Dave Chapelle New Shows to Air: 7/9/06

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by UpPinkies


Did the 50 million dollars trip you out?

Seems like it!


Ole BASTID!

[NUPE4LIFE]

I don't know. Maybe Comedy Central is trying to push him to just put out a season since they paid him $50 million dollars but Dave doesn't want to put out an inferior product. I'm hoping that that's the reason.

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by NUPE4LIFE
I don't know. Maybe Comedy Central is trying to push him to just put out a season since they paid him $50 million dollars but Dave doesn't want to put out an inferior product. I'm hoping that that's the reason.

I hear you Nupe, but if I just dropped "50 Large" in somebody's direct deposit, I should't have to "push" for a dayum thing.....

Maybe DC needs a Blockbuster night. Rent some ole head Pryor, Foxx, Murphy for inspiration. then head to the studio and roll tape!!!!

[DELTAQTE]

I think it's pretty obvious that Dave is under huge pressure and he's beginning to crack. Dave was known kinda before this and just thought "Hey I'll get this show and be known some more." and BAM! the show hit hard and he's now THE Dave instead of Dave that funny comic you used to see on t.v. every so often.

He's under tremendous pressure from his peers(and his audience!) to top himself and I think we'll be hearing that he's checked himself into a hospital for exhaustion or a breakdown.


They said on the radio this morning that the rumor going around is that Dave has converted to Islam and has a problem with some of the sketches he's done for the new season, hence the drama with Comedy Central.

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by DELTAQTE
I think it's pretty obvious that Dave is under huge pressure and he's beginning to crack. Dave was known kinda before this and just thought "Hey I'll get this show and be known some more." and BAM! the show hit hard and he's now THE Dave instead of Dave that funny comic you used to see on t.v. every so often.

He's under tremendous pressure from his peers(and his audience!) to top himself and I think we'll be hearing that he's checked himself into a hospital for exhaustion or a breakdown.

Interesting theory, Deltaque, and I'm sure there is some pressure. But is it really all that?

I hate it when people compare individual A's situation to individual B's situation and say "why can't A do what B did"...but I'll do it here.

Remember Ced the Entertainer? He rode the wave, blew up large in our community, had a national show which .....didn't bust a grape, comedically. He just went back to being the funniest stand up out there IMO. (I was going to say the funniest comic out there pound-for-pound, but Ced is carrying a few lbs these days so I'll hold off on that one.)

...but then no one has handed me $50 million yet and said "now be funny" so maybe I'm wrong.

[DELTAQTE]

Originally posted by TonyB06
Interesting theory, Deltaque, and I'm sure there is some pressure. But is it really all that?

I hate it when people compare individual A's situation to individual B's situation and say "why can't A do what B did"...but I'll do it here.

Remember Ced the Entertainer? He rode the wave, blew up large in our community, had a national show which .....didn't bust a grape, comedically. He just went back to being the funniest stand up out there IMO. (I was going to say the funniest comic out there pound-for-pound, but Ced is carrying a few lbs these days so I'll hold off on that one.)

...but then no one has handed me $50 million yet and said "now be funny" so maybe I'm wrong.

I bolded the key word that makes Cedric different from Dave Chapelle.

Dave has crossed over, Cedric hasn't(which is why his show didn't work). Yeah Cedric is kinda known, but not like Dave is now. There's a reason why The Dave Chapelle show is the biggest selling DVD of all time, it's not just us buying and watching him.


I think for Dave, the show has gone from a bunch of him and his friends doing a fun show and putting out skits they thought was funny, to a lot of pressure to top themselves and it's just not fun anymore. There's probably in house fighting between everyone as well (which is sad).

AKA2D'91: Yeah Cedric did a great job! He's getting there no doubt, but Dave can't even go to Disneyland with his kids without people of all races yelling "I'm Rick James B****!" lol

[AKA2D '91]

I'll say Ceddy has kinda 'crossed over'. He spoke/performed at the White House Correspondant's dinner last Saturday night. That's a BIG gig, especially for "us".

