The Boondocks

To all those who have dissenting opinions about this show:



This show is stereotypical, and that's what makes it hilarious. Did you want to watch normal black people instead? Or perhaps you wanted them to slip black people into an anime and have them act normal with the only difference being the skin color? Get over yourselves, it's just comedy... If you don't like that kind of humor, don't give other people grief and act like your opinion is THE truth, it's YOUR opinion. I don't have a single friend that acts like any of these characters and thats what makes it hilarious to me. I deal with normal people everyday, I don't wanna go home after a long day of work and watch normal people again!! (that's a Patton Oswalt reference btw) I don't care what ethnicity you are, you should be laughing your asses off, because it's so ridiculously funny. If you thought you'd learn something about blacks watching this show, then that makes you a one dimensional character.

Okay so some people say that this show is racist but it's just funny Family Guy is racist but you don't see people complaining this show uses something like racist and turns into something funny so blacks and whites can enjoy the show and this is coming from a black guy anyways this show is one of the best comebies I've seen way better than family guy everybody in this show makes me laugh it's about a black family that moved into a white neighborhood Riley the wangster and Huey the more mature kid and the funny grandad I'ma buy the season two dvd you should too

Well, I have read many reviews of this show before it came out and saw all those little ads on Cartoon Network. I told myself not to judge it until I saw the entire episode. A lot of times I misjudge some of the new shows on Adult Swim like Stoker & Hoop and The Venture Brothers. Now it is 30 minutes since this show has started. This whole show is just about black people, once again blaming whites for all the problems in the world and how there is a conspiracy against them. We get it. Whites are the Devil! GET OVER IT! Put some jokes in the show. This is Adult Swim on Sunday night. The shows at this time are supposed to be funny. All this show is, is just blacks repeating the same mantra of white people being evil. I'm really disappointed at the people of Cartoon Network. They decided to be socially relevant instead of providing laughs and irreverent comedy to their core and loyal viewers like they have been doing for the past couple years. And the only reason why I even gave this show a 1 is because the person playing the grandpa was the father in the Wayans Brother show. Oh yeah, the person writing this review is not a white person. I'm a slope, no, yellow, no, I mean I'm Asian. Had to be PC.

Adult Swims current Sunday line-up is in trouble. Not only do we have Squidbillies and 12oz. Mouse, now we have Boondocks, a new show thats whole premise is to be *shock* controversial! Here in lies the problem, while it tries so hard to be controversial, it forgets to be funny. Now I know around 70% reading this out there are saying "OMGWTF, your just not have good sense of humore" or "You just can't handle the edge of it". Well, simply, no. Next time you watch it, actually pay attention to the jokes, and think why is this funny. Don't fall into the crowd that likes it just because it's so "controversial". The animation, while being clean and well done, is strangly reminicent of "Totally Spies". I'm not sure why they went with an anime style and I don't think it works too well for it. Voices are well done and feel natural for the show except the younger boy sounds like a girl to the point of someone I know mistaking him for one. As with most shows, I may give this one another chance at a later time. As for controversy, go with the actual trailblazer South Park or even the new Minoriteam which looks promising.

I don't like this show, it's got some funny parts but it's way too damn racist. this is the kind of crap us whit epoeple try to avoid thinking about what black people think about us. This is family guy i guess gfor black people since family guy does the same nearly for every other race, but i personally don't like it. Hope it doesn't take over the network.

This show is horrible. Not funny. The voices are terrible, especially Huey & Riley, who sound like girls. Animation looks bad. Writing is the worst. Mad corny but thinks it's on point. That's really the worst. It tries to be "edgy" and it's not.

I'm a fan of the comic strip and was really looking forward to this so it's a big disaappointment. Most of my friends think it's wack also. I won't be watching again. Adult Swim is getting boring.

Turner Broadcasting has taken Cartoon Network to a new low.



Having given this series a few episodes, I asked my kids if they liked it. They gave it a quick thoughtful NO reply.



Having seen this for myself, I tend to agree. This series is stupid, having to deal with nothing the average kid can relate too. It is full of sarcasm and such bad one liners that it just down right sucks.



