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Kelly's defense attorney gets his client acquitted of urinating on a 14-year-old girl regardless of how obvious it is that his client is guilty.

When McGruder turned in the script, higher-ups forced him to change the name of the Tyler Perry-like character after his first attempt sounded too close to "Tyler Perry," and then had him bury it deep in the season instead of his initial intent to make it a highly publicized season premiere. According to the Los Angeles Times, Perry was so upset that he told Turner executives that he might take his business to another network. The real Perry took offense and objected to his and McGruder's mutual bosses at Turner.

Along the way, Jerome propositions Granddad, and viewers learn that the guy's whole deal is that he uses religion and drag to hide the fact that he's gay. In this particular tale, Granddad auditions to be in a play written by "Winston Jerome" called Ma Duke Finds Herself a Man, in which Jerome also dons drag to play the elderly Ma Duke. So that made things interesting in 2010 when the Boondocks episode " Pause" (co-written by McGruder) hit the airwaves. And if you want to know more about McGruder's animated masterpiece, here's the behind-the-scenes story of The Boondocks - the comic strip, the cartoon series, and its legacy.

The brutally funny and caustic series spoke truth to power and pointed out society's most toxic ills, and it was all carried over from the popular newspaper comic strip created by McGruder. The African-American family lived in Woodcrest, an upper crust, primarily white suburban enclave (the Boondocks, in other words), a setting through which creator Aaron McGruder could discuss, criticize, and intellectually destroy politics, race relations, public figures, and popular culture, particularly African-American pop culture. The show revolved around the lives of the Freeman family - young, educated, bitingly funny Huey Freeman his wannabe hardcore rapper little brother Riley and their grandfather, Granddad, a cranky war veteran who didn't care for either boy's worldview. In 2005, Adult Swim broke up its usual schedule of absurd cartoons and nihilistic sketch comedy with the thoughtful, provocative, and lushly animated adaptation of The Boondocks.