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  1. #1
    Freak
    So what do you think? Is he hooked on crack bitch or has just snapped from the pressure? Shame, I was looking forward to the new season.

  2. #2
    Sleek-Jet
    WTF happened??? I've been sitting through 2 years worth of re-runs... :devil:

  3. #3
    moneypit
    I heard he has 50 millions reasons to film more this season.

  4. #4
    Sleek-Jet
    Maybe Wayne Brady will be back...

  5. #5
    mbrown2
    He is a wack job to walk away.....

  6. #6
    NOTALENT
    I heard about this..really sucks.. that skinny as mofo..gave me alot of laughs!! hope it comes back. Heres the story:
    Chappelle's Show is a no-go, bitch!
    In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Comedy Central said that the highly anticipated third season of Dave Chappelle's show will not make its May 31 premiere date.
    "Comedy Central has suspended production on the third season of Chappelle's Show until further notice," network spokesman Tony Fox said in a brief statement. "All parties are optimistic that production will resume in the near future."
    No official reason was given for the shutdown, but sources told E! News that Chappelle has been MIA from the set for weeks. Chappelle's publicist declined to comment, referring reporters to the Comedy Central statement.
    There was no indication on how long the suspension would last.
    In December, the network said that Chappelle's Show was behind schedule after Chappelle fell ill, forcing the network to postpone the expected February debut of new episodes.
    "Dave--and his entire production crew for that matter--got a bit of a late start on writing season three," Fox told the New York Post. Production was slated to resume in January.
    Last August, Chappelle, 31, reupped with Comedy Central in a massive two-year deal, valued at $50 million by the Hollywood Reporter. The deal also set a new Industry precedent--reportedly giving the funnyman a large cut of backend DVD sales.
    Featuring Chappelle's often raunchy standup, offbeat sketches and killer parodies of Prince and Rick James, Chappelle's Show has steadily built a huge following since its debut in January of 2003. By the end of season two, the half-hour show was often pulling in more than three million viewers, a substantial number for basic cable. The first season currently ranks as the all-time top-selling TV show on DVD. (Paramount initially pushed back the release of the second season from Feb. 8 to May 24 to coincide with beginning of the third season; despite the new delay in the new season, Paramount says it will release the DVD as scheduled this month.)
    In addition to his gig at Comedy Central, Chappelle had been working on a book for Hyperion. There has been no word on the book's status; there's also no word on the reported Rick James biopic for Paramount in which Chappelle would portray the late R&B wild man.

  7. #7
    Freak
    Something is up. Why go all the way to South America for psych therapy?

  8. #8
    Freak
    Report: Chappelle Checks Into Facility
    May 11, 10:13 PM EST
    The Associated Press
    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.

  9. #9
    Racer277
    Maybe Wayne Brady will be back...
    Don't make Wayne Brady chokeahoe!
    That shit was as funny as Rick James, LOL

  10. #10
    totenhosen
    Is was jsut too much pressure for the guy. I doubt in a million years that he would have ever thought he would have such a popular show.

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