Dave Chapelle on Home Improvement

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I had forgotten he was on the show and than had the spin-off. Just seems so out of place know.

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WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot?! When did this happen?

[Vern Gagne 0]

It was early in the series. Maybe 2nd or 3rd year. Chapelle and Jim Breuer were on Tool Time, and later had a spin-off that lasted like a month.

[KingPK 0]

I remember. I think it was the episode when Tim dropped Jill's ring down the drain. On Tool Time, he had two guys talk about their girlfriends and Dave was one of them.

[BifEverchad 0]

I remember the guys on Tool Time, but i don't recall a spin-off?

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"Buddies" Episode Guide

 

I could have sworn that Jim Breuer was on a couple of episodes, then they pulled it off the air and replaced him and the show got canceled again. But this guide dosen't show it.

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Jay Leno was on GoodTime talking to JJ about VD when JJ had to go to the clinic. He actually was a writer on the show. Jay understands the struggles of blacks in the ghetto.

 

Th...thats all I got.

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I finally figured out why this sounded familiar. I forget which episode, but at one point on Chappelle Show during the host segment, Dave blasts some TV network for putting him in a shitty sitcom where the gimmick was that he and a white guy were friends "because that's SO unusual". Anyone who saw it, report, was it as bad as it sounded?

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Looking back, Dave Chapelle in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" seems totally out of place. Obviously that wasn't Dave's style of humor. I wonder how he feels about it now? I believe he was only 19 when he did that movie (92 or 93)

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He better feel fucking HONORED to have had a starring role in a Mel Brooks picture at such a young age, even if it was one of Mel's crappier flicks. Plus, he got to pretend he was Isaac Hayes' son, which is extra cool points.

 

Hey, you learn weird stuff when you randomly surf IMDB. Like, didya know that the Sherrif of Nottingham from RH:MIT was also the villain in Scorpion King? Or that Dave was in You've Got Mail? (I may actually have to watch that now.)

[bob_barron 0]

Dave's been in tons of stupid stuff- he was in Con Air.

 

And he starred with Norm Macdonald in the hilarious 'Screwed'.

 

You've Got Mail sucks- Dave does nothing in it

[Guest Smues]

I am Ah-Sneeze, father of Ahh-Cho.

Bless you!

[MDH257 0]

Dave was interviewed on 60 Minutes and when the reporter was going over his carrer noted that from about '92 to '02 Dave had been cast in 10 pilots and "Buddies" was the only one that made it to air.

 

 

This tells you all you need to know about networks:

 

I read an article about the success of shows on basic cable such as Chapelle, The Shield, and Nip/Tuck. They asked an anonomous executive why networks can't make shows like that and (besides the content issues) the executive said something to the effect of "You think Comedy Central made some great discovery, we've known how funny Dave Chapelle is for 10 years, we just can't put him on network television."

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yes, You've Got Mail is awful and Dave plays a male version of Rosie O'Donnel, aka "The lonely, yet caring best friend", which is a staple of Nora Ephron, one of the most overrated writers and directors of all time

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Dave's been in tons of stupid stuff- he was in Con Air.

Con Air wasn't that bad. And Dave was good in it. He lit a man on fire.

 

I forgot about the Robin Hood bit though.

 

I remembered the Nutty Professor bit, he was good as reggie(sp?)

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They asked an anonomous executive why networks can't make shows like that and (besides the content issues) the executive said something to the effect of "You think Comedy Central made some great discovery, we've known how funny Dave Chapelle is for 10 years, we just can't put him on network television."

In a way, one could counter this by stating that Chappelle only got famous on CC because he blatantly pushed the button, in terms of content and that it was THAT that got him over after so many years of toiling in obscurity.

 

That being said, Chappelle's career seems to be that of a dude who spent years playing "Mr Nice Guy" but didn't have his career take off until he became all "edgy" by going the controversy route. Sort of like Chris Rock, only in Chappelle's case his patron was Comedy Centrel instead of HBO (who hasically made Rock a pet project in the mid-1990s).....

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Chapelle has been good in just about everything, save You've Got Mail....even after having met my girlfrined online I can't empathazie with that garbage....

 

Yes, he was good in Con-Air, and I do think he'd be honoured to be in Robin Hood, Men In Tights, although, as mentioned, it isn't really his style, but he was still funny in it.

 

A Black Sheriff?!?!?

 

As for out of place celebrities, Alex Trebek at Wrestlemania seems about right.