As you probably know, Cleveland Brown is a fictional character who existed prior to The Cleveland Show as a secondary character on Family Guy. Cleveland was somewhat of a slow talker and his mood was extremely sedate. These characteristics were so defining of his character that the writers apparently thought it necessary to explain them in a cutaway gag in "Blind Ambition" in which Cleveland is an accomplished auctioneer, fast and animated in his speech, until a totem pole falls on him and immediately slows down his speech and body movements.
Now on The Cleveland Show, Cleveland's speech, while slightly faster, is still recognizable as the character originated on Family Guy. But now he's constantly giggling like a dumb stoner. In fact, he even giggles on the opening credits. What happened to this character on the move from Quahog, Rhode Island, to Stoolbend, Virginia, to obliterate his sedateness, a fundamental trait of his character?
Now on The Cleveland Show, Cleveland's speech, while slightly faster, is still recognizable as the character originated on Family Guy. But now he's constantly giggling like a dumb stoner. In fact, he even giggles on the opening credits. What happened to this character on the move from Quahog, Rhode Island, to Stoolbend, Virginia, to obliterate his sedateness, a fundamental trait of his character?
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The episode that aired the following week shows a flashback to Cleveland's youth that shows him smoking marijuana with a friend. But I think even in the episode you had watched at the time of the post there had been a reference to Cleveland's "special" brownies.
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