The subject matter too, is not really fit for a kids viewing channel. Given that it is shown within "adult" hours, it has no material that has merit, nor anything that is entertaining. This series needs to move to the Comedy Channel.... But then again.... garbage can stink anywhere you put it....

You poor parvenu youngsters. Obviously denied the privilege of watching enough, brilliant Afrocentric shows like “In Living Color” and “Martin” to see the essential problem here. Yes, Boondocks is about blacks and takes a black viewpoint. Yes, it attacks “the Man” and dutifully perpetuates every negative stereotype about white people that exists in a manner which the Nazis would admire.



No, it is not funny while doing so.



Please, get yourself some copies of the shows I mentioned above and watch them. Then compare them to this piece of tripe which has nothing more going for it than your white guilt to compel your viewing. Look up the words “humorless” and “heavy-handed” while you’re at it, and before you embarrass yourself further by writing another review which reveals your complete lack of any experience of real humor and praises a show which perpetuates stereotypes out of date in 1970. A show whose viewers apparently seek to substitute shallow white guilt tripping for any real appreciation of honest race relations in this country or the world today. Anyone who thinks this show is actually "relevant" probably thinks Ali G is real

Summed up perfect at SomethingAwful.com...



"...if I wanted to see one-sided, preachy and ignorant political commentary, I would just watch an episode of The Boondocks."



If you don't have much a mind, or you're too ignorant to look at other points of view, then you'll probably love a show like The Boondocks. Have at it.

You have to market to your audience, and the majority of the audiance that watches cartoon network are not a abunch of Hip Hop, Libral, Anti-EverythingAmerican viewers. Just Sell the show to B.E.T. since thats more of the demigraphic needed for this show to truely prosper. Because its not entertaining me and i would prefer that my Cartoon Network and so many others Cartoon Network stay unbiest.

The Boondocks is sooooo rasict!

It says too many bad words in almost every episode!

I have never heard so much foul lauguage in one show!

The kid w/ the dreadlocks calls his grandpa bad words!!

The kid w/ the Fro want to die!

They lie to get a stupid ugly car!

They are potty mouths!

They say cuss words in every sentance!

I can handle 1 or 2 racist joke in something like Family Guy, but the way this show abuses it is horrible. It makes people think real live racism is funny, it\'s only the censored version and they are allowed to say \"you know what\" like 5 or 10 times per episode, and yet this show is actually popular! I say this show is 5000 times nastier then South Park ( no offense, like South Park). I just watch the censored version of South Park ( may watch the original when I\'m older), but I\'m pretty sure this is even cruder than the original, heck I even think the upcoming uncensored version of the 1st season is even nastier then the South Park movie (which I haven\'t seen). If you\'re racist, then go ahead watch this, but if you\'re not (which I hope most of you are), stay away from this, and watch something that\'s not as crude like Family Guy, Futurama, Pokemon Advanced Generation, Yugioh, Yugioh GX, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons, Xiaolin Showdown, One Piece, Spongebob Squarepants, Foster\'s Home for Imaginary Friends, Full Metal Alchemist, Inuyasha, Naruto, heck even Robot Chicken!

This show comes from esteemed comic creator McGruder. I was expecting a good show to play, but when I watched one episode I was shocked at all the terribly racism, crude humor and remarks, language, and other terrible things. I was shocked. I watched more to average out my review, but all were very low rate animated and voices were terrible. I could not beleive how out of character I thought everyone was. Animation deeply lacks with stiff and of ruff animation. Plots are all pretty different and definately have political agendas attatched to them. Standing out of the crowd among other shows of it's type, I agree, but not for the better. I know everyone on this forum here wil ldisagree with my review and I'll get hate mail, but I do not see what is be praised about, on a show that is so low as to say such terrible things and do thigns that are unheard of in most all other TV shows. Keep this show away from any minors, or anyone for that matter. No uplifting, or gratifying material.

I think th boondocks is a really stupid show it is racecis. It iv very inapropreit it is a show that should not have ever aired because I saw a commercial where the kid said jesus is black which is not true it said ronald ragen is the devil which is also not true this is the worst show ever.

The Boondocks is without a doubt THE WORST idea I have ever encountered in television; and that's really saying something.



Where shall I start...there's just so much wrong with this show.



