Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show
TV-14 | 22 January 2003 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    Raetsonwe

    Redundant and unnecessary.

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    Fairaher

    The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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    Blake Rivera

    If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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    Quiet Muffin

    This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

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    mariuslaastad-1

    Dave Chappelle is a genius! This show is full of "skits" and i cant remember one that didn't make me laugh. The show does a lot of racial jokes, "they kid about racists and racism, not actual racist jokes" and Chappelle pulls it off every time. I cant remember how many times i watched the episodes over again. Me and my friends always talk about this show, we talk about the different skits and its almost as funny as when i first saw them. If you haven't seen Chappelle's Show, you better! You wont be disappointed unless your a racist or humor paralyzed. This is the best comedy show i have ever seen, with runner ups like Seinfeld, Simpsons, The Office etc etc.

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    lotterypick

    The Chappelle is just brilliant. Especially Season 2. I was hard pressed to find a skit that I didn't throughly enjoy. Its timely humour combined with timeless social commentary. The musical guest appearances where amazing. I really enjoyed performance by Kanye West and Common. I didn't the any of the skits form the "Lost Episodes a.k.a. what was supposed to Season Three". Don't get me wrong. Charlie Murphy and Downell Rawlings are very funny. They are great character actors that are part of a brilliant ensemble cast but only Dave Chappelle can really do these skits just with his monologues. I am not a fan of the way the media seemed to portray Chappelle as having a emotional breakdown because he couldn't handle the pressure. This was how it seemed to be spun to me. Chappelle was given a boatload of money by Comedy Cental for season three. Chappelle went to Africa because he "crazy". Give me break. This show stands on its own. I really believe that he didn't walk away from his show because of the pressure. I think he betrayed philosophically by a number of people around. Especially Comedy Central. That is why he felt that he had to make "Block Party". To explain his actions to his fans. Isn't about brand extension or merchandising? Its about people. A connection between himself and his fans. His material spoke to me personally. Made me think. He could really mix it up. He wasn't one dimensional in the sense that he would strictly use stand-up comedy or throw in a random joke here and there to "spice things up".

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    dap3979

    Without a doubt, Dave Chappelle, along with his superb writers, have created a small space in this day and age of over-censored television, where anything goes and laughter is always the final product. If you are inclined to dislike the humor in racism, do not watch this show because your head would explode. If the thought of a black-blind-white-supremacist sounds like something you would find amusing, go ahead and watch Dave work his exaggerated magic. Remember Eddie Murphey? Well Charlie Murphey, Eddie Murphey's brother, spices things up with his favorite Hollywood stories and guest star Paul Mooney, delivers a clear-cut hit with his improv-comedy. I recommend this show to all viewers, with an appetite for comedy criticizing the social and political problems of our GREAT country.

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    michael_the_nermal

    I can't for the life of me understand the appeal of this skit comedy show. Chappelle is an okay comedian who occasionally make me laugh hard, but the yuks are mostly wanting in this particular program. The worst skit is ironically the most popular: "The Rick James Story." Chappelle looks and sounds nothing like Rick James, and his catchphrase has become overused ad nauseum in the real world. Other unfunny skits include the crack addict, Popcopy and the racist TV animals. This is not to say the show is a total loss. Paul Mooney's "Negrodamus" monologues are pretty funny, and I sort of liked that "blind, black KKK member" skit. One inspired bit was having the vanilla Steve Harvey play some creepy crook. For the most part, "Chappelle's Show" is a below-average skit comedy with some inspired moments. I will say that it is far superior to other swill that Comedy Central sees fit to broadcast, such as Adam Carolla's talk show, The Man Show, Crossballs, and the worst of the bunch, reruns of the putrid MAD TV.Paul Mooney, one of the writers, has done better work on the excellent skit comedy show "In Living Color." He should write for and bring his "Negrodamus" skit to "Saturday Night Live." I'd watch it then.

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