The Boondocks Podcast

The Itis - S01/E10

• Lynxi Welcome
  • Episode synopsis
    • HBOMax Synopsis: Granddad opens "The Itis," the first and only soul food restaurant in Woodcrest. White people never expected it. They also didn't expect high cholesterol, heart disease and obesity.

Pre Show:

• What we're thankful for.
• Publicly acknowledging other Black folks in mostly white areas.
• Covid vaccine and healthcare for Black folks.
• Killer Mike’s bank – Greenwood: Modern Banking for the Culture
• Black families bought land in GA to build their own city
• United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell – “The South Carolina Gullah”
• Biden has been ascertained
• Hit 500 downloads
• Asking Justin to guest host if someone on the team is out
• Dean’s (haphazard) voices
• There was an actual “Luther Burger” created
• What we’re making for Thanksgiving
• Unusual conversations with the family

Show:

• Riley’s lack of social skills
• Food of the Black culture
• Soul Food
• This type of food was okay for white Europeans, but it’s looked down on for Black folks.
• Gout – “The Disease of Kings”
• Black folks are damned resourceful
• Wuncler’s goal
• What terms would be applied to Wuncler’s operation? Reverse gentrification? Other gentrification? ???
• Granddad was never even an owner
• Did they even clean those beds between guests???
• Graddad’s last line

White People Question:

• Found on Twitter (and regularly heard): “Isn’t it racist to say “white people are racist”?”
  • Why?
  • White is not a race.
  • It’s not like it’s untrue. Our country runs on systemic racism and white privilege.
  • Trump as a microcosm
  • History of conquering races
  • Lost knowledge from different cultures
  • Religion did its best to take away science in order to take more power
  • It’s England’s fault
• Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
  • Email us at [email protected]or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪(760) 933-8636‬, that’s (760) WE-3-UNDO.

Post Show Info:

• Thanks for all the love!
• Join our Discord!
• Thanks for all the new social media followers!
• Next week: Let's Nab Oprah
• Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links

Trivia:

• The last line of the episode, “Don't anybody go in the bathroom for 35 or 45 minutes. Whew! Open the window!”, is a reference to a very similar line John Witherspoon’s character, Willie Jones, said in Friday.
• This is the only episode in the series to not feature the "n" word.
• The montage song, "Straight Outta the Oven, Made with Nothin' But Lovin", was written and performed by Asheru.

Show Music:

• Intro: #Makeachange by K.I.R.K. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
• Outro: Good Times by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Pause – S03/E08

• Welcome
  • Episode synopsis
    • HBOMax Synopsis: Granddad is cast as the leading man by mega-superstar of stage and screen, Winston Jerome. But when the theater group turns out to be a homoerotic evangelical cult, it’s up to Huey and Riley to put a pause to it.

Pre Show:

• Tiara out for 2 eps
• Welcome back Demond – https://twitter.com/demonddoes
• Serial killers
• The Jerk
• Steve Martin
• Chevy Chase
• Reminder: https://www.patreon.com/boondockspod

Show:

• Tyler Perry movies/plays
• Kadeem Hardison
• Kool-Aid
• Jonestown / Jim Jones
• No Uncle Ruckus
• Dr. Pimple Popper
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Christopher Columbus
• Florida Evans
• National Coming Out Day
• Love & Basketball

White People Question:

• None today!
• Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
  • Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪(760) 933-8636‬, that’s (760) WE-3-UNDO.

Post Show:

• Martin
• Disputed Podcast – https://disputedpod.com
• Buffy/Preacher
• The Boys / Scream
• Halloween / Jamie Lee Curtis
• The Munsters
• Rob Zombie
• Seth Rogan & Evan Goldberg
• Triaminic / Benadryl
• Next week: A Date With The Booty Warrior
• Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links

Trivia:

