Dave Chappelle Returning to TV, Only Not So Much

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 16th 2011 01:16PM

Is Dave Chappelle ready to end his six-year hiatus from television with a new show? Yes, kind of. Sorta. Maybe. According to The Daily, the comedian has been working on material and tinkering with a return that's as unconventional as his abrupt exit in 2005.

"Dave Chappelle's going back to TV," an insider of some sort told the iPad pape. "It's not for a network. It's for Netflix or Crackle or some other subscription service."

I'm vague, bee-itch!

Chappelle of course bailed on his massively popular Comedy Central show, 'Chappelle's Show' in its third season. He stood to make $50 million in his contract, but walked away following an epiphany on a pilgrimage to South Africa.

"I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place?" he told Oprah at the time.

No deal has been made, but the report indicates Chappelle is looking to bring his talents to a paid-subscription service like Netflix, Hulu or Crackle. All of these online networks have recently ramped up their original content programming. Most notably, Netflix has David Finger's 'House of Card,' priced at $100 million, set to air next year.

In the meantime, Chappelle is working on fresh material at Los Angeles comedy clubs, where one spy told The Daily his set was "really depressing. He was talking about the past, about the show."

Tags: Dave Chappelle

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Thursday 16 June

By seavet1

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Never thought he was funny, just another angry black male

By Nick

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What does being Black have to do with this? You know what I get tired of...people of other races feeling as if it is their privilege to interject race in a conversation whenever they "deem" it appropriate but also that they have to privilege to tell others (Blacks) when it is inappropriate for them to "pull the race card."

Friday 17 June

By djtonydee

SELLOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Randy

Never heard of the spook Hopefully is going on MTV or BET programming to be with his own kind ond not on normal people programming, we have enough monkeys already.

Saturday 18 June

By Julio

TAKE YOUR SPEARCHUCKING BLACK RACIST AZZ BACK TO AFRUCA WHERE YOU BELONG , BOY !!!

By Frank Dj.

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You must be a big O

By stu

this fool needs to go waaaaaay down under.

By k9waste

IT'S ABOUT TIME DAVE!!! I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR OLD RE-RUNS. IT IS TIME FOR SOME NEW LEVITY ON LIFE.

By CARL BLAIN

How do you know his angry moron.The riots in Canada,bet you they not angry to you.

By susan

English?

By sakura

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Actually my reply is to Susan. Not everyone is fluent like you. I understood what he meant. A lot of people for many decades have been telling new citizens "you're in America now, speak American!" as if just being in the US will do it.
When I went overseas, no one expected me to speak their language...

By Mr. Leo

I didn't notice anyone carrying stolen TV's in the Vancouver riot footage.
I'm just sayin'.

By Bliss

he left all that money for a reason. money isnt everything

By Elwood

Just what's needed an other racist black person

By stag01987

He's not racist. He makes fun of everybody.

By roococoreese84

Racist?? He clowns on Black people stereotypes more then anything! And doesnt attack a entire race but brings light to the stereotypes! Just cause you have REAL race issues doesnt mean everyone else does.

By gposner29

Whoever he is, he must be running low on cash.

By o303ob2

ATTENTION NICK (idiot)

Nick, this has EVERYTHING to do with Chapelle "being black" because he hates the hell out of White people, he is a PURE BLATANT RACIST, and White folks are sick of it. That's what.

By bill

Wrong you azz. I'm as white as the day I was born and I think Chappelle was funny as hell. Some of us white folk aren't as insecure as you apparently are.

By Tyler

I have to agree with Bill, and I am also white. Dave doesn't hate white people. Yes he does make fun of white people, but guess what else he does. He makes fun of black people, mexican people, jewish people, etc etc. I for one am extremely happy to hear of his return.

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