The Boondocks (TV series)
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Genre | Animated sitcom Black sitcom |
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Created by | Aaron McGruder |
Based on | The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder |
Written by | Aaron McGruder (seasons 1–3) Rodney Barnes Yamara Taylor (seasons 1 and 2) Andre Brooks ("Ballin'") Jason Van Veen ("Ballin'") Angela Nissel (season 4) |
Directed by | Seung Eun Kim (seasons 1 and 2) Anthony Bell (season 1) Joe Horne (season 1) Kalvin Lee (season 1) Sean Song (season 1) Dan Fausett (season 2) Sung Dae Kang (season 3) Sung Hoon Kim (season 3) Young Chan Kim (season 3) Hea Young Jung (season 4) Dae Woo Lee (season 4) Kwang Il Han (season 4) |
Voices of | Regina King John Witherspoon Gary Anthony Williams Cedric Yarbrough Jill Talley Gabby Soleil (seasons 1–3) Kiarah Pollas (season 4) |
Composer(s) | Metaphor the Great Jabril Battle Jonathan Jackson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 55 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Aaron McGruder (seasons 1–3) Reginald Hudlin (seasons 1 and 2) Rodney Barnes Brian J. Cowan Carl Jones |
Producer(s) | Ayub Dahir Kim Brian Ash Denys Cowan (season 1) Bryan J. Cowan (season 1) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Picture format | 480i (2005–08) 1080i (2010–14) |
Original release | November 6, 2005 June 23, 2014 | –
Other websites | |
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The Boondocks is an American adult animated sitcom produced by Adult Swim. The series premiered in November 6, 2005. It is set in Woodcrest, Baltimore, Maryland.
Background
It is about a black family called the Freemans moving from the West Side of Chicago to Woodcrest, a white suburb, of Baltimore, Maryland. They deal with many situations such as drugs, alcoholism, poverty, racism, and child abuse.
Cast
- Huey Freeman (voiced by Regina King) is the smartest of the Freemans. He created many political movements. He is the grandson of Robert Freeman.
- Riley Freeman (voiced by Regina King) is the less responsible sibling, than his rival brother Huey. He makes many poor decisions. Otherwise he is charming, clever, and artistically gifted. Riley is Huey's best friend.
- Robert Freeman (voiced by John Witherspoon) is the grandfather of Huey and Riley. He is their caretaker and watches over them. He has a short-temper and shares his life stories with his grandsons.
- Uncle Ruckus (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams) is a poor and wisecracking friend of the Freemans. He has many different jobs and changes in every episode. According to him, he has revitiligo.
- Jazmine "Jasmine Dubois" DuBois (voiced by Gabby Soleil) was an innocent girl appearing in seasons 1 (2005-2006)-3 (made in 2009 and released in 2010)