Sensible Erection | For those that wonder what happened with Dave Chapelle

Thursday, 21 June 2012

For those that wonder what happened with Dave Chapelle

quote [ Dave Chappelle on Inside the Actors Studio ]

I was blown away, and I have so more respect for the man.

[art] [by afrasr@8:44pmGMT] [+10 Good]

Comments

graham said @ 9:10pm GMT on 21st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
What's he been up to for the past 6 years? ;P

afrasr said @ 9:13pm GMT on 21st Jun
Good question, but I was always curious why he dropped off the radar, and fucked off to Africa for a while.

Nice to see the drug rumors were false, and really it was just the insanity of Hollywood got to him.

I would think he is just chilling on his farm these days.

willrogers said @ 10:27pm GMT on 21st Jun [Score:1 Underrated]
He's still doing standup, it's just that he does these "secret shows" which don't really advertise that he's going to be performing so that there isn't a whole swarm of rabid fans turning it into some big deal that overshadows the comedy and makes Chappelle uncomfortable.

hackiavelli said @ 4:07am GMT on 22nd Jun
Chappelle says it wasn't a nervous breakdown but shutting down production of a very popular show (ending all the jobs of the people who work there) then flying off to Africa unannounced all because a camera guy may be racist because of the way he laughs doesn't scream "rational human-being".

RedRiverRat said @ 6:33am GMT on 22nd Jun
I was agreeing with you up until you said bit after flying off to Africa.

Perspective.

It is impossible for me to really understand, really, celebrity and what comes with it. I could (but am not) be the most talented person in the world. Would I be willing to sacrifice myself on the altar of gossip to give a gift that I (dont) have? If I had it... would I be happier.

I watched the whole vid, and a lot of people who comment will see the title and skim the responses and reply. Thats just how shit works. You got to cut some people some slack. Especially when you really cant comprehend what they are having to go through.

I dont fault Dave, he saw people he defined as 'STRONG' and understood that to succeed you must have a will and a drive and a desire. And talent. And luck. And a FUCK YOU attitude.

One of his most famous and best on the show was about keeping it real. I think Dave figured, 'this shit ain't real, Im out"

I especially liked how it ended. When it was just Dave.

I'd buy him a beer and smoke a bowl anyday.

shit. long reply sorry

RedRiverRat said @ 6:39am GMT on 22nd Jun
If you want a point to that mess it is that celebrity is not always a blessing. And yes, 50 million dollars is great but not if it kills you inside and out.

People think about the money so often they forget that there are people who paid the money thinking they bought at least a part of you.

Im cool being anon and saying my silly things.

RedRiverRat said @ 6:44am GMT on 22nd Jun

Supreme_Coconut said @ 3:59pm GMT on 22nd Jun
The problem I have with this picture is that Jek Porkins never said "Stay on target"

Cakkafracle said @ 4:03pm GMT on 22nd Jun
yes he did?
thats how I have remembered it for 35 years...

Cakkafracle said @ 4:06pm GMT on 22nd Jun
Oh yeah, it wasn't even Jek who says that line, it's Gold Five (whoever he is)

torinaga said @ 2:14am GMT on 23rd Jun
Almost......there.....

hackiavelli said @ 6:06am GMT on 23rd Jun
Let me put it this way: If you were the CEO of a major corporation whose daily operation absolutely depending on you being there and you suddenly, without notice or explanation to anyone including your business partner and wife, flew off to Africa to stay for an unspecified reason and amount of time how would it be viewed?

I like Dave Chappelle. I think just about everyone does. I have a DVD set of Chappelle's Show on the shelf a few feet away. And I think that like is what pushes everyone to make excuses for his behavior. It walks like a duck and quacks like a duck but we all pretend it's not a duck.

chold_numa said @ 6:57am GMT on 22nd Jun
Well, if you see yourself becoming something you hate or despise you should stop. The fact that he did this and gave up a lot of money says a lot about his principles and his thoughts on race.

Some things are worth more than money to Dave Chappelle. Like his integrity. He should be congratulated and applauded for standing up for what he believes in. Not everyone would do the same.

hackiavelli said @ 5:47am GMT on 23rd Jun
It was his show. Dave could have easily revamped parts he wasn't comfortable with. Instead he just ran off without telling anyone. Can you imagine how horrible that would have been for the people whose livelihoods were depending on Chappelle's Show?

evarei said @ 9:13pm GMT on 21st Jun [Score:1 Interesting]
I just saw him last Tuesday in Austin, he was really good but the crowd was HORRIBLE, they had no respect.

afrasr said @ 9:22pm GMT on 21st Jun
>in Austin

I think I see your problem.

lilmookieesquire said @ 10:06pm GMT on 21st Jun
Austin:Texas=Orange County:California

DesertWanderer said @ 1:16am GMT on 22nd Jun
For reals? I've never been to austin.

I'd always heard that austin was cool. OC is a cultural nightmare, especially south OC. Laguna Beach used to be cool till the late 80's. Santa Ana has some things happening.

Anti-fuites said @ 1:37am GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:3 Funny]
There's a reason the PBS show is called Austin City Limits. You don't want to go outside those limits, otherwise you'll be in Texas.

GrungD said @ 3:01am GMT on 22nd Jun
Yeah, Santa Ana's a bit of a cultural oasis out here. There's lots of cool art things in the city's downtown, and a sort of disconnected, inter-city art scene has crystallized around Cal State Fullerton / Santa Ana's ArtWalk. But yeah, the rest of the county is paved-over strip malls and soft jazz festivals, though.

