Anyone else heard this rumor? That would make my day. I thought the days of Tyrom Biggims where dead.
I think that's just a rumor. I believe we'll be seeing a lot of Mr. Chappelle for the rest of his life, but Chappelle's Show as we knew it appears to have gone to the cemetery.
No, it is back. Not quite sure when it airs, but if you go to Comedy Central.com, you can watch the trailer.
I saw an add for the "new" season of the Chappel show... but my brother says that it is just the left overs and not a full season.
yup, that's exactly right...they're just leftovers....I believe he only completed 4 full episodes....they were shot w.out the audience so they might just either air the sketches or have charlie murphy introduce them as dave chappelle normally would...either way, I am thoroughly disheartened 
It does seem to go both ways.....
I'll keep the spirit of Tyrone Biggums around for you Mac!!
Except mine Smokes Diploma!
I'll keep the spirit of Tyrone Biggums around for you Mac!!
Except mine Smokes Diploma!
my fav is the n***** family. followed closely by the black white supremist. the prince skit from charlie murpheys true hollywood stories was pretty good too. i dont say the rick james episode cause that one is obvious.
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Chappelle himself has said he has no plans or desire to do Chappelle's Show any more. Whatever Comedy Central is planning is not a new Chappelle's Show. It's probably stuff they picked off the cutting room floor in an attempt to win back some audience share and pay some bills. Trust me, if Dave Chappelle expressed an interest in doing that show again, it would be a bigger story than Iran launching a nuclear weapon.
It's not about someone else picking it up. Chappelle walked away from a $25 million dollar contract. The key is that Chappelle felt, well, according to his OWN comments, it seems as though he didn't feel free, for lack of a better phrase. Just do a Google search for Dave Chappelle, and see some of the things he himself has said lately.
It's too bad. I was floored when a friend turned me on to Chappelle's show. Talk about pushing the envelope. What's up with that character Negrodamus? The first and only time I saw that I couldn't stop laughing. I'm STILL laughing over the skit I saw. It's a shame, but Chappelle wanted to do other things with his life, and being beholden to the demands of a major network and the grind of doing the show (according to him) wasn't in the cards any longer.
It's too bad. I was floored when a friend turned me on to Chappelle's show. Talk about pushing the envelope. What's up with that character Negrodamus? The first and only time I saw that I couldn't stop laughing. I'm STILL laughing over the skit I saw. It's a shame, but Chappelle wanted to do other things with his life, and being beholden to the demands of a major network and the grind of doing the show (according to him) wasn't in the cards any longer.
I don't doubt it. Chappelle himself said from Africa over the summer, after evidently getting word about rumors spreading in the press, "I'm not crazy, and I'm not smoking crack." Well, maybe he is crazy and maybe he was smoking crack. Or maybe not.
Quite possibly, from comments he has made himself lately, he indeed did suffer some kind of crumbling from the pressure of being David Chappelle. Let's not forget, although the press loves to toss around figures about what people supposedly make, and how easy life is for people who get rich, they're still human.
When Dave Chappelle's show became a monster hit, suddenly this young man was responsible for a whole CREW of people's jobs. Companies like Comedy Central have to HIRE people to support a show like Chappelle's, mailroom clerks, secretaries, lighting people, etc. Suddenly, you and the schedule, writing a never ending supply of skits, and just plain continuing to be funny on cue, not spontaneously, become the order of the day. And if the show goes away, jobs go away, people making $8-10 an hour go away, the network suffers, executives get unhappy, and have to hear it from higher executives and shareholders.
And I wonder if this isn't what Dave Chappelle may have found himself thinking when suddenly he became quite literally the biggest comedian in the world. And so he goes to Africa with Ricky Williams, and they're sitting around the fire one night, watching the hippos graze, smoking something that Ricky likes, and he's thinking maybe, did I sign on for this in life? And don't forget, that $25 million? It's not all for Dave Chappelle, it's for him to continue doing his show on Comedy Central. In other words, it's for all the people that make his show work, and they all, including him, get taxes taken out of their checks.
