The Cleveland Show (TV Series)

Another Bad Thanksgiving (2010)

Sanaa Lathan: Donna Tubbs

Quotes 

• Donna Tubbs : [to Cleveland]  Still think it was a hilarious idea to send Janet and Holt out on a date together?

  Cleveland Brown : I can't believe they stuck us with her kids all night. Brian's okay, but D'Brian is the worst.

  Donna Tubbs : What? I think Brian's much worse.

  Cleveland Brown : Yeah, me too, but it didn't sound as clever.

• Cleveland Brown : This Thanksgiving will be our best holiday since Yom Kippur.

  [cutaway to Cleveland reading a Torah with the family present] 

  Donna Tubbs : Cleveland, we're not Jewish.

  Cleveland Brown : Oh, that's right. My writers are.

• Donna Tubbs : My sister Janet's coming with her kids.

  Cleveland Brown : What? I hate her. I hate all your sisters and your brother and your mom and your dad and your children.

  Donna Tubbs : Well, I'm sorry, but Janet's coming.

  Cleveland Brown : Boo, boo, Janet, boo.

  Donna Tubbs : Cleveland, that is not helpful. Janet is my...

  Cleveland Brown : Boo, boo, Janet, boo.

  Donna Tubbs : She's only coming for...

  Cleveland Brown : Boo, boo, Janet. Liar. Stay somewhere else.

  Donna Tubbs : Are you done? Good. Janet's only...

  Cleveland Brown : Boo.

• Donna Tubbs : [to Janet]  Girl, what did you do last night?

  Holt Richter : [as he comes downstairs]  Me. Rub a dub-dub. Two men in two Tubbs. Their last name is Tubbs.

• Cleveland Brown : [while reading Holt's tweet]  Just landed in Vegas with Janet.

  Donna Tubbs : They went to Vegas? That is great news. Because the only thing that matters is Janet's happiness at any given moment. Sure, she said she came to see me but then she sticks me with her bratty kids while she's out getting wined and dined at Applebee's. Well, I wanna go to Applebee's.

  Cleveland Brown : Mm, me too. Is it one of ours' birthday?

  Donna Tubbs : This is just like high school. Always acting like she's better than me. Talking about, "Have I seen a Blackberry?" Bitch, I am a Blackberry! You think you a diva, Janet? Well, guess what? I'm a diva too!

  [sings a high note] 

• Donna Tubbs : We're going to Vegas! And we are going to have...

  [sings] 

  Donna Tubbs : fun!

  Cleveland Brown Jr. : [sings]  Fun!

  [Donna and Cleveland look at him] 

  Cleveland Brown Jr. : I'm a diva too.

• Donna Tubbs : Cleveland, it's Donna. I've been to casinos on the strip, four off, eight all-you-can-eat buffets, I worked a car show, drove a gypsy cab, walked through The Luxor Yuck, but no sign of Janet or Holt. How about you?

  Cleveland Brown : Nothing. And I've looked everywhere too. Even as we speak, I'm sitting here with the Las Vegas Police Department searching through the records of all incoming citizens. Sipping coffee out of a little Styrofoam cup in a windowless room, staring at a flickering computer screen...

  [sees Donna standing right in front of him] 

  Cleveland Brown : [crying]  Oh, I'm at a pool. I'm sorry. I'll look, I'll find them. This pool don't mean nothing to me. I suppose I wanted to get caught. I'm sick.

• Donna Tubbs : Janet, it's time for you to stop acting like a child. Think I like being grown-up while you hook up with one random guy after another? You think I don't wanna sleep with every man who buys me a drink? Because I do. All women do, but I don't let myself because I have responsibilities and so do you.

  Janet : If you're talking about the boys, their father's a pastor, so they got God looking after them.

  Donna Tubbs : Look, Janet. Marriage means something to Holt. He's not some late-night host or governor of South Carolina or the best golfer in the world. Don't do this to him.

  Janet : Donna, this is my life and I'd appreciate some respect on this blessed day.