Yeah I don't listen to rap either, but the show is still funny. You do miss out on somethings though if you don't listen to rap - I didnt get the Lil John skits until my friend played some of his songs for me.

I also didnt realise that the "Pee on you remix" was a paradoy of an actual R Kelly song; I just thought he completely made up a song to make fun of R Kelly.

Oh, and this wouldnt be CC's worst move. Canceling Strangers with Candy was a bad move. That show was great.

Whos takin over? Farrikhan? I suppose that would bring racial balance back to the show.

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Chapelle is a funny guy. He does poke fun at both white and black stereotypes, but I think he sometimes overdoes the "nerdy white guy" schtick.

Whatever. I'm a big fan.

And the Black White Supremecist sketch is one of the funniest things ever on tv. Just brilliant.

Oh, and John Leguizamo is teh suck.

He can start season 3 too.

RTFA

"Chappelle's Show" Shut Down
Production halted on third season of Comedy Central hit amid reports that Chappelle is AWOL from set

Chappelle has walked on $50m.

A. "Cocaine, it's a hell of a drug"
B. "Kidnapped by Wayne Brady"
C. "Holding out for more money"
D. "Avoiding a marriage"

Racism has nothing to do with the color of the skin of the person speaking it, and everything to do with the character of the person. Racism is the doctrine or belief that a person's race effects the way they act.

Assuming that only a white person can be racist is in fact a racist statement. Individuals are racists, not races themselves. If a stand-up comedian is making generalizations about a specific race, then the idea they are expressing is racist.

Is that really so hard for some people to wrap their heads around?

Remeber kids, "Moderatism", because both sized are farked in the head!

If only...

Not to further the off topic conversation but..

Leguizamo's Freak (Broadway Show) is one of my favorite standups of all time. Used to be available on HBO Comedy Series at some point, well worth you time if you can find it.

I really wanted to like it but the over the top stereotypes are just too 70's tv for me. Comedy is like pornography, I know it when I see it. I don't find it funny. And I'm usually drunk. Maybe I should be high.

Chapelle is a racist a**hole. Seriously. Every time he says "black" or "white" in his act or on his show, take a drink. You'll be hammered in five-minutes. His game is limited to pot and race - otherwise known as - open mic night at the Chucklebutt. I know, I know, fifty-million, blah blah. Still a racist. Still an a**hole. Self-hating Fratboy America loves his crap so they can feel "down," just like they listen to rap. Hence all the DVD sales that got him that big-money deal.

Chapelle can eat me.

White folk, white folk, bleck folk, bleck folk, biatches, pot, pot, racism, white, white, bleck - that be our show - GOOTNIGHT! Where my 50 million?

OMG. Chappelle pokes fun at people's attitudes and brings them to light in a funny way. He is anything but racist.

Part of the real genious of Chappelle's Show and racial comedy in general is that you play off of stereotypes and make fun of them. It really demonstrates how stupid they can be. At the same time, it lowers any racial tension that there may be by letting everybody have a good laugh. This is what comedians have known for ages. Calling Chappelle's Show racist indicates just how much you don't get it.

Some people can have a valid argument that the perpetuation and portrayal of racist stereotypes still does damage by giving it at least some credibility, but I personally believe that it does greater good by making fun of the stereotypes and removing tension. If nobody mentioned it, it would still stay the norm. I give comedians credit for using comedy to address tough issues with their tools of humor.

I know I spell worse than an eskimo

gad damn it, what the fark

BadAndy23

SKEET SKEET SKEET!

FLASH LOOP. TURN UP SPEAKERS

snap, crackle, POP!

This thread = "Wigga please."

Dave Chappelle, on Black people: "We're all crack-addicted bums, criminals, and other stereotyped ghetto trash"

Dave Chappelle, on White people: "Haha, they're uptight and can't dance. But the women are hot, lololol"

The man is a self-parody with hardly any original jokes, let alone funny ones. Half are stolen from In Living Color sketches (Remember Damon Wayans' bum?) and the other half are based off of issues that are almost as old (Miss Cleo??).

But then again, when a huge chunk of the audience still finds cutting-edge hilarity in "I'm Rick James, biatch!" a year after the phrase was played-out entirely, it's not surprising.

Psyche!

Well, at least here, we only had Season 1, so I still have Season 2 to look forward too, oh in about 5 years I reckon....

this is the second time I've been farked over on a submitted link, at least tell me who got the credit instead of me.
assholes

I hope it ain't true- i'll miss Tyrone Biggums.
/y'all act like crack is so bad

I heard after the first season that Chappelle has serious cases of writers block. That is why he retreats to his home in the midwest to try to write again. I am wondering if perhaps that is whats going on. Also I understand that he is very very particular about what goes into the final filming. I would rather wait for a better product than hurry him up and have half-assed comedy from him.

dooder001 - were you asleep when they tried teaching you about compound words?

Oh and for the record, Ashy Larry rules.

I'm a racist and I LOVE Chappelle's Show!

wldncrzy14 is onto something there. I though that that 50 Million dollar payout was waaaaay premature. The show is about 30% at best, usually next to nada.

Bye, Dave. Don't spend it all on one corner.

