The Cleveland Show (TV Series) The Blue, the Gray and the Brown (2011) User Reviews

Great Episode

[samuelshawel-38485 · 10/10 · 13 February 2021]

Airing towards the end of the second season, this episode was a strong indicator that the show was improving. After Cleveland saves the town's movie theater through his "cracker-ass" song (as Donna describes it), he gets tapped to save a park from being bulldozed. Unfortunately, Cleveland was tricked; the park was named after a virulently racist slave-owner, who just happens to be great-great Grandfather of the man who tapped Cleveland for the job. Feeling betrayed, Cleveland vows revenge, and gets it by defeating him in a Civil War re-enactment. This was a hilarious episode that did a fine job of mocking the idea of preserving racism under the banner of history or heritage, most notably through the town song ("Oh Stoolbend/My Stoolbend/whiter than whipped cream/we proudly vow to never/have a good basketball team!").