Second season of "The Boondocks" will premiere on Adult Swim in October

By Tanya Kersey
BlackTalentNews.com
(August 14, 2007) The long-awaited, 20-episode second season of "The Boondocks" will premiere in October as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. The series is from creator Aaron McGruder and is based on his award-winning comic strip of the same name.  It is produced by McGruder's production company, Rebel Base, in association with Sony Pictures Television.

During the recent San Diego Comic-Con, creator and executive producer Aaron McGruder, along with voice talent Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams, and producer Carl Jones talked about what's in store for viewers this fall.  Uncle Ruckus (Gary Anthony Williams), a homely and overweight man who enjoys disassociating himself from anything African-American, will star in his own reality show next season.

Gangstalicious (Mos Def), whose real name is Frederick, will be returning to the series.  Also making a comeback next season are best friends Gin Rummy (Samuel L. Jackson) and Ed Wuncler III (Charlie Murphy). Ghostface Killah and Snoop Dogg will voice yet unnamed characters as well.

In "The Boondocks," when Robert “Granddad” Freeman (John Witherspoon) becomes legal guardian of his rambunctious grandkids, he moves from the south side of Chicago to the quiet and safety of “The Boondocks” (in this case, suburban Woodcrest), hoping that he can ignore them altogether and enjoy the fourth quarter of his life in peace.  But Huey (Regina King), a 10-year-old left wing revolutionary, is determined not to enjoy the affluence of suburbia.  This attitude is seconded by his 8-year-old brother, Riley, a proud product of contemporary rap culture.  Although they torture each other and provoke the neighborhood, they are no match for Granddad, who is eccentric even by “crazy-ass-old-black-man” standards.


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