Dave Chappelle Interview

Comedian Dave Chappelle has been making us laugh for over 30 years. He studied theater at our performing arts high school in Washington DC and then started infiltrating comedy clubs when he was 14 years old. His career exploded after Chappelle's show on Comedy Central. But he suddenly left the show at the peak of its success, now he's back with a three-part comedy special. Chappelle often avoided

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s, but he agreed to sit down with us for a talk he'll see only on CBS. this morning, you know, but there was all kinds of speculation about whether he was crazy, whether he ever broke down easily on drugs, and if you actually read Dave Chappelle's story, it almost seems like it was more peace of mind than money, you know?

He's funny, he was talking to a guy. He basically told me that comedy is a reconciliation of paradoxes. Well, I think that was an irreconcilable moment for me, being in this very successful place, but the emotional content was not felt. something like what I imagined, success should feel like, it just didn't feel right, some comedy sketch, some sketches already, do you miss Chappelle's show, yes, yes, yes, but Chappelle acts like he broke up with a girl and you still like her, but in your mind is it like that? He's crazy, I'm not coming back. I like to move when I'm thinking.

Not only did Chappelle leave the show walking away from a $50 million deal, he left the country and went to South Africa to escape the famous scare. Thank you. Not so much, he should put me on a plane to Africa. Famous isn't that scary, but he is famous. A horrible concept when it's directed at you. You know, at the end of the day, it's something you don't have much control over. If you just try to behave a little, Bessie can stop doing drugs when I was little, like you, for two seasons. His best was the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central.

There is someone willing to play a basketball game. Aren't you talking about Prince? Like Joe is still one of the funniest and then we tried to get Prince and like he ever had a chance to get scared with you and Prince said now he just says no but then he saw the sketch and he loved the matching tops . entire courses that came out the weekly sketch got him inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mm-hmm but even when you left in 2005 you were still working it's just that we didn't know all the things you were doing I really stayed low I found an altitude that I was comfortable with, you know, I found a way to do what I like to do and avoid some of the parts that I was uncomfortable with, what were you uncomfortable with?

Well, I mean, if you look at I physically now weigh like 40 pounds more than when I did the Chappelle show, welcome everyone, the Chappelle show. I feel like you gained that weight by resting, eating, and paying attention to me. I have real relationships with my kids, I've been torn all over the country my whole life, but I never saw anything. Now I have seen everything. I was able to talk to the people I could. I had time to stop and someone said that they would like me not to like them. I went down my path to listen to it I had time to stop like you understand something else it's like it's like the way I engaged with the world was different I'm starting to get to a point where I wish my wife knew something like that like when he came to Allen University in Columbia South Carolina he wanted to talk to the students it's okay to be afraid because you can't be brave or courageous without fear the idea of ​​being brave is that even though you're scared, anyway, you just do the right thing, so in 2004 I walked away from fifty million dollars and in November I did a deal for 60 million dollars, so welcome home, thank you.

Yes, she also went to the church named after her great-grandfather. from her family's story I wanted to explore hello I'm here to rescue my friend oh okay as long as you're here you fit a description. Chappelle's own stories are based on the stand-up comedy he began performing when he was just 14 years old. Remember when you laughed for the first time, yes, first and was in state. I don't remember, introduce me. I can remember what my presentation was. Well, here I am, this guy named JT News, he said, "You know, guys, everyone starts somewhere tonight." the young man is stateless and stands nearby for the first time he enters, who knows we may be witnessing the birth of a star, please welcome Dave Chappell.

I feel great yelling, he says that's all for you, kid, that's all for you, but they were treating me like you. I know he was into the Make-a-Wish Foundation, something they were just there to give me a little boost, but he encouraged them and it felt so good, you know you're going to go to a million nights in bed to get those good things. Nights now involve juke joints. Concert in the park. Party in the park. Never go to a party where everyone shows up at the same time, but at juke joints everyone's probably going to show up at the same time and we start and end the night together and it's just like it's a very eclectic crowd, what do you want us to feel there? ? it's like you know, love, camaraderie, kinship, you know, since you remember my town is so small, you put on an event like that and the antennas are the big dance that A small town is about 20 miles from Dayton, Ohio, and it is far away from the pressure of big city life.

Have you ever gone for a walk at night? Yes, I will walk at night, especially when I first come back from the road. It's nice and scary. Why do raccoons sound like rustling in the forest? You are afraid of raccoons, yes, a lot, so that is the irrational fear that I have, so if we want to get to you, Dave, get a raccoon, yes, I am not afraid of them like I am of them. Like I see them I'll close, they scare me a little too bold, they have those hands, the city is progressive and artistic, hey man, I'm sorry about your dad, that's good, sit somewhere for a second, Chappelle says he They treat you like a neighbor.

