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View Poll Results: Favorite Boondocks Character!
Robert 1 9.09%
Huey 1 9.09%
Riley 0 0%
Uncle Ruckus No Relation 5 45.45%
Tom The ADA 0 0%
Sarah 0 0%
Jazmine 0 0%
Neighborhood Watch Lady 0 0%
Thugnificent 0 0%
Macktastic 0 0%
Flonominal 0 0%
Gangstalicious 0 0%
A Pimp Named A Pimp Named Slickback 2 18.18%
Ed Wuncler 0 0%
Ed Wuncler III 0 0%
Gin Rummy 1 9.09%
The White Shadow 0 0%
Cindy 0 0%
That kid who didn't appear in the TV series. 0 0%
That old dead guy that won't stay dead. 0 0%
Other 2 18.18%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-09-2015, 06:46 AM
 
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I've watched every episode of The Boondocks, and while it is not a perfect show, that the characters should be developed better, and that in some episodes there is extreme violence (swords slicing peoples heads off )

otherwise I have not laughed so much in a long time. I watched an interview that the network executives wanted numerous episodes per season, (the same request made but rejected for SOAP) but I think the series is canceled. There seems to be a character from the newspaper comics or comic books that for some reason never appeared in the TV series. I prefer the bracketed anime style of the TV series, and I hope that it returns in a few years.

This would irritate other fans, but the point of the show is to talk about important yet very sensitive topics. If the show had hundreds of episodes each year, year after year, (or just a few episodes year after year) then they would run out of topics. However, it is important to keep a show like this going (perhaps in and out of hiatus with frequent movies and / or specials) to cover current events.

I have never read the news paper comics. Should I?

My favourite three episodes that I recommend based on writing quality is the "What If?" episode with Martin Luther King, where Huey (the young quiet kid with deep thoughts) says "It's fun to dream." ... And the episode where he cries because of the prisoner is about to be executed. It is the same episode where Uncle Ruckus No Relation battles cancer. The third episode I recommend is the episode where Huey plays kick ball against an Asian girl. The game is so intense that the kick ball knocked down a tree!

Three more recommended episodes based on comedy:
The entire episode where they sneak into a movie theater.
The episode where Robert tries to board a plane. And I think that is the same episode where Riley is tied up.
The Fried Chicken Flu episode.

Sorry, I can't think of any more favourite episodes at the moment.
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Old 06-15-2015, 11:49 AM
 
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I've watched every episode of The Boondocks, and while it is not a perfect show, that the characters should be developed better, and that in some episodes there is extreme violence (swords slicing peoples heads off )

otherwise I have not laughed so much in a long time. I watched an interview that the network executives wanted numerous episodes per season, (the same request made but rejected for SOAP) but I think the series is canceled. There seems to be a character from the newspaper comics or comic books that for some reason never appeared in the TV series. I prefer the bracketed anime style of the TV series, and I hope that it returns in a few years.

This would irritate other fans, but the point of the show is to talk about important yet very sensitive topics. If the show had hundreds of episodes each year, year after year, (or just a few episodes year after year) then they would run out of topics. However, it is important to keep a show like this going (perhaps in and out of hiatus with frequent movies and / or specials) to cover current events.

I have never read the news paper comics. Should I?

My favourite three episodes that I recommend based on writing quality is the "What If?" episode with Martin Luther King, where Huey (the young quiet kid with deep thoughts) says "It's fun to dream." ... And the episode where he cries because of the prisoner is about to be executed. It is the same episode where Uncle Ruckus No Relation battles cancer. The third episode I recommend is the episode where Huey plays kick ball against an Asian girl. The game is so intense that the kick ball knocked down a tree!

Three more recommended episodes based on comedy:
The entire episode where they sneak into a movie theater.
The episode where Robert tries to board a plane. And I think that is the same episode where Riley is tied up.
The Fried Chicken Flu episode.

Sorry, I can't think of any more favourite episodes at the moment.
I left out Leonard, Ming, and Wuncler The II.
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Old 06-15-2015, 11:53 AM
 
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It's painful to watch, and was too angry and ultimately too cynically hopeless for me to continue beyond the second season.

There was some real truth, but the same ugly truths merely played over again and again and again.

BTW, the Ed Wunkler character was voiced (and modeled) by Ed Asner, who was a very liberal actor.
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Old 11-20-2019, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Orange Blossom Trail
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The show should be returning as a rebooted series on HBO Max. Not sure who the cast will be. A Huey Freeman Christmas will always be a classic.

"Jesus cant be Black"
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Old 11-20-2019, 10:34 AM
 
Location: La Mesa Aka The Table
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1:30 mark still gets me choked up. Sometimes i sit and wonder if, President Trump has ever watch these episode of the boondocks because, his polices and how he acts are spitting image of Ed Wuncler II


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k_uYyPcCl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ9zsPJXjns
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Old 11-22-2019, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Iowa
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Uncle Ruckus is pulling way ahead, GO UNCLE RUCKUS !!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZVn56wJkM
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