@@jow8480 Well, even if you think they were gone too soon, the truth is:They weren't. John got to live a long enough life at least even if we wish he was here longer. He accomplished so much compared to others who haven't. At least he got to leave a legacy. May he r.i.p. 😢
@BubonicTonic He should have partnered with Warner Bros Television. Why? Because they distribute another Adult Swim show that has the dubious honor of having the fewest seasons produced for a show in continuous production: The Venture Bros Say what you will about WB but apparently as long as your show has an active fanbase & it's not too costly they'll leave the lights on forever...
Sony better learn from this when the new Boondocks episodes (or series) touches down. It’s difficult to direct a show without its actual creator. Update: They’re now saying it’ll come out in 2022 Re-Update: As of the weekend of Feb 5th, the reboot has been canceled. Like Huey, it’s been an eye opener.
it doesn’t always have to be like that. jk rowling remained in almost sole control of the harry potter film series until it’s end. it’s hard, it takes time and work, but it’s possible. in fact you can see that now, he may have lost control at a point but he regained it.
@@urjnlegend no kidding. its better. While i love the films (1 and 2) but.... zero witty quips (the way he said "Gobby" made me cringe.) he was what...30 playing 16.. nah bruh. mary jane is nowhere near the bombshell she's supposed to be. Only thing saving that trilogy as a whole is Doc Ock
@@DickDiamond74 idk if you're calling the Mary Jane from homecoming a bomb shell??? Maryjane wasn't super hot in the comics either, she was decently hot, it was believable in normal people terms, everything about the Sam raimi series was. Also, he wasn't really supposed to be $16 at all in the movie, more like 18, that's why he graduated so fast, because his character was supposed to be in college. Spiderman, not spiderteen. The movie was perfect, the remakes were both trash, they tried to be the comic too hard, and it gave the movies no soul. Sam raimi had the feeling it was Spiderman. You can't tell me they compare in any way. Green goblin was an amazing Villan, dock ock was too, I didn't like sand man or venom tho, they ruined venom, but that was the fault of sony
@Rouge D. I do not know, maybe you loved the last year of In Livin Color, I thought it was very weak and in my OPINION, I felt it missed the Wynans input. I may been wrong, but I really felt that is what was missing. And apparently a lot more people felt it needed something cause viewership dropped so low that the show was cancelled.
So basically in a nutshell, Sony got mad at Aaron and ruined EVERYTHING because Aaron said he can’t write that fast 😂😂😂 These companies will find a way!
GEEKYGAMEZ maybe the companies were considering how their white audience, which is the majority, would perceive the strip and weren’t willing to risk losing them
It’s possible they can get Eddie Murphy to do the voice, he has a great impression of Charlie’s voice. I doubt that would happen though. R.i.p to Charlie
That is a shame. I did not know this as I am more casual, passing fan of the show, but the boondocks would not been the same on the telly screen without him. Best of strength to the Witherspoon family.
Without Mcgruder The Boondocks isnt the same...Studio heads need to figure that out. The same thing happened with the last season of Chappelle Show. R.I.P Charlie Murphy
If McGruder has the helm I think it will be fine. It will not be season one, but it will at least convey a message like it use too. Season 3-4 are shit compared to the first two seasons. It's like they forgot to get a point across in each episode. It was just crazy bullshit happening for no reason except to keep the madness going. If he fails to scale back the bedlam that was Season 4. The show will bomb miserably.
HulktySSJ2 if they can take a dick they should be able to take a joke. The only ones getting shafted is 98% of population. Get it together homosexuals!
I'm older...in my 50's and I appreciated the show when it 1st came on. I watched it with my son and we laughed together while I taught and explained he learned and got a better understanding of life and our history...great show!
i remember taking my uncle's DVD set of Boondocks when i was little and watching through all them even tho my mama kept hiding them. I definitely appreciated the stories and viewpoints from a young age
Part of the reason entertainment is in the shitter today is because the big wigs don't care about the passion it takes for creative writing,they are all about the money. When will they realize that creative product will churn more money? You can't rush creativity !
thats not entirely true, in fact often its the oppisite, dumbing something down for an audience is way more likely to succeed than something that had effort put into it just to have it nit piced by a critical audience and not becoming popular
Honestly glad I watched this. I could tell that Season 4 was off but the show had garnered sooo much good will with me. I let it slide. Just happy to have it back. Glad I know what happened behind the scenes. And excited to see this creator back behind the driver seat to his own show.
1 year late but Im sad about him having to sell his rights to snoy. It the same thing as sellin yourself to a label or sellin your soul. Wish it could've been an understanding
There is only one thing in this video that sums up the whole situation.... He sold his rights. The most basic foundation to a free market society and self governing people is ownership. Tyler Perry, Wu-Tang, Oprah, Duck Down Records and many others, never sold their rights. Never never never, sell your rights to intellectual property. The tree grows much slower but the harvested fruit is much sweeter.
