Buck the Frowns
Some of the Cleveland and Browns jokes throughout the decades from celebrities and comedians. Some of the older ones never escaped my memory because I’m a huge Browns basher.
Some I paraphrased.
“Every country has a city they make fun of, in Russia we make fun of Cleveland”. - Smirnoff the comedian
“When Tom Landry retired he wanted to get as far away as possible from pro football so he moved to Cleveland” -origin unknown
“ If Browns win they still lose because they still have to go back to Cleveland.” - Craig T. Nelson- said during half time in a game between the Browns and Oilers
“Pittsburgh City Council made it against the law to urinate in public streets, citing that’s what Cleveland is for” - Conan
“When I escaped from Russia the first place I landed was in Cleveland, so I had to escape all over again.”- Smirnoff
“They cloned Buffalo and got Cleveland.” - Howard Cosell
“Vietnam isn’t much of a change for you” - Robin Williams’ reply to a soldier stating he was from Cleveland in the movie Good Morning Vietnam.
“Hey I gotta go to the bathroom..taking the Browns to the Super Bowl” - Larry the Cable Guy
“Without me you’ll end up in Cleveland” -from the movie The Day After Tomorrow.
“You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati” - Sam Wyche.
“ Three reasons why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is struggling financially …location, location, location”. Colin Quinn, Weekend Update on SNL.
