Delayed Post #1 — Harambee!

When it was announced that The Boondocks was going to be turned into a TV series, I did a silent fist pump. With all the "uh — so what" comics out there this was one that was guaranteed a laugh or at least a — well, it didn't work but at least he tried! Most impressive was Granddad's hijinks from not turning on the heat (what do you think those coats, hats, and scarves are for?!?) to his Fony Funstation antics. I can only hope to one day capture his cantankerousness.

Unfortunately, the TV series has, well, stunk out loud. The voices are too high, the anime style doesn't really work for this type of cartoon, and the stories haven't been really that funny and sometimes are just too weird. Consider, for example, the episode where Granddad naively dates a prostitute. It was so boring that I fell asleep during the first five minutes. (Hey, so did Nicole!) Then there was a somewhat promising episode about prison rape that ended in a shootout at a 7-11 type store. Weird. And, worst of all, no really laugh out hilarious moments with the brief exception of a few Uncle Ruckus moments.

Thankfully, the Christmas episode almost made up for all of that. The anime style actually was quite pretty for the snow-falling scenes and I think they've finally come to a realization that they don't have to do split "Lane" shots for every scene. The script is at least coherent and we have our first laugh out hilarious moment of the series. I leave you all this morning with The Harambee Salute!