What do you think of an Asian version of The Cleveland Show?

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Boedy

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Why not, everything else has been done before. And with the whole anime/Japanese pop-culture fad of the late 90's/early 00's, I'm surprised no one has thought of it.
 
Do you mean a show with Asian characters or animation in the vein of The Cleveland Show/Family Guy or do you mean the Cleveland Show with every character has been changed to Asian?
 
So Seth Macfarlane can have 4 shows running on Animation Domination? No thanks.

But seriously, it could conceivably work, just as long as the family's being Asian wasn't the shows' only selling point.
 
Not all Asians are Japanese, nor are they all walking anime archetypes. Just sayin'.

But to answer the question: I wouldn't want an Asian Family Guy anymore than I want a black Family Guy. There should only be one Family Guy. Let Family Guy be Family Guy.

If someone wanted to do a show with Asian protagonists, I'd say fine, but give it its' own voice, don't just make it a carbon copy of another hit show, and don't let the fact that the central characters are Asian be the primary focus of the show. Good characters are people first and ethnicities second.
 
When I think about it, I can't think of any Asian-focused show that doesn't have Asia being the main focus of the whole thing. Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown, Avatar, Three Delivery, Juniper Lee, Jake Long, Kappa Mikey (I guess...). All of them always have that Asian stereotype in them (kung-fu, Chinese shops/store, and so forth). Has there been a show featuring Asians that was just, well, normal? Like Doug or Hey Arnold, only the main kid is Asian and isn't defined by having kung-fu or other similar stereotypes? An 'Asian Cleavland Show' would probably be the best bet in that regard.
 
Not to mention movies like "Kung Fu Panda" that play on the whole Asian mystical kung-fu mystique. But I wouldn't mind seeing an Asian version of The Cleveland Show, but it'd have to be handled by the right people. I don't think Seth McFarlane does Asian characters right, just from the few Asian characters he has on his shows (i.e. that Asian reporter from FG, or that Japanese kid on American Dad with glasses who looks like Hiro from Heroes).
 
They should do a Hispanic version first, using Marty Rodriquez, a character to be introduced on the Cleveland Show. Then they can do an Asian version, using Frisco, a character introduced on the Marty Rodriquez Show. Then a Jewish version, using Schecky Goldberg, a character introduce on What's Frisco doin? Then a Gay version, using Cuddles, a character introduced on Family Oy. Then a Native American version, using Big Chief Red Bull, a character introduce on Family Guy, But Gay. Then another white version, using Porter Griffith, a character introduce on Big Chief Red Bull's Smokum Peace Pipe How How? Then another black version, using Cincinatti, a character introduced on ...

Weird talking animals would be burro, Panda, Hasidic Jew parrot, gay dolphin, Great Cougar Spirit, dog but different kind of dog, and then bear but black bear, respectively.
 
I think The Cleveland Show is in itself a wretched abomination against humanity and any attempts to recreate it should be punishable by law.
 
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