The Garden Party

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The Boondocks episode
“The Garden Party”

Ed Wuncler, Sr. and his grandson, Ed Wuncler III
Original airdate November 6, 2005
Season no. 1
Episode no. 1
Production no. 103
Director Anthony Bell
Writer(s) Rodney Barnes
Aaron McGruder
Guest star(s) Ed Asner
Charles Q. Murphy
The Boondocks - Season 1
November 5, 2005 – March 19, 2006
  1. The Garden Party
  2. The Trial of R. Kelly
  3. Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner
  4. Granddad's Fight
  5. A Date With The Health Inspector
  6. The Story of Gangstalicious
  7. A Huey Freeman Christmas
  8. The Real
  9. Return of the King
  10. The Itis
  11. Let's Nab Oprah
  12. Riley Wuz Here
  13. Wingmen
  14. The Block Is Hot
  15. The Passion of Reverend Ruckus
Season 2 →
For other uses, see Garden party (disambiguation).

"The Garden Party" is the first aired episode of the Adult Swim animated series The Boondocks, although the production number, 103, suggests it was the third episode produced. It premiered on November 6, 2005.[1]

Contents

[edit] Plot

The main characters, Huey and Riley Freeman, are adjusting to life in the predominately white suburb of Woodcrest. While scoping out their new neighbors from the rooftop, Huey spots a dark vehicle approaching their house. The driver, millionaire Ed Wuncler, drops by to meet the family. Wuncler, whose bank owns all the houses in Woodcrest, has a friendly interview with the boys' granddad, Robert, asking him questions regarding his sexuality and political views. Ed eventually invites Robert and his family to a garden party to celebrate his grandson, Ed Wuncler III's return from the Iraq War.

The boys, upon hearing this, are at once reluctant to attend the party, especially Huey who doesn't want to "sip tea with the enemy." Stymied by their grandfather's wishes, however, they begrudgingly accompany him.

After a brief setback at the front gate of the Wuncler estate, during which they meet Uncle Ruckus, the Freemans arrive at the party. They meet Ed Wuncler III, an ex-soldier who talks about his life in Iraq and delivers his trademark line, "What the fuck y'all looking at?"

Huey tries to educate the other party goers about the truth regarding Jesus, 9/11, and Ronald Reagan, though his attempts, much to his dismay, are met with little more than applause and jovial disinterest. His claims are that Jesus is black, the government lied about 9/11 and that Ronald Wilson Reagan was the devil. Huey comes to the conclusion that the people don't care about much anything due to the fact that they are rich.

Meanwhile, Riley and Ed III go to Ed's room and begin to mess with Ed's large collection of guns. Ed III, while wearing a bulletproof vest, dares Riley to shoot him with a loaded SPAS-12. Back at the party, Uncle Ruckus, a self-hating black man and white supremacist, starts singing a song he wrote called "Don't Trust Them New Niggas Over There" to the Freeman family. Since the Freeman's arrival to the party, Ruckus repeatably drank from a flask and is holding it while singing and possibly being intoxicated. Back upstairs, Riley fires the gun whose force sends him flying backwards and Ed out of his second-story window. Ed, apparently unhurt, again delivers his catchphrase — "What the fuck y'all lookin at?" — upon recovering.

A somewhat nervous Robert Freeman goes to apologize to Ed Wuncler Sr. for the incident. Much to his surprise, Ed is understanding, saying. "In thirty years, that boy [his grandson] will be president of the United States... and he'll still be a fucking idiot." He and Robert then have a drink, toasting to the old school.

[edit] Cultural references

  • When Huey looks out the window with the airsoft gun, it bears resemblance to the famous picture of Malcolm X peering out of his window with an M1 carbine.
Huey peering out of his bedroom window with an airsoft MP5-K.
Huey peering out of his bedroom window with an airsoft MP5-K.
  • Ed Wuncler III may be a parody of George W. Bush.[2]
  • Riley wears a suit similar to the suits worn by Tony Montana in Scarface in one part of the intro. He also makes an allusion to the film when he says "You wanna play rough? OK!" and "Say hello to my little friend!" before shooting Ed in the chest with a shotgun. [3]
  • Uncle Ruckus says to Robert, "They must think the sun shines out your ass." This could be a reference to the movie Monty Python's The Life of Brian, in which the same line is spoken by a prisoner.[4]
  • Ed III's quote "I'm rich bitch!" is a reference to the famous line from Chappelle's Show, a show on which Ed III's voice actor, Charlie Murphy, appeared frequently.[5]

[edit] Notes

  • Any time a character drinks orange juice in the series, they will mention how it has "a full day's supply of vitamin C". This episode contains the first instance of this running gag. At the time of the episode's first broadcast, this was the advertising slogan for Tropicana orange juice.
  • The line "What the fuck y'all lookin' at?" – first uttered in this episode – becomes Ed III's signature quote, as he says it in nearly every episode in which he subsequently appears.
  • This episode marks the first, and so far the only, episode where Huey gets hit by Granddad.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Garden Party (2005). Internet Movie Database Inc. (2005). Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
  2. ^ No Celebrities Were Harmed. TVTropes.org (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
  3. ^ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/quotes Memorable quotes for Scarface]. Internet Movie Database Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
  4. ^ Chapman, Graham (2002). Life of Brian Screenplay. Methuen Publishing, Ltd.. 
  5. ^ Otto, Jeff (2005-06-08). Mike Epps on Dave Chappelle. Internet Movie Database Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.


Preceded by
“N/A”		 The Boondocks episodes Followed by
“The Trial of R. Kelly”