A Huey Freeman Christmas - S01/E07
- Lynxi Welcome
- Episode synopsis
- HBOMax Synopsis: A well meaning, liberal teacher offers Huey the chance to direct the elementary school Christmas play, and Huey decides to release his vision onto the world: "The Adventures of Black Jesus."
Pre Show:
- Christmas on Halloween
- Lynxi pulls no punches in job interviews
- Philly: Walter Wallace, Jr. shooting
- Sacramento: Willy Brown, Jr. lynching
- "Self-lynchings"
- Protests reignited
- Early voting
- VOTE!
Show:
- Show is "real"
- Jazmine preaching
- Who would be the "Ho, Ho, Hoes" now?
- Kardashians
- Celebrity culture worship
- "Christmas is the Kardashian of Catholic/Christian holidays."
- The socialism of Christ
- The distortion of the original holiday
- Martial arts and Black culture
- Jim Kelly
- Getting high
- "Be legiter"
- Smoking
- Christmas shopping, Black Friday, and 'Rona capitalism.
- Covid depression on top of Trump/election depression
- Debt
- Jazmine learning from Huey and Riley
- Ruckus' humanity
- Believing in Santa and lies that adults tell children
- Personal Christmas traditions amid Covid
- Does wokeness make you miserable?
- Well meaning woke white folks
- White People Questions
- “Why does working together need to be so difficult? Can’t we please just be civil?”
- Why should Black folks be nice/civil and accept what's been happening to us?
- It's not our responsibility to make you feel comfortable.
- Black people have been "protecting" white folks for a LONG time already.
- When all platforms are equal, then we can be civil.
- Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
Post Show Info:
- Next week: ELECTION NIGHT LIVE STREAM! Stay tuned for more information.
- Menage with MariJayne Maven podcast celebrating 1 year anniversary
- Rudy Giuliani in the Borat movie - GROSS!
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Need to see where we are on social media and such? Come find us! https://www.theboondockspod.com/links
Trivia:
- Many references to A Charlie Brown Christmas
- The church scene in Jazmine’s dream is partially based on the church scene in Blues Brothers where James Brown is the preacher.
- At the end of the episode, Mr. Uberwitz is said to have gone on to become a professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland. Show creator Aaron McGruder was an African American Studies major at the University of Maryland.
Show Music:
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