The Boondocks Podcast

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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