Top Reads Dave Chappelle was tackled Netflix’s pandemic-delayed comedy festival, Netflix Is A Joke, is finally taking place this week at many venues around Los Angeles. And up until yesterday, I would have told you the big story coming out of the fest was about how overbooked it is and how many comedians are scraping By Sarah • May 05, 2022 10:04 am
Top Reads Netflix in the Battle of The Closer Warning: This article mentions transphobia and references transphobic comments. Just over a week ago, Sarah wrote about Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix Comedy Special, The Closer. Spoiler alert, it’s awful. I powered through ⅔ of it for this article, and I wanted to throw up the entire time. I ended By Prem • Oct 18, 2021 01:20 pm
Douchebags Dave Chappelle’s new special is unwatchable I have long been a fan of Dave Chappelle, but I could not make it even fifteen minutes into his new standup special, The Closer, his sixth and final special as part of his gargantuan Netflix deal. He’s always had his blind spots, but when he’s on, he’ By Sarah • Oct 08, 2021 10:22 am
Top Reads Letterman & Chappelle Last week when I posted about Adele’s SNL episode, I wondered whether or not Dave Chappelle would be back to host the show’s post-election episode and indeed it was confirmed that he’s returning, although I’m not sure any of the election-related sketches have been set or By Lainey • Nov 04, 2020 10:30 am
TV Updates Intro for November 2, 2020 Dear Gossips, Exactly a week ago in this space, I posted about Saturday Night Live and Dave Chappelle, wondering whether or not it would be Chappelle again this coming weekend, after the US election. SNL has confirmed that indeed it will be Chappelle. Next week! pic.twitter.com/0DjJICXjJW — Saturday By Lainey • Nov 02, 2020 08:51 am
TV Updates Intro for October 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, How was Adele for you? She pulled in solid ratings for Saturday Night Live this past weekend – not a surprise since she was already trending well before the episode started. And right off the top, though she claimed she was nervous, she seemed comfortable and relaxed during the By Lainey • Oct 26, 2020 08:59 am
Dave Chappelle Dave Chapelle’s 8:46 On Friday Dave Chappelle dropped a surprise stand-up set for free on Netflix’s YouTube page. Titled 8:46 the special is really not comedy, it’s just Chappelle working through the recent events in America. It was probably meant to be comedy, as Chappelle has started workshopping new material By Sarah • Jun 15, 2020 01:11 pm
Ali Wong Netflix flexes their comedy power Netflix has done many things to the entertainment industry over the last decade, from creating a new viewing model for audiences to drive award season spending even higher in pursuit of a Best Picture Oscar. But one thing they’ve done that we don’t talk about as much is By Sarah • Mar 02, 2020 01:14 pm
BFFs So…will Louis CK be back soon? Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special premiered on Netflix on New Year’s Eve. He’s making headlines now because of the way he addressed the Hollywood sexual harassment situation and, specifically, his bit about his friend Louis CK. Entertainment Weekly has a good summary of his comments which you By Lainey • Jan 02, 2018 10:10 am
Beyoncé Intro for September 15, 2017 Dear Gossips, I had an entirely different open planned for today. And then I woke up at 5am and saw how supported Rihanna was last night at her third annual Diamond Ball. Kendrick Lamar performed (in a great pair of well-tailored black pants). Dave Chappelle spoke. Jamie Foxx showed up. By Lainey • Sep 15, 2017 07:37 am
Boy Sh-t Dave Chappelle is hurt by Key & Peele This is the headline everyone is pulling from Dave Chappelle’s sit-down with Gayle King on This Morning. Chappelle is promoting his upcoming Netflix special, and in the course of a thoughtful and interesting profile of Chappelle, a decade on from him famously leaving Chappelle’s Show, King brings up By Sarah • Mar 21, 2017 11:11 am
Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle Returns “I’ve been gone for a very long time. Surprise: It’s me.” That’s the first line in the trailer for Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, debuting on Netflix on March 21. Ever since he walked away from Chappelle’s Show in 2005, Chappelle has been working his By Sarah • Mar 14, 2017 04:14 pm
Bradley Cooper “And Bradley Cooper” As Kathleen wrote yesterday Dave Chappelle’s entire monologue on Saturday Night Live was the best. I just watched it again last night and am definitely keeping the recording on my PVR. So many punchlines were memorable, but unprintable. There’s one though that’s pretty safe, hilarious for his By Lainey • Nov 16, 2016 04:44 pm
Top Reads Chappelle and A Tribe Called Quest: a perfect union There are only three things that have made me genuinely laugh out loud in the past 7 days: a text from Lainey, those brilliant Joe Biden memes, and Dave Chappelle. There are three albums that have been my self-care refuge: Solange’s A Seat at the Table, the Hamilton mixtape, By Kathleen • Nov 15, 2016 10:07 am
