A new episode of
The Boondocks which puts BET and its top executives, specifically Reginald Hudlin and Debra Lee on full blast, has some folks speculating that its been banned for that very reason.
The Boondocks creator, Aaron McGruder and the higher-ups at BET have never seen eye to eye; and that's partly due to McGruder's pint-size comic-strip characters ridicule of BET for its programming content, most notably for its penchant for profit-pushing thuggish rap videos. In the past, McGruder has stated in interviews that BET ''does not serve the interests of black people.' This must've pissed Robert Johnson, founder and C.E.O. of Black Entertainment Television, off. Johnson responded by calling McGruder ''irresponsible'' and ''simpleminded'' and by saying that ''the 500 dedicated employees of BET do more in one day to serve the interests of African-Americans than this young man has done in his entire life.''
Damn, Mr. Johnson, really, is it
that serious?
Aptly titled,
The Hunger Strike, the episode was scheduled to air last Monday (January 7) in its regular Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network, but for some reason did not. In the episode, previews of which are posted on YouTube, Huey's hunger strike against BET is supported by Reverend Rollo Goodlove, voiced by guest star Cee-Lo.
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The Gnarls Barkley crooner also narrates the episode, in which BET head Deborah Leevil, a Dr. Evil type ruler, runs the network with nothing but ill will in mind. "Weggie Rudlin, my Harvard-educated President of Entertainment, tell me about the eeevil shows you have in development," the woman barks to her executive as she pets a hairless animal and places her pinky finger at the corner of her mouth. Weggie Rudlin, a man who strongly resembles BET's President of Entertainment, Reginald Hudlin, stands before her meekly and says: "My Harvard education tells us that our goal is to take all the sh!tty reality shows that MTV did five years ago and make them black… Next month we're going to have our first award show honoring video hoes, or as I like to call it, a hoe-wards show."
LMAO! Hey, don't hoe-fessionals deserve hoe-wards too?! I'm just playing! Anywhoo, peep the preview from the episode below.
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Two episodes of Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks that took aim at African-American cable network BET were yanked last season by Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Networks after BET threatened legal action, the Los Angeles Times reported today on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the newspaper said, the two censored episodes are scheduled to be included in a DVD compilation of the series being released on Tuesday.
