TV Review: Chappelle's Show

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In the past two months, Comedy Central has given shows to two of the most under-rated comedic talents today: Colin Quinn (Saturday Night Live) and Dave Chappelle (Half Baked). The formeräs show, despite being quite funny, was cancelled after only after a handful of episodes. Now Comedy Central has unveiled Chappelleäs show, called, interestingly enough: "Chappelleäs Show" (Wednesdays at 10:30 PM).

 

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The half-hour show is sketch-based, with Chappelle introducing each segment. The humor style is satirical; in the first episode he pokes fun at Volkswagen commercials and the Office Depot, lampoons Nat King Cole, and in the final skit, which must be seen to be believed, plays a black man raised as a white supremacist. Chapelle pulled no punches with this skit, throwing around the Ün word more times than Iäve ever heard on network television.

  Iäm glad to finally see a showcase for Chappelleäs talent, and particularly one that lets him utilize his unique brand of humor. I sincerely hope that this show can find its niche, and the rest of the world can appreciate the genius that is Dave Chapelle.

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Name: Dan
Year: Senior
Major: marketing
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He makes fun of Mitsubishi Eclipse commercials not Volkswagen commercials you #@$%!ing idiot!

Name: brandon
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I've seen several of its previews on comedy central, and after reading your article, I'm definitely going to have to watch it this week. Word to the motherload.

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I like the tin man!

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oops...not office depot...kinkos

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not Volkswagen....mitsubishi