Product Description

Based on the syndicated comic strip of Aaron MacGruder one of only a few African American cartoonists and arguably the most successful this animated show appeared on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. MacGruder satirizes race relations and contemporary culture in a dry cynical way that pulls no punches and generates a great deal of controversy along the way. The show follows protagonist Huey a 10-year-old revolutionary-in-training and Riley his 8-year-old brother and future gangsta. The boys have been moved from their home on Chicago's South Side to the suburban "boondocks" to live with their grandfather where they get into trouble and comment freely upon the idiosyncracies--to put it mildly--of the white people in whose culture they are now immersed. In season one Huey and Riley debate R. Kelly Huey directs "The Adventures of Black Jesus" for the school Christmas play and Grandad opens up Woodcrest's first soul-food restaurant.System Requirements:Running Time 318 Mins.Format: UMD Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396150836 Manufacturer No: 15083

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37465 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2006-07-25
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 323 minutes

Customer Reviews

Love the Boonies
Love this I have it on regular DVD and now on UMD. If you have never seen the Boondocks then you're missing out on a real gut buster. I watch this on a daily basis and laugh every time. I can't wait to get the second season on UMD.

All I can say is WOW
Although I inadvertantly purchased the PSP version of the Boondocks Season One and had to return it, this is a MUST have product on DVD. I do not have the vocabulary to describe the shock and awe of this bitingly satirical cartoon. Buy it, check it out, and if you don't like I will buy it from you! No, I am not joking....

The Boondocks the complete series
"The Boondocks" cartoon series is based on the comic strip created by Aaron McGrude in 1999. Although many people have a different opinion as to what it is about, it's life seen through the eyes of African Americans and takes a look at their culture, racism, politics and everyday life.

After watching the series I knew it was in for a treat. I went back and looked at the comic strips and also enjoyed it. The comics started around 1997 then many years later here we have the cartoon series about the Freemans: Huey, Riley and Grandpa.

This series again is very much in your face, at times satirical, philosophical and always entertaining. It seems at times that Aaron does like exploit the use of "N" word in the series. However, ignoring this series is guaranteed to make you laugh.

The character of Uncle Ruckus (also on the strip) is a racist black man who hates his own race and praises white people. Tom Dubois is a successful black man (who is combo of an Uncle Tom mixed with W.E.B Dubois) often serving as the voice of reason yet at times being very conservative and conforming to the white man's world if you will.

My favorite episode of the bad are "The Trial of R. Kelly" , "The Return of King" (a what if episode looking at what would occur if Martin Luther King Jr. would still be alive), "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner", and "A Date with the health inspector" (a great look at racial profiling) and "Passion of the Ruckus".

The DVD sets for the first season come loaded with special features which include: Audio and Video commentary for the first ten episodes, a making of feature, unaired promos for CN, an animatics looks at the series and deleted scenes.

The commentaries are decent. Sometimes the crew does get caught in watching the episode instead of commenting on them but they do provide enough information to give you an insight as to what it was like in making the series. For instance, Aaron mentions that the original opening was going to be a Star Wars like opening but for whatever reason it never happened.

All in all, a great set to own if you haven't seen the episodes then this is a must have.