Dave Chappelle

[mimsie]

Oh man, I'm sad. I really like him! So many celebrities and so many problems.

[gloworm]

So many celebrities and so many problems.

Thus the need for hard hitting, investigative message boards like CPMCoG.

Now....more than ever!

[monsterzero]

From loosie.com's "Season on the Brink."

In front of her, a scrawny man feverishly punched at the machine’s soft buttons and repeatedly swiped his card. He appeared baffled by the machine, almost as if it was an apple martini maker fueled by Japanese midgets running on a rat wheel. But after minutes of tinkering, a flood of bills shot out. My spy reports it took a full minute for the ATM to defecate all the crispy bills. After grabbing his enormous stack of money, the man wheeled around to reveal himself as a demented-looking Dave Chappell. After the comedian staggered out of the bank, my spy shimmied up to the ATM to find Mr. Chappell's ATM card still sitting in the machine. She dashed out the door and scurried up to Mr. Chappell a block ahead, tapping him on his shoulder. She says he turned to her, looking twisted off his skull, and, in slurred speech, thanked her for the card before tottering off. Since raiding his account for a bundle of cash, Chappell has not returned to the set.

His downward spiral has affected all; last Thursday, the director of the show openly bawled on the set. Last night, the show was temporarily cancelled, as rumors of Dave’s deteriorating mental condition and possible drug use have surfaced.

This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

[Deleted]

Wow. I always thought Chappelle had it together in a Chris Rock sort of way. I saw a few horrible movies with big paychecks in his future but not a mental/physical/drug induced breakdown.

[rattlerbrat]

I hate to sound so mean, but his whole "Everyone loves me and I wish they'd go awaaaaay" thing is starting to get old. Either get help or get over it.

[zacandmax]

I was afraid this would happen. I saw him in concert on Mar. 19 in AC. His behavior was slightly erratic and he ended the concert after about 1 hr. The opening act was on for as long. Dave seemed high, that's nothing new, but he got angry at the audience because people kept calling out, "I'm Rick James, bitch" in the middle of his act (which did get annoying after a while). After he heard to much of that, he announced that this was his last joke, told the joke and walked off the stage. My friend and I were disappointed to say the least. The thought did occur to me that maybe he was on something stronger than weed, or maybe he was going a little nuts. I don't know, but it's sad.

[jaghetersimon]

I wouldn't be surprised if he was bipolar. Don't ask me why, I just get that feeling.

Chappelle Show was good, but a bit overrated.

My embarrassing Chappelle-related confession? I find Charlie Murphy kinda hot.

[rattlerbrat]

Bipolar is the new black, and it's beginning to annoy me. And this is from someone who *has* bipolar. When someone has behavior that can't seem to be explained, it's magically "bipolar". That being said...I wouldn't be surprised in *this* case. Bipolar people (from my experiences) tend to be highly creative, but self-medicate. Burnouts are pretty common, too.

I was also a "Chappelle's Show" fan, but I also agree that it's overrated. It had lots of great moments, but plenty that were not-so-great. And while I saw where he was going with the racial humor, it bugged me that most of the humor seemed to be at the expense of blacks (with whites being second). I read that Niel Brennan is a Jewish man, but I only saw them poke fun at Jews one time - during the racial draft, when they chose Lenny Kravitz.

Oh! And add me to the "Charlie is hot" roster! No shame here.

[yonkerschik]

My embarrassing Chappelle-related confession? I find Charlie Murphy kinda hot

So do I... he's so manly.

[rattlerbrat]

Except when he's playing basketball with Prince.