LeavemeAlone said @ 2:40am GMT on 22nd Jun
I thought Austin was Hippie Texas. So does Hippie Texas = Fundamentalist California?

lilmookieesquire said @ 2:45am GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
Ding ding ding.

I would have also accepted:
"BizzaroCalifornia = BizzaroTexas"

Misanthrope said @ 5:45am GMT on 22nd Jun
That doesn't make sense as much as I wish it did.

lilmookieesquire said @ 9:16pm GMT on 22nd Jun
I'm just saying OC is like a little piece of TX in CA and vice versa.

drewski3420 said @ 10:04pm GMT on 21st Jun [Score:1 Funny]
Seriously? original airdate 2006-02-12

sanepride said @ 10:24pm GMT on 21st Jun
Who?

mrcucumber said @ 10:45pm GMT on 21st Jun
I never wondered what happened to this guy, so I guess I'll move along.

Tang said @ 10:51pm GMT on 21st Jun [Score:2]

he is now the black carrot top

lateniter said @ 5:53am GMT on 24th Jun
Damn. Looks like he's been going to the gym, too.

theolypse said @ 9:19am GMT on 24th Jun

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 11:19pm GMT on 21st Jun
I'm wondering what happened to Neil Brennan.

cool_drool said @ 11:54pm GMT on 21st Jun
What ever happened to Fay Wray?

KingPellinore said @ 12:43am GMT on 22nd Jun
That delicate, satin draped frame?

incpenners said @ 2:44am GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:5 Informative]

GordonGuano said @ 4:24am GMT on 22nd Jun
Kate Upton has a quality the French call un visage du beurre, but she'd do in a pinch.

selfimportant said @ 4:28am GMT on 22nd Jun
Every culture has a version of that term

gunthar said @ 6:05am GMT on 22nd Jun
you think so? i like her face. it's rounder than why i usually go for, but i'd still find her attractive if she didn't have a massive rack.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 4:00pm GMT on 22nd Jun
She has a face, too?!?!

aliron said @ 6:15am GMT on 22nd Jun
Dude I love butter!

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 6:49am GMT on 22nd Jun
Yeah, I'll have to disagree with you there. Next you'll tell me you think Angelina Jolie's attractive.

GordonGuano said @ 7:22am GMT on 22nd Jun
After Mr. And Mrs. Smith she stuka'ed past the ability of Photoshop to repair. So we have that much in common.

And truth be told, though I think she'll have a short shelf life, there is nothing wrong with Kate Upton. Though in the immortal words of Uncle Buck, I do want to give her a quarter so she can go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off.

KingPellinore said @ 12:52pm GMT on 22nd Jun
I'm going to need a definition of "stuka'ed", if you please.

GordonGuano said @ 2:10pm GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:2 Underrated]
To rapidly lose altitude, such as a Deliverator's pizza mobile going into an empty swimming pool, so named for the dive bomber.

kichijoii said @ 6:13pm GMT on 23rd Jun
That underwear sucks. All jarring lines and no real attention to form. It does nothing for her (not that she needs it, but still).

KingPellinore said @ 2:10am GMT on 22nd Jun
So, in conclusion...he was not in fact, Rick James, bitch?

capncrunch said @ 2:26am GMT on 22nd Jun
Very nice

sua_sponte said @ 3:21am GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:1 Informative]
Who wants to see Mitt Romney fucked in the ass with four feet of buffalo penis?

aomal said @ 3:42am GMT on 22nd Jun
Tatanka

sua_sponte said @ 3:56am GMT on 22nd Jun
Gesundheit

selfimportant said @ 4:07am GMT on 22nd Jun
OK, now after reading the negative entries I understand it.

selfimportant said @ 4:07am GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:4 Funny]

IBM said @ 5:37am GMT on 22nd Jun
Thanks

damnit said @ 6:57am GMT on 22nd Jun
The best part happens around 34-35 minutes.

pleaides said @ 9:46am GMT on 22nd Jun
Btw dude, I think you've neglected to put the word 'much' in the post comment at a strategic point. :)

HeadCook said @ 1:23pm GMT on 22nd Jun
So, the "Dave Chappelle Theory" is another conspiracy-theory myth?
http://davechappelletheory.com/

damnit said @ 2:44pm GMT on 22nd Jun
Same one that was posted here 7 years ago:

http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/53289

madpride said @ 4:32pm GMT on 22nd Jun
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, intellectually starving, hysterical & naked, reduced to posting disjointed sentence fragments and inane non sequiturs on social media… " -- Dave C

GordonGuano said @ 4:50pm GMT on 22nd Jun
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by acid. OWOO!"
-Clive Barker, sparing us the trouble of having to read the inane ramblings of an overrated child molester

dawonga said @ 4:52pm GMT on 22nd Jun
Tweet much?

graham said @ 10:00pm GMT on 22nd Jun
I would very much like to follow madpride on the twitter-twat.

selfimportant said @ 11:39pm GMT on 22nd Jun [Score:1 Funny]
"New app can provide a quick screening for mental illness"

schatten00777 said @ 9:55pm GMT on 22nd Jun

mechanical contrivance said @ 11:30pm GMT on 22nd Jun
I should be allowed to glue my poster.