The Boondocks season 3
| The Boondocks | |
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| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 15 |
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| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Original release | May 2 – August 15, 2010 |
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The third season of the animated television series, The Boondocks originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season three started on May 2, 2010, with "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" and ended with "It's Goin Down" on August 15, 2010, with a total of fifteen episodes. The season debuted at 2.55 million viewers.
All fifteen episodes from season three were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on November 9, 2010. In addition all episodes from season three are available on the iTunes Store.
Production
Sung Dae Kang and Young Chan Kim served as directors for season three, and series creator Aaron McGruder and Rodney Barnes served as writers for season three. All episodes were rated TV-MA for graphic violence, dangerous activity (mostly involving children), explicit language (mostly heavy use of racist, sexist, and homophobic slurs and bleeped-out profanity), and infrequent instances of strong sexual content. Season three was originally announced to be the show's last; it would ultimately be the last season produced with McGruder's involvement.[1]
The episode "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" was banned after their first showing on Adult Swim for excessive depictions of racism and perceived racial insensitivities over the episode's portrayal of a racist country singer named Jimmy Rebel (a parody of real-life white supremacist country singer Johnny Rebel).[2] The episodes were released as part of the complete series DVD set and Netflix has also streamed the missing episode in Canada.
Season three features guest appearances from Werner Herzog, Bill Maher, DJ Vlad, Charlie Murphy, Edward Asner, Michael Jai White, Aries Spears, John Landis, Clifton Powell, Samuel L. Jackson, Billy Dee Williams, Gina Torres, Mark Hamill, Marion Ross, Kadeem Hardison, Luenell, Don 'D.C.' Curry, Star Jones, and John C. McGinley.
Episodes
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311"It's a Black President, Huey Freeman"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderMay 2, 2010304
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|ShortSummary=When Thugnificent's new album flops, he starts a rap beef that gets him dropped from his record label, which leads to legal trouble from the IRS. So he looks for a new job.
Charlie Murphy and DJ Vlad guest star as Ed Wuncler III and himself respectively.
Notes: This is the only episode where Huey has no lines, although he appears near the episode's end. This episode is also a parody of Soulja Boy's beef with [[Ice-T] following Ice-T's critical remarks of the former during a 2008 radio interview.
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333"The Red Ball"Young Chan KimAaron McGruderMay 16, 2010306
344"The Story of Jimmy Rebel"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderMay 23, 2010303
355"Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderMay 30, 2010307
366"Smokin' with Cigarettes"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderJune 6, 2010309
377"The Fundraiser"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderJune 13, 2010310
388"Pause"[3]Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)June 20, 2010301
399"A Date with the Booty Warrior"[3]Young Chan KimAaron McGruderJune 27, 2010308
4010"The Story of Lando Freeman"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderJuly 4, 2010312
4111"Lovely Ebony Brown"Young Chan KimAaron McGurder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)July 11, 2010311
4212"Mr. Medicinal"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderJuly 18, 2010313
4313"The Fried Chicken Flu"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderAugust 1, 2010315
4414"The Color Ruckus"Young Chan KimAaron McGruderAugust 8, 2010314
4515"It's Goin' Down"[3]Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderAugust 15, 2010305
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Home release
All fifteen episodes from season three were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on November 9, 2010.
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In addition all episodes from season three are available on iTunes.
References
- ^ Peep “The Boondocks” Season 3 Trailer
- ^ "Adult Swim Pulls Problematic 'The Boondocks' And 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Episodes From Streaming". Deadline. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ a b c "The Boondocks - Official Site". Boondockstv.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ The Boondocks: The Complete Third Season (2010) Set details at Amazon.com
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