The third season of the animated television series, ''
The Boondocks
Boondocks are remote, usually brushy areas.
Boondocks may also refer to:
* The Boondocks (band), an Estonian rock band
* ''The Boondocks'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Aaron McGruder
** ''The Boondocks'' (2005 TV series), the television ser ...
'' originally aired in the United States on
Cartoon Network's late night programming block,
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
. 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
Aaron Vincent McGruder (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer, cartoonist, and producer best known for creating ''The Boondocks'', a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip and its animated TV series adaptation.
Early life and education
Aaron ...
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.
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).
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
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,
DJ Vlad,
Charlie Murphy,
Edward Asner,
Michael Jai White,
Aries Spears
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,
John Landis,
Clifton Powell,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Billy Dee Williams,
Gina Torres,
Mark Hamill
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,
Marion Ross,
Kadeem Hardison,
Luenell,
Don 'D.C.' Curry,
Star Jones
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, and
John C. McGinley
John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in '' Scrubs'', Bob Slydell in ''Office Space'', Captain Hendrix in '' The Rock'', Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's ''Platoon,'' ...
.
Episodes
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.
In addition all episodes from season three are available on
iTunes
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.
References
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The Boondocks (TV series) seasons
2010 American television seasons