So, um… why exactly did Chappelle leave?
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Hustler_2 — 18 years ago(August 06, 2007 01:06 PM)
Wow almost none of yall have any self respect. In truth, money doesn't buy happiness. And hes not a beep hollywood whore or sell-out who will do/put up with anything just to make a quick buck. I respect him a lot for leaving the show. It took balls to just step back and not let the stardom blind him. I mean, yeah, its a lot of money. But it really wasn't worth it. I'll miss the show, no doubt, but he'll still do stand up so its straight.
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spam_ninja — 18 years ago(August 10, 2007 06:44 AM)
Oh my someone else deciding not to leave this topic alone huh? Oh well, here goes.
Assuming you were talking about me as one of "yall."
What makes you think I have no self-respect? Because I am smart enough to want loads of money?
No one said it bought happiness, aside from you. Get real man.
And who said anything about him being a "hollywood whore" or a "sellout?" I at best said he was a coward for giving up on something he created. And I stand by that. He's a frickin' coward for giving up on one of HIS dreams. Giving up on anything you love makes you a coward. That's easy to see.
And to the rest of your sanctimonious crud "Blah blah blah."
Whilst I may not be able to "buy happiness," I'd have financial freedom and could provide my children with whatever they deserved. If you call that having no self-respect, then I take it you don't have children and might possibly still live with mum and da. So, be happy as a pig in poo whilst living in your cardboard shack. I'd gladly give my stones for a million pieces of the leprechaun's gold. -
yomama117 — 16 years ago(June 30, 2009 09:35 PM)
He's a frickin' coward for giving up on one of HIS dreams.
The show was never his "dream" He's clearly stated that he's more interested in stand-up. The show was just something else to gain exposure and once people started liking it he probably thought "hey as long as people like this stuff and I can keep doing it I will." But once the network started screwing with him and moronic fans would unceasingly shout out "I'm Rick James bitch!" during his stand-up (his real dream), then he was like to hell with this.* It just wasn't worth it to fight Comedy Central for control of his show. What for? So rabid "fans" (and I use the word lightly because real fans would know not to beat their stars over the head with the very things they claim to like them for) would keep pestering him with his own jokes? Even as early as when season two was still getting produced he was already getting tired of the Rick James joke. Just look back to the intro of the "pitches" sketch. Plus that whole episode of him leaving the show because he's unhappy with Comedy Central. Some see it as foreshadowing, I see it as at attempt to make light of what was already brewing.
*Read about it yourself. Wikipedia knows all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chappelle
Imagine telling a joke to your friends. Then every day for the rest of your life all you get from them is that joke spit back in your face over and over again. Now imagine someone would pay you for that but throw in a bunch of beep restrictions and conditions. Even the greediest bastard would hesitate before taking the money to do that beep on a daily basis.
Dave Chappelle is not a sellout nor a coward. He's simply reached his beep it point on this matter. -
jcloverboy — 18 years ago(September 20, 2007 12:42 PM)
The main reason he left was because when someone pays you $50 million dollars they think they own you.
Comedy Central started forcing their hand on more issues than they used to and Chappelle was not a fan of where his show was headed.
If anyone saw The Lost Episodes, you can see that the show was a bit watered-down.
In Toronto, if anyone saw Chappelle's stand-up act after the whole debaclethey would recall him comparing his new relationship with Comedy Central to that of a stronghanded-pimp and a hooker.
Chappelle wanted to get out before it was way too late.
Not many people have it in them to turn down $50 million for 2 years of work essentially. He did because the show was no longer going to be up to his standards. -
joelsriotgyrl2005 — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 10:47 AM)
The fact that he turned down 50 million because he didn't want to sell out makes me appreciate Chappelle WAY more. It shows that he wants to do what HE wants, be in control of his talent, and be the creative input. I'm sick of HOllywood gaining control of all the black comedians, and sitcoms and watering them down and then it turns into garbage. I'll use In Living Color as an example and the FOX network. Kenan got into a fight with them, and he ended up losing creative control, so he rolled out along with the rest of the WAYANS what happened? The show lasted for 1 more season and was GARBAGE. So did we really wanna see that happen to the Chappelle Show? Absolutely not. Also everyone needs to research what is going on with HOllywood, who owns is and why Chappelle REALLY didn't want to sell out. Any heard of Illuminati?
Instead of talking beep about Chappelle applaud him for not being the typical sell out who does sh*t for money, and not the quality of it. -
fudgenuts101 — 16 years ago(November 06, 2009 11:38 AM)
In the Time magazine article he said the pressure from the producers and the direction of the show made him question if he wanted to keep going. He felt the show's jokes were starting to actually be mindless and a little racist versus his clever satire. He ultimately said he would rather retain his morals than have 50 million dollars. I hate that he left but I think he is one of the most respectable men in modern culture today.
Here is the link to the article:
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Gadget52 — 16 years ago(November 18, 2009 09:22 PM)
The sad part of the show's end was that the pixies sketch was one of the more intelligent of the show. Yes the entire show was hilarious but that humor was more related to the outlandishness of the characters, the pixies sketch found humor in something very true of life in that many people almost seem to have a little voice that reminds them of their race's stereotypes and makes them uncomfortable. It almost seems as though Dave lost confidence in his comedic abilities to make a truly funny show, however given the circumstances I can't really say he made a bad decision because though it was hasty and it brought the show to an end, at least the show wasn't dragged on for years only for it to lose it's funny like so many others. It's sad that so much of the show's destruction was due to creative difference and other problems on the set but that's what happens especially when so much money is involved. I guess that's my two cents on the subject, I miss the show and like a lot of people wish things didn't turn out this way but at least we got a great show for a little while but chances are Dave will still having something big coming up whether it's a new show or another stand-up special is up to him.
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Lobo305 — 15 years ago(February 25, 2011 09:16 AM)
From his lips to your eyes
He said that he intended his comedy to be sarcastic and reveal the utter racism that most people still exhibit. It was one of the reasons he purposefully had a relatively small audience, he like to scan the crowd and observe their reaction to skits and films. He said that as time went on he realized the audience was laughing at the wrong time.
Basically he said that the audience (even minorities) were laughing at what was being said and not the message behind his humor.
Very confusing (if you ask me)
"El riesgo vive siempre!" -
StevenSmithNYC — 12 years ago(August 01, 2013 09:29 PM)
All this is saying, is he had high standards for what he was doing. I credit and respect the man for that. I'd hate to see him turn into a soulless character like Jay Leno just to keep the money flowing.
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cabal24 — 13 years ago(January 25, 2013 09:09 AM)
I have heard him on a couple of different shows and he usually gave a slightly different answer every time. It was that is was too racial, or something about creative control, or something about material or siomething else. Blah blah blah.
But I believe what happened was he was feeling pressure to live up to teh "Chappelle Show standard" for lack of a better term. And that was damn hard to do. So he kind of freaked out and left the show.
I dont buy the part about him in blackface and feeling offended by it. He did that kind of humor the whole time. It shoudlnt have been an issue by season 3. -
Mandingo609 — 12 years ago(May 24, 2013 08:03 AM)
It got soooi successful, that the whites executives wanted to have more control of the skits and Dave knew what was coming. We all know what happened to B.E.T and Rap music once the whites started having input.