C&C - The Boondocks - "The Story of Gangstalicious" [12/9]

[Tienshin]

I bet “Fiddy Cent” is watching with a scornful eye. Not that it matters, he sucks.

[Youko Recca]

I bet “Fiddy Cent” is watching with a scornful eye. Not that it matters, he sucks.
C/S.

Let's hope this doesn't stray on being what we all fear it'll be.

[Inner City Blue]

Haha, loved it when Riley was falling down the stairs, that was an Eddie Murphy reference. Aunt Bunny!

Aunt Bunny
Oh no I'm falling down the stairs. *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh please help me Lord! *dup-dup-dup-dup*
My shoe! *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh Lord, I'm still falling down the stairs *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh Jesus!

Mother
Oh no, quick Eddie, Aunt Bunny fell down the steps!

Eddie
Hey, Charlie, Aunt Bunny falling down the steps. Hahahaha!
woop-woop-woop-woop [sound of a flying shoe]
Ahh!

[Djm912]

Aaron better get himself some extra security guards.

[Tienshin]

The ending caught me off guard. Who knew? Scorned lovers are a handful!

Haha, loved it when Riley was falling down the stairs, that was an Eddie Murphy reference. Aunt Bunny!

Aunt Bunny
Oh no I'm falling down the stairs. *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh please help me Lord! *dup-dup-dup-dup*
My shoe! *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh Lord, I'm still falling down the stairs *dup-dup-dup-dup*
Oh Jesus!

Mother
Oh no, quick Eddie, Aunt Bunny fell down the steps!

Eddie
Hey, Charlie, Aunt Bunny falling down the steps. Hahahaha!
woop-woop-woop-woop [sound of a flying shoe]
Ahh!

Good call, that was from Raw. Christ, that didn't even occur to me.

[Juu-kuchi]

Heh, nice twist ending, but the episode was a bit too slow for my taste. Interesting though that Riley didn't learn anything from the end of the episode except his idol isn't what he seems and that he still pretty much is the same.

Nice references to past episodes though.

[Ultra Mike]

I thought this was a pretty good ep. Like how the focus was more on Riley this time around. This may not play with some people but I think it was pretty funny, espically him trying to injure himself and then acting tough in front of Huey at the end.

[Daffy Dork]

The opening scene with the card warnings was funny and reminded me of the comics when they have all those "editors' notes".

However, the opening minutes with them just watching TV is one of the very bad aspects of the comic, and I didn't think it was funny here either.

The actual story with Riley and Gangstalicious was dull. You could tell from scene one he was soft, and the twists weren't funny either.

However, Granddad's interaction with Huey and Riley is excellent and superbly funny, and I finally figured out something this show needs:

A story about just Huey, Riley and Granddad. No one shot characters or annoying recurring ones like Ruckus. In all the episodes I've seen, those are always the parts I laugh at and McGruder should focus more on these than the social commentary.

All that aside, 2/5

[Inner City Blue]

Haha, 50 is gay. :D Can't stand the crap hip-hop and R&B released today.

I understand Daffy Dork is looking for more character stories, but I'm actually happier with the social commentary.

[Mr. Manager]

Yes, CN people do indeed lurk here. Some of them even have accounts.Is that why The Batman Versus Dracula went from TV-Y7 FV to TV-PG?

[livingfruitvirus]

Is that why The Batman Versus Dracula went from TV-Y7 FV to TV-PG?
Did it? Because that's news to me.

[Mr. Manager]

Did it? Because that's news to me.Yeah. On Toonami, it was TV-Y7 FV but on the weekday repeat, it was TV-PG. Several people(including me) mentioned the Y7 rating in our posts.

[Draven]

Haha, 50 is gay. :D Can't stand the crap hip-hop and R&B released today. Holy crap, THANK you. I'm in TOTAL agreement. At work, the ONLY thing they play is the rap station. And nobody seems to notice it's the same 10 songs put on random, and the DJ occasionally screaming about some concert, or local event happening. They also don't notice every single song, is complete bullcrap. Why the hell can't there be any decent rap now? And why can't a new beat be longer than a 2 second loop?

