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the pain i have watching this :(( here he is, full of inspiration and ideas for full movies that we never got. Nowadays he doesn't even wanna tell his jokes because no one (in power) listened.
@@surrealnirvana-e9i Ye did the same thing. Even then, it’s sad. It’s elitist misdirection. They come from all racial backgrounds and laugh when we put the blame on J0UZ. It’s not just them
@@isaiahaskew6903 damn it’s that hard for you to believe that maybe he just had good parents? Go outside dude. You have a perspective that’s waaaay too limited.
@@blacklivesorblackvotes2985 I mean not all intelligent, intellectual, or mature people are raised correctly. But I’m pretty sure he had a good upbringing from the way he brought up that he lived with them at that moment
None will see this comment because this is an old video but still; This is among the best written shows out there, thank you for making this masterpiece.
I used to collect old BoonDocks comic strips as a middle high schooler and hang them on my wall. Had the entire first 52 weeks on my wall.... Wish I was savvy enough to save them....
I got a whole anthology of the strips in my room somewhere, I got it back in secondary school and every time I move houses I always bring it with me. Might look for it and read it again now actually
I forgot the Boondocks started out in the newspapers (the show was just so funny and successful), I remember being a child reading all the other strips like Garfield, Archie, Dilbert but the Boondocks stood out to me more because the characters looked like me, but I was too young to really understand the concepts, but now that gives me a reason to go back and read the messages.
Once the Boondocks stopped having Aaron as the writer it went downhill. It started having more mainstream narratives and less intellectual discourse about race and culture.
I served in the navy with a guy named Karl McGruder back in the sixties. I know it is unlikely that Aaron is his son, maybe Karl could be his grand father. The only reason that I ask is because during the sixties they tried to keep black sailors out of rates like torpedo-men, and contain us to menial rates like deck force, cook, ship servicemen, or engine and boiler rooms. However, Karl said that he wanted to be a torpedo-man, and took out a torpedo-man's course book and studied it. He would sit up late at night, he was on the deck force then, on the mess decks and study for the exam to become a third class torpedo-man. Well people laughed at him, but the laughing stopped when the test results came back, and he was promoted to torpedo-man third class, no more paint chipping for McGruder. The white guys hated it, but they no longer laughed, and wanted to bar him from the torpedo room, but they couldn't because he was rated. I only mention it because it took the same kind of determination that Aaron has.
So the Navy wasn't keeping the Black man down, it was Black men who wouldn't take out the course books, study, and learn the stuff. That is exactly what this scenario you painted shows.
@@Ri3hy "Natural?" Mensa is full of people with high IQs who are not particularly educated and haven't done much with their gifts. So "smarting" up means this young man both got a degree AND really synthesized far more with that than most people> He also obviously worked very hard to develop skills and a vision.
Most people look down on introvert and those that keep to themselves. Most people don't trust them. They view them as weird, gay, psycho, stupid, and other things. It is sad though. These type of people usually mind their business and do their own thing. The reason why a lot of people like this guy because he's famous and has a lot of money
@@shiobuzz3724because gay in that context is seen as a negative if you aren’t. If you’re an introvert and all the girls assume you’re gay but you’re not , most straight men would not like that.
Boondocks and the chappelle show were changing peoples lives and they started to wake people up. The shows ran during the same time and they had to stop them
One of the most innovative animation of our time the late 90’s...the celebrity cameos was dope plus it had an anime feel to it...I remember reading, yes reading the comics strips first✌️
The Boondocks was truly ahead of its time. And it's a show that we could really use right now. It was comedic, but it touched on serious issues. And it had a good balance that kept the seriousness of the topics from being overshadowed.
Thank you Aaron McGruder I feel like we all needed the Boondocks as an African American young woman growing up in America to see. You are serving your purpose! Please continue
@A Omega Mayhue Since you pointed that out, I just noticed that... Since I'm an introvert and comic artist too... This could be me in a few years... o_o
@@paperchasindude6578 I am a self-taught artist as well. The thing is I am a very private person and not interested in fame or to be part of the matrix.
We have expressed our truths thru comedy for many decades. It has been one of the most ingenious ways to do so in my eyes. Empowering a people thru laughter and truth...it’s essentially the blueprint of the great Richard Pryor and even our king Redd Foxx
You are 100 percent right plus you have to remember white America has to be able to LAUGH at the oppression their forefathers set up when comics take the stage it's TRUE
I mean yes, but he literally spent mad time talking about how he had to grind to push for his strip to be published by the newspaper syndicates. Very few companies own the media. For sure the internet lets people slip through the cracks and make it big, but it still is hard.
9:23 I believe it was picked up because the story is great. The characters are great. Everyone from characters to the story is relatable to the person reading in some way or another, not just for African-Americans. Also the South Park thing, I dont really see them the same, but slightly similar. Both South Park and The Boondoocks deliver their own message in their unique way, with interesting characters. If anything South Parks like to exaggerate in some points in their story, whereas Boondoocks tries to maintain some realism.
Aaron is a brilliant man but this interviewer was very good at his job. Let the guest speak, had him elaborate on things the average viewer may have missed or not understood. He seemed to understand the goal of an interview and that allowed Aaron and the viewers to get as much as possible in the timeframe allowed. Great interview
Him mentioning how his readers like to talk back before a time of twitter is kinda cool. My generation couldn't imagine what that was like for creators
Crazy thing is I actually knew boondocks as a comic before the show. We didn’t have cable as a kid and something I used to do for fun was go through store catalogs (my dad bought the Sunday paper weekly). One time I was going through and I stumbled upon the comics section and I happened to see this. I’ll always remember seeing Huey’s afro and a word bubble because he was always talking. Trailed off for some years, we get cable, and low and behold this shit is actually a tv show. Mind blown! I’m 25 now btw. First time I saw the comic was 01-02.
I wonder what he thought when they moved to a TV show. I read boondocks strips when I was a kid and was so happy to see it come to tv. The show was great.
@@daboos6353 yeah but I mean, here in this interview he is surprised about how well the comic strip is doing. I wonder if his mind was blown away at how well the TV show reception went off.
robinlue2008 yeah ur actually right, James Witherspoon came out recently and said they gave him a ridiculous, unsustainable schedule and when he took issue with it they fired him and hired hacks
He’s from Columbia where I’m from. I remember reading his comics in the newspaper. It stuck out to me because the characters are black. It was so cool when Boondocks became a show.
Always been a lifetime fan of The Boondocks, my grandfather owns all the comic books that I now inherit, also the first three seasons of the show. Watching this as a Louisville, Ky born & raised fan, knowing one of my favorite series of all time has a direct connection to me is so inspiring. I had no idea McGruder lived in Louisville growing up. This is amazing. 1:44 502 Represent 🙌🏾🙌🏾
