
While promoting her upcoming comedy 'Our Family Wedding,' actress Regina King couldn't contain her excitement for the return of the hit Cartoon Network series 'The Boondocks.'
She also talked about her frustration too.
After a more than two-year hiatus, post-production is underway for the third season of the beloved show, which should be airing in coming months.
Although the Cartoon Network has yet to send out an official announcement confirming a premiere date for the new season, 'Bonndocks' creator Aaron McGruder said via his social networking site that it should air March 28. The news coincides with his previous Twitter message on Christmas Day, in which he wrote, "Finally got an airdate for Season 3. Not sure if I'm allowed to put it out yet, so I'll just say you got about three months."
King, who voices two of the show's lead characters, brothers Huey and Riley Freeman, has been a little peeved about how the show's producers are handling the long-awaited return.
"I am so happy that it is coming back," King told BV Newswire, but added, "I wish there was some Web site that people could send [a message] to Sony [Television Entertainment] ... and say 'What are you doing?'" she charged.
"'Boondocks could be so bigger than what it is," the former '227' actress furthered. "If I had the money to buy 'The Boondocks' off Sony, I would because all of you would be wearing 'Boondocks' T-shirts and there would be Huey and Riley dolls. I would capitalize off of that, and I would be a very rich woman."
King cited Sony's lack of experience with animation as a reason for the show's delay and its failure to capitalize on 'Boondocks' merchandise.
The 38-year-old 'Ray' actress says her work on the show, based on McGruder's popular comic strip of the same name, is her most popular to date.
"Actually more than any other project that I have done, that's the one that I get asked about the most," King revealed. "For a show to take two and half year hiatuses and people still want it to come back, that's big," she said.
The NAACP Image Award winner, who currently appears on TNT's 'Southland,' says this season won't disappoint with talked-about topics. It will continue to follow the footsteps of previous controversial episodes such as 'The Trial of R.Kelly,' 'Let's Nab Oprah' and 'Return of the King.'
"We are coming for some people, ya know, in true 'Boondocks' fashion," King revealed.
The divorced mother of a 14-year-old son said that she is happy with how teenagers and young adults respond to the show and its satirical subject matters.
"[With[ the kids that are 16 through 25, they see the ridiculousness in things that are in videos when we make a parody out of it. ... They get it for exactly what it is, and I think it calls them on a lot of the stupid things that they embrace."
"They have never seen it in a caricature way," she added. "[When the kids] are seeing it in a video, it's cool, but when you see it silly in a cartoon, it's like, 'Yeah, Soulja Boy isn't that dope,' she laughed.
"No diss to him, but we have in the new episodes this song where they guy is [rapping] 'Crank That Artichoke' because some of the hooks are so ridiculous. Of course, Aaron is going to go in and I'm excited about it."
Before new episodes of 'The Boondocks' see the light of day, King will star in 'Our Family,' opposite Forest Whitaker, America Ferrara and Lance Gross. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, the movie hits theaters on March 12.

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By: renee on 3/02/2010 10:38PM
It's satire!! I have been a fan of Aaron McGruder before the comic strip became a TV series. He makes you think about alot of things we as black people do and the things we embrace...can't wait for the new season!
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By: Lacey on 3/04/2010 7:06AM
Finally!! Aaron McGrudger much success to you. Yay! :)
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By: PrayerWarrior on 3/06/2010 5:42PM
Dear Lord,
I come to you now with a problem that is making my heart heavy. Instead of having a warm, loving atmosphere our nation has become an unhappy place where people snap at each other and don't even try to get along. I pray that You will bless our nation with Your presence and let Your loving spirit cleanse it of anger and discontentment. Lord, heal our nation.
May harmony and peace return to us, Lord, so we will be like a family again. Renew our faith in Your teachings and grant all of us deeper understanding and compassion. Guide us to be kinder and more thoughtful, more caring with each other. And please let us learn to bring our troubles to You in prayer, instead of getting upset with one another.
When people share a nation the little everyday courtesies can mean a lot. They are like oil on troubled waters and can help keep things calm. So, help us smooth life's path with good manners, and act more considerate of each other. Guide me, especially, Lord, as I try to lead the way to
greater peace and harmony. Grant me patience and good humor. Above all, dear Lord, let Your love light every corner of our nation, for You are
the example we need to follow if we are ever to have a happy life together.
Amen
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By: Craig E. Baylis on 3/03/2010 5:51PM
Aaron McGruder is an American Hero of sorts. This show is brilliant. His ability to harness urban mainstream culture (music, TV, film, politics, etc.) with satire and present it as effectively as he has through animated entertainment thoroughly pleases me and I'm not alone clearly. While we're viewing and laughing a message is getting through. I can't wait to see 'Crank That Artichoke'...I'm sure I'll be cackling in pain...though, I like the kid, Soulja Boy.
Further, Regina is spot on and she should invoice Sony if they follow her ambitious merchandising ideas.
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By: lexi12 on 7/12/2010 9:50PM
I love the boondocks!!! I think Regina King does a wonderful job with this show...as well as the other regular celebrities that do voices on the show. I really hate the negative reviews that this show is receiving from the media on other viewers. I feel like this show is a creative vision of a human being that is guaranteed his freedom of speech. Viewers of this show are be overly critical. When in reality the episodes that are being potrayed are actual thoughts of black people against other blacks, whites, and vice versa. These are everyday situations that happened in america whether we want to agree or not. There are other shows that have been on air longer, and receive little controversy and have been on the air for years. i.e. Family Guy and The Simpsons. The Boondocks carters to a younger audience that finds these parodies funny. I mean what is the difference in someone standing on stage and giving a full comedy show where he/she "disses" another race or person (celebrity or non celebrity)...so why can't a cartoon potray reality?
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