Dave Chappelle Returning to TV, Only Not So Much
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."
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This angry racist gets ANOTHER chance to spew his hate?
He never was funny.
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Finally,something worth watching. After Oprah has extracted OJ's confession & Barbara Walter's explosive interView with Elmer Fudd is in the can, Chapelle will live forever,in syndication.
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CHA-CHING !!!
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How 'bout that new reality TV show, "Telepromptor vs. The ATMs"? Nahh! "Blazing Saddles, the Musical"? Dave - call Mel.
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i love dave and im white beeotch
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he should stay away. who really cares!
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PLEASE NO!!!!!!
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Met Dave and his family on a chartered flight.He was a real nice, down to earth man. I don't care what anybody says, his show was funny as hell.
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This man is very funny. He had a nervous breakdown and walked away from hundreds of millions of dollars. It just goes to show that money cannot buy happiness or good mental health. Whatever he does with his career I hope it is satisfing and pleasing to him. He is a great talent.
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Everyone is calling him racist... have any of you actually SEEN his standup or television show??? He talked crap about everyone, especially black people. I'm white and I think he's hilarious! And if you'd watch his interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actor's Studio you'd know why he left after the second season of Chappelle's Show (which btw he left 3 times during season 2 and no one said anything until he went to Africa) Stop calling him racist if you say you've never heard of him and to call him a monkey? You sir are a fool!
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God, I've missed him SOOOOO much, I can't wait for anything he does!
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Ugh
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I think dave is a clever guy and his six year absents
keeps his stick from being old hat and gave him time to develope
and I am sure he will bring it if it happens.
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Spent all his money now he's got to get back to work.
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White people are the most jealous and hate filled murderous people on this planet. They created the race card, used it against other peoples around the planet for centuries and now they are crying foul. There would not be a race card if you didnt create it, you murderous theives.
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ALL humans are hate-filled and murderous. ALL humans are racist. And guess what? ALL humans are thieves. Skin color hasn't a damn thing to do with that.
Spewing hate about it? Proves you're not one damn bit better than anyone else.
I happened to think he was incredibly funny, and I'm pretty happy he's returning. I just wish he never went off the air in the first place........Oh and I happen to be white so all of you other racist white people who are throwing out racial slurs just because of the color of his skin are just ignorant
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Who?????????????
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