So, even though you may be banging elbows at Nobu with Howard Stern as you work the chopsticks on your sushi, from what he has said publicly, it sounds to me as though Dave Chappelle feels that in becoming the biggest thing in comedy, he suddenly became somebody's commodity, too. And I have a feeling his momma didn't raise no commodity. He wants back the days of spontaneity, and just plain having a life, and not being somebody's puppet who has to keep cranking out material on cue so 500 other people can make a living.
Like Stern, for example. He had to specify things for Bill O'Reilly on The Factor last week, when he did a three parter with "Uncle Bill." All we keep hearing about is, "Howard Stern, $500 million." That $500 million is spread out for years, and it's not all for Stern, it's for his staff, everyone associated with the show, and all the tech people it takes to run the show. It's for that Baba Booey, or whatever his name is (I don't listen to Stern, have watched a couple times) and EVERYONE else. But because newspapers and the media work the way they do, and sometimes the impressionability of the minds of the citizenry, we tend to react to $500 million, and when Stern walks down the street, people may be thinking, such a horrible life, making $500 million.
They're still human, and although my biggest hero said it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter The Kingdom, he also said not to despise the rich. I think Dave Chappelle maybe just wanted to try going back to being human.
Interestingly, Ricky has opted to go back to being a commodity, and is doing fairly well. It may also be the only way he has of not having to pay back that $8.6 million. How complicated and painful life gets when we accept millions for our abilities. Look at all the downfallen Lotto winners.
Quite possibly, from comments he has made himself lately, he indeed did suffer some kind of crumbling from the pressure of being David Chappelle. Let's not forget, although the press loves to toss around figures about what people supposedly make, and how easy life is for people who get rich, they're still human.
When Dave Chappelle's show became a monster hit, suddenly this young man was responsible for a whole CREW of people's jobs. Companies like Comedy Central have to HIRE people to support a show like Chappelle's, mailroom clerks, secretaries, lighting people, etc. Suddenly, you and the schedule, writing a never ending supply of skits, and just plain continuing to be funny on cue, not spontaneously, become the order of the day. And if the show goes away, jobs go away, people making $8-10 an hour go away, the network suffers, executives get unhappy, and have to hear it from higher executives and shareholders.
And I wonder if this isn't what Dave Chappelle may have found himself thinking when suddenly he became quite literally the biggest comedian in the world. And so he goes to Africa with Ricky Williams, and they're sitting around the fire one night, watching the hippos graze, smoking something that Ricky likes, and he's thinking maybe, did I sign on for this in life? And don't forget, that $25 million? It's not all for Dave Chappelle, it's for him to continue doing his show on Comedy Central. In other words, it's for all the people that make his show work, and they all, including him, get taxes taken out of their checks.
So, even though you may be banging elbows at Nobu with Howard Stern as you work the chopsticks on your sushi, from what he has said publicly, it sounds to me as though Dave Chappelle feels that in becoming the biggest thing in comedy, he suddenly became somebody's commodity, too. And I have a feeling his momma didn't raise no commodity. He wants back the days of spontaneity, and just plain having a life, and not being somebody's puppet who has to keep cranking out material on cue so 500 other people can make a living.
Like Stern, for example. He had to specify things for Bill O'Reilly on The Factor last week, when he did a three parter with "Uncle Bill." All we keep hearing about is, "Howard Stern, $500 million." That $500 million is spread out for years, and it's not all for Stern, it's for his staff, everyone associated with the show, and all the tech people it takes to run the show. It's for that Baba Booey, or whatever his name is (I don't listen to Stern, have watched a couple times) and EVERYONE else. But because newspapers and the media work the way they do, and sometimes the impressionability of the minds of the citizenry, we tend to react to $500 million, and when Stern walks down the street, people may be thinking, such a horrible life, making $500 million.
They're still human, and although my biggest hero said it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter The Kingdom, he also said not to despise the rich. I think Dave Chappelle maybe just wanted to try going back to being human.
Interestingly, Ricky has opted to go back to being a commodity, and is doing fairly well. It may also be the only way he has of not having to pay back that $8.6 million. How complicated and painful life gets when we accept millions for our abilities. Look at all the downfallen Lotto winners.
