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Chappelle's Show is an American comedy television series starring comedian Dave Chappelle. Created by Chappelle and Neal Brennan, the series premiered on January 22, 2003 on the U.S. cable television network Comedy Central. The show has currently run for two seasons and there are no plans for future seasons. After numerous delays, production of the third season of the show was abruptly ended when Chappelle left the show. Three episodes were compiled from the completed work, and airing from July 9 through July 23, 2006. Re-runs frequently air on Comedy Central and around the world on Comedy Central in Germany, The Comedy Network in Canada, the Comedy Channel and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in Australia and FX in the United Kingdom. It has been announced that the series will be syndicated by MGM Television under strategic relationship with New Line Television.[1][2]
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CastDave Chappelle is listed in the credits as: "Starring: Dave Chappelle (Obviously)" With Special guest "Ezekiel Paulino"
EpisodesThere have been three seasons of Chappelle's Show produced, totaling 28 episodes. There have also been four "mixtapes" and one "music jump-off" - episodes highlighting the best sketches and musical acts of each season, respectively. Combined, this makes 33 complete episodes. Popular skitsInstead of being a traditional sketch comedy show, the show has a style that is much like BBC's Big Train in that the skits are pre-recorded (shot on film). However, a laugh track is not used and it is the actual laughter from audiences that is present at the episode's taping (the one exception to this was the 'Dude's Night Out' sketch. Neal Brennan admitted in the Season 2 DVD commentary that they had to air in laughs due to the lack of reaction from the audience). A laugh track was used for the Season 3 trailer. Image:Frontline.jpg Kent Wallace (William Bogert) hosting Frontline.
Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories - Charlie Murphy (who also wrote the sketch) retells events of the 1980s, the most popular being the Rick James story with Murphy as himself and Chappelle as James, including incidents such as James slapping Murphy, interspersed with present-day scenes of the real Rick James explaining his past behavior, saying, "Cocaine's a hell of a drug." The sketch spawned one of the show's popular catchphrases, "I'm Rick James, bitch!", which Chappelle as James repeatedly declares. The sketch attained even greater public attention when, in 2004, a candidate for city council in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, also named Rick James but unrelated to the singer, had many of his Vote Rick James campaign signs defaced or stolen by fans of the sketch.[1][2] Black Bush - an African-American "interpretation" of George W. Bush and his administration. It was controversial due to its set-up segment (which had Dave Chappelle mocking fellow comedian Dennis Miller over the comedian's infamous "free pass" comment regarding not saying anything bad about George W. Bush) and its overall theme that if Bush and his top aides were black, the public would be more willing to be critical of the President and his decisions. The sketch also features cameo appearances by actor Jamie Foxx, who appears as "Black Tony Blair" and Mos Def as "Black Head of the CIA." A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon - Chappelle plays rapper/producer Lil Jon doing normal, everyday tasks, with a vocabulary consisting of almost nothing but the words 'Yeah!', 'WHAT?!', and 'O-kay!' The real Lil' Jon appeared in one sketch, alternating, as does Chappelle's character, his catchphrases with speech in an excessively dignified accent, perhaps as a reference to Lil Jon's upper middle class background. Image:Chappellejackson.jpg Chappelle as Samuel Jackson Samuel Jackson Beer - A parody of the Samuel Adams beer commercials. Features Chappelle as a very profane and extremely loud Samuel L. Jackson dressed in colonial-style clothes as a play on Samuel Adams beer with the eponymous name of the brewer/patriot Samuel Adams. Inspired the catchphrases "It'll get you drunk! You'll be fucking fat girls in no time! You might even fight a nigga or two!" and "Mm-mmm, bitch!" Wayne Brady's Show - After Dave Chappelle quits the show in an opening segment that very intriguingly mirrored the contract negotiations for the aborted third season, Wayne Brady takes over as host and is ordered to emcee the remaining episodes of the series since Chappelle had already filmed the remaining sketches (in an ironic twist, this actually occurred when Comedy Central aired the three "Lost Episodes" of the aborted Season 3). After several segments showing Dave at home, missing being on TV (and having his friends, such as Big Boi, suddenly turn their backs on him), Chappelle returns to the show and confronts Wayne Brady. The ensuing confrontation leads to the airing of a flashback to a night of misadventure involving the two that portrays Wayne Brady (contrary to his friendly public image) as a murderous (he snaps a cop's neck), pimping and seriously disturbed psychopath (a parody of the film Training Day). The sketch spawned the lines "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" and "I'm Wayne Brady, bitch!" (In the Season Two bonus features, it's revealed that Brady was reluctant to say the "choke a bitch" line, even though it was the most important line in the sketch). The skit also contains a popular clip from a previous bit, Negrodamus (about a black Nostradamus), wherein Negrodamus tells someone who asks about Brady's success, "White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X." Chappelle has said that this clip was the inspiration for the Wayne Brady sketch. I Wrote This Song A Long Time Ago is a skit about rapper Tupac Shakur a.k.a. 2Pac, and how there have been many albums being released since his death, which Donnell Rawlings and Charlie Murphy note are a little too ahead of their time. In this skit, Dave is featured dancing in a club, when a newly-released Tupac song is played by the DJ, ?uestlove. The song's lyrics refer to events that have happened in the 10 years since Tupac's death, such as Blackberry Pagers, the recent War in Afghanistan, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Slim Shady. There is also what initially appears to be a reference to George W. Bush being elected President, but it is actually about George W. Smith, a "snitch" that ran for Oakland city council in 1993; as "2Pac" claims in the song, "you probably didn't hear about it". Eventually, the song begins to make references to events that are actually happening in the club, such as a fellow dancer hitting the table and making the record skip, a female dancer with bad taste with a stain on the back of her shirt, and Dave Chappelle dancing with a woman who isn't his wife. Despite these references, "Tupac" maintains that he "wrote this song in '94" and that he is not alive. As the song comes to a close, "Tupac" stops singing. The DJ asks that Tupac rests in peace, after which "Tupac" responds to "Okay, I will!". Recurring charactersImage:Fif.jpg Chappelle as Tron, pleading the "FiF"
Image:Tyrone Biggums.jpg Tyrone Biggums.