[Inner City Blue]

Holy crap, THANK you. I'm in TOTAL agreement. At work, the ONLY thing they play is the rap station. And nobody seems to notice it's the same 10 songs put on random, and the DJ occasionally screaming about some concert, or local event happening. They also don't notice every single song, is complete bullcrap. Why the hell can't there be any decent rap now? And why can't a new beat be longer than a 2 second loop?What's funnier is the fact that I was driving home tonight and I put on Pacifica Radio's WBAI and they were talking about Stanley Tookie Williams. And some artists came together and made a song in support of him. And you're listening to the lyrics, and just, "Wow!" If they were playing this kind of rap on the rap stations in the NY area, I'd actually listen to them. Nope, we get idiots whistling and whispering while someno talent R&B artist makes crap albums like Goodies.

[G1Ravage]

I did notice that at long last, this whole "holy names in vain" crap is over with. Thank god.

Another fine episode. Although they screwed up that news broadcast Riley was watching. What newscast is going to let the word 'nigga' get on the air?

[JeffTMBG]

So I haven't been too into The Boondocks since the pilot, which showed potential. This one finally made me laugh, though, and quite a few times. Loved Gangstalicious' "Play it for the Jury," Riley's announcement that he's falling down the stairs, and the twist ending. A nice skewering of gangsta rap.

[Youko Recca]

Can't stand the crap hip-hop
Ugh, no. You can't stand Rap. Don't bring me into this.

[Inner City Blue]

Ugh, no. You can't stand Rap. Don't bring me into this.You want to start arguing definitions, I know. Yeah, I also have a problem with the culture surrounding rap and what's being promoted as hip-hop.

[Funkatron]

What the heck is the difference?

[Artimus Gigan]

What the heck is the difference?The same difference like there is between Country music and Western music.

[Inner City Blue]

What the heck is the difference?Hip-hop is the whole culture, rap is part of that. Breakdancers would be another part, DJ's would be another part. As I said, I don't like the crap hip-hop and rap being released because hip-hop, whether people believe it or not, is also a product that is wrapped, packaged, and promoted to communities across the country.

Rims, Escalades, crunk, and all that other trash is part of the culture that I despise. Package that with some no talent rappers whistling and whispering, and you have what you see today. I'm sorry, I'm a progressive at heart, so I'd like hip-hop to move in that direction instead of this corporate direction where lyrics are meaningless and rap is crap.

[Youko Recca]

You're like...half right. You're named after a Marvin Gaye song, so know I'm not bringing you personally into question. None of what you claim to dislike about Hip Hop is even Hip Hop. That crap was manifested when "rappers" went mainstream and began whoring themselves out. (Breakdancing and disk jockies existed way before that time, but they aren't what you dislike.) Right there created a new entity that seperated Hip Hop and Rap. Hip Hop is a culture, Rap is all the ******** music you'll hear from someone like Lil' Jon. Rap is like a black sheep.

Not trying to futher derail the thread, but everytime Rap and Hip Hop are confused, it's like a spit in my face.

[TRobot]

my least favorite episode of the 3 iv seen but it was still pretty good.I usually hate adult swim shows but they finally have a good one!:D

[cadence]

+ to the hip-hop vs. rap discussion

- to the episode :yawn:

[Artimus Gigan]

Hip-hop is the whole culture, rap is part of that. Breakdancers would be another part, DJ's would be another part. As I said, I don't like the crap hip-hop and rap being released because hip-hop, whether people believe it or not, is also a product that is wrapped, packaged, and promoted to communities across the country.

Rims, Escalades, crunk, and all that other trash is part of the culture that I despise. Package that with some no talent rappers whistling and whispering, and you have what you see today. I'm sorry, I'm a progressive at heart, so I'd like hip-hop to move in that direction instead of this corporate direction where lyrics are meaningless and rap is crap.I'vbe always wondered this

What the hell is "crunk", I heard that Conan O'Brian coined the word and it ment Crazy Drunk, then I hear it's got something to do with weed and beer and/or mixing the two together..

[Strider-Man]

I respect all of your opinions on Rap and Hip-Hop culture.And I agree,50 cent isnt a good rapper.Most rap artists in the west are mainstream.While others like The Game are underground.Its not G-unit its G-unot where I live.But I thought this was on The Boondocks episode??Oh I think crunk means crazy or something like that.

[Inner City Blue]

You're like...half right. You're named after a Marvin Gaye song, so know I'm not bringing you personally into question. None of what you claim to dislike about Hip Hop is even Hip Hop. That crap was manifested when "rappers" went mainstream and began whoring themselves out. (Breakdancing and disk jockies existed way before that time, but they aren't what you dislike.) Right there created a new entity that seperated Hip Hop and Rap. Hip Hop is a culture, Rap is all the ******** music you'll hear from someone like Lil' Jon. Rap is like a black sheep.

