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The Boondocks Takes a Break

Aaron McGruder, creator of the beloved Boondocks comic is taking a six month break from the highly syndicated strip, starting in March.

“Every well needs occasional refreshing,” he wrote in a letter to be sent to editors of newspapers carrying the strip. “I hope that this fall you will agree that the time away from the demands of deadlines has served the strip, your readers and me.”

McGruder offered no further explanation and declined interviews. His editor at Universal Press Syndicate, Greg Melvin, said McGruder simply needed a break.

The last comic before the hiatus will be printed on March 26th and after that, newspapers will either print older Boondocks comments or a replacement comic.

(I actually got word of this late last night, cause I wasn’tpaying attention during the day. Actually, the exact words from my source were “McGruder is pulling a Chappelle.”)

Feb

Dave Chappelle on Oprah

Written By : Rome // Comments (1)

Like a lot of other people, I missed seeing Dave Chappelle on Oprah today. But I heard it was a really really good interview. Best Week Ever posted some clips on YouTube.com. Here they are:

Clip 1
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Clip 3

Thanks to ConcreteLoop for the heads up.

Jun

Seriously, What Do I Have to Do…..

Written By : Stone // Comments (0)

….to get a reality show?

The Rev. Run is in the house. Run’s House, a reality show featuring the Rev. Run of Run DMC, his wife, Justine, and their five children, will premiere later this year on MTV, the network announced Monday.

At least its not an audition to fill the slot for the departed Jam Master Jay (like one reality show is doing), but do we really need to see what goes in in the life of Reverend Run? Unless he’s pullin’ a Dave Chappelle, I can’t see people caring about Run making an album or playing with his kids. Run will join other “day in the life” reality shows such as Meet the Barkers, Being Bobby Brown, and Chasing Farah. Wow.

And it’s going to be on MTV too. So now, 15 year old girls in Iowa will ask the question, “who in the hell is Run DMC?”

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