Demond from the Demond Does podcast joins Lynxi and Tiara to discuss kids' sports, autism, and givin' up neck at the Woodcrest Country Club in The Boondocks, S02E08 - Ballin'!
Show Notes
Ballin’ – S02/E08
- Lynxi Welcome
- Episode synopsis
- HBOMax Synopsis: Riley joins Tom’s little league basketball team and learns there’s more to the game than flashy moves, there’s crushing, humiliating defeat.
Pre Show:
Show:
- Childrens’ sports
- Encouraging practice
- Parenting
- Trash talking
- Granddad’s boundaries
- Autistic tropes/ableism
- Educate yourself
- NIMBYs
- Selfishness
- Parents at kids’ games
White People Question:
- From a question michaelglover28 on TikTok got: “Where is your tail?”
- Additional question:
- From wy68nn on TikTok: “Do Black people pull up next to other Black people, with their rooftops down, and still lock their doors?”
- Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
Post Show Info:
Trivia:
- This is one of the two only episodes where a smile is seen on Huey’s face, after watching his brother make a basket.
- The first time the Mighty Deers’ uniform is seen, it is misspelled “Mighty Dees”.
- Riley winning the 3-Point Shootout without removing his warm-up suit (or his Tims) could be a reference to Larry Bird doing the same in the 1986 contest.
- The intro shows the NBA on TNT crew, including longtime white host Ernie Johnson, speaking exclusively in AAVE and frequently using the n-word.
- The autistic boy in the episode is based off of Jason McElwain, who is an autistic American; he came to fame on national news in 2006 when he played for four minutes and nineteen seconds during a high school basketball game and scored twenty points.
Show Music:
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