriginal.

The main gripe I have with this show, other than it's general unfunniness, is that it ruined the character of Cleveland for no good reason. I actually liked Cleveland in FG, he was the Straight Man to his wacky, dysfunctional group of friends. Heck, a show about him acting like that around a redneck town of weirdos could have been decently funny in my opinion. Instead, they just made him into a black Peter Griffin. And Cleveland Jr is just Chris Griffin in all but name, compared to the hyperactive lunatic from the old series that would have made for a more interesting character.

The supporting cast aren't much better. Cleveland's new family are a bunch of unlikeable jackasses, and any episode centring around one of them is usually a chore to watch through. Cleveland's new friends include Lester, a redneck (How original), Holt, a Straw Loser, and Tim the bear. He's Christian and German. I guess the writers felt that if they just jammed a bunch of random characteristics onto Tim, then that'd make him funny. It doesn't.

I don't have a high opinion on this show. I don't recommend it either. Really just go watch FG or American Dad if you want to see a good Seth Mac Farlane show.


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