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Wow. Success sometimes drives people crazy. If you spend your entire life struggling, what do you do when you make it?
 
Oh shit. Godspeed Dave, if what's being said is true, I hope you find your way out of this situation soon. I just really hope that either he finds a way to help himself, or people step in to help him.
 
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Damn. Well for his sake, I hope he gets his act together. I'd rather him take a year off and get his shit straight than try to force out a season.

Dave Chappelle = Mariah Carey 2?
 
triste said:
Martin Lawrence should sue him for stealing the "I went crazy" excuse.
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Or he'll set himself on fire, Richard Pryor style. That'll turn into 10 shows worth of material.
 
I blame this shit on Wayne Brady...this is all just part of his evil plan to take over as the new host of Chappelle's Show!
 
DarienA said:
I blame this shit on Wayne Brady...this is all just part of his evil plan to take over as the new host of Chappelle's Show!
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Wayne Brady: RIVERSIDE, BITCH!
 
Guys, guys calm yourselves. This is just something Dave is doing to mess with us, isn't it obvious. He's just building up more hype for the show, that's it. He's probably gonna come on the first show of the season and be like, "hahahahah I can't belive ya'll fools believed that shyt! hahahahahah! GOTCHA!" Ok?

So calm.
 
JeffDowns said:
Guys, guys calm yourselves. This is just something Dave is doing to mess with us, isn't it obvious. He's just building up more hype for the show, that's it. He's probably gonna come on the first show of the season and be like, "hahahahah I can't belive ya'll fools believed that shyt! hahahahahah! GOTCHA!" Ok?

So calm.
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unless he died...
 
Man, i hope you are right jeff, cuz this was the only show i was planning on watching throughout the summer; unless of course House M.D. still shows new episodes.

And I sure as fuck hope House and Chappelle Show are not shown at the same time on Tuesdays, because House will definitely Lose out.
 
AlphaSnake said:
Wow, that's pretty sad.
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no, it's not sad at all. I'm sick and tired of seeing black comedians fuck their lives up once they make it big. There is absolutely NO excuse to throw away your new found fame and fortune on drugs, booze, or just behaving retardedly like going missing for days at a time, and shit like that.

I mean 'the fuck Dave? You got it GOIN ON now and you wanna risk everything on doing dumb shit? Well, it's your life pal.

First Pryor, then Lawrence, now Chappelle....
 
Man, that is totally Martin Lawrence, another comedian who had a show I totally loved. Martin was my favorite tv show until he went fucking bananas. Look slike Dave might be suffering the same fate. I hope it's all a gag though. I'd hate for someone this funny to lose it. But when you think about it. The whole reason great comedians are great IS because they're batshit insane. How else do they come up with material. :lol PEACE.
 
I'm sick and tired of seeing black comedians
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Replace it with all comedians and you have a point. Plenty of whiteys (Farley) fucked themselves up. Maybe comedians are sad clowns inside. After all, there is still Chris Rock and to a much lesser extent, Eddie Griffin. They're still out there, making fun of the man.
 
The Chosen One said:
What exactly happened to the Martin Lawrence show? I'm not able to turn up anything with Google.
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I remember reading one report that he did something to the actress that plays Gina. That's why in the final few eps you never saw them on screen at the sametime.
 
Yeah Gina had to file a restraining order against Martin. Sad ending to a great show.

What the hell has Martin been up to anyway? Has he done anything since his breakdown?
 
DJ_Tet said:
Yeah Gina had to file a restraining order against Martin. Sad ending to a great show.

What the hell has Martin been up to anyway? Has he done anything since his breakdown?
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I think Bad Boys 2 was filmed after his breakdown.
 
The Experiment said:
Replace it with all comedians and you have a point. Plenty of whiteys (Farley) fucked themselves up. Maybe comedians are sad clowns inside. After all, there is still Chris Rock and to a much lesser extent, Eddie Griffin. They're still out there, making fun of the man.
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Yeah, white comedians do this shit just as often. Look at Belluci and Hedberg, or Kinison to a lesser extent (killed by drunk driver AFTER overcoming drugs, but still.)
 
I don't know why Season 3 has been shut down, but I do know that Chappelle (pre and post Chappelle Show) frequents some of LA's finest hotels and won't come out for days at a time with the hotel staff reporting the smell of drugs coming out of his room.
 
ColdBlooded33 said:
I think Bad Boys 2 was filmed after his breakdown.
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yup.

And BB3 is supposed to start filming this summer. But WS is not gonna be it this time. Instead they're pairing Martin with Cedric The Entertainer. Damn...my man Ced is funny and all, but action movies? Come now.
 
Dave? And drugs?

Say it isn't so, it's not like he has admitted on national tv plenty of times (on Conan) that he smokes pot.
 
isamu said:
yup.

And BB3 is supposed to start filming this summer. But WS is not gonna be it this time. Instead they're pairing Martin with Cedric The Entertainer. Damn...my man Ced is funny and all, but action movies? Come now.
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I pray to god your kidding.
 
DJ_Tet said:
Dave? And drugs?

Say it isn't so, it's not like he has admitted on national tv plenty of times (on Conan) that he smokes pot.
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He hasn't mentioned he smokes crack in public yet though.
 
JUST saw a commercial still advertising the Season 2 series. It looks like they're still taking orders, and they said it ships on May 24th.

Maybe they're going to release the DVDs anyways, hoping to at least make SOME money off of his ass while he aint doing anything.
 
isamu said:
yup.

