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 Posted: Thu, 5th May 2005 05:49 Post subject: Chappelle's Show Shut Down |
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MAD_MAX333
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| Posted: Thu, 5th May 2005 06:34 Post subject: |
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he'll be back... frankly i liked his stand up stuff MUCH better than his show... he should cancel the show and go out while on top
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 5th May 2005 17:50 Post subject: |
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Who-CareZ Says it all 
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 12th May 2005 17:38 Post subject: |
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Damn ... looks like Chappelle has gone mental ... I imagine all the pressure of suddenly being thrust into the limelight can really fuck with your head ...
| Quote: | Chappelle Reportedly Checks Into Facility
Wednesday May 11 10:13 PM ET
Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
The comedian's whereabouts and condition have been unknown since Comedy Central abruptly announced last week that the planned May 31 launch of the third season of "Chappelle's Show" had been postponed and production halted.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.
"We don't know where he is," Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said. "We've heard about South Africa. We don't know. We haven't talked to Dave."
Chappelle's spokesman, Matt Labov, would not comment on the magazine's story.
"It seems like the issues he's contending with are really quite serious," said Dade Hayes, a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. "It isn't a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion."
The magazine's sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named, Hayes said. Chappelle's representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
Chappelle reportedly signed a $50 million deal with Comedy Central for two more seasons of his show, a payday made possible because of the explosive sales of the show's first season DVD.
The magazine said Chappelle had shot four to five episodes' worth of sketches for the new season, but none of its onstage introductions. |
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| Posted: Thu, 12th May 2005 17:41 Post subject: |
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yea i read that too. crazy shit. maybe him going crazy will make the show that much more entertaining.
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| Posted: Thu, 12th May 2005 19:12 Post subject: |
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yup 
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Mon, 16th May 2005 21:28 Post subject: |
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I guess the stress did get to him ... but damn ... looks like no Chappelle's show this year 
| Quote: | Chappelle: Time out
Comedian Dave Chappelle, who vanished in the middle of filming his hit Comedy Central show last month, says he flew to South Africa for a "spiritual retreat" but denies reports that he checked into a mental institution and speculation that he might have had a drug problem.
"I'm not crazy," Chappelle tells Time magazine (May 23 issue, on newsstands today). "I'm not smoking crack. I'm definitely stressed out." Chappelle, who is staying with friends in the port town of Durban, says he did consult with a psychiatrist for one 40-minute session.
On April 28, Chappelle walked away from the set of Chappelle's Show and a deal worth up to $50 million, without word to his business associates. The already delayed third season of the sketch show was to have premiered May 31. It was postponed indefinitely after his disappearance.
Chappelle says he wasn't happy with the direction of the show. "So I figured, let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute and pull a Flintstone - stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as brakes."
This was not the first time Comedy Central has halted production for Chappelle, Comedy Central president Doug Herzog tells Time. In December, Chappelle, who converted to Islam in 1998, took a break to try a pilgrimage to Mecca. He got only as far as Turkey because he didn't have a visa for Saudi Arabia.
His colleagues are none too pleased. "There were 1,000 ways to deal with this. ... This was the worst way to have done it," Neal Brennan, Chappelle's writing partner, tells Time. Brennan says Chappelle's problem is he's indecisive, even scrapping skits at the last second because he said they were racist.
Herzog has told staff and advertisers that he believes Chappelle's Show will not return this year, but he leaves the option open for the comedian's return. "I don't know what the guy's thinking. This is a guy who walked off his own show and kind of left everybody bewildered," he says.
Chappelle's wife and two children live on a farm in Ohio. He says he wants to come back to work but did not say when that might happen. Chappelle says he has been getting advice from other black entertainers such as singer Lauryn Hill.
Chappelle partly blames his inner circle for his problems. "If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour, you can lose yourself," he tells Time. "Everyone around me says, 'You're a genius, you're great, that's your voice.' But I'm not sure that they're right."
At the same time, he shares the blame. "I'm admittedly a human being. I'm a difficult kind of dude." |
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