Well, for starters, and the most blatant and offensive problem with it, it's completely racist. I don't mean just a little -and even a little is too much- like you might see on Family Guy or any other "comedy" (quote-on-quote, because this could never pass as comedy for anyone with half a brain) but every single episode is just another attempt at slapping one race or another in the face. It

isn't even a mockery of political correctness, like someone might use as an excuse, this is just the writers luaghing at the audience and saying, "as long as it isn't directed at blacks, we can get away with it".

But of course it is racist towards black people, too, and it plays into NOT FUNNY stereotypes. Worse, this show is primarily watched by teens and young adults. And that's the WORST audience for a show like this. It's showing kids that racism, vulgarity, and biggotry is A-OK and even cool and funny.



It makes attempts at being intellectual or satirical and fails miserably, becoming predictable, hypocritical, and assinine. In conclusion:



Bad plot. Bad creator. Bad writing. HORRENDOUSLY racist motives.



This is one show that needs to be destroyed, spat upon, and forgotten about.

I have to redo this review more appropriately. For starters I strongly disliked this show. I did get allot of people that disagreed with what I thought of it. But thats pretty much your problem. Anyone knows that a show that constantly does the same thing in every episode is sadly garbage. Boondocks not only steals the idea of "Anime art" the show also completely abuses the hell out of the "N word" which in most cases. Says that all Blacks are stereotypical people. Wayne Head was a show with afro american characters but they weren't stereotyped and Wayne Head was a far better show than Boondocks. I've seen every last episode in the boondocks before I even decided to make a judgment on the show. There isn't a single episode where someone never says "N*gga*". It would be like hearing Rogue in X-men say "Suga" in every episode (which she doesn't). Although Boondocks doesn't have one character in it with his or her own unique personality because they're all based on stereotype. I was asked before what I thought of the Boondocks and I said that it was uncreative and boring. Its not even adult swim material. Its more BET material. I could never be offended by anything like this. Personally I just think its awful and pointless. The show only appeals to people who enjoy the rap scene anyway. Which most likely explains the number of people that disagree. Although I posted this review on other tv show sites and 1,393 people agreed that this show was 100% BS. Thankfully it doesn't come on anymore.

Just like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken,this is basically one of Adult Swim's best shows. The Boondocks is about a kid named Huey Freeman and his brother Riley Freeman who go through their normal life with their abusive grandfather Robert Freeman and live life in the street. Okay,so basically,this is an animated black comedy. And this is also an anime. What I love about this show is that 98% of jokes are related to black people and racist jokes. While I have a problem with them in other shows,this show uses them hilrailously,and all of them are funny. The characters are all hilrailous,and tell many black jokes. Huey is the only normal character who is serious. Riley is different than Huey,and is a trouble maker who calls everything "gay" and loves to say n####. Robert is an abusive grandfather who resolves everything in whipping people with his belt. Uncle Ruckus is one of the characters who has a lazy eye,and makes too many racist remarks. Tom is one of the characters who tries to be nice,but is funny half of the time,and is afraid of jail because of rape. The animation is great,and this is another anime that has lip syncs that are not off. The humor is great,and the black jokes are great. The voice acting is hilrailous,but it can get a little annoying with so many cussing in this show. Overall,this was great,and was one of Adult Swim's finest shows. However,this is only played on Saturdays now. Why? You let Family guy get most of the air time,but not The Boondocks. Please watch this,Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Racism, Profanity, Sexual Content. Please...who doesnt show that on TV anymore??

People say this show shows a bad example of white people and is racism to the maximum. Comparing this to South Park or Family Guy, this show becomes a saint.

Yes, the overuse of the word N*gga can be a disturbance at points, even to white people, but its how television works these days. The crisp, amazing shadow details and amazing animation, with good voice actors and an stories full of laughter and awesomeness, the Boondocks, in my opinion must be hailed as one the best show ever. PERIOD.

Season by season, the show becomes more visually detailed and more funnier and has a better storyline. This feature is NEVER shown in any other show. So, cancelling a show like this would be devestating. The characters show a great resemblance to modern people. Huey Freeman acts as the Communist who defends the African American race. Riley, as the gangsta-wannabe who always gives a good laugh. and Robert freeman, the typical American.

