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The Cleveland Show: Love Rollercoaster

Roberta's teacher Ms. Eck, challenges Roberta to cope with school without using her looks.

Meanwhile, Cleveland enlists the help of Lester, Tim & Holt to invent something.


7.2/10 (15 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x11
Production Number: 1APS10
Airdate: Sunday January 10th, 2010
Special Airtime: 09:30 pm

Director: Ronald Rubio
Writer: Kirker Butler

Alternate Airdates:

UK (E4) Mar 29, 2010

Starring Roles
Nia LongNia Long
voiced Roberta Tubbs
Recurring

Guest Stars
Aseem BatraAseem Batra
voiced Kendra Krinklesac (Voice Only)
Recurring
David A. Goodman (1)David A. Goodman (1)
voiced Nerd (in red shirt)
Recurring
Jamie Kennedy (1)Jamie Kennedy (1)
voiced Federline Jones
Recurring
Jane LynchJane Lynch
voiced Ms. Eck
Recurring
Jeff BergmanJeff Bergman
voiced Alan Alda
Recurring
John VienerJohn Viener
voiced Alda-Nator Vendor
Recurring
Will ForteWill Forte
voiced Wally Farquhare
Recurring
Cathy ShimCathy Shim
voiced Margaret Cho (Voice Only)
Chuck WooleryChuck Woolery
voiced Himself (“Love Connection” Host)
Lucas GrabeelLucas Grabeel
voiced Nerd #1
Scottie PippenScottie Pippen
voiced Himself

Featuring
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
voiced Teen Wolf
Recurring
Main Cast
Mike Henry (1)Mike Henry (1)
voiced Cleveland Brown / Montclair “Rallo” Tubbs / Oliver Wilkerson / Coach Charles McFall / Mr. Armstrong / Arch
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
voiced Tim / Doctor Fist
Sanaa LathanSanaa Lathan
voiced Donna Tubbs-Brown
Kevin Michael RichardsonKevin Michael Richardson
voiced Lester Krinklesac / Cleveland Jr. / Julius
Jason SudeikisJason Sudeikis
voiced Holt Ann Richter / Terry Kimple
Episode Notes
“Love Rollercoaster” was seen by 8.55 million viewers.



Episode Quotes
Cleveland Jr: You see Dad, It's not just superficial. I'm deep in love.
Cleveland: How deep?
Cleveland Jr: You know how when I go in the ball pit at Cheese E. Charlie's and I sink all the way down to the bottom and you can't find me?
Cleveland: That deep?
Cleveland Jr: That's right Dad.

(singing)
I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep in love.

I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep in love.

I want to have sex with her personality.
Dry hump her positive traits.
Give a pounding to her feelings.
Make her south mouth salivate.
Hey Tyra are you listenin', we're not talkin' just the tip in.
Thank you Scottie Pippen.

(spoken)
Scottie Pippen: No problem, just here dropping off an application. Players in my day didn't make as much as they do today.
Cleveland Jr: Huh, sorry to hear that, Um where was I?

(singing)
Scottie Pippen: You were talkin' 'bout balls deep.
Cleveland Jr: I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
Cleveland Jr/Scottie Pippen: We're talkin' 'bout balls deep in love
Cleveland Jr: I'm talkin' 'bout balls deep.
Cleveland: My boy's talkin' 'bout balls deep
Cleveland/Cleveland Jr/Scottie Pippen: We're talkin' 'bout balls deep in love.



Episode Goofs
When the guys are talking about their inventions, the waiter brings them a tray of beers which makes a total of 8 beers at the table,



but when Holt says “bars all over the world would buy that”, there are only 5 beers at the table,



and when Cleveland says “Gentleman, we just invented an invention” there are 7 beers at the table




Cultural References
Comedienne and actress Margaret Cho (1968-) is mentioned in this episode.

Sports announcer Joe Buck (1969-) is mentioned in this episode.

Cleveland: “I've always wanted to be an inventor”

Cleveland wearing the black turtleneck on stage is a reference to the chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs (1955-2011) and the presentation he did when he introduced the iPhone.

In Cleveland's case, of course, he combines a phone with the snack cracker Ritz

Oscar© winning actress Halle Berry (1966-) is mentioned in this episode.

Former model and Baywatch (1989-2001) star Pamela Anderson (1967-) is mentioned in this episode.

Actress Kirsten Dunst (1982-) is mentioned in this episode.

Actress Meg Ryan (1961-) is mentioned in this episode.

Her incident with bad plastic surgery is referenced by having her represented as looking like the “Joker” as played by Jack Nicholson (1937-) from the 1989 film “Batman”

Former supermodel and former talk show host Tyra Banks (1973-) is mentioned in this episode.

Tyra did in fact don a fat suit for an episode of her talk show in November of 2005

The 1975 comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is mentioned in this episode by the trio of nerds as being translated into “Klingon”, a language from the many incarnations of the “Star Trek” series.

Tim: “You're starting to put yourself before the project... and you sir are no Alan Parsons”

Reference to the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project (1975-1990)

Holt: “Cleveland... you're fired”

Holt messes with his hair to portray business mogul Donald Trump (1946-) and he uses his catch phrase “you're fired” from his NBC show, “The Apprentice” (2004-Present)

Visuals: “Tie Fighters”

Obvious reference to the “Star Wars” trilogy (1977,1980,1983)

The dating game show “Love Connection” (1983-1994) is featured in this episode, including its host, Chuck Woolery (1941-) who provided his own voice.

The person that exits the men's room at the restaurant and tells Tyra that he'll see her at the game is the character “Teen Wolf” from the same titled 1985 Michael J Fox (1961-) comedy

Tyra tells Cleveland Jr. that her dad is the Marvel character “Iron Man”



Other Episode Crew

CreatorSeth MacFarlane  |  Richard Appel  |  Mike Henry (1)
Executive ProducerRichard Appel  |  Mike Henry (1)  |  Seth MacFarlane
Co-Executive ProducerKirker Butler
ProducerGabe Miller  |  Jonathan Green (1)  |  Kara Vallow
Co-ProducerAseem Batra  |  Clarence Livingston
Consulting ProducerRaynelle Swilling  |  Teri Schaffer  |  Jonathan Jacobs
Associate ProducerKarin Perrotta
EditorKirk Benson
CastingLinda Lamontagne
Staff WriterJustin Heimberg  |  Travis Bowe  |  Kevin Biggins
MusicWalter Murphy
Assistant EditorDennis R. McElroy
Post Production SupervisorAmy Reynolds
Story EditorJulius Sharpe  |  Aaron Lee  |  Matthew Murray
Character DesignerDavid Colman  |  Carlos Ortega  |  Stephen Silver
Supervising DirectorAnthony Lioi  |  Albert Calleros
Main Title ThemeWalter Murphy
Animation ProducerBrandi Young
Storyboard RevisionistBruce B. Heller  |  Matt Sullivan
Writing AssistantGeorge Igoe  |  Mehar Sethi  |  Steven Ross (2)
Production ControllerLiddane Sanders
AssistantLeslie Reider  |  Laura Hilker  |  Alexandra Gaines  |  A. Spencer Porter  |  Artie Johann
Production ConsultantPatrick Henry (2)
Animation Production AssistantHenry Montgomery
 

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