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Chappelle's Show - The Lost Episodes (Uncensored) (2003)Starring: Dave Chappelle, Liz Beckham Director: Andre Allen, Bill Berner |
| Three completed episodes from the long-lost third season of Chappelle’s Show are finally available for mass consumption. With the success of the first two seasons, Dave finally gets to meet the President of Show Business, spends some time in the limelight on MTV's Cribs, and gives his best impersonations of P. Diddy, ‘Lil Jon and Gary Coleman. Combine that with some great musical guests and you've got proof that Dave Chappelle is now and forever will be one of the funniest, most boundary-pushing comedians ever to grace television. | |
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Chappelle's Show - Season 1 (2003)Starring: Dave Chappelle, Liz Beckham Director: Andre Allen, Bill Berner |
| The 2003 debut of Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central marked a high point for the cable channel, and now the entire, wildly creative first season can be seen, with hundreds of bleeps removed. That's not to say Chappelle's Show is perfect entertainment: there are too many moments among the 12 episodes here that descend into pointless scatology and booty fever. But for the most part, Chappelle, a talented comic slowly growing into greatness, is trying to push the sketch-humor envelope and succeeds at surprising us with original concepts and merciless execution. | |
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Chappelle's Show - Season 2 (2003)Starring: Dave Chappelle, Liz Beckham Director: Andre Allen, Bill Berner |
| The wildly popular series where comedian Dave Chappelle takes his street-smart brand of comedy to another level, CHAPPELLE'S SHOW - SEASON TWO UNCENSORED consists of hysterical sketches, pop culture parodies and live musical performances. CHAPPELLE'S SHOW SEASON TWO finds Dave Chappelle taking on American culture from the streets to the 'burbs, and everything in between. | |
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Unrated Widescreen Edition) (2006)Starring: Dave Chappelle, Erykah Badu Director: Michel Gondry |
| Few movies, documentary or otherwise, capture the relaxed exuberance of Dave Chappelle's Block Party. This is Chappelle's first project since his show on Comedy Central received so much popular and critical attention that he apparently had a psychological meltdown and fled to Africa to escape. You can still see a hint of weariness and wariness in his eyes--but even more you can see his relief to be launching a project that bears no expectations. Funded by his own money and free to all who attended, Chappelle set up a secret concert location in Brooklyn and pulled together a musical lineup of stellar acts, including Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Common, the Roots, Dead Prez, and the reunion of the Fugees, all of whom give vibrant performances. | |
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Platinum Comedy Series - Dave Chappelle - Killin' Them Softly (1999)by Urban Works |
| Killin' Them Softly is easily one of HBO's best comedy specials, catching star Dave Chappelle at a career high in 2000 and with an abundance of hysterical, highly polished material. Taking his time, stretching concepts and bits like a master, Chappelle plunges into a wealth of anecdotes and observations about the influx of white people into Washington, D.C. (where this show was recorded) since the 1980s. ("Who are the scariest people? White guys in black gangs. No telling what they did to get respect.") There are fantastic tales of racing cops with Chappelle's white friend, Chip, and a great story about being left alone in a limousine outside a busy crack house. Other good stuff: introducing a kid to a PePe Le Pew cartoon and realizing too late the skunk is a sex criminal, and why we should know our 911 calls will end up played on television. |