The Boondocks gets its swim on...

Wassup, Y'all!

Finally! Man, I've been waiting a loooong time for my boy Aaron McGruder to finally get a network deal so he could bring my favorite comic strip - The Boondocks - to TV to compete with the likes of The Simpsons, South Park and King of the Hill. I've had the strip locked into my sidebar links from jump because I like A. Mac's sense of humor and the urban vibe he lays down with his little troopers Huey and Riley. But wait - there's more y'all. The really good news is that since the joint will be on cable and on late night, the Cartoon Network (actually their Adult Swim, grown folks outlet) has given A. Mac the green light to keep it real so the kids can continue to spit that same buck wild jibber-jabber that they've been spouting for years on the strip straight into your living room in Dolby surround sound...

For those new to The Boondocks, it's a fish out of water deal where two south side youngsters from inner city Chicago - Huey and Riley - move with their grandfather out to the suburbs (which they call 'The Boondocks' or The Boonies for you north siders...). A. Mac (on the right, y'all) keeps it fresh all the time and if you've ever had to make a similar transition - his insights on the pruned, manicured, straigtlaced suburbs is always on point. Think moving a couple street smart, city kids onto Wisteria Lane with those desperate housewives - shake well and enjoy...

I've been wondering for the longest how it was that South Park could kick it so long with their crew of little foul mouthed kids but there wasn't any room for 'docks to share the stage? If you're a regular reader of the strip, you'll know the Boondocks kids are rarely foul mouthed but drop some seriously real world sarcasm on up-to-the-minute events going on in the news. For instance they just finished cracking on McDonald's 'makeover' move to become more hip and fresh. McGruder actually took it a step further and has McDonalds going gangsta. Check out last week's strips and check out the new pimped out McDonalds characters (Ronald, Grimace and the Hamburgler) or McDonalds' new billboard advertising featuring Lil Jon-type models or the coining of two new terms bound to get picked up on the hip hop radar - McCrack and McHoochies. Those joints are too funny - check 'em out, y'all and get your laugh on. I'm already cuing up Tivo for the October Cartoon Network debut...

Peace@Least,

Tyrone