StillAwesome Hall Of Fame Nominee: Dave Chappelle
December 6th, 2007 by NextRound
Just when we thought our respect level for Dave Chappelle couldn’t get any higher, he goes and outdoes himself. As Page Six reports, over the weekend…
“…Chappelle broke the record he set in April by performing stand-up for six hours and 12 minutes on Sunday. ‘Dave was determined because he recently heard that Dane Cook was planning on trying to break his record,’ said Jamie Masada, owner of the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.”
It’s such a relief to hear Chappell fucking hates Dane Cook too. How bullshit must Dave have been when he heard that no talent douchebag was going to attempt to break his record?
This nugget of info is all we needed to nominate Chappelle to the StillAwesome HOF. The dude pretty much defined comedy when we were in school. We like to think of him as our generation’s very own Richard Pryor, or Eddie Murphy, only slightly more obscure, which is even better.
Sure, we would like to see more of Chappelle nowadays, but–if anything–all opting out of his TV gig and turning into a quasi-recluse did was cost Chappelle a lot of money. Because in the long run it will save him from Eddie Murphy-esque overexposure, which inevitably leads to getting busted for giving transvetite hookers “a ride home”.
Instead, Chappelle’s career will go down as a move straight out of the Costanza playbook: Always keep ‘em wanting more.
The rest of Chappelle’s resume:
Made multiple ridiculously shitty movies (”Robin Hood: Men in Tights”, “Blue Streak”, “Undercover Brother”) bearable in moments.
- Made multiple crappy movies (”Nutty Professor”, “Con Air”) way better.
- Walked away from “Chapelle’s Show” (contrary to popular belief) because he started to develop an ignorant fan base who just wanted him to do Rick James impressions.
- Filmed the R. Kelly spoof “I Want to Piss on You”.
- Turned Charlie Murphy into a cult icon. We would have never known Prince balled in his club gear otherwise.
- Recorded “Killin Them Softly”, arguably the funniest stand-up performance in the last decade, as evidenced by this 10 minute segment (NSFW):
Add all this with our newfound knowledge that Chappelle shares our opinion on Dane Cook (that he’s a big ass clown, of course), and you’ve got yourself a nomination.
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