• “Pause” is a phrase used in the urban community to express an air of awkwardness after a pseudo-homosexual statement is uttered. This is commonly followed by the phrase “No homo”.
• Uncle Ruckus does not appear in this episode.
• This episode along with The Story of Jimmy Rebel have been banned from Adult Swim and Hulu. The episode returned for an airing on May 29, 2020 on Adult Swim and the episode is on HBO Max.
  When the episode first aired on Adult Swim, it was rated TV-MA. But when it aired on May 29, 2020, it was re-rated TV-MA-LS. The reason behind this is currently unknown.
• Controversy
  The similarities between Winston Jerome/Ma Dukes and Tyler Perry/Madea as well as the former’s portrayal towards the end of the episode has been directed to Tyler Perry via his website, e-mails and his Facebook and Twitter pages for comment. Fans of Tyler Perry have brought the episode to Mr. Perry’s attention hoping for comment and in some instances, urging him to sue Aaron McGruder and Cartoon Network. Tyler Perry addressed the controversy and at the same time put to rest rumors someone was fired after the episode aired Article at Shadow And Act. In the article he states he has no plans to sue Aaron McGruder and The Boondocks (likely in referral to Turner Broadcasting, which owns Cartoon Network and TBS, which airs 3 of Perry’s shows) though some readers are skeptical as to whether this is really true. Although Tyler Perry is very familiar with McGruder’s work (and obviously vice versa for Aaron with Tyler’s work), those who are skeptical of Tyler’s statement believe it maybe be a placeholder to an actual pending complaint filed against McGruder.
  The Boondocks creator himself is of course known for controversy. He has a real-life feud with BET, openly criticized George W. Bush and even (reportedly) dissed Condoleezza Rice at the 2002 NAACP awards. He is considered an “outcast” by the American Black Power Establishment because of his leftist views and shocked many when he visited Cuba in 2003 and met with then-president Fidel Castro. One possible end result of this little facade is both men using the attention to promote their respective shows, movies/plays (Perry) and Comic Strips (McGruder), though this is unlikely since The Boondocks comic strip was cancelled in 2006, four years prior to this episode
  Cultural references
• The character Winston Jerome is, as mentioned above, a parody of playwright and filmmaker Tyler Perry. Jerome’s character Ma Dukes (who he crossdresses to portray) and the play at the beginning are parodies of Tyler Perry’s character Mabel Simmons—known as Madea—and his plays and films.
• The episode parodies The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the songs “Sweet Transvestite” and “The Time Warp”.
• When Granddad recalls his acting career a flashback shows him a...

A Huey Freeman Christmas - S01/E07

• Lynxi Welcome
  • • • Episode synopsis
        • HBOMax Synopsis: A well meaning, liberal teacher offers Huey the chance to direct the elementary school Christmas play, and Huey decides to release his vision onto the world: "The Adventures of Black Jesus."

Pre Show:

• Christmas on Halloween
• Lynxi pulls no punches in job interviews
• Philly: Walter Wallace, Jr. shooting
• Sacramento: Willy Brown, Jr. lynching
• "Self-lynchings"
• Protests reignited
• Early voting
• VOTE!

Show:

• Show is "real"
• Jazmine preaching
• Who would be the "Ho, Ho, Hoes" now?
• Kardashians
• Celebrity culture worship
• "Christmas is the Kardashian of Catholic/Christian holidays."
• The socialism of Christ
• The distortion of the original holiday
• Martial arts and Black culture
• Jim Kelly
• Getting high
• "Be legiter"
• Smoking
• Christmas shopping, Black Friday, and 'Rona capitalism.
• Covid depression on top of Trump/election depression
• Debt
• Jazmine learning from Huey and Riley
• Ruckus' humanity
• Believing in Santa and lies that adults tell children
• Personal Christmas traditions amid Covid
• Does wokeness make you miserable?
• Well meaning woke white folks
• White People Questions
  • “Why does working together need to be so difficult? Can’t we please just be civil?”
    • Why should Black folks be nice/civil and accept what's been happening to us?
    • It's not our responsibility to make you feel comfortable.
    • Black people have been "protecting" white folks for a LONG time already.
    • When all platforms are equal, then we can be civil.
• Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
  • Email us at [email protected]or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪(760) 933-8636‬, that’s (760) WE-3-UNDO.

Post Show Info:

• Next week: ELECTION NIGHT LIVE STREAM! Stay tuned for more information.
• Menage with MariJayne Maven podcast celebrating 1 year anniversary
• Rudy Giuliani in the Borat movie - GROSS!
• Sacha Baron Cohen
• Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links

Trivia:

• Many references to A Charlie Brown Christmas
• The church scene in Jazmine’s dream is partially based on the church scene in Blues Brothers where James Brown is the preacher.
• At the end of the episode, Mr. Uberwitz is said to have gone on to become a professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland. Show creator Aaron McGruder was an African American Studies major at the University of Maryland.

Show Music:

• Intro: #Makeachange by K.I.R.K. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
• Outro: Good Times by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Return Of The King - S01/E09

• Lynxi Welcome
  • • • Episode synopsis
        • HBOMax Synopsis: When Martin Luther King comes out of a coma after 32 years and finds himself thrust into the 21st century and life in the post-September 11 era, his "turn the other cheek" philosophy quickly takes him from beloved national hero to despised terrorist sympathizer.

Pre Show:

• Welcome to Justin from Smokin' Reggies podcast
  • Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReggiesSmokin
  • FB - https://www.facebook.com/SmokinReggies
  • Other contact links: - https://www.flow.page/smokinreggies
• Show tangents
• Uncle J'Biden
• WTF is Trump doing?!
• Jimmy Kimmel vs. Adam Corolla
• Shows that could no longer be on
• OnlyFans
• Rage Against The Machine - Black people newly discovering reaction videos
• Roadtrip playlists
• Lynxi always spits the truth
• The Legend of Jimmy Rebel

Show:

• Morgan Freeman King
• Lots of different emotions
• Many issues to unpack
• Other Civil Rights leaders who weren't talked about
• The end of this episode is so much like now
• Black parents having "the talk" with their children
• "Going off" on the cops
• Cop culture is racist
• Having positive interactions with cops
• Privilege
• Getting a real education
• BET, as a presentation of the Black community
• MLK Way
• Going to Canada
• Black unity
• Trump has always been racist
• Not trusting medicine
• Telling people the real truth
• Trump supporters in the hospital with Covid STILL not believing in Covid
• Socialism, Marxism, Capitalism
• 2nd Civil Rights movement
• Seeing natural Black hair in media
• Bad Hair on Hulu
• Lovecraft Country on HBO
• James Baldwin - "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time — and in one's work."
• Acclimating to change
• Everyone have a spot in the revolution to enact change
• A Dream Deferred is a reference to Langston Hughes
• White People Question:
  • Regularly heard: “Why are Black folks looting and burning things when Martin Luther King practiced non-violence?”
    • Please listen to what Kimberly Jones said.
    • MLK, at the end of his life, had started to embrace Black nationalism. He also wasn't opposed to riots. "A riot is the language of the unheard."
    • When Black people have been sad for so long, they get angry. They have a right to be hostile.
    • People > Property
    • Barely anyone ridicules when people riot of their team winning a championship.
    • Adam Ruins Everything - Gun Control and the Black Community
    • John Brown Gun Club
• Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
  • Email us at [email protected]or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪(760) 933-8636‬, that’s (760) WE-3-UNDO.

Post Show Info:

• Thanks again to Justin.
• Next week: The Itits
• Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links

Trivia:

• The voice of young Granddad was done by Aaron McGruder.
• The poem that Dr. King recites is actually an excerpt from a song titled "Niggas" by Asheru. Asheru performs the series' theme song.
• Reverend Al Sharpton publicly criticized Aaron McGruder and Adult Swim for this episode. Sharpton felt that depicting Martin Luther King using the word "nigga" would "desecrate black historic figures". He demanded a public apology and threatened to stage a protest against Time Warner, Adult Swim's parent company. McGruder spoofed Sharpton's criticism in subsequent episodes and in the comic strip the show is based on.
• This episode aired on Martin Luther King's birthday (January 15th). Dr. King would have been 77 years old.
• Aaron McGruder won a Peabody Award (an award for e...

Season 1 Recap - Part 1

• It's A RECAP SHOW!!!
• Started Sept 2, 2020
• Social media stats:
  • Twitter: 331 followers
  • FB: 68 followers
  • IG: 86 followers
• Total downloads: 975
• Thanks to:
  • Dennis Gugin from Dennis Gugin's Custom Funko Pops
  • Justin from Smokin' Reggies Podcast for joining us on our Return Of The King episode
  • Demond from Demond Does and A Different World podcasts for joining us on election night
  • Drake from Everythang Culture podcast for joining us on election night
• We're on TikTok now - https://www.tiktok.com/@theboondockspodcast
• I found Asheru on TikTok. He already follows us on Instagram!
• Manifesting guests for the show
  • Asheru
  • Aaron McGruder
  • Rodney Barnes
  • Regina King
• Proud of us!
• We didn't know each other before starting this show.
• Dean thanks Black Twitter! (even though he's the white devil)
• Dean will use his privilege to do to those who deserve it.
• Special thanks to MJ's husband (Hubby)
• Kmart cafe
• Las Vegas
• Smoking (with cigarettes)
• Season 1 story and character arcs
  • Huey
    • The revolutionary
  • Riley
    • The gangster
  • Granddad
    • Questionable friendships
  • Uncle Ruckus
    • Complete racist (internal and external)
    • Was he put in place to make overt racism more palatable?
    • His overt racism shows how really dangerous covert racism can really be
  • Tom Dubois
    • Proud of his light-skinned privilege
    • Afraid of being anally raped
  • Jazmine
    • Sensitive to everything
  • Ed Wuncler
  • Ed III
    • Based off of G. W. Bush
  • Gin Rummy
    • Based off of Donald Rumsfeld
• We will be covering the Story of Jimmy Rebel
• Microaggressions
• Fetishization of "hood culture"
• Older men grooming girls
• Ignorance of Black pop-culture by the media
• The beginning of tabloid TV
• Aliyah and Whitney
• Mental health
• Courtside Karen
• Sex work
• Toxic masculinity
• Katt Williams is brilliant
• Throwing chairs
• SNL
• Fitting the description
• Presidents and their hidden medical issues
• Marilyn Monroe
• Celebrity deaths
• The Little Things
• Coming out on TV
• Toxic Black culture
• Using slurs just because you can
• JoJo Siwa
• Mental health for Black folks - https://www.facebook.com/groups/yougood.sis/
• Killer Mike's bank - https://bankgreenwood.com/about/
• Raising our kids
• Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
  • Email us at [email protected]or leave us a voicemail at ‪‪(760) 933-8636‬, that’s (760) WE-3-UNDO.

Post Show Info:

• Next week: Season 1 Recap Show - Part 2
• Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links

Show Music:

• • Intro: #Makeachange by K.I.R.K. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
  • Outro: Good Times by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.