ETA: However, I know what you are saying.

[lostnfound117]

I'm too through! I was so looking forward to buying Season 2. He was so out of control man!! SIGH...............

[vanda]

E! reported that friends of Dave said it was pressure, too much partying and creative differences with Comedy Central is what made them close production.

[Gina1201]

Well, the new scoop is that the season 2 DVD is still coming out this month as planned. However, Comedy Central will be airing all of the bonus footage from season 2 every Tuesday in May at 10 PM EST.

[Wonderful1908]

'Show' Won't Go On
EW Exclusive: Chappelle in psych hospital -- With its star hospitalized in South Africa, ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return to Comedy Central for a third season by Josh Wolk

LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return

LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return

Comedian Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa and has remained there since late April, according to a source close to the situation. The same source denies rumors of drug abuse. Other sources have also told EW that the future of Chappelle's Show — the hit Comedy Central series that was entering its third season — is more uncertain than the network has suggested.

Comedy Central last week made a hasty announcement that the show's third season, already delayed from its planned February start, had been postponed again. The network said it remained ''optimistic'' that production could resume. The highly rated sketch series has been a huge moneymaker for Viacom, which owns Comedy Central. Its second season is about to be released on DVD, on the heels of first-season sales that made it the top-selling television DVD in history.

Thanks in large part to the DVD sales, Chappelle last year netted a $50 million deal for co-writing and starring in the show. Sketches to fill about four episodes in the third season have been taped, but Chappelle's interstitial material with live audiences has not. The fate of the sketches has not been determined.
(Posted:05/10/05)

[#1 Leading Lady]

Originally posted by Wonderful1908
'Show' Won't Go On
EW Exclusive: Chappelle in psych hospital -- With its star hospitalized in South Africa, ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return to Comedy Central for a third season by Josh Wolk

LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return

LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return

Comedian Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa and has remained there since late April, according to a source close to the situation. The same source denies rumors of drug abuse. Other sources have also told EW that the future of Chappelle's Show — the hit Comedy Central series that was entering its third season — is more uncertain than the network has suggested.

Comedy Central last week made a hasty announcement that the show's third season, already delayed from its planned February start, had been postponed again. The network said it remained ''optimistic'' that production could resume. The highly rated sketch series has been a huge moneymaker for Viacom, which owns Comedy Central. Its second season is about to be released on DVD, on the heels of first-season sales that made it the top-selling television DVD in history.

Thanks in large part to the DVD sales, Chappelle last year netted a $50 million deal for co-writing and starring in the show. Sketches to fill about four episodes in the third season have been taped, but Chappelle's interstitial material with live audiences has not. The fate of the sketches has not been determined.
(Posted:05/10/05)

According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, the Comedy Central star flew from Newark, New Jersey to South Africa for treatment in late April. Chappelle's camp had denied that Chapelle had a drug problem, but refused to comment on it. Chappelle recently inked to a 50-million-dollar deal with the cable network. Entertainment Weeklys senior editor says, "It seems like the issues he's contending with are really quite serious. It isn't a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion." (“Newsweek” reportedly earlier this week that Chappelle was exhausted from stress, conflicts with the network and too much partying.) Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said the network has not heard from Chappelle and doesn’t know where he is. Chappelle’s spokesman is in “no comment” mode.

[AKA2D '91]

The same thing happened with Mariah. Virgin gave her the HUGE record deal, then she "flips out".

OH Dave. UM UM UM!

[DELTAQTE]

LOL I called it on kazodiass. I just KNEW he was going to check himself into a clinic.

Trust me, Dave didn't want all this! Dave just wanted a little show that he could do with his friends so he could get his little bit of money. He's been under the radar most of his career and I think he wanted it to stay that way.

[#1 Leading Lady]

Well if he is that mentally stressed he can give me some of that 50mil and let me shop off the stress for him