Not trying to futher derail the thread, but everytime Rap and Hip Hop are confused, it's like a spit in my face.Like I said, it's a matter of definitions and how you see it. I'm not going based rap being mainstreamed, I still consider it to fall under the umbrella of hip-hop. And it really is extremely influential on culture. I don't think you're derailing the thread (I welcome it actually) because I say let's talk about this, isn't that the point of this episode?

When I initially wrote the post, I wrote rap but changed it to hip-hop because I was thinking, "Is it really just the music, or is it much more?" Even if it is just one aspect, if that aspect is an extremely large driving force, should I separate or include it. Reading what you've written, maybe I should separate it because you do have a very valid point. But then I'll go with another question, has rap redefined hip-hop?

But that's what this episode is about really, so I say let this thread go where it may because talking about rappers and their influence on culture is important.

[Dark Soul]

Holy crap, THANK you. I'm in TOTAL agreement. At work, the ONLY thing they play is the rap station. And nobody seems to notice it's the same 10 songs put on random, and the DJ occasionally screaming about some concert, or local event happening. They also don't notice every single song, is complete bullcrap. Why the hell can't there be any decent rap now? And why can't a new beat be longer than a 2 second loop?
Yeah definately agree everything you said is put in a nutshell. I hate rap but hip hop its ok and its different from rap. In todays Rap all I hear is cursing how I'm going to kill someone etc. At least in hip hop I don't hear cursing and its something I can enjoy listening to. Hip hop and rap are two different genres of music

[Delthayre]

I enjoy neither rap, nor hip hop, of course I'm hard pressed to enjoy most things made in the last twenty-five years or so. I can't help it, I'm a hopeless regressive.

I found this episode hard to even become engaged with. Gangstalicious had the diction of a delinquent bowl of pudding (probably vanilla pudding), which may have been part of the joke, but I couldn't understand if most of the time. What I suppose was really lacking was a sense of relevance to me, I'm pretty sure that this episode would've had more bite if I kept up with the culture of nonsense that has apparently built up around artists of the variety that was mocked. Now if this had been about Yardbird and cocaine, then I'd've had something.

There was an abundance of the strange and outrageous, but I never found myself with enough interest or engagement to figure it out.

** out of ****

[Humble]

This show really fails to hold my interest. It just feels like bleh. :shrug:

-Humble

[MJC]

I thought it was another good episode. Although I'm still waiting for a Huey episode, hopefully we'll get one next week.

[Youko Recca]

Uh, kind of a more....subpar episode. I laughed more at Tom's nightmare last week than anything here. The only bright side was, from what I hear, Mos Def played a voice in the episode.

[David Lucas]

You know what my favorite part of the entire episode was?

When Gangsta was talking about Ice Cube in the trunk and told Riley how that wasn't really him, and how after he started doin that girls started liking him and he had friends, etc etc.

Not a fantastic episode, but it had Riley and some real nice animation.

Still waiting for Ceasar.

[MegaJ]

I'm no animation expert, but the thing the bugs me about the show is that the characters move so stiffly. Sad, since the character designs are good.

Oh well, I liked this episode.

[shoujoaifan]

Strange, but I think it managed to do a better job of making fun of the thing it set out to make fun of, compared to less week's (which was pretty good). I thought it was good, had funny moments and some some sincere moments where Rily came face to face with the truth of Gansterlicious.....and then pretended to be ganster to Huey anyway, and starting to become like Gansterlicious. Great job of showing the the shallowness of the superficial gansta look.

[MGFanJay]

That was hilarious. The ending shootout was a bit disturbing, but funny. I loved the twist of them missing every single shot. That was a nice way of acknowledging just how horrible gunment most shooters on TV are. Riley B.S.ing at the end was hilarious as well. The brick-sized cell phone had me rolling, mainly since I still have one of those somewhere.

[Inner City Blue]

Mos Def was most likely Gangstalicious, sounds like him.

[spidl]

This episode had a few laughs, but wasn't as good as last week's episode. The ending was funny as well as the falling down the steps. The thing many people may have missed was the Ice Cube comment. Ice Cube rose to promience as an ultra gangsta type rapper. In reality he wasn't as hardcore as he protrayed in his lyrics. His Fridays franchise is more like he himself came up. So Gantalicious admiring a studio gangster goes on to be another studio gangster.

