Carl Jones on Backlash for Boondocks Showing Martin Luther King Using N-Word (Part 3)

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In a recent conversation about the animated series "The Boondocks," Carl Jones consider the show's impact and some of the backlash it faced. The series, which premiered in 2005, is appreciated for its daring storylines and bold themes, such as an episode on the R. Kelly trial. The series also challenged societal norms with other episodes, like the introduction of a gay rapper character. However, the show also faced controversies and protests, such as critique over Martin Luther King Jr. using the N-word in an episode. Despite the backlash, the show, which was operated with minimal oversight, won a Peabody Award for its daring creativity. Even after more than a decade since its release, the show's impactful scenes are frequently shared on social media, illustrating its significant influence on pop culture.

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[@drivenmad7676]

Boondocks is genius. One of my all time favorites.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

@@drivenmad7676 dude I consider it one of the best things Charlie Murphy has ever worked on and I still can't decide this or The Chappelle Show is my favorite work he did the reason why season 4 dropped off

[@Draxxxthevamp]

It was funny af when ghostface killa showed up as a spirit. Huey said “nigga you not even dead” 😂

[@Draxxxthevamp]

@YungAtz top 5 for sure ⭐️

[@JesseGelatnis]

peace ✌️

[@reddsmoke904]

"Tf is wrong with you Huey?" When they was tryna beat Stinkmeaner outta Tom 😂😂😂

[@Draxxxthevamp]

@@reddsmoke904 lmfao 🤣

[@haitianbaby0634]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eon001]

Now has never been a better time to bring Boondocks back. This really should have the same kind of rotation as South Park.

[@terrellp22]

it's never coming back bruh, you gotta get over it

[@CoreySpitz]

Can’t without grandad

[@eon001]

@@CoreySpitz You should hear John Witherspoon's sons impression of him. He sounds just like him and he wanted to continue to play the role in his honour.

[@A-a724]

There was supposed to be a reboot but it got dropped because it was going to take to long to make. Gary Anthony Williams said he recorded lines for 8 episodes as ruckus before it was dropped.

[@urasenseii]

no it wouldn't.

[@DskPeezyTv]

Boondocks will never get old, I love it

[@theoriginalderhythm]

Facts!

[@raidernation2163]

It's a little overrated tho and I mean the first 3 seasons it's a good show but not one the best animated shows of all time

[@shanenolan085]

💯💯💯 Show was iconic

[@shanenolan085]

​@raidernation2163 3:20 For it to be their FIRST show and they came out swinging like that... hands down like the original said, it's one of the best!!!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

The MLK episode was the best. And if he was here today he would be angry at his people..

[@blvckshinobi3864]

Yea if the govt didn’t kill him we would be in a better place than we are today

[@Sapientia-in-senectute]

His last word was that he led our people into the fire why would he be mad at us?

[@ByddinRhyddidCymru]

@@Sapientia-in-senectute King's last words were to musician Ben Branch, who was scheduled to perform that night at a planned event. King said, "Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty."

[@willieross3745]

No he wouldn't. Integration was the worst thing for our people. He understood this later.

[@sheastadium2008]

​@willieross3745 He was for it, Malcom X was against it. If MLK was still around Sharpton, Jackson and BLM wouldn't exist.

[@JeffAxel410]

Reverend Rollo goodlove being based of Al sharpton and his grifting is fuckin hilarious 😂😂

[@reddsmoke904]

I had a feeling. Especially since AL used to be big lol

[@jour25]

R Kelly took that “Trapped in the House” idea seriously 😭

[@allforus4376]

Nigga said 🤔

[@bestdressedtrapper763]

Bro 😂

[@rayjones4583]

😂damn

[@228allday]

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@butterflyygyrlsworld5106]

Dog😂😂😂😂😂

[@terrellp22]

that episode was funny af 😂 that was the best they could portray him in that scene, shows how real he could be & can't keep up that "positive/we shall overcome" persona for long

[@wdmobilenotaryllc7964]

My old manager named his first born Riley after the character on the show. His wife probably still doesn't even know 🤣🤣🤣

[@MauricioSandoval-xc9ih]

Boondocks will forever be a legendary show being 11-12 years old staying up to catch the show on adult swim 😂 🔥

[@armandsmith6698]

The Boondocks is the GREATEST animated show ever......HANDS DOWN!!

[@OzonebxGaming]

"Trapped in the House" WTF 😂😂🤣🤣I hit the floor

[@topshotta2000]

Lol I was like 😐

[@dudesupremeX]

For those who don’t know and are having questions Yes He voices Thugnificent in Boondocks

[@shawnyeabercrombie8445]

Wow I didn’t know he got backlashed. Boondocks is the best. 😂 and still is.

