Diane Simmons: Tom, I’m getting late word that you’re a petty, jealous closet-case.
Tom Tucker: Bit of breaking news, we now go live to Diane being a bitch. Diane.

Tom Tucker: Well Diane, that last report was so good I think you deserve a spanking.
Diane: Oh Tom, I don’t think your wife would appreciate that.
Tom: Haha, that frigid old cow lives in Quahog she can’t hear a word I’m saying.
Camera Guy: Actually, we’re back on the air in Quahog.

Diane: Today, a local man charged for peeping in the women’s bathroom at the Quahog Bowling Alley.
Tom Tucker: Coming up, Diane’s weight.

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If you’ve watched Family Guy or the Simpsons for any length of time, you’ll notice some pretty glaring similarities. Let’s list a few:

• They’re both, uh, “big-boned.”
• They both have long-suffering wives who for some reason put up with all their stuff.
• Each man has three kids.
• Both men have issues with their fathers.
• They’ve both had a ton of very odd jobs.
• Both are heavy drinkers.
• Both count watching TV as their favorite thing to do.
• Both have small attention spans and think of other things when their wives are talking to them.
• Homer and Peter both had strokes; Peter from eating thirty hamburgers at once, Homer from eating a giant feast including a turkey.

I know there are a lot more similarities; can you think of any others?

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This hasn’t been done before, but they got away with it because of the Blue Harvest animated special. Basically, this would put them both in the animated category AND the live-action half-hour comedy category, according to the Emmy rules, and would put them not only against the Simpsons, but also The Office and My Name Is Earl.

My opinion? It’s too much. They could possibly grab a win in the Animation category, but there is NO WAY they are going to win against The Office. What do you think?

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• That fat kid in the screenshot? That’s Cleveland Brown Jr., redesigned. I’m thinking that they put him on meds for his ADD and he got fat? Maybe?
• From ign.com: “Many years ago, Cleveland Brown (voiced by Mike Henry) was a high school student madly in love with a beautiful girl named Donna. Much to his dismay, his love went unrequited, and Donna wound up marrying another man. Cleveland once told Donna he would always love her, and if this man ever done her wrong, he’d be there when she called. Well, this man done her wrong. Donna’s husband skipped town with another woman, leaving Donna with a daughter and a baby. Now she’s come to Cleveland and offered him another chance at love. Unattached after the Loretta-Quagmire debacle and true to his word, Cleveland joyously accepts and he and Cleveland JR. move to Stoolbend, VA, to join their new family.”
• Talking Bears live next door that have some kind of Eastern European accent.
• Tentatively scheduled to be released in September 2009.

That’s all I have for now. One question I have for you – why do you think that Seth chose Cleveland Brown as his spinoff character? Why not Adam West, or Joe Swanson, or even Glen Quagmire?

UPDATED: May 27, 2008

OK! Here are some new tidbits about the Cleveland spinoff:

• The voice of Cleveland, Mike Henry, is comparing Cleveland to Bob Newhart. Which makes a lot of sense if you think about it.
• Cleveland thinks he’s on his way to California to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a minor league baseball scout – but ends up in his Virginia hometown, instead.
• The woman who Cleveland falls in love with is Donna, an old high school flame. She has a 16-year-old daughter, Roberta, who runs in the fast lane, and a 5-year-old son named Rollo, who’s streetwise and savvy to the ways of the world. Somewhat like Stewie.
• His next-door-neighbors on one side are the Pennyapple family from Great Britain, with Seth MacFarlane doing the voice of the father, Barrington Pennyapple.
• Across the street will be a family of rednecks – the dad is quite open about the fact he’s not quite comfortable with black people. Which should be both uncomfortable and funny, something that Family Guy is quite expert at.

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The only clip I saw in there that wasn’t from Family Guy was the one of three Clevelands dancing, although that one looks familiar too. Here’s the lyrics for the song you hear Cleveland singing:

The Cleveland Show Song

“My name is Cleveland Brown
And I am proud to be
Right back in my home town
With my new family

There’s old friends and new friends
And even a bear
Through good times and bad times
It’s good times we share

And so I found a place
Where everyone will know
My happy black guy face
This is the Cleveland Show!”

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10) Censorship: From the episode titled “PTV” in Family Guy Season 4. Peter gets miffed at the FCC for stifling his creativity, so decides to battle with a song. What, you don’t do that?

More Family Guy political clips after the jump;

9) Local Government: In which Lois learns that the key to winning the undecided voter is to speak simply and repeat 9/11 over and over again (cough Guiliani cough). From “It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One”, Family Guy Season 5.

Public Education: Screw No Child Left Behind! Principal Shepard decides to increase the school’s test scores by kicking Chris Griffin out of school. From “No Chris Left Behind”, Family Guy Season 5.

7) 9-11: Too soon? Uh, yeah. From Family Guy Season 6.

6) Immigration: Peter finds out that he’s not an American, and is actually an illegal Mexican immigrant. From Family Guy Season 6.

5) Electoral Policy: Can a woman be successful in public office? Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons talk it over (I’m thinking maybe Hilary Clinton should watch this one). From Family Guy Season 5.

4) Poverty: Chris Griffin gets admitted to Morningwood Academy and consequently gets beat up because he is poor. From “No Chris Left Behind”, Family Guy Season 5.

3) Moral Values: Lois goes to give Bill Clinton a piece of her mind and he winds up getting a piece. Another one Hilary probably needs to watch. From Family Guy Season 5.

2) Medical Insurance: See? See what happens when you don’t have insurance for everyone? You get a rash of prom night dumpster babies. From Family Guy Season 6.

ANDDDDDDD……

1) Homeland Security: When you’ve got someone like George Bush in charge of keeping you safe, this is pretty much what you’re going to get. From Family Guy Season 5.

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I’m definitely going to give this a try, but honestly, spinoffs don’t usually fare that well. Look at how many horrific trainwrecks came out of “Friends” and “Cheers”, for example. If anyone has a chance to make this actually good, it’s Seth MacFarlane. We’ll see. What do you think?

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“The Cleveland Show,” based on the popular “Family Guy,” follows the adventures of the Cleveland Brown character as he moves to Virginia to reunite with a lost love and encounters strange neighbors.

Okay, this sounds lame, but I’m confident that Seth MacFarlane can turn it into comic gold. Or at least something that will be better than that horrible piece of dung “American Dad.”

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