The Boondocks Returns Tonight Monday Night at 11:30 on [adult swim]
UPDATE: I was wrong about the premiere date. It's tonight. You can see why I'd be confused, I don't think they've ever premiered a show on a Monday.
And, if you wanna watch the episode now instead of waiting until tonight, you can click here and a new window will open for you.
Now, I loved the comic strip, and what I particularly loved about the strip is that it' was pretty timely for a part of the paper that has to be in way before deadline and it was sharp and usually resulted in a killer punchline.
Not so much the series. I think it would benefit from cutting back to 15 minutes from its current half hour, not just because they would get back on the air sooner with a new season (it's been almost two years since the first season premiered, (not good for "buzzworthiness") but also I think it would force some focus that would make it a tighter 'toon.
John Caramanica in today's LA Times:
By "Boondocks" standards, Monday's Season 2 premiere (Cartoon Network, 11:30 p.m.) is a bit limp. It begins with an extended riff on a hypothetical sequel to "Soul Plane" (which was released in 2004) in which hijackers attempt to take over a plane operated by the black-run airline NWA. The tagline: "Come see why black incompetence is our funniest weapon in the war on terror!" As an air marshal, 50 Cent mumbles, "I'll stop those terrorists . . . or die trying," parodying the title of his debut album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'." (50 is voiced by an actor, Affion Crockett, but it's noteworthy just how many celebs are willing to poke fun at themselves for "The Boondocks." In this episode, Snoop Dogg -- a game self-caricaturist -- reprises his role as the weed-happy pilot of "Soul Plane.")
The Freeman family's trip to the movie theater to see the sequel, though, is the episode's real subject -- Granddad` sneaking the family in without paying; Riley covertly filming the movie on his camcorder; Huey attempting to unionize the cinema employees; all three are at one anothers' throats.
I just watched the ep online and it's fine, but it's not laugh out loud funny. It's nod of appreciation funny, and I need more from a cartoon.
