"The Boondocks" (2005) TV series

Creator:

Aaron McGruder
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

6 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Based on the comic strip, Huey and Riley move away from the city and out to the suburbs with their irascible grandfather. Biting socio-political commentary ensues.

Plot Keywords:

Rap | Political Satire | Anime | Race Relations | Politics

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. June 4	1:00 AM	TOON	Stinkmeaner Strikes Back	#2.4
Mon. June 4	4:00 AM	TOON	Stinkmeaner Strikes Back	#2.4

Cast

Regina King	...	Riley Freeman / ... (46 episodes, 2005-2010)
John Witherspoon	...	Robert 'Granddad' Freeman / ... (42 episodes, 2005-2010)
Jill Talley	...	Sarah Dubois / ... (40 episodes, 2005-2010)
Gabby Soleil	...	Jazmine Dubois (40 episodes, 2005-2010)
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Uncle Ruckus / ... (40 episodes, 2005-2010)
Cedric Yarbrough	...	Tom Dubois / ... (39 episodes, 2005-2010)

Series Directed by
Seung Eun Kim		(15 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bob Hathcock		(7 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lesean Thomas		(6 episodes, 2005-2006)
Dan Fausett		(5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Anthony Bell		(4 episodes, 2005-2006)
Sung-hoon Kim		(4 episodes, 2010)
Joe Horne		(3 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kalvin Lee		(3 episodes, 2006)
Young Chan Kim		(3 episodes, 2010)
Sung Dae Kim		(2 episodes, 2010)

Series Writing credits
Aaron McGruder		(45 episodes, 2005-2010)
Yamara Taylor		(25 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rodney Barnes		(19 episodes, 2005-2010)
Brian Ash		(15 episodes, 2010)
Carl Jones		(15 episodes, 2010)
Andre Brooks		(11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jason Van Veen		(11 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Produced by
Carl Jones	....	producer / co-executive producer (42 episodes, 2005-2010)
Rodney Barnes	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (39 episodes, 2005-2010)
Brian J. Cowan	....	co-executive producer / producer / ... (39 episodes, 2005-2010)
Aaron McGruder	....	executive producer (39 episodes, 2005-2010)
Reginald Hudlin	....	executive producer (28 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jenny Barbour	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2005-2008)
Eric Horsted	....	consulting producer (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Brian Ash	....	producer (15 episodes, 2010)
Denys Cowan	....	producer (4 episodes, 2005)

Series Original Music by
Anthony Echegoyen		(1 episode, 2005)
Flying Lotus		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Anna Granfors		(15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Ralph A. Eusebio		(7 episodes, 2007)
Bruce King		(7 episodes, 2007)
Jhoanne Reyes		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Reuben Cannon		(7 episodes, 2007)
Kim Williams		(7 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Management
Richmond Horine	....	post-production supervisor (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Wendy Guin	....	production manager (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Brian G. Smith	....	assistant production manager (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Elvida Abella	....	studio post-production supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Phil S. Crain	....	post-production supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Nick Hyman	....	production manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Gary Lamb	....	assistant production manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Bradley Bowlen	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ki Hyun Ryu	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
David Hartman	....	storyboard artist (31 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bryan Baugh	....	storyboard revisions (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Eric Astadan	....	prop designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Howard C. Base	....	storyboard coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Oliver Calonzo	....	art coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Seung Woo Cha	....	storyboard revision artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Jon Fancher	....	prop supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Kalvin Lee	....	storyboard artist (7 episodes, 2007)
James Lim	....	storyboard revision artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Albert Park	....	storyboard revision artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Sean Song	....	storyboard artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Chrysta Marie Burton	....	storyboard coordinator (unknown episodes)
Michael Macasero	....	art coordinator (unknown episodes)
Richard Ory	....	props (unknown episodes)
Dawn Turner	....	art coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Heather Olsen	....	sound designer / sound effects editor (31 episodes, 2005-2010)
Stephan Matson	....	pre-production dialogue editor (14 episodes, 2007-2008)
Marc Schmidt	....	audio post coordinator (13 episodes, 2010)
Jonathan Abelardo	....	assistant sound engineer (6 episodes, 2007)
Devon Bowman	....	recording engineer / sound recording engineer (6 episodes, 2007)
Roy Braverman	....	foley mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Fil Brown	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Melissa Ellis	....	re-recording mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Mary Erstad	....	foley mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
John Hegedes	....	supervising dialogue editor: pre-production (6 episodes, 2007)
Joshua Huber	....	sound recording engineer (6 episodes, 2007)
J. Lampinen	....	foley artist / digital audio transferer / ... (6 episodes, 2007)
Anthony Lingua	....	pre-production dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Mark Mercado	....	sound recording engineer (6 episodes, 2007)
Robbi Smith	....	dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
David Veneziano	....	assistant re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2010)
Phyllis Ginter	....	foley artist (3 episodes, 2007)
Loui Ramon	....	assistant sound recordist (2 episodes, 2005)
Craig Ng	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
Eliott Taylor	....	dialogue recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital effects supervisor (21 episodes, 2005-2007)