[@edg456]

Al & Jesse threw a hissy fit and Rosa Parks got offended. They tried to get the show pulled off the air. Boondocks response was the Rev. Goodlove episode Carl mentioned (with Ceelo Green).

[@diamondtv521]

He’s so respectful and stimulating. More boondocks interviews please!!!!

[@mosesoftheblock2311]

I watch that episode every Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

[@Twiggsthetitan]

Yeah but except for you definitely dont

[@MrIconoclast16]

😂😂😂

[@bordertownmex8810]

I post the clip every year 😂

[@Ghostkilla773]

I watch the speech every year on MLK day.

[@lakavenpeters8571]

If you think about it, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and South Park come on air dispite all the controversial stuff they put out, still comes on the air. The Boondocks got cancelled because of people don't like the show. I just don't understand why they cancelled the show.

[@NMV-eq5jt]

It wasn't the same when Aaron left 😞 all the other shows you named have had changes over the years but they still have the original creator involved in some way, even if its just doing voices in seth mcfarlands case

[@KrisHornett_]

He is not lying. I just started going to comic-cons with my series and it's amazing to see the reception you get from people who rock with you.

[@JDMHaze]

This show literally invented memes😂😂😂 The worst thing you could do was complain, or you were in an episode 😂😂

[@Kkayy020]

Damn he played Thugnificent i just realized it 😂

[@zabariduwab9950]

This got me crying 😂😂😂 facts tho

[@mischievousjr.9299]

Ive always wondered how DR. Martin Luther King would react to todays world, or even just the late nineties had he lived. Such a shame.

[@crobee91]

I am the stone that the builder refused 🎶

[@JFBangaTV]

Box or bullets!

[@labenbrittenum6934]

boondocks is the funniest cartoon ever!..they came up with some wild wild stuff that i'm still trying to figure out how it made on TV

[@Omar-zq3sn]

The 2000s wasn’t a pussy time to be alive like now

[@A_Notes]

I think Aaron McGruder was trying to get the idea of what Black America would have viewed MLK as if he was still alive today. Because if y'all go look at the last few years of MLK's life he was less popular than Trump was in the last few months in office. And in my opinion the Black America now would in Mass reject MLK and Malcolm X's because of the morals of philosophy they stood for for the sake of our people

[@TYfariguy]

Oh so the fight in the Banned BET Episode *WAS REAL!?* 😂😂😂

[@AKG74]

I remember Boondocks being a black and white, political expose' comic strip in magazines and newspapers

[@seymourmaupin6395]

The MLK bit was pure gold.

[@reddsmoke904]

"IS THIS IT!? IS THIS WHAT I GOT ALL THOSE ASS WHOOPINGS FOR!?"

[@bordertownmex8810]

"Black entertainment television is the worst thing I have ever seen!"

[@channeltr3y936]

Me and my close homeboy use to go to school and talk about the episodes that came on 😂those was the days

[@fonzworthy26786]

Man the amount of things the boondocks could touch on now today if they brought back Man it would classic and hilarious

[@bobbullethalf]

Boondocks should come back, because there is a lot of material these days.

[@blakex2699]

i never heard of this dude but glad he getting a interview. boondocks is one of my favorite shows of all time. brilliant social commentary. it show all different types of people in the black community which is brilliant. it something i fell on love with more as a adult then a kid. a kid i thought it was alright. thought huey was cool but as a adult you get the messages. and it just generally funny.. rkelly trial really call out everyone for letting him get away with it so long.. even others celebs worked with him until it became unpopular to do so. i was pretty young.. have anybody seen the pee tape? whole episode was funny and hilarious. edgy humor. that mlk episode i laugh whrn huey took the chair and beat that commenter ass. and mlk speech was something people needed to hear 🤷. even talk about the homophobia in hip hop was ahead of it time. and honestly to see openly gay rappers i never thought i see that 🤷. lil nas actually make decent music.. and then some episodes just was fun. i into anime and shit. so the episodes with the martial arts i really enjoyed

[@ITSWHATEVAHBYTYRFREE-wf8pd]

erykah badu and this dude used to be in a relationship. she said he was a dude she was in actual love with.

[@kmew94]

Boondocks is one of the all time greatest animated shows. The first 2 seasons are GOATED.

[@triplecs1753]

Watched Boondocks yesterday. Gonna watch it with my kids one day 😂

[@kendrickellis8726]

Greatest show of all time on cartoon network!

