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  • 2003
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central
  • 2003
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central
Chappelle's Show

Summary "Chappelle's Show" takes comedian Dave Chappelle's own personal joke book and brings it to life, with episodes consisting of sketches, man-on-the-street pieces, and pop culture parodies introduced by Dave in a stand-up format in front of a studio audience. Chappelle's unique point-of-view on the world provides a hilarious, defiant a...

  • 2003
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central
  • 2003
  • TV-14
  • Comedy Central

Chappelle's Show

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 22, 2003
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 52 User Ratings
8.9
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Summary "Chappelle's Show" takes comedian Dave Chappelle's own personal joke book and brings it to life, with episodes consisting of sketches, man-on-the-street pieces, and pop culture parodies introduced by Dave in a stand-up format in front of a studio audience. Chappelle's unique point-of-view on the world provides a hilarious, defiant a...

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Dave Chappelle

Various, Self - Host

Donnell Rawlings

Announcer, Self - Host, Beautiful

Rudy Rush

Announcer, Self - Announcer, Various

Charlie Murphy

Self, Self - Host, Buc Nasty

Neal Brennan

Self, Audience Member, Audience Member in Klan Meeting

Yasiin Bey

Self - Musical Guest, Anonymous Actor, Banjo Player

Randy Pearlstein

Various, Frankenstein's Co-Worker, Gay KKK Member

Melle Powers

Ashley 'Smashly' Evans, Dave's Date, Dave's Mother

Greer Barnes

Dave's Friend, Fisticuffs Fan, Guy in the Club

Blaire Reinhard

Lil' Jon Announcer, Negrodamus Announcer, Cat Puppet

Yoshio Mita

Asian Slave, Bruce Lee's Brother, Mr. Roboto, Phyuck Yiu, Self, Various

Paul Mooney

Self, Negrodamus

Guillermo Diaz

Scarface, Customer, Defendant, Popcopy Employee

William Bogert

Kent Wallace, Self, Wrap It Up Announcer

Sophina Brown

Clifton's Wife, Gina Morris, Mother, Real Sex Street Interviews Lady, Wife

Questlove

Self, D.J., Self - D.J.

Bryan Olsen

Internet Music Guy, Man with Knife, Negrodamus Audience Member, Scared Office Worker, Star Trek Geek

Bill Burr

Billy, Detective, Self, Various

Anthony Berry

Holla Man, Man on the Street, Some Black Dude, Various

Maurice Jamal

Charlie, Reporter, Self, WacArnold's Announcer

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews

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90
Sep 27, 2013
This show is genuinely ingenious, and hilariously outrageous - not to mention courageous. Plenty of people will find Chappelle's Show offensive - but then again, whenever you do something completely new, it's bound to offend somebody. In this case, it will offend a lot of somebodies. [22 Jan 2003, p.71]
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 17, 2013
Often as crafty as it is racially charged.
By Dan Snierson FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 27, 2013
A wild and funny thing. [22 Jan 2003]
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 28, 2013
At its best, the show is outrageous and hilarious at once.
By Terry Kelleher FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 27, 2013
If audiences get less misogyny and more of the clever, clear-eyed social observation he is capable of, they may come to understand why he has been forever on the brink of stardom. [22 Jan 2003, p.10]
By Steve Johnson FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 27, 2013
There are funny sketches and ones that go down in flames in comedian Dave Chappelle's erratic new series, which is interesting due to the unexplored territories it tills and the way it dares to offend sensitive types. [22 Jan 2003, p.53]
By Phil Rosenthal FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 27, 2013
Although some of the concepts in this premiere episode are clever - a blind white supremacist who doesn't know he's black, a training film at a Kinko's-type copying business that teaches how to alienate customers - the results aren't as sharp or funny as the ideas. [22 Jan 2003, p.74]
By David Bianculli FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 52 User Ratings
8.9
92% Positive
48 Ratings
4% Mixed
2 Ratings
4% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 52 User Ratings
8.9
92% Positive
48 Ratings
4% Mixed
2 Ratings
4% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Comedy Central
  • Marobru Inc.
  • Pilot Boy Productions
Initial Release Date: Jan 22, 2003
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Gold Derby Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 4 Nominations
NAMIC Vision Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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