Riley Wuz Here

"Riley Wuz Here" is the twelfth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, The Boondocks. It originally aired on February 19, 2006. Riley opens the episode by tagging the side of a neighbor's house. As he paints, an art critic appears and critiques his work. prompting Riley to re-do the tag on a different side of the house with better legibility and color work. Riley is quite pleased with himself, but the actual owner of the house does... more

"Riley Wuz Here" is the twelfth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, The Boondocks. It originally aired on February 19, 2006. Riley opens the episode by tagging the side of a neighbor's house. As he paints, an art critic appears and critiques his work. prompting Riley to re-do the tag on a different side of the house with better legibility and color work. Riley is quite pleased with himself, but the actual owner of the house does not think so highly of the work. As punishment, Granddad forces Riley to take art lessons, reasoning that if Riley learns to draw on paper then he won't go marking up people's houses with spray-paint. The art teacher turns out to be none other than the art critic from the night before. The art teacher denies responsibility for creating the impression of owning the house being tagged, uses what is called "reverse psychology", and has a mild manner, phrasing and speaking his words just so, and among other things, saying that he "doesn't like... less