And BB3 is supposed to start filming this summer. But WS is not gonna be it this time. Instead they're pairing Martin with Cedric The Entertainer. Damn...my man Ced is funny and all, but action movies? Come now.
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Cedric would die of a heart attack. He better have a lot of stunt doubles

Yeah, white comedians do this shit just as often. Look at Belluci and Hedberg, or Kinison to a lesser extent (killed by drunk driver AFTER overcoming drugs, but still.)
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Exactly. Comedians in general are probably a few cards short of a deck. Once they find fame and fortune, thats when things turn bad for them. I still have no idea why but then again, I'm not a comedian.

I was raised in the burbs, does crack have a smell? lol
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According to Bling Bling on Bum Fights, there is a smell of good crack and bad crack.
 
http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3369

We've received a flurry of emails letting us know that Chappelle's Show Season 2 has been pushed back. The news, first sent to us by Daniel Wasserman, came from a story that came from E! Online, and ran on Yahoo!

Here's a quote from the story:

The first season currently ranks as the all-time top-selling TV show on DVD. (Paramount has indefinitely pushed back the release of the second season--the studio hopes to time the DVD to the start of season three.)

That quote contains two incorrect statements. 1) The first season of the show is not the best-selling TV-DVD set; that belongs to Seinfeld. 2) Paramount/Comedy Central have not delayed the release of season 2, which is still set to be released on May 24.

We wanted to look into this ourselves before we passed along incorrect information, and we were very happy when Paramount told us the information from the article was wrong, and that the season 2 plans were still going ahead.
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So... looks like Season 2 is still coming this month. There goes your conspiracy theories of Comedy Central holding it back to punish Chappelle.
 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...29&e=3&u=/ap/20050509/ap_en_tv/dave_chappelle

NEW YORK - Dave Chappelle is under pressure, according to a Newsweek report. The star of Comedy Central's popular "Chappelle's Show," is exhausted due to tension, partying and creative differences with Comedy Central, causing last week's halt in the show's production, the report said.

"I saw him start trippin' when the buzz started to get real loud," one unidentified celebrity friend told Newsweek. "I think he was in shock after the first season, and then (during) the second, it hit him that he was the man. That freaked him. And then came the pressure of living up to expectations for the third season. He's never been there — where something's so good and you got to come even stronger the next time. It was too much."

Neither Comedy Central publicist Tony Fox nor Chappelle's spokesman, Matt Labov, has discussed what caused the halt in production or how long it will last. The third season was to premiere May 31.

Another source pointed to the 31-year-old actor-comedian's partying, although Labov has denied that his client has a drug problem.

"Everyone knows Dave likes to have fun," a music industry source said. "I wouldn't say it's out of control ... but at some point that has to affect you if you've got a regular gig."

Newsweek writer Devin Gordon visited the set in November 2004, just a few weeks into shooting on the third season. Gordon didn't notice any out of the ordinary behavior.

The Newsweek report claims Chappelle wants to delve into more controversial racial issues, unsettling "Comedy Central" executives; Comedy Central and an employee in Chappelle's camp said last week the delay "is not a network issue."

"Dave is not compromising what he wants to do," another source said. "He's waited a long time for this chance, and he's not trying to do anything that isn't 100 percent his vision."
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Dave your shit is funny... just take a deep breath, relax, and let the shit come naturally. I'll be here waiting and rootin for you all the way.
 
I'm not worried about the season 2...I've had the bootleg DVD(great quality) with all the episodes for 2months now..But I need season 3...I saw him on That Funk Master Flex show on Spike TV, and Flex asked him how does it feel to be the #1 guy in his field and he seemed normal to me, didn't "seem" stressed.

Who knows though...My guess is that the FCC is probably riding Comedy Centrals ass about the show, causing the execs not to approve some of the would be classic, but racey skits that Chappelle and company had planned...

Season 3 will probably appear on August or sept with everything else.
 
The Experiment said:
Exactly. Comedians in general are probably a few cards short of a deck. Once they find fame and fortune, thats when things turn bad for them. I still have no idea why but then again, I'm not a comedian.
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Cracking jokes is a great coping mechanism. Not to mention, expectations are through the roof, and everybody wants you to be funny all time. That can weigh on a man.

I hope all of this is just hype, and that he's okay.
 
Nameless said:
Who knows though...My guess is that the FCC is probably riding Comedy Centrals ass about the show, causing the execs not to approve some of the would be classic, but racey skits that Chappelle and company had planned...
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The FCC has no grounds to harass Comedy Central about its content (not yet at least, knock on wood).

Anywho, so the Newsweek article seems to point to all of the rumors having elements of truth. I'm not sure why Comedy Central would be worried aboutany further racial issues raised. I sure as hell don't hear many people actually critiquing the politics of what Chappelle does, just whether or not it was funny.
 
I am thinking that the problem is not only one issue, but a combination of things.

Fights with Comedy Central, partying, drugs, pressure, etc. If you have the season one DVD, you hear Dave talking about the fights with CC about show content. That is just part of the process in doing a show. But, you have to wonder how far Dave is trying to go since it seems South Park can get away with anything.
 
dave always struck me as someone who was uncomfortable with his fame. I mean, the guy lives on a farm in Ohio for crissakes. And not being able to walk down the street without people yelling "IM RICK JAMES BITCH!" or "WHAAAAAAAAAT?!" is enough to drive anyone crazy.
 
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