My dude, he sold the rights to the show, but he did that to get the show syndicated. Otherwise he'd have been relegated to doing RU-vid work all by himself. Animations are fucking tough, and I'm sure he was happy to have talented professional animators and writers working for him. This setup, no doubt, allowed for his creativity to flourish, and gave us MORE boondocks every year. You're right about creative freedom, and an uncensored message; But he always had the rights to the intellectual property overall, otherwise he couldn't create more comics without the owners go ahead. tl;dr He still owns the comics, and so his voice can always be heard uncensored, 😁
Raven Godwin yeah people don’t understand how much time and effort goes into making their favorite tv shows and video games; only big companies have the resources to make them with good quality.
@offworldresident "expect there to be a LOT of kick back from the SJW woke community when the Boondocks start to cut them to pieces. you KNOW McGrudder is going to shit all over modern society and how bitch-made everyone has become. " Hope it makes fun of people like you.
Bro soon as I heard that Aaron M. Wasnt gonna be on anymore, automatically stop watching...tried to watch episode & it was a vast difference in the way it was written.
@Green Hill Plays For your info, the boondocks criticize the black culture and racism within the system. Why is it you whites are the most the ignorant race of people on this planted. Y'all get all agitated when it comes to racism and act like it doesn't exist just because you didn't experiences it.
@@antoniom9470 "hi ma'am, may you be for an evening single I hope"😂😂😂 I feel you, she is fine...but I watch this show called "Pose" so NOW I wanna see birth certificates these days😂
As a white kid that grew up with a diverse friend group, Boondocks really opened my eyes to issues, stereotypes and situations i wasn't aware of. Truly a classic for anyone.
With everything happening in government right now, we need to laugh and Boondocks is just what we need. Is Regina King still going to be doing the voices? I hope 🤞 so. Thanks for the update.
Corporate big wigs always mess up what make shows/videogames/movies successful by forcing the creators to move at to fast a pace or take away creative control from the people who made it good.
that's the sad truth about working for corporations. its especially disheartening to here that some creators don't even own their work once they sign that contract. That's when the corporations can take advantage of a creators work without the creators approval. Moral of the story: read the contracts and don't just agree to it just because they sign you a big check.
@@omarcarbajal7601 or take the big check. Because your life depends on money, not good art. And sadly the two are not connected. Welcome to capitalism. Where everything will be put through a grinder for profit.
Aaron always has sadness in his eyes. Even when he’s smiling. I guess Mr Baldwin was right, he said, “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”
By selling your soul is them contracts. STAY AWAY FROM THEM. Idc how much they pay you. If you manage to sign one. Get a lawyer to read it for ya. Always read contracts and know what they do. Cause his contract was he's on for 3 seasons and after 4th they kicked him off, I want a jussie smollett episode, A trump episode, And a R kelly revisit episode (They do a flashback to that episode like they did with gangstalicious story)
Aaron's writing was brilliant! You can't rush that.... The quality drop off from season 3 to season 4 was very apparent..Don't do again Sony what you did before...
I think the problem was that Sony wanted to turn the Boondocks into something like the Simpsons, Family Guy or, more topically, South Park. But thats not what the Boondocks is - you don't have three Boondocks episodes a week because the Boondocks is about quality, not quantity.The reaosn why the first three seasons stick so well is becayse of that emphasis on good writing
There is SOOOOOO MUCH Stuff has taken place since Season 3...... Trump, Cosbyness use to be next next to Goodliness. R.Kelly’s pissing has reach across the Globe.... Kelly and Cosby cellmates. We Need this in our lives!!!!!
Boomers set the bar for what constitutes adulthood so low, it was easy to clear it by re-branding nihilistic pessimism, dirty jokes, nudity, and racial slurs as “adult.“
It can be hard to please a lot of these big corporations. A lot of them want quantity over quality for the money but u can’t rush true art and expression of oneself and expect it to have the same feel. I always wished the seasons were made quicker but every time u see them, they’re always worth the wait. Dudes a talented writer
Sony realize they needed him cuz it's sucked without him I'm glad it's coming back here I still watch it on Hulu as a matter of fact I watched one about an hour ago 😆
I'm white, and like Chapelle, I watched the Boondocks when I was younger and thought it was hilarious. It wasn't until I got older that I realized the mature themes it tackles, and like Chapelle, Aaron is able to convey a narrative without being divisive or offensive. When you create comedy that's non-exclusionary, and makes fun of everything, and is funny to all audiences, it opens up discussion for everybody since there's no sense of bias. It breaks down any mental barriers and reservations you might have; when the show finally gets around to making fun of you, you've already seen the show make fun of everybody else, and it's just your turn. I guess what I'm saying is that if the show talked about black issues, but the content only appealed to a black audience, the messages would be lost in an echo chamber. But because the show has the same kind of magic that Chapelle had, it enables those messages to be heard by everybody else in society since the show's content was enjoyable by people of literally every background. Also, speaking of growing up and not realizing shit when I was younger: How the fuck did I not know that black dudes LOVE anime, and fighting games? I fucking had nobody to play Street Fighter IV with in high school, and was too embarrassed to talk about how much I love anime. 😭
yup dragon ball. inUasha , Naruto, street fighter and Tekken were 1999 to todays millennial and older gen z favorite pass times, along with ps1-2 and psp and gameboy color etc
I feel like depending on how the sequel coming out does this is a very real possiblity. That show's use of shadows, facial animations, and *all... the... references* was amaaaaaazing.