You're not a big star, are you calmer here in general terms? Yeah, I have time to think about things and I think for a comedian, if you don't have time to think, you're just not as effective, but if you know it gets a little corporate, it's that corporate flow that he left behind when he left Comedy Central. where Key & Peele became the comedians to watch. I think there was speculation that Dave doesn't like Key & Peele or Dave thinks he's okay, no, I'm a fan of this show, you know? When I did Chappelle's Show there were certain conventions of the show that the network resisted and I fought very hard against the network so that those conventions could become silly.

We're looking for Clayton Bigsby, look no further buddy, you found me in the first episode I do. that black and white supremacist cooking is like, well, it's ten minutes long, it should be five minutes long, why should it be five minutes long? This type of converts and I fought very hard so that when I wash I can't peel and I see that they are doing the format that I created and at the end of the program we are created by an appeal that hurts my feelings surprise your leadership at this moment is focused on your new creation three highly anticipated multimillion-dollar Netflix specials, you know, America has a racial hot seat.

I think we can all agree that that's the truth and we can also agree that that hot seat is traditionally occupied by African Americans in general, African American men in particular, the debut, they tell jokes about everything from race to politics, are you worried about crossing the line or is there a line you will not cross, although I can see that in recent years that seat has been occupied by Mexicans and dare I say Arabs and we black Americans want to thank you both for his sacrifice. Everyone fights. Cawood, the line is moving. It changes, but I think that many of the expressions that Congress added have to do with intention and their intention is to make people laugh to reconcile the paradox.

I think openly sometimes I just vent openly. I think when you get to a certain altitude there's more scrutiny on the things you say because the platform is so powerful, so you spent this time with him, what's your biggest takeaway? I mean, I know I'm sorry that he's extremely smart like most comedians are, but when you talk about how do you walk away from $50 million? He didn't like Charlie being controlled. Everyone came with all kinds of ideas about how their program should be done. Cut this. Put this end. He said people didn't really understand him or understand him. his comedy, so it wasn't worth it, so to me he was a man of integrity, there were a lot of Snickers and what's wrong with him, but when you talk to him it's very clear that he's very committed to who he is.

I totally understand it and at first I didn't understand it. Does it seem complete at this point? We see that he is married. He has been married to the same woman for a long time. He has three wonderful children and lives in this city in Ohio. very, very happy and I can't wait to go on tour, it stays very nervous, very nervous, from what people are saying about the Netflix special, but it's very, these will be three different specials, yes, three different specials, speaking with a guy, he basically told me that comedy. It's a reconciliation of paradox, well, I think that was an irreconcilable moment for me, being in this very successful place, but the emotional content of it was nothing like what I imagined success should feel like, it just didn't feel like it. good at times. sketch comedy and some sketches, are you missing Chappelle's show?

Yeah, you know, yeah, but Chappelle comes off like he broke up with a girl and you still like her, but in your mind that's crazy. I'm never going to watch a basketball game again. I need to talk about Prince is that Joe was still one of the funniest and then we tried to get Prince and like he ever got the chance to do a sketch about you and Prince said now he says no but then he saw the sketch and I loved you. game blouses was complete consciously the weekly sketch came out he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mm-hmm but even when you left in 2005 you were still working it's just that we didn't know all the things you were doing you really kept up low.

I discovered that comedian Dave Chappelle has been making us laugh for over 30 years. He studied theater at a performing arts high school in Washington DC and then began sneaking into comedy clubs when he was 14 years old. His career exploded after Chappelle's show on Comedy Central, but he suddenly left the show at the peak of his success. Now he's back with a three-part comedy special. Chappelle often avoided

interview

s, but he agreed to sit down with us. for a talk that you'll see only on CBS this morning, you know, but there was all kinds of speculation about whether he was crazy, whether he ever broke down easily on drugs, and, what's more, if you actually read Dave Chappelle's story, it almost seems like It was more peace.

I like to move when I'm thinking Chappelle not only left the show walking away from a fifty million dollar deal, but he left the country and went to South Africa to escape. there the famous scare I thank you not so much I should get on a plane to Africa famous it's not that scary but it's famous a horrifying concept when it's directed at you you know at the end of the day something you don't know you have so much control over it, you just try to bring it to life out something basic for two seasons. The best was Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central, critically acclaimed and very popular.

Does anyone have a meal that I was comfortable with? You know, I found a way to do what I like. do it and avoid some of the parts I was uncomfortable with, what were you uncomfortable with? Well, I mean, if you look at me physically now, I'm like 40 pounds heavier than I was when I did Chappelle's Show, welcome everyone, calm down, calm down. I feel like you gained that weight by resting, eating, and paying attention to me. I have real relationships with my children. I've been torn all over the country my whole life, but I never saw anything now.