The Boondocks (TV Series)

The Story of Jimmy Rebel (2010)

Gary Anthony Williams: Uncle Ruckus

Quotes 

• Uncle Ruckus : [answering machine message]  Hey there, you reached Uncle Ruckus. White folks, leave a message. Black folks, leave town.

• Uncle Ruckus : I'm sorry, Mr. Rebel. I didn't mean what I said before. I just couldn't stand to watch you throw everything away, just for me.

  Jimmy Rebel : Ruckus, you were right. I'm just not the racist I used to be. It's time for me to move on.

  Uncle Ruckus : Oh no, Mr. Rebel, your voice is too important for the world. I cain't be responsible for you givin' up singin'.

  Jimmy Rebel : I'm not gonna give up singin'. I just wanna sing about somethin' other than ni--ers.

  Uncle Ruckus : Well if we ain't gonna be singin' bout no ni--ers, what are we gonna be singin' about?

  Jimmy Rebel : There's so many other things to make music about. There's friends and good times, beer, love, and all kinds of s--t.

  Uncle Ruckus , Jimmy Rebel : [cut to singing]  Send the beaners back down to Mexico/Send the beaners back down to Mexico/Send the beaners back down to Mexico where they come from.

• Jimmy Rebel : Remember when I said how we hate the blacks because of their attitudes?

  Uncle Ruckus : Yeah.

  Jimmy Rebel : Well I think that's a load of s--t. You're just like one of us, Ruckus, but they still hate you. And it's not your attitude, it's cuz your black. And know what else I realized? Most rednecks are really f--king stupid, and I mean really f--king stupid. I made some of the best music of my life with you, Ruckus, and I don't intend to stop.

  Uncle Ruckus : I'm sorry, Mr. Rebel, but I cain't make music with you no mo. Because... because you are not the racist I thought you was.

• Uncle Ruckus : Mr. Ruckus, he's got him a proper white-folks house. Oh, we just use this here address, you know, for the death threats and mail bombs.

• Jimmy Rebel : My name is Jimmy Rebel.

  Uncle Ruckus : I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! I am your biggest fan. I cain't believe it!

  Jimmy Rebel : Hell, I cain't believe it either. I never met a black who liked my music.