Part of the real genious of Chappelle's Show and racial comedy in general is that you play off of stereotypes and make fun of them. It really demonstrates how stupid they can be. At the same time, it lowers any racial tension that there may be by letting everybody have a good laugh. This is what comedians have known for ages. Calling Chappelle's Show racist indicates just how much you don't get it.

Some people can have a valid argument that the perpetuation and portrayal of racist stereotypes still does damage by giving it at least some credibility, but I personally believe that it does greater good by making fun of the stereotypes and removing tension. If nobody mentioned it, it would still stay the norm. I give comedians credit for using comedy to address tough issues with their tools of humor.

while i agree that the chapelle show was funny (well, the second season was), i don't think it lowers racial tension at all . . . in fact it temporary makes light of the situation in the short run, while it perpetuates the problem in the long run

worse than that, it encourages comedians to churn out the tired bit of "black people do this" and "white people do that", blah, blah, blah . . . so sick of the recycled crap as it is . . .

until people quit making it an issue in comedy or with affirmative action or with anything else, it will remain an issue; the only solution is to learn from the past and remember it but treat it as though it is all in the past and behind us all (almost forgotten but not, meaning that the anger needs to be pushed aside)

personally i'm glad it's over; it was funny but not as funny as perception indicates . . . i'm just glad i don't have to hear the reruns and catch phrases all the time--the only catch phrases by white people i experienced were when they were responding to black people . . . almost as if it were the only thing they thought the other understood, like they were trying to use it to communicate but it proved to be more damaging than fruitful in that endeavor as well

rant done, sorry

Sounds like fame has gone to his head, and now he and his writers think they can work when they want to. Meh.

I think the decision to switch to mad tv was because they ran all the episodes of snl to death.

From Wikipedia:
"For many years, both Comedy Central and E! Entertainment Television aired SNL reruns under license with Broadway Video and Orion/MGM (respectively). In 2003, full rights reverted completely to NBC, and the E! network acquired the exclusive syndication rights to the series.

The only episodes that have not been included in any syndication package (including the current deal with E!) are the prime-time special at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans (the only time the show has originated outside of New York), the Louise Lasser and Milton Berle episodes, and the infamous 1989 episode in which Andrew Dice Clay hosted."

I think there must be some political power play going on with the DVD release.

I just saw a commercial on Comedy Central about how they're going to play all the DVD special features so that "you can watch it before you can buy it"

Sounds like the producers are being dickheads.

Aww, you guys don't like Stuart?

"Look what I can do!"

Sounds like he's passed out from too many Sam Jacksons.

kliq

This is the way I talk! Haven't you seen my movies!?

Off topic a bit, but did anyone catch those few episodes of Kelsey Grammar's (sp?) sketch show they had on Fox? Now I thought that was a better show in that genre than any of the others around right now. Very quick, very witty, very funny IMO. The speed of the sketches I think was a nice change of pace from what we normally get. They didn't drag anything out long enough for there to be a lull. Just my opionion.

/doesn't have comedy central
//never seen Chapelle's show
///probably doesn't know what he's missing

u guys lin funnybutmean and Xanthan Gum should just stick to watching hehaw and blue coller tv. we young kids have shiat we like and you losers have stuff you like. chapelle did not make this show for you anyway.
biatches

bulldg4life - Submitter, let's see some shred of evidence for your weird claim?

MoriyaMug - The article says slowdown, not shutdown.

Civil_War2_Time - Yeah, $50 million and they're going to cancel...pfft.

zabbers - so basically it's not shut down. good job submitter. R...T...F...A...




Shut down means they have stopped production, the crew doesnt show up for work, etc. It has nothing to do with whether or not the show is cancelled. The crew can't decide that. But if the lead refuses to show up, nothing anybody can do about it. And don't say "call him" or "drag him in". This guy's a cash cow. They must have tried everything before shutting down production.

/not submitter

Chappelle's Show is great. He's honest. Honesty about race is always misunderstood as racism.
Liberal babies: "Celebrate diversity!...Just don't point out what makes people diverse..."

Dear Dave,

Lay off the coke until the off season. Get your shiat together. Bring the funny.

Thanks

On second thought, Comedy Central dropping Conan is really lame. It now airs on MSNBC, though.

Also, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn was really, really funny if it had the right guests. That was a show primed with great topical humor one-liners.

The Sketch show was a tired retread of Benny Hill, sans Boobies and Yakety Sax.

Face it, the current generation of TV execs is tapped out. They were hacks to start with, and they're worse now. Stop watching.

/has PBS on
//was looking for 60 minutes, but good grief Dr. Phil is on TWO CHANNELS
///hates Dr. Phil
////now understands slashwhoring

Well Dave Chapelle is a little racist and bad but that's what makes him hilarious! You can't be funny if you are petrified of offending people! Comedy should be offensive! Look at Saturday Night Live--when it really WAS ground-breaking in the 70's and in the mid 90's. All that chit was offensive! So what? Who the hell wants to live in a world so gentrified that we have to guard every word?

Jordo2k

CNBC

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Racism is okay as long as it's funny.

i think this is a joke on his viewers

I miss Tough Crowd. After that went off the air, I switched to Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. When that went off the air, I had nothin'.

Nortonrules:

Liberal babies: "Celebrate diversity!...Just don't point out what makes people diverse..."

Conservative babies: "Let's just pretend that society has no issues, even though everyone knows it."

/just had to go there

BobC: gentrified

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.