Dave Chappelle's Woe
ugh ogh, Dave Chappelle, what is wrong wit u? I guess the pressure of trying to live up the huge expectation for the third season apparently has taken its toll....I would admit his skits in "Chappelle's Show" were really hilarious. My personal fave was the one about the blind black- white supremacist named Clayton Bigsby. still confused? This guy is a black man who's blind but raised by the whiteys and he kind of felt that he's white and turned into a white supremacist (KKK). The first season was so successful it took Comedy Central no time to put him in for 2nd season. After the second season, Comedy Central got a stiff competition from NBC and AXN but still won the tender, this time with a huge $50 million contract for 2 seasons. Apparently Dave was feeling the pressure to maintain the quality of jokes from the first 2 seasons. I wish him well....take it easy DAVE....and yeah, cocaine is a hell of a drug
Report: Chappelle in mental health facility
NEW YORK - Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
The comedian’s whereabouts and condition have been unknown since Comedy Central abruptly announced last week that the planned May 31 launch of the third season of “Chappelle’s Show” had been postponed and production halted.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.
“We don’t know where he is,” Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said. “We’ve heard about South Africa. We don’t know. We haven’t talked to Dave.”
Chappelle’s spokesman, Matt Labov, would not comment on the magazine’s story.
“It seems like the issues he’s contending with are really quite serious,” said Dade Hayes, a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. “It isn’t a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion.”
The magazine’s sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named, Hayes said. Chappelle’s representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
Chappelle reportedly signed a $50 million deal with Comedy Central for two more seasons of his show, a payday made possible because of the explosive sales of the show’s first season DVD.
The magazine said Chappelle had shot four to five episodes’ worth of sketches for the new season, but none of its onstage introductions.
ugh ogh, Dave Chappelle, what is wrong wit u? I guess the pressure of trying to live up the huge expectation for the third season apparently has taken its toll....I would admit his skits in "Chappelle's Show" were really hilarious. My personal fave was the one about the blind black- white supremacist named Clayton Bigsby. still confused? This guy is a black man who's blind but raised by the whiteys and he kind of felt that he's white and turned into a white supremacist (KKK). The first season was so successful it took Comedy Central no time to put him in for 2nd season. After the second season, Comedy Central got a stiff competition from NBC and AXN but still won the tender, this time with a huge $50 million contract for 2 seasons. Apparently Dave was feeling the pressure to maintain the quality of jokes from the first 2 seasons. I wish him well....take it easy DAVE....and yeah, cocaine is a hell of a drug
Report: Chappelle in mental health facility
NEW YORK - Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
The comedian’s whereabouts and condition have been unknown since Comedy Central abruptly announced last week that the planned May 31 launch of the third season of “Chappelle’s Show” had been postponed and production halted.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.
“We don’t know where he is,” Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said. “We’ve heard about South Africa. We don’t know. We haven’t talked to Dave.”
Chappelle’s spokesman, Matt Labov, would not comment on the magazine’s story.
“It seems like the issues he’s contending with are really quite serious,” said Dade Hayes, a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. “It isn’t a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion.”
The magazine’s sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named, Hayes said. Chappelle’s representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
Chappelle reportedly signed a $50 million deal with Comedy Central for two more seasons of his show, a payday made possible because of the explosive sales of the show’s first season DVD.
The magazine said Chappelle had shot four to five episodes’ worth of sketches for the new season, but none of its onstage introductions.
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