Frequent or notable guest starsMany guest stars have appeared on the show, including RZA, GZA, Wayne Brady, Common, Mos Def, Eddie Griffin, Susan Sarandon, Jamie Foxx and Fear Factor's Joe Rogan. Brady was the only guest to appear on stage. Musical guests who appeared on the show include Mos Def, Ludacris, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, Wyclef Jean, Killer Mike, Big Boi (as OutKast), Kanye West, DMX, Busta Rhymes, John Mayer, Slum Village, ?uestlove, Snoop Dogg, Wayne Brady, Cee-Lo, and Erykah Badu. Third season delays2005After the success of the first two seasons, the third season of Chappelle's Show was scheduled to premiere in February 2005. This date was pushed back to May 31, 2005 when production fell behind schedule in December 2004 because, according to Comedy Central, Chappelle had fallen ill with the flu (Chappelle later told Oprah Winfrey that this was untrue and that in actuality stress had caused him to leave).[3] On May 4, 2005, just weeks before the anticipated premiere, Comedy Central announced that Chappelle's Show would not be ready by the announced date and that production had been suspended "until further notice." No reason for the delay or suspension was given and there was no response from Chappelle.[4] One week later it was reported (most notably by The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly) that Chappelle had previously flown to South Africa on April 28 to stay in an undisclosed psychiatric facility. On May 14, TIME announced that one of their reporters, Christopher John Farley, had interviewed Chappelle in South Africa, and that no psychiatric treatments were occurring or necessary. Chappelle returned shortly thereafter and quelled rumors of psychiatric or substance abuse problems, and emphasized that his trip was a "spiritual retreat" intended to keep his sense of reality outside the bubble of intense pressure and fame and to keep his humor fresh. Shortly after his return from South Africa, Chappelle returned to his home in the town of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Since then he has given a series of surprise performances at small comedy clubs near his home. The small-town community has been supportive of his return, and has worked hard to honor his wish to live a normal life and escape constant public attention. On July 14, Comedy Central president Doug Herzog announced that Chappelle was welcome back any time, but that the comedian had said he was still not ready to return. Herzog put a positive spin on negotiations, but conceded that he did not expect Chappelle's Show to return in 2005. It was also reported in the New York Times that Chappelle explained to Herzog, over dinner, that his success was getting to him and that "he wanted to be wrong again sometimes, instead of always being right." In an August 2005 interview with TV Guide, Charlie Murphy said that Chappelle's Show was finished. Chappelle, on the other hand, had yet to announce this to the public.[5] On December 11, during Comedy Central's Last Laugh '05, a promo for the third season of the show was aired. 2006On January 24, 2006, the program premiered uncensored on the UK's FX, starting with the second season. The first episode featured the Slow Motion skit, one of the most famous in the United Kingdom, popularized by the Internet. It was well received by critics, with outspoken TV critic Gary Naysmith declaring it, "The finest piece of television I've seen all year." On February 3, 2006, Chappelle made his first television interview since production ceased on Season 3, on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He stated that burnout, losing his creative control, and a work environment that he wasn't satisfied with were some of the reasons why he left the show. He also stated that he's open to producing the remainder of Season 3 (and perhaps a Season 4) only if his demands are met, one of which is to ensure that half of the proceeds of future Chappelle's Show DVD sales go to charity. Chappelle claimed that if Comedy Central aired the unaired episodes, the show would be finished. After that announcement, Comedy Central stopped advertising the release of the third season for a period of time. The "Lost Episodes"In April, the network wrapped up production of the third season, taping the live studio audience segments for three episodes. In place of Chappelle, the last episodes were co-hosted by regular cast members Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings. Advertised as the "lost episodes", they began airing on July 9, 2006. The third and final episode aired on July 23, 2006. The DVD collection of the lost episodes was released on July 25, 2006, although the controversial Racial Pixies sketch appeared heavily censored from its original debut. The banjo player had been edited out, some dialog was removed, and various cuts have been re-edited in that particular scene. This skit allegedly contributed to Chappelle's departure from the show, although it is unclear specifically as to why the skit was edited. Now that these episodes have aired, it is believed that the show has been canceled on the basis that Chappelle will not return. When asked if he feels guilty about carrying on with the lost episodes without Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings replied:
There are many unaired skits on the DVD but some were shown in front of an audience but weren't present in the broadcast. DVD releasesThe DVD sets for Seasons 1 and 2 of Chappelle's Show have sold extremely well since their release. The first season DVD is currently the best-selling TV series set of all time[citation needed], beating out other popular shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Friends, and Seinfeld. The episode "Music Jump-Off" which featured Chappelle visiting his old high school, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, intercut with previously unaired skits and musical performances did not make either DVD set. On October 11, 2005, the first half of the first season was released on UMD. On May 23, 2006, the first uncensored season was made available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store, and on June 20, the second uncensored season was also made available on iTunes. On February 26, 2007, both of the uncensored seasons were published by Comedy Central as BitTorrent downloads on BitTorrent.com. On April 2007, Comedy Central would release a compilation DVD titled "The Best Of Chappelle's Show" which highlights 25 of the most popular sketches in all seasons. All box sets were released by Paramount Home Entertainment (under the Comedy Central banner). Season releases
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