PS.
If people do not like or understand Hip Hop why watch this show at all? If you don't have an appreciation of the genre this show parodies then why subject yourself to watching the show? I hate modern country music thus I don't watch Reba.

[Duke]

I think I'm in the minority here, as I thought the episode was pretty funny. (Hell, I've enjoyed most of the episodes so far) Anytime Riley, Huey, and Granddad interacted with someone it got a laugh out of me, which is pretty much the same for most of the episodes aired so far.

[tb4000]

PS.
If people do not like or understand Hip Hop why watch this show at all? If you don't have an appreciation of the genre this show parodies then why subject yourself to watching the show? I hate modern country music thus I don't watch Reba. LOL, exactly. But some people hate that rap has become such a staple of pop culture in general, which is why some of them don't like anything having to do with it. Seeing as how both ATHF and Stroker and Hoop, and most of the AS bumps have both touched on it, it's pretty much a definite staple

[Matt Hazuda]

At least we finally got confirmation that 50 Cent and gangsta rap are both gay. That was the only half-good thing to come out of this ep.

At least some gangsta rappers embrace (http://www.joerogan.net/albums/roganaudio/01_He_wantz_it.mp3) their (http://www.joerogan.net/albums/roganaudio/02_Closet.mp3) gay (http://www.joerogan.net/albums/roganaudio/03_Eminem.mp3) lifestyle (http://www.joerogan.net/albums/roganaudio/01_Twisted_Life.mp3)

All audio is NSFW, so listen at your own risk.

[Tienshin]

Though it is probably too late now...

By now (because I totally missed it, until pointed out today, gah) several people noticed some language come through on this episode and pointed it out in thread. Well, we have this little rule where we don't want people calling that sort of thing out. It's CN's job to edit, and we don't necessarily want to provoke them into making edits or going back and toning down material. What's done is done now, but for future reference lets keep that talk off the forums.

Oh, and if you lost a post or had one editted it's because I went back and cleaned it up.

[alansmithee]

I respect all of your opinions on Rap and Hip-Hop culture.And I agree,50 cent isnt a good rapper.Most rap artists in the west are mainstream.While others like The Game are underground.Its not G-unit its G-unot where I live.But I thought this was on The Boondocks episode??Oh I think crunk means crazy or something like that.
Umm. The Game is about as underground as the Sun. Dude is probably what this episode was based on.

[David Lucas]

For real. It's difficult to decipher whether this was a jab at 50 or Game. Hell, it works for both though.

I hate 50 Cent. Back when he first came out with "How To Rob.." I thought it was one of the funniest things I ever heard, but never really got too into his music. Then all of a sudden he gets shot and he's a quasi gillionare. I saw a 50 year old lady in her car the other day bumpin her head to it.

I just don't get it. What's the appeal?

Now, on the flip side. Where the hell is Busta Rhymes new CD? Didn't he join Aftermath like 400 years ago to make a Dre produced album?

[Golgo13]

This one could've been A LOT better. They could have gone somewhere with the orange juice subplot. Also, my hopes were dashed when Grandad didn't beat Riley for drinking his orange juice.

I will say this episode was worth it for one line from Huey:
"Why don't we all go to college so we don't end up like Gangstalicious?"

[delariean]

Now, on the flip side. Where the hell is Busta Rhymes new CD? Didn't he join Aftermath like 400 years ago to make a Dre produced album?
Dont know about the album, but the single Touch it is out now. Video is up at mtv2.com

[RskimB]

For real. It's difficult to decipher whether this was a jab at 50 or Game. Hell, it works for both though.

I hate 50 Cent. Back when he first came out with "How To Rob.." I thought it was one of the funniest things I ever heard, but never really got too into his music. Then all of a sudden he gets shot and he's a quasi gillionare. I saw a 50 year old lady in her car the other day bumpin her head to it.

I just don't get it. What's the appeal?

Now, on the flip side. Where the hell is Busta Rhymes new CD? Didn't he join Aftermath like 400 years ago to make a Dre produced album?
Its dropping March/April, he said something about spring when he was on 106 & Park

[Zero Kagayaki]

I like this episode i like Huey falling down the stair

[tb4000]

I like this episode i like Huey falling down the stair Huey?:confused:

[livingfruitvirus]

How come this show isn't aired in widescreen? AS has both copies. They use the HDTV/wide version in their promos and stretch them out.

