Most embrassing people 2004

- The man who mailed himself home.

- The King of Pop (the other MJ) :D

Re: Fiddy-six
 

Oh, thanks. I see now. But what's with the number 1 by "shoes?"

Fonzworth Bentley

Thanks to the 2.20.04 edition of The Boondocks: the cast of Making the Band II

Shows you how behind I am...I didn't know the mail-sender-himself-home'er was black. I never bothered to look at a picture. LMAO

By far to me the most embarrassing has got to be:

The "Snipers" - Lee Malvo and whatever the older man's name was.

I forgot about that dude

Boobie and Whitless
Michael Jackson ( is he still considered black tho?)
R Kelly

We forgot about James "Treasure Troll" Brown*






*"Treasure Troll" comes from the 2.21.04 edition of The Boondocks. :cool:

TTT/New nomination
 

Rodney King. That man should have taken his settlement and left the country, IMO.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._rodney_king_2

He's heading to jail.

Who to choose? Who to choose?

My top vote goes to the cast of Making the Band II...

I see this year we as a community had a lot of our peeps embarass us...:o

Re: TTT/New nomination
 

co-sign:rolleyes:

I don't know if I have to wait until 2005 to nominate her but I'd like to add OMAROSSA to the list.

co-sign, i was just coming to add her sorry butt to the list!

Finally, I'm not the only one who thinks she's nuts! :rolleyes: :D

Aaron is going to get shot one day!! lol
 

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/bo/2004/bo040411.gif


I agree...Bobby's pretty embarrassing

Re: Aaron is going to get shot one day!! lol
 

I was just thinking about this the other day. Just build him a special little jail in the backyard. Let him out a few times a day for exercise and meals and to spend a little time with Whitney and Bobbi Kristina then right back in he goes.

In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

probably a hijack... sorry...
 

i just wanted to let y'all know that i read in, i think, last week's entertainment weekly that they are coming out with a series based on this comic strip.

Re: probably a hijack... sorry...
 

Thanks. :D

It has been in the works for a while and I cannot wait. A show that BET NOT NOBODY call me while it is on. :mad: :p

Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

WOW!!! I was blown away at some of this but eagerly look forward to Uncle Ruckus. I really wish he would bring back Cindy and Jasmine and Tom DuBois.

RE: Uncle Ruckus - I'm looking forward to that too. It reminds me of that bit Chris Rock does about old black men being some of the most racist people on the planet, but meanwhile they're all up in white folks' faces smiling, grinning, shucking and jiving. I wonder if that's where McGruder got the idea.

It was kind of sad to see that he's sort of "phoning in" the daily strip though, and like you, I wish he would bring Jasmine back.. but how many times can he beat the "biracial people are confused" idea into the ground before it becomes tired?

How about for the decade? That wench is TRIFLIN'! :mad:

When I read that, I felt robbed. :mad: :(

I understand what you mean about Jasmine but she and Cindy were great comedic foils to Huey's seriousness. I still LMAO @ the card that Cindy gave Huey back in 2001. Oh and when she was on her Free Puffy crusade. LMAO

These comments from the article were funny:

“At a certain point, I just got the uncomfortable feeling that this was a bunch of people who were feeling a little too good about themselves,” McGruder said afterward. “These are the big, rich white leftists who are going to carry the fight to George Bush, and the best they can do is blame Nader?”

“I don’t go to the cartoonist conventions,” McGruder said. “I went once, to the Reuben Awards”—the Oscars of cartooning—“and I didn’t feel very welcome. I felt a palpable sense of resentment. Bil Keane was the m.c., and he opened doing more than one joke that was clearly aimed at me. It was raw—just some f'd-up s#!&. O.K., and yet, if I get out of my chair right now and beat the s#%$ out of you, then I’m the bad guy? You’re sitting here, clearly dogging me—not by name, but how many black cartoonists are working? He told some joke about diversity in comics. Like ‘There’s a lot of diversity in comics these days. They don’t have to be funny, they just have to be diverse.’ There were a couple of shots at me where I was like, ‘Motherf@#%#r, you don’t know me. We’re not cool.’”

ITA, that's when the strip was at its best. But it seemed like the only thing of substance he could say about Jasmine was that she was confused. That seemed awfully...trite..for a man of McGruder's obvious talent and intellect. I know people have that opinion of biracial folks, and everyone's entitled to it, but at some point it just sounds tired.

There haven't been any strong female presences in the strip since he dropped Cindy and Jasmine to recurring status. I'm hoping that someday he'll feel inspired enough to come up with some fresh material for the both of them and bring them back.

Oh, and after reading that article, I just have one thing to say: Condoleeza Rice is a brave you-know-what to ask McGruder to work her into his strip. :D

You ain't never lied about Condi. THAT shocked me the most. I was like WOW she did. She must have been smoking that stuff, lol.

There is no female presence in the strip now that Cindy, Jasmine, and Jasmine's mom are gone.

Re: Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

Re: Re: Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

Yeah I saw this one yesterday and today's. . . they're repeats. :( But thanks for knowing me so well. :D

Re: Re: Re: Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

:) ;) :cool: :D

Re: Re: Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

I totally HOLLARED when I saw this yesterday.

But um...isn't Ceasar a girl? :confused:

Re: Re: Re: In-Depth McGruder Piece..a worthwhile read
 

Okay, why does this remind me when my boss asked me what bling bling was?

God, this is so funny.

converted....
 

I saw the second part of this strip on yahoo and nearly choked on my lunch!

I am a convert of the Boondocks....


Another addiction to add to the list... at least I can get in heaven with this one!
LOL

That was an interesting article, with some good quotes. I saved this one, because it is how I frequently felt at a previous job.

“Somebody has to sort of translate the drums for white folks, and occasionally they call me to try to do it,” McGruder explained.

CAESAR IS NOT A GIRL
 

Caesar is named Michael Caesar from BROOKLYN!!! :D So he is a BOY, lol.


Go to Amazon and get the books!!!

July 20, 2004 will be a good day
 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/14...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


Check it out on July 20, 2004:cool:

Commentary
 

For those who don't know, I am a full time writer and editor. I regularly get this e-bulletin from MediaBistro.com. I thought I would post this up. The LA times recently did a commentary on the Boondocks. Enjoy!


ANGRY YOUNG MAN
Aaron McGruder's in-your-face cartoon strip, The Boondocks, takes no prisoners, black or white. How did this nice young man from the suburbs get so mad?


LA Times

GREAT NEWS
 

Tonight I was reading the Time Warner monthly cable guide and lo and behold . . . .

October 2
Cartoon Network
11:00pm

starring John Witherspoon, Regina King and Cedric Yarbrough :D

THE BOOOOOOOOOOOONDOCKS!!!!!!


**dancing**

^^^

I have my VCR on standby. :D

Yay!!!! Something to get me watching CN again (besides Scooby)!! I miss my Powerpuff Girls and Cow and Chicken. :(

I wish we had the Boondocks here. It's not going to happen in Bush-loving SC. I think the nearest paper that has it is The Charlotte Observer. Well, at least we have Curtis and Jump Start.:)

It's not in Charlotte. I read it online courtesy of "My Yahoo" every day.

It's not?! I thought it was! Sorry!