Dave Chappelle - No Third Season!?!?

[The Central Scrutinizer]

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1..._10_0_,00.html

[necrolop]

I think itl be a go, but itl probably be a long wait.

If you read the newsweek artical about him, i think its pretty obvious what happened to him. He has cracked under the pressure of $50 Million. He is unsure of his ability to deliver to such great expectations. Hopefully hes not too messed up.

[xiaNaix]

Damn... I just got the Season 2 DVD set and was watching it last night. I hope he's okay!

[thetieger]

this blows, heard it on the radio this morning he is easily the best comedian right now IMO stand up, and the show, and his various movies.

-Thetieger

[Furune]

this blows, heard it on the radio this morning he is easily the best comedian right now IMO stand up, and the show, and his various movies.

-Thetieger

I agree, except I haven't seen him in one decent movie.

[poppa-smurf]

I agree, except I haven't seen him in one decent movie.

Then you haven't seen Half Baked, that's some funny shit right there
As for his show, I think there are moments of almost genius, with too much filler, so there are those rare gems that make you laugh like crazy but then there are those that, for me, bomb. And the gems are few and far between, so I really stopped watching the show.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

The Time Magazine interview is here...

http://www.time.com/time/arts/articl...1418-1,00.html

Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to read the whole thing. The President of Comedy Central has said he doubts there will be a Chappelle Show in 2005 but hopes to work with Dave again.

[idiiot]

I have some good news for you all:

May 15, 11:06 AM EDT

Dave Chappelle says he's not crazy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Comedian Dave Chappelle wants to set things straight: "I'm not crazy, I'm not smoking crack," he tells Time magazine in an interview more than a week after his hit Comedy Central show was suspended and the rumors started to fly.

"I'm definitely stressed out," said Chappelle, who took off last month to South Africa for a "spiritual retreat," leaving his fans - and even his agent and publicist - wondering where he went.

"You hear so many voices jockeying for position in your mind that you want to make sure that you hear your own voice," he said. "So I figured, let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute and pull a Flintstone - stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as the brakes."

After Comedy Central announced that the planned May 31 debut of the third season of "Chappelle's Show" had been postponed, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported that Chappelle had checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa.

"I'm not in a mental facility," said Chappelle, who also said he did not have a drug problem but had consulted a psychiatrist for one 40-minute visit.

The 31-year-old comedian said he fled to stay with friends in Durban because he wasn't happy with the direction of the show, which is behind only "South Park" as Comedy Central's most-watched program.

"There's a lot of resistance to my opinions, so I decided, 'Let me remove myself from this situation,'" Chappelle said.

Comedy Central president Doug Herzog told Time that the star has "complete creative freedom." He has told staff he believes there won't be a "Chappelle's Show" in 2005, but leaves the option open for the comedian's return.

Chappelle, whose wife and two children live in Ohio, said he hopes to start up the show again, but did not indicate when he would return.

Comedy Central had inked a reported $50 million deal to keep "Chappelle's Show" for two more seasons, and the comedian hinted to Time about struggles associated with the power and fame that come with that kind of success.

"If you don't have the right people around you, and you're moving at a million miles an hour, you can lose yourself," he said. "Everyone around me says, 'You're a genius, you're great, that's your voice,' but I'm not sure that they're right."

Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

[Liquidvlade]

thanks for that update idiiot I was kinda worried =)

[console-crazy]

$50 million for 2 seasons, that'd make anyone go crazy