TV version -

http://www.101megahertz.com/images/BoondocksPan.jpg

HDTV version (unstretched) -

http://www.101megahertz.com/images/BoondocksWide.jpg

[Bunai]

:crying: i didn't get to see this ep...and this was a Riley ep?! *bawls*

[v1cious]

they finally fixed it. took them long enough.

[delariean]

:crying: i didn't get to see this ep...and this was a Riley ep?! *bawls*
You know it on now right?

In case ppls wonderin...the word that was supposed to be bleeped out but not....well its now bleeped out....

[cadence]

I wish this show was bleeped out on saturday, cause I'd rather watch anything else.

Oh wait I DID watch anything but this.

...

......

Ok I watched it. And I felt dirty afterwards.

[G1Ravage]

they finally fixed it. took them long enough.
No doubt thanks to our efforts here at Toon Zone to keep the airwaves clean and language-free. :yawn:

[G1Ravage]

How come this show isn't aired in widescreen? AS has both copies. They use the HDTV/wide version in their promos and stretch them out.
Nice find.

[Bunai]

XD i think this episode was solid!
loved the warning at the beginning, and i just love it for the fact it had full Riley time! "you're scared too!" "nigga i'm 8!"
i really liked the story...theres a moral to this right? beware worship of false idols...or something something.

ANYWAY! Riley clearly learned nothing! and seemed to just want to blank everything out by twisting what happened. "eww they bustin slob!" XD
i like Riley's personality...cause well, its very much like an 8 year old would act, especially trying to convince Grandpa to take him to the hospital. "i'm fallin down the stairs! oh my shoe!"

and the eye witness...oh geez...i know how Huey feels, i've seen it from all races. "wha' ha' hapin was' days was fightin" :shrug: gag. you'd figure Grandpa would have sent Huey to look for Ri...or have Huey just go himself...he should know his brother enough to figure out that he would go to the hospital.

what i like about this ep, is it basically did what a lot of people roll their eyes at about this new Gangsta Rap scene...that pretty much has soild HipHop. various rappers look like they are just playing a role and believing it. or they realize they are and everyone who admires them are just ignorant.

hmmm
two male kisses in one day XD at least Naruto and Sasuke didn't..."bust slob"
leave that up to fanfictiongirls and doujinshi.

still can't figure out why people who hate this show so much watch it.
anyway, i think this whole episode was quotable and full of laughs...for me anyway :p

[Freedom Fighter]

Riley continues to be the one I dislike the most out of the lead trio, if only because he always wants to start trouble or be doing things he shouldn't be doing. Like in this episode, buying into all the hype behind Gangstalicious. Now I don't blame him... I'm sure many people would do the same and be shocked when the truth came out.

This was a so-so episode until the very end. That ending was just unreal, with the whole gay lovers' kiss (definitely didn't see that coming), and then the kidnappers trying to shoot to kill and actually missing! Like, someone mentioned, it's nice to recognize that gunmen aren't 100% accurate. Regardless, I'll fall back to the 'Riley' metaphor... that doesn't mean I will be any less scared if I somehow find myself on the wrong end of a 'blindman's bluff' execution.

7.5 out of 10 for "The Story of Gangstalicious."

[Vagrant]

I hate 50 Cent. Back when he first came out with "How To Rob.." I thought it was one of the funniest things I ever heard, but never really got too into his music. Then all of a sudden he gets shot and he's a quasi gillionare. I saw a 50 year old lady in her car the other day bumpin her head to it.

I just don't get it. What's the appeal? <self mocking> Wordsworth ain't gonna cut it when I'm feelin' ig'nant. When I'm feelin' ig'nant I bump that Three-Six n****. :)</self mocking>

The episode was good when it focused on what Reily was doing, but everything else just fell off. I'm still trying to decide if the kiss was over the top or not. After I figure it out, I'm reaching for the mental bleach. :p

[The Dork Knight]

Excellent episode. The highlight for me was when the audience repeated what Gangstalicious had said after he was shot.

"I've got an idea.. Let's go to college and not end up like Gangstalicious."

***1/2 out of *****

[DAISHI]

The Game WAS underground, for a while. You'd hear people talking about how he was on the rise a long while back. I still remember the first time I saw him on the cover of a mag over a year and a half ago, but he's been out in the mainstream for a while.

Anyway, this show's the best thing on Adult Swim right now. It's hillarious; I know so many people like this, hell I have a lot of them stuck in the culture.