[@BigJuneya]

I sincerely love the show. Its really brilliant. And I enjoy it every time I watch it. To this day. Thank you guys!

[@hellrazormob3129]

TIL THIS DAY !!!

[@LiquidChamploo]

Boondocks had a lot of truths to it’s narrative, especially when it comes to BET.

[@royalty843]

Huey slept on with his logic

[@MauricioSandoval-xc9ih]

With all the stuff going on with rappers the Boondocks deserves a comeback.. you’d have 3 seasons of content alone with all that’s happened since at least 2016 to now.

[@CensorTube84]

Comic Con is definitely where an artist is gonna find out how important their work is to people.

[@tribecalledshabbazz8758]

Facts

[@LeonardWashington1989]

Man Boondocks was Special! Seasons1-4 was some the best tv in history

[@benniecohens226]

I'm pretty sure MLK have used the N word before because you can bet some ninjas have made him mad before and being a black man myself when one of us gets mad at the other that's the first thing we say that ninja pissed me off lmmao

[@KtotheG]

He sounds just like Michael Jai White.

[@fredrickjohnson9473]

He doesn't 😂

[@buffweasel9630]

He actually does.😂😂

[@lososcotti926]

@@fredrickjohnson9473he does

[@fredrickjohnson9473]

@@lososcotti926 he doesn't

[@lososcotti926]

@@fredrickjohnson9473 he does 🤡

[@seansimpson317]

I just hope Vlad brings up his Tubesteak character

[@brucekessler2552]

Yo I was hoping at least one other comment brought up the great tube steak. I quote tube till this day

[@seansimpson317]

@@brucekessler2552 I ain't never succeeded at a mf thing! 🤣😂

[@VonJuve]

I pray they talk about Thugnificent!

[@willstaywinning]

You know they gone bring up him dissin sgt Gutta on Vlad 😂

[@dre-p3058]

Bruh don't apologize. U made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂

[@MISCDesigns]

The pacing of the first season matched the comic strip so much

[@JS-uq9bx]

Boondocks was predicting the future like the Simpsons 😂😂

[@criley6502]

Rev Rollo Goodlove was an underrated character 😂😂

[@ZeLDozerMountainTime]

FLEECE GON HAVE BOFAYALL

[@TheDirector_]

Damn… his face got serious talking about gangstalicious 🤨

[@Haitianboykodak]

😂😂😂😂

[@beatsgordy]

Rev GoodLove feat. Ceelo was hilarious

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

PERSONALLY, THAT'S EXACTLY, WHAT HE WOULD HAVE, DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF THE SHOE FITS.....

[@tino82250]

Who here under 300 views

[@TheSleptOnPodcast]

Man i watch this shit to go to bed til this day. Some days i watch this shit like i never seen it . Classic

[@mr.x187]

This! Ong I literally put boondocks on when I go to bed..its damn near a essential

[@treys1554]

I loved the early 2000s adult swim shows “Adult Swim….All kids out of the pool!!”

[@kenroycherrington148]

I love the Boondocks

[@reginaldedison6518]

The “BET” episode was the one that got them cancelled l😂

[@scootiegotbanned5433]

The laugh vlad did at the beginning of this video was the same one dat he had on the show 🤣🤣

[@bordertownmex8810]

😂

[@gameprojay]

i feel like i will NEVER get insight on the creation of the super rumble mixshow web series, and that saddens me. it was my favorite, cuz thats where i first seen carl as well as slink johnson as black jesus.

[@gardyjure118]

One of the best cartoons of all time

[@entrepreneurcorner4146]

Well let’s tell the truth, he would not like what’s going on now

[@jaye5926]

I didnt watch the boondocks...didnt really like it...but I respected the artwork

[@willieross3745]

Why not?

[@YoLightnings]

I know your lame irl lol

[@kbtitan2464]

The voice actor of THUGNIFICENT

[@BlkHunterGatherer]

We watched the MLK episode in my freshman English 101 class at my HBCU, and we had to write a paper on it. Before writing the papers, we had really juicy discussion in the class about the Black experience today versus what we know about the civil rights era. I remember not everyone had the same take on the episode, and there was a fair bit of arguing and debate that is really healthy for a college class. I ended up writing a lengthy paper on it. I talked about how politicians, celebrities, and others talk about MLK today in vacuum, and just how different their perception of him is from what he would actually say if he rose from the dead and was able to witness that 2000s era of Black America and speak for himself. The episode was so hilarious but if you took one moment to think about it, there was enough truth to it to make you uncomfortable. It’s been over 10 years since I wrote that paper. It’s heartwarming to know that the makers weren’t trying to spark controversy or higher discussion. They were just BSing around making good comedy. That’s just more proof that this show was perfect in every way. They casually made jokes that were so uncomfortable but also realistic, a single episode was discussed on national news and had college students writing papers on it.

