Chappelle's Show Production Suspended

[Emu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050504/...484_1115248187

"Chappelle's Show" Shut Down

By Charlie Amter Wed May 4, 7:08 PM ET

Chappelle's Show is a no go, bitch!

In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Comedy Central announced that the highly anticipated third season of Dave Chappelle's 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.

FUCK

[Anathema]

He wasn't funny anyway.

[Jim Duncan - Weather]

Chapelle's Show is a no go, bitch!

[Emu]

Originally Posted by Anathema

He wasn't funny anyway.

fuck you racist

[Anathema]

Originally Posted by Emu

fuck you racist

I expected that remark.

[Emu]

racists expect to be insulted for their racist ways, you racist

[ziggytrix]

oh no he got high and wandered off!

[the_dudefather]

i hate chappelle show, mainly because the obnoxious comedy central voice guy who announches its appearence after south park

[HickMan]

I love(d) Chappele's show

[adept_ninja]

I just hate how everyone thinks they are funny when they say things like "im rick james bitch" and yelling the little john "YEAHHH" besides that I love the show

[sports]

nooooooooooooooooooo!

what did the five fingers say say to the face?

























SLAP!

[MetalMilitia]

What did MetalMilitia say to sports?






















Shut up.

[executioneer]

dude that's what EVERYONE says to sports

[Skulhedface]

not me

I can't talk to ghosts.

[rockets redglare]

That's something only John Edward can do

[timrpgland]

what a suprise....

I like Chappelle's Show. What's the point of all this damn holdup? Doesn't comedy central like making money? Or is Chappelle the cause? They'll throw shows like Hollow Men at us like wildfire but get something decent and they ruin it.

I'll be waiting you bastards!

[Zbu Manowar]

So far the rumors are everything towards drug abuse, professional burnout, a disagreement over Chappelle's desire to push the envelope with racial comedy (such as the 'N***er Pixie'), Chappelle's own frustation over success as it relates to his perfectionism regarding the show, and about a thousand other reasons that cannot be verified at the time.

So, who the fuck knows. But if it helps, Reno 911's third season is starting in June and that may be moved up. But I don't see anybody caring about that after this. :/

[Azrael]

Hey, I care. I love Chappelle's Show but Reno 911 is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. I hadn't heard anything about it in a while but I'm glad it didn't get the axe. Now, if we could only get the Upright Citizens Brigade back. That show ruled.

[Jeanette X]

Originally Posted by timrpgland

They'll throw shows like Hollow Men at us like wildfire but get something decent and they ruin it.

Hey, I like The Hollow Men.

"ITS A GOLDEN PEEWIT!"

[bigtimecow]

all y'all are tryin' to get me distracted with things like "the war" and stuff, well i got other plans in store. i'm talkin' about the moon. that's right. we've been talkin' to some people and we gonna have life on da moon. space life, nigga! m-a-r-s bitches. mars. that's it.

"YAYE YAYE"

[Zbu Manowar]

Originally Posted by Azrael

Hey, I care. I love Chappelle's Show but Reno 911 is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. I hadn't heard anything about it in a while but I'm glad it didn't get the axe. Now, if we could only get the Upright Citizens Brigade back. That show ruled.

Yeah, Reno 911 is back. On the same day it premiers the Second Season DVD is hitting the street. Enjoy!

[thebiggameover]

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1059677_3_0_,00.html


dave went nuts. why in south africa i dont know....

[Emu]

Poor guy. That's kinda scary.

Maybe he's just overwhelmed and needs to get away.

[DeadKennedys]

Well I heard he got pneumonia and has terrible writer's block.

[ziggytrix]

EW Exclusive: Chappelle in psych hospital -- With its star hospitalized in South Africa, ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return to Comedy Central for a third season by Josh Wolk



LAUGH OFF ''Chappelle's Show'' is unlikely to return

Comedian Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa and has remained there since late April, according to a source close to the situation. The same source denies rumors of drug abuse. Other sources have also told EW that the future of Chappelle's Show — the hit Comedy Central series that was entering its third season — is more uncertain than the network has suggested.

Comedy Central last week made a hasty announcement that the show's third season, already delayed from its planned February start, had been postponed again. The network said it remained ''optimistic'' that production could resume. The highly rated sketch series has been a huge moneymaker for Viacom, which owns Comedy Central. Its second season is about to be released on DVD, on the heels of first-season sales that made it the top-selling television DVD in history.

Thanks in large part to the DVD sales, Chappelle last year netted a $50 million deal for co-writing and starring in the show. Sketches to fill about four episodes in the third season have been taped, but Chappelle's interstitial material with live audiences has not. The fate of the sketches has not been determined.

(Posted:05/10/05)

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1059677_3_0_,00.html