Series Animation Department
Lesean Thomas	....	character supervisor (28 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ben Berkman	....	animatic editor (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
George Cox III	....	assistant color supervisor (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Brian Mainolfi	....	character designer (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Constance Allen	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
Leslie Chang	....	assistant character designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Holly DuRivage	....	supervising timing director (7 episodes, 2007)
Patrick Gleeson	....	timing director (7 episodes, 2007)
Robert Harand	....	background designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Sandi Hathcock	....	animation checker (7 episodes, 2007)
Jeff Johnson	....	character designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Alison Jota	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
Tina Katz	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
Bruce King	....	animatic supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Tec Manalac	....	background designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Anna McKindley	....	animatic scanner (7 episodes, 2007)
Art Morales	....	background designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Tina Oliva	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
Lisa Pearson	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
Vince Toyama	....	background supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Alina Urusov	....	character designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Wei M. Zhao	....	color stylist (7 episodes, 2007)
David Zweig	....	character designer (7 episodes, 2007)
Brooks Campbell	....	color supervisor / color key supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Steven Choi	....	character designer (6 episodes, 2007)
Rex Faraday	....	timing director (6 episodes, 2007)
Pamela Long	....	color stylist (6 episodes, 2007)
Barry Atkinson	....	color stylist (5 episodes, 2007)
John Calmette	....	color stylist (5 episodes, 2007)
Seung Eun Kim	....	main character designer: Season Two (5 episodes, 2007)
Randy Ludensky	....	timing director (5 episodes, 2007)
Michel Lyman	....	timing director (5 episodes, 2007)
Brad Rozman	....	animatic technician (5 episodes, 2007)
Kunio Shimamura	....	timing director (5 episodes, 2007)
Bill Wolf	....	timing director (5 episodes, 2007)
Ben Maloney	....	assistant: color production / color production assistant (3 episodes, 2007)
Brian McGee	....	character designer (3 episodes, 2007)
Maria Elena Rodriguez	....	timing director (3 episodes, 2007)
Ki Hyun Ryu	....	character designer (3 episodes, 2007)
Kenny Thompkins	....	character designer (3 episodes, 2007)
Gary Eggleston	....	color stylist (2 episodes, 2007)
James Gallego	....	color stylist (2 episodes, 2007)
Chun Liu	....	color stylist (2 episodes, 2007)
Mike Mangan	....	animatic technician (2 episodes, 2007)
Seung-Hyun Oh	....	character designer (2 episodes, 2007)
Kay Park	....	assistant character designer (2 episodes, 2007)
Young Ki Yoon	....	character designer (2 episodes, 2007)
SoonJin Mooney	....	animation timer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Matthew C. Otoski	....	episodic casting supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Joanna T. Gonzales	....	casting associate (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Wendy Guin	....	post-production coordinator / color coordinator (17 episodes, 2006-2008)
Steve Vallino	....	assistant editor (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Myra Owyang	....	assistant editor (15 episodes, 2010)
Donnell Ebarrete	....	assistant editor (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Chuck Smith	....	assistant editor (7 episodes, 2007)
Brad Rozman	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Derryck Thornton	....	music supervisor / composer: main title theme (24 episodes, 2005-2008)
Aaron McGruder	....	composer: title theme / composer: main title theme (18 episodes, 2005-2008)
Asheru	....	composer: main title theme (16 episodes, 2005-2008)
Latif Tayour	....	music coordinator / music co-coordinator (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Patrick Douthit	....	composer: additional music (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Fatin '10' Horton	....	composer: additional music (6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Markus Czyzewski	....	assistant music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Andrea Romano	....	voice director (40 episodes, 2005-2010)
Bob Hathcock	....	supervising director (16 episodes, 2005-2007)
Howard C. Base	....	production assistant (15 episodes, 2005-2006)
Michael Kirschbaum	....	assistant to writers / script coordinator / ... (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ben Maloney	....	production assistant (15 episodes, 2007-2008)
Brian Ash	....	main title designer / title designer / ... (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Scott Fuselier	....	main title designer / title designer / ... (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
DJ Pooh	....	creative consultant (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Gabriel Alvarez	....	creative consultant (6 episodes, 2006)
Sacha Jenkins	....	creative consultant (6 episodes, 2006)
Nathan Haramoto	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 2007)
Gary Lamb	....	retake coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Jamie Sherman	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan (6 episodes, 2007)
Novena Wallach	....	assistant: Mr. McGruder (6 episodes, 2007)
Melissa J.L. Smith	....	casting assistant (4 episodes, 2007)
Karen Barragan	....	series publicist (unknown episodes)
Chrysta Marie Burton	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Ian Edwards	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Dick Grunert	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes)
Kathleen Hartman	....	freelance prop model designer (unknown episodes)
Jae Hong Kim	....	main title artwork (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Mateo Ong	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Michael R. Rabanera	....	animatic assistant (unknown episodes)
Shawn Socoloff	....	assistant: Mr. McGruder (unknown episodes)
Tommy Tallarino	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Adelaide Productions
• Rebel Base
• Sony Pictures Television

