Chappelle's Show Season One Dave Chappelle and his Chappelle's Show as as a bit of coverage at the moment, after Chappelle had done the first two seasons of the show, he signed a $50 million contract for a further two seasons, a little bit into filming for the third season, he disappeared, went to Africa, reappeared on his farm, Chappelle's Show probably finishing in the process. A couple of questions might go through your mind- was he worth $50 million to begin with, why did he walk away and what is up with him and if you haven't seen the show- is it any good? The first season runs for 12 episodes- there are many, many laughs to have a long the way, Dave Chappelle as natural charisma and easily carries the show, the first episode features Chappelle playing a blind white supermacist called Clayton Bigsby, now this very funny sketch (IMO) will be where the viewer gets divided- some people will feel it's in bad taste and (perhaps rightly so) will where the Chappelle's Show experience end for them. Look out for anything with the character of Crack head Tyrone Bigguns (particulary his first appearance in the second episode), other stand out sketches in this include Reperations 2003 (where black people finally get reperations from slavery), Inside Chappelle's Show Studio (Big Foot, Little Foot), Frontline: Racist Hollywood Animal Stars, Dave starring in own video game, The Player Hater's Ball, R Kelly: Piss on You Music Video and any appearance by comedy writer Paul Mooney. A lot of very funny sketches and as a strong hit to miss ratio, but like I say not everybody's cup of tea.

I recommend this for fans of comedy that's near the knuckle (but intelligent) and it's good to see Chappelle finally get a moment in the sun after supporting turns in movies like Con Air and the Nutty Professor and not only that be such a great show in the process

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