@Jan Michael Vincent Ok lilly opinions can be racist, facts cannot! devils are always looking for company to project who they are onto others--No one else acts like this--it's ONLY you!😈👻 If your only contribution to the world the ENTIRETY of existence is to steal, kill, and destroy every person, place, or thing encountered--your the problem--this is not human behavior. throw Darwin's book of evolution out the window, some species will NEVER change! It's inherent and you LITERALLY cant help your instincts to stalk, prey, and pounce--you just cant help yourself but to comment, concern yourself, and spew hatred and negativity towards humans.You just can't help it--it's an innate predatory nature found in animals. your OBSESSED and infatuated with God's chosen, and your envious and jealous that you'll never be filled with peace and love as others are. Hatred claws at your flesh and you must release the devil inside --Check the DNA and get back with me--better yet, DONT! I know you hate hearing the truth-- opinions can be racist, FACTS cannot! #HybridHumans #VictimAndTheBully
@@ChiefJayBinns 😂 you’d be part of a black equivalent KKK. Hitler also used illogical eugenic dogma to promote racial superiority, you’re in the same bracket as that guy but you’re in a time where our genetic knowledge has increased to the point where it is ethics holding us back. How does it feel to be at the lowest end of the intellectual spectrum?
Abraham Keys He dead just mentioned Metal Gear Solid. Or have you also never played Metal Gear Solid? He is the director of the game series Metal Gear Solid.
It's messed up because it sounds like he was trying to keep the spirit of the show authentic. I wish Black creators would heed the advise of the late, great Prince who warned us all to STOP selling the rights to our creative works to these Entertainment Entities.
@@CommentEnthusiast And please forgive me but, if you think the only way to make money is to sell your rights, it makes me question whether you spend any time educating yourself about wealth opportunities vs waiting for others to hand any of us our next opportunity.
Why I think Boondocks can make a strong return is because of the current social and political climate. There is so much freakin material they have to work with. If there's two things we need the most today with how ridiculous things are it's The Boondocks and Patrice O Neal.
I'll miss Ed the 3rd as well. But the show can thrive without him, granddad was one of the pillars the show was built on. RIP Mr. Witherspoon. RIP Mr Murphy
They could recreate his voice, and others' voices with the voice clips from previous seasons. The people who did the last "Toy Story" movie did it for the guy who played Mr. Potato head, yes? I'm sure they would consider doing the same for "Boondocks."
@@mayethesunshine8642 Qiat mr Potato head died?...or the can get someone else to voice him...like the lady who voiced chuckie from rugrats she lef the show and retired and someone else voiced him for the last few season and the last movie...
God bless McGruder. I am a writer too, and, like him, am slow as well. Some are blessed with both speed and talent, but many of us like to take our time to craft the best possible work we can. Good for him and for sticking to his guns, I just hope the reboot is not canned due the chaos going on during this crazy year.
Aaron is a GENIUS. He created art that related to both the young and the old. He fuses Racial, political, religious, Social and personal issues in one comic. You can actually laugh while at the same time learn something important. But people controlling the media dont want you to learn something important.
It’s not about re-creating the magic. It’s about stepping up. Going to a whole new level with this. Considering the situation. Damn, Ruckus is in charge of the local government.
I'm happy that the show is coming back but I don't think it'll have the same vibe as it did now that John Witherspoon is gone. RIP JOHN! I hope the show does a good job at honoring your legacy. ❤😢
It is not no anime just cause it looks like one doesn’t mean it is it’s an American cartoon no hate to anime though and just because a Japanese artist works on a cartoon doesn’t make it an anime.
I actually enjoyed his narration, it was clear and concise. Most youtube videos involve skipping through alot of bullshit but I listened the whole way through with this
I didn't realize how much Boondocks mean't to me until it was gone. I remember my middle and high school teachers talking about how amazing that show was and how relatable it felt to most students. I hope season 5 can reproduce that same feeling.
I loved the Boondocks. One of the best cartoons of all time. Huey and riley, granddad, uncle rucus, stink meaner, and Tom are some of the best characters ever too
I never knew that this RU-vid channel would become a regular channel in my rotation. I actually get excited to see what you got in store when I scroll down my feed. Keep up the good work!
I feel, even though he is back, "If he is allowed to progress at his own pace, and Not the Pace of Dollars Made," that that season 1 feel, could possibly be recreated.
the boondocks means so much to me. as a biracial female who was only raised on the white side besides visiting my dad's side in Georgia every thanksgiving, watching the boondocks reminds me of the family i'm barely able to see and the culture that i was never able to be raised in. definitely my comfort show, always cheers me up when i'm feeling down. R.I.P John Witherspoon, and thank you for the amazing work you did on my favorite show.
One of greatest written and animated works off all time and it's not even close. Things Aaron Mcgruder predicted over 10yrs ago is still playing out today.