Insults and controversy arent in my opinion worth anything. Let me give a good example:

I am white, and a Muslim and an Arab. On the Boondocks, South Park and Family Guy, we are insulted incredibely. But i have never felt so humorously insulted as the last episode from season 3 from the Boondocks.

Thumbs up for Aaron MdGruder, thumbs up for [adult swim] and i hope there will be a fourth season, full of more laughter and better graphics than the previous ones.

You wont let us down Aaron

The Boondocks IS A really funny cartoon. from the characters being so funny even the side characters are so funny from samule L Jackson's character who is just funny. but the 2 boys are so funny one is a gangster/rebel boy and the other is a activist. then you have have the grandfather who is after a girl is so funny you have a great ep about him making the best food which is awesome. The pimp names Slickback is so funny. great show, and hope they bring it back. funny stuff and not long which is great for the show and is so funny to watch and most the eps you can watch over again great show deserves to be on adult swim.

The Boondocks is a show about two boys names Riley and Hughy and there Grandad. Anyway this show takes what is actually happen with people in school around junior high and high school. First Riley is the wanna be gangster of the freeman family. He tries so hard to be gangster and usually ends up on some kinda of adventure were he ends up in some real crazy ass situations. For example, in one of the more recent episodes Riley starts selling candy bars and treats it as a drug cartel or something of that nature. In the process of doing this he gets the school fundraiser shutdown and takes over the candy business completely. Eventually at the end of the episode Riley ends up in a shootout with some crazy ass 40 year old business men that want him to quit his business and gets shot in his bullet proof vest. Second is Hughy. He is more of a politician kinda guy and a deep thinker. He likes to predict and pretty much tell his brother and grandad everything that might possibly could go wrong and usually does.

He also had this thing were he is a intense skeptic of his own race. For example, if i remember right there is at least two episodes were Hughy is trying to get BET shutdown because it was making the black community collectively dumber. Then you got Grandad. He just tries to keep as much peace in his house while lying all over his myspace & facebook telling everyone he is part of

G-Unit and he was the former UFC welterweight champ.

He also ends up with his own episode were he kills a old blind man because he stepped on his shoes. Put that all together and you got a crazy show that mixes comedy and real life very well. All together if you haven't seen this show you should go watch a few episodes and decide yourself.

The Boondocks definately has several good things going for it. The situations covered in each episode are creative and interesting to follow. The voice acting just shines, and fits each character perfectly. That brings me to the show's strongest point, the characters! From the main ones to the supporting ones, every character has a distinct view and personality that really makes them feel almost like they're real. The anime-inspired animation is wonderful to look at, and really stands out from other shows in its genre. The incredible detail on the scenery and the people is nothing short of amazing. The Boondocks has very good pacing as well, as even when an episode's plot description doesn't appear to be very interesting, the episodes always find a way to entertain you and keep the laughs going. That being said, the humor in this show will definately offend some people and will not appeal to everyone. At first, I was fairly mixed in my opinion of the show because of this, but I feel it is important to remember that it is simply a comedy and should not be taken seriously. To conclude, I definately recommend checking out the Boondocks.

Im 14 and i really like and enjoy this show.really this show, well, its based on your discernment, if you don't like the repeated use of the n-word lots sweaing, or several offensive concepts i dont nesccarily reccomend it, and there are some episodes that somewhat seem to cross the line, but its really satire, just like aaron mcgruder is trying to portray. I avoid some episodes but however some episodes are very good and emotional at the sametime and huey freeman somewhat of a good influential character who's wise beyond his years, so this show really deserves alot of credit.

When I first watched this I couldn't stop laughing, that's because of the politcal humor this show delivers.



The animation is similar to that of a regular anime show so you know it shows detail, the voices are some of the most iconic people in entertainment, the plot and storylines the charcaters come to face are funny, they make sense, and it relates to everyday life.



The characters are some of the most amazing thing when it comes to detail. For example Stinkmeaner is the most insane bad guy I've ever seen. His constant profanity, extreme used and overuse of the N word, his odd sexual habbits, and his inabilty to cope with the fact that his parking space was takken.



In all this is an amazing show so I gave it an a amazing review.

