Chappelle's Show is a sketch comedy series starring Dave Chappelle, a comedian (previously) best known for his role as Thurgood Jenkins in the stoner film Half Baked, or his role as Achoo in Robin Hood: Men In Tights. It premiered on January 22, 2003. Since then, the show has become the second highest rated show - after South Park - on Comedy Central, a US cable television network.

Famous sketches

Some famous sketches from Chappelle's Show include:

• "The Niggar Family"-- a send up of a Leave It To Beaver type family whose last name happens to be Niggar.

• Trading Spouses: A spoof of the reality show Trading Spaces, where a white and black family exchange fathers. Ironically, at least two US television networks have announced reality shows based upon a similar premise as of 2004, one actually called Trading Spouses.

• The racial draft: An ESPN-style draft telecast where the various races of the world finally decide to claim several mixed-race (and other) celebrities as their own.

• Frontline: The life of Clayton Bigsby, a biography of a blind, black "white supremacist" raised thinking he was white

• Popcopy, a parody of the Kinko's franchise's training videos.
• The "Mad" Real World, a parody of MTV's The Real World in which a mild-mannered white male moves in with a group of antagonistic black roommates.

• R. Kelly's "Piss on You" music video (and remix)

• Blackzilla!- a send up of Godzilla movies in which a giant Dave battles Godzilla in the middle of Tokyo.

• A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon, in which Dave plays the vocabularily-restricted rapper/producer, who usually says only the words 'Yea-yah!', 'A-wha-tah?', and 'O-Kay-a!', and appears as he does in Usher Raymond's "Yeah!" video.

• Examples of what movies would be like if they were set in reality?

• An example of what life would be like if it was set in the world of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?

• Having a "pretty white girl" sing his thoughts as he writes them, because they would be too scary otherwise

• Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories (easily the most popular sketch from the show so far): Charlie Murphy- Eddie Murphy's real-life brother- recounts supposed altercations between himself and famous celebrities, including the late funk musician Rick James, who recounts the stories as himself, and Prince. Created and popularized the catchphrases "What did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP!", "I'm Rick James, bitch!" and "Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

• Wayne Brady's Show: After Dave gets kicked off the show by his superiors, Wayne Brady takes over and when Dave takes the show back the tale of Wayne and Dave's misadventures is told where Wayne Brady goes on a violent rampage. Created and popularized the catchphrase "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"

• Samuel Jackson Beer: A parody of the Samuel Adams beer commercials. Features Dave as a very profane Sam Jackson dressed in colonial-style clothes. Catchphrase: "It'll get you drunk."

In addition to sketches, the show features performances by various hip-hop groups.

Media

• "I'm rich, biotch" - the audio trademark for Dave's company, Pilot Boy Productions. It is heard at the end of every episode, and it was uttered in the "Reparations" sketch. (Ogg format)

External links

• Chappelle Center (http://www.chappellecenter.com) - A comprehensive resource of Chappelle's Show information, including an episode guide.
• DaveChappelle.com (http://www.davechappelle.com) - Dave's official website and forums.
• Comedy Central: Chappelle's Show (http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/chappellesshow/) - Comedy Central's official website for Chappelle's Show.
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