Distributors

• AXN (2010-) (Germany) (TV)
• Adult Swim (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)

Other Companies

• Advantage Audio  post-production sound services
• Dong Woo Animation Co.  Overseas Production
• Salami Studios  recorded at
• Sun Min Image Pictures  storyboard artists
• Universal Press Syndicate (UPI)  special thanks

Also Known As:

Runtime:

20 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Canada:18+ (tv rating) | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (DVD rating) | Argentina:18 | UK:18 | Argentina:Unrated (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 (one episode) | Canada:PG (video)

Company:

Adelaide Productions

Trivia:

The controversial nature of the comic strip (as well as Aaron McGruder's insistence on maintaining creative control) lead to several failed attempts to get this series going since 1999. McGruder initially developed "The Boondocks" as a television series before turning it into a strip. Some of the would-be homes of the series included HBO and MTV. In 2003, the FOX network ordered a pilot with the prospect of picking up the series. They eventually passed, only to have the series taken up by Adult Swim.

Quotes:

Riley Freeman:Gangstalicious got shot!
Robert 'Granddad' Freeman:Again?
Riley Freeman:We got to do something!
Huey Freeman:I've got an idea! Why don't we go to college so we don't end up like Gangstalicious?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nostalgia Critic: Baby Geniuses (#4.13)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Judoflip

Afrocentric satire par none

Having read and watched both the print and televised versions of the Boondocks I can honestly say, to me it was a diamond in the rough...until now. The antics and sometime semantics of the lead characters Huey, Riley and Grandpa are enough to keep ones funny bone in stitches while at the same time sending a message to the viewer loud and clear. The message is that no matter what color, no matter what creed or race....everyone is F'ed UP! I know the brothas and sistas will be jammin on how Huey is sticking it to the white man and so on, but that is only one side of the equation for the story often shows the illogic and humor of how African Americans view life. A stinging indictment on how the gov't seeks to obstruct and keep down the black man gives way to portrayals of black men stereotyping one another with colorful and racial epithets. The mocking vision of white males acting like black gansta rappers melts into the savage humor of hoes and pimps and black men and gun play. Its the long stretch and cleansing breath of the soul the racial landscape of America has needed for a long time. No one is perfect and this show is unafraid to show that no matter what color or ideology , that you have a bullseye on your back when Huey and Riley come around!