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Topics: Film and TV
Dylan Murray
What if we told you there was a little known TV series which has one of the best casts of all time?
The question of which TV series had ‘the best ensemble cast in history’ was recently posed on X, and hundreds of people went on to name their favorites.
And while classics like Grey’s Anatomy, Euphoria and The Big Bang Theory all got namedropped, so did a lesser known animated show.
And its voice cast is absolutely stacked.
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With Regina King heading up the starry line-up playing the dual lead roles of two brothers, it also stars John Witherspoon, Gary Anthony Williams and Cedric Yarbrough in supporting parts.
But the cast list gets a lot starrier when you look at the celebs who have cameoed on the show.
Stars who’ve appeared on the show include (deep breath) Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L Jackson, Ed Asner, Terry Crews, Michael B Jordan, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Bill Maher and Busta Rhymes.
Now you have to admit, that’s a lot of star power.
The show, The Boondocks, comes from Adult Swim, the same folks who brought us Rick and Morty.
You can watch the trailer here:
It follows a Black American family, the Freemans, who move into the predominantly white neighborhood of Woodcrest.
The show touched on all sorts of real-world topics, such as the election of Barack Obama and (controversially) the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Meanwhile, the animation style was heavily influenced by Japanese anime.
It ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2014, with attempts at a reboot sadly stalling a couple of years back.
A decade after the animated show went off the air, fans are still calling the ensemble cast one of the best ever.
“The Boondocks cast was absolutely legendary,” one user wrote.
“One of the best animation casts of all time,” another said.
A third wrote: “Regina King hardly gets the recognition she deserves for voicing both Huey and Riley.”
Critical reaction to the show has been mixed, with it only boasting a 48 percent critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
But it definitely has its admirers, with IndieWire’s Liz Shannon Miller writing: “The Boondocks took a lot of big swings worth admiring, and in the realm of animation represented a very, very underheard point-of-view.”
Meanwhile, Alessandra Stanley wrote for the New York Times: “There are very few series for young adults that deal with race as brazenly and defiantly as The Boondocks.”
You can watch all four seasons on HBO Max.