EPISODE
SEASON
Chappelles Show - Season 1
A comedy show follows Dave Chappelle, a notable comic, who hosts the show and talks about numerous issues of race, ethnicity, and many different issues in life in such a satire way. The main season starts with Dave gives advices about how to order the home stenographer.
1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 January 1966, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
22 June 1973, Santa Monica, California, USA
4 August 1941, Louisiana, USA
8 October 1980, San Diego, California, USA
30 December 1980, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 May 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 20, 2019
The quick sketches, parodies and one-liners of Chappelle's Show fit him like a glove.
July 16, 2018
Like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and dozens of other comedians before him, Chappelle is incredibly interested in the contextual power of words.
July 16, 2018
Chappelle's genius is that he's able to mine the current, the political, the seamy, the gross and -- best of all -- the taboo for humor. In doing so, he makes viewers think.
July 16, 2018
From the opening spoof on the Mitsubishi Eclipse commercials to the final Learning Channel special "Trading Spouses," Season One is full of fantastic routines.
September 04, 2018
At its best, the show is outrageous and hilarious at once...We're willing to tolerate some inconsistency if Chappelle can resist the temptation to congratulate himself on his controversial material.
December 20, 2019
A prankster with a mile-wide grin, Dave Chappelle knows no bounds when it comes to machine-gunned ridicule.
July 16, 2018
Like his idol, Richard Pryor, Chappelle uses his comedy to tackle issues of race, particularly the relationships between black and white people in America.
January 23, 2019
It's premature to dismiss Chappelle's Show after one subpar episode, it's worth a second chance on the host's cred alone - assuming the same problems don't persist.
July 16, 2018
He successfully walks a fine line, being punchy without offending.
September 04, 2018
What fuels this spotty but often funny sketch-comedy series is a kind of laid-back indignation, a refusal to believe that ignoring racial differences will make anyone's life better.
December 20, 2019
These sketches are freaking hilarious. Absolutely funny, funny stuff.