Okay,this is the most funniest black show ever next to Family Matters and The Cleveland Show.The show's about a a little boy named Huey and his hiralious brother Riley with his abuseive grandpa.Now,I really love this show.It's so funny.The jokes are funny and racist(See bottom) and I couldn't stop laughing,an A for this.Score:



Animation:It's animie,but a different type.



Humor:It's hiralious and racist.The jokes are all about blacks,hating them and hating whites.



Voices:The most hirailous voice acting because there is a lot of cussing.Every episode cusses and that makes you laugh a lot.



Music:It's piano music,which is okay,I guess.



Theme:It's rap music,which good.



Overall:I love this show.It's better than Family Matters.

Riley's a stone cold badass from hell.he's like the bart simpson from the hood.i just cant belivee that this show was even on with that much of the use of the language even for Adult swim. either way its funny.the grandpa is played by John witherspoon from the Friday movies and he is just hilarious when he talks.this is what TV was made for for cartoons like these see disney channel dosn't even have a late night block for the older people.this show had a lot more funny adult humor from riley and he's only 12 years old.this is another good show that should of got more attention.

Though the show is not as good as the comics, It is still racial, politically, and socially inovative. Do not be put of by its use of corse and foul languge; and its regualar use of the "N" word. The show is very funny and It will make you think about the world around you. Most characters are exagrerrated sterotypes, Ed Wuncler, Big Business. Ed Wuncler III-A white person imersed in African-American Culture Riley- Young black youth who is swayed by Hip-Hop and Uncle Ruckus-Self Hating Black man. Though the show may seem crude, lude, and outlandish, look deeper, and you will find a hidden meaning. Watch the episode "Date with the Health Inspector" which staires the Iraq War. I can not wait for season 3 coming in March 2010.

Santa was getting mauled and nobody had his back....aint this a b*tch. This show is epic. I remember every line on this show. And I don't know why it's status says Ended. Aaron Mcgruder announced a 3rd season coming this november. And for those people saying this is racist, its not. I'm black, I like to watch this with all my white freinds we all laugh..its situational irony really. I really love this show. Okay, so the show is about 8-year old Riley and I think 10-year old Huey who after their parents die move with the gandfather in a huge house in a suburban area called Woodcrest around the Chicago area. And they have all kinds of adventures..oh and they use the word N*gga excessively

I hope Riley and Huey don't find out that this is my 2nd review! I love this series! This series was based off a comic strip that I used to read a while back. It centers around a grandfather and his two grandsons (Riley and Huey) that live in a city focused on streotypes. You have no idea where there mother is, there father, even there grandmother, which is kinda werid. This is no "bubble gum and candy" city they live in. NO! There is graffity on the walls, there are curses in almost every sentence, and that's what makes this series fell so real! So in conculsion, I love this series and I would recomend it to anyone! Gansta Job, Aaron!

Boondocks is a very informative show, and shows how some things are in the world. It's story plots always show there messages in a good way. The boondocks characters are very funny and all have an important part in the episodes. One thing that I do not like about the show is that, one , it has a little bit to much profanity. That is why it is probably the only reason it is shown on Adult Swim. Sometimes there are inapropriate images, even though ther animated. In conclusion, I think that "The Boondocks" is a great show for laughter.

the first time i noticed the boondocks was in the sunday edition comic section of the daily news paper.At first glance at the comic strip one thinks it's just some stupid comic about urban life.Then to my dissmay as i read the comic i found my self laughing out loud as if i were watching a cult-classic comedy movie(animal house,american pie,scary movie)Anyway i then found out that the urban style comic will become a cartoon on the cartoon network chanel.Soon enough i saw the the series premier and boy what an episode!.the show not only tells the story of two young black american youths that partly grew up in the urban hood to then movie with thier grandfather to the white suburbs.It also shows how diferent the two brothers are riley for instance is the average mini-thug that loves rap,black controversy,and anything thats vast in modern black life style,huey on the other hand looks up to great african american ideilist like malcome x,and martian luther king jr.Huey also wants to change all the wrong doings of the government to his people(african americans),also he often trys in his own ways to bring apoon revolution so that blacks can be free from the mentallity and the stero-typical morbid image that they portray them selves as.



in conclusion if you watch at lest one episode of the show you'll see and understand what i mean when i say that it is very much indeed infromative and influential and yes this show dose make you think about life and the reallity of it.