[@DNOJ]

Montgomery Brall… but not the Source Awards ?

[@geraldcooper284]

One of the greatest shows ever, period.

[@coolypatch7247]

Should definitely make more episodes

[@sincity5268]

I wondwr how we can make that happwn

[@Adboss17]

Boondocks predicted the future

[@QueensKnows]

I’m 31 years old I watched the boondocks till this day over and over again laughed like I haven’t never watched it before man that was my show “nigga you gay” 😂🤣😂💜❤️❤️💜

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I seen more as he was describing the ignorance he seen not using it to describe black people in truth I couldn't see MLK supporting the show but I think he would agree with the description of what the N word means when Gin Rummy and Ed III were talking about nigga technology you were the reason for one of my favorite Charlie Murphy characters and I will forever respect your work even if we are not on the same political ideals but we agree on freedom of speech

[@thicky]

Im wondering how this show is getting talked about today like it’s actually on again

[@kennykadafi]

classics never die

[@jarenbarbour3100]

The MLK Episode is my Favorite. Especially when he goes off on the people in the church lol

[@M4Franchise]

That Jacket is too clean

[@AyyuBX7]

Young Thug is definitely Bi

[@josephcarvalho7713]

The Xbox killer episode is my favorite from season one

[@MrTony0226]

Thugnificent!!!! 💯💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🥹

[@mattwritethelyricists4836]

Vlad mentioning the Gump incident like 50 Cent ain’t catch a chair on stage and slung that mf back 😂😂 Chairs been a secret art of niggas for a good minute. That and tables

[@lamontwilliams4253]

Tubesteak the Great!

[@snipersLock]

Bro, "Trapped in the house"!? Could this man have been anymore bait!? Serious foreshadowing 😅😅😅

[@shanenolan085]

Show is definitely LEGENDARY but weird hearing Vlad sound like a giggly kid about it 💯💯💯😂🤣

[@db.teezy.]

Real ones remember when vlad interviewed Tubesteak 😂

[@danklinufo3521]

Imagine all the rappers in boondocks today like sexy redd an sukihana 😂😂. Also put boosie and Vlad in there😂😂😂

[@loxho217]

MLK was portrayed in one episode as using the n-word but uncle ruckus character was a regular stand-in for anti-black racism

[@queenjanee6290]

It’s crazy boondocks got all of this but South Park, family guy and American guy are still going strong

[@thetinderswindlers318]

thatsss TUBESTEAK

[@Toppshotta4]

I hope Vlad asks him about the madea episode that Tyler perry didn’t like

[@xxxmetalslugga5349]

He already did the interview is broken into sections

[@chazl4968]

Does McGruder come up at all in this interview? Nigga wrote most of the show by himself, right?

[@vegasmitch1472]

The Mik Episode is 1 of the Funniest episodes! Didn't see it until like 2020 but it like Most episodes it was close to or the Truth!!

[@BryanV4]

Not gonna lie, I F'd with Trapped in the closet heavy lmao. (Rkelly Musical show)

[@ed_dahiphop_guru8774]

Boondocks up there with Dragon Ball Z

[@gw7477]

I thought the MLK Jr. episode had the strongest message of the entire series. Says a lot that it got so much backlash

[@W44F]

News flash Tyler Perry to buy BET and bring back the Boondocks

[@jayborough9185]

I’m glad boondocks was animated in 2005 and not this current overly sensitive era

[@GetEmDoTTie215]

He sounds like Michael j whites cool lil brother who smokes and draws 😂😂

[@chefbrokenwind3790]

As an observation there is audio u can look it up and do your"own research" since so many people were offended by martin "before he was shot he called jesse Jackson and said lil nword where you at".so once again vlad the impaler lash out passive aggressive grin f'n type.

[@KoolaySmoov]

Vlad i love the slow camera turn as the person is talking. Nice touch.

[@KennyBucketz]

This guy looks like Tyler Perry and sounds like Michale Jai White

[@dtbredhalf5823]

Hate to say it ...funniest ep EVER on that show...had me dying!..You Niggas make me sick!🤷🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣MLK

[@Young-bc8kv]

I literally watch boondocks at least twice a week to this day and I always think if they were still making episodes they would have unlimited amount of subjects to cover 😂😂

[@teddy2guns404]

Only thing I argree with vlad about is the boondocks