Comedy spin-offs tend to be hit-and-miss. For every Frasier, there’s a The Tortellis. For every Mork and Mindy, there’s a Joanie Loves Chachi. So forgive us for being a little apprehensive when we heard that the Comedy Cellar, the beloved Greenwich Village stand-up institution, was getting its own spin-off—a new location at MacDougal and West Read More
Reclusive comedian Dave Chappelle missed two flights out of Ohio last night and failed to get to a Manhattan fund-raiser for Congressional candidate Kevin Powell of Brooklyn.
The clip above shows Powell earlier in the evening, before the announcement about Chappelle, continuing to criticize incumbent Representative Ed Towns for what Powell thinks is Read More
Dave Chappelle is doing a fund-raiser for former MTV Real World star Kevin Powell, who challenging Congressman Ed Towns in Brooklyn’s 10th district.
Any event featuring Chappelle is bound to get a fair amount of attention, since he has stayed out of politics until now.
Powell’s opponent, the 13-term incumbent Towns, has opted Read More
Some jokes never get old. You’ll be on the subway or walking down the street and suddenly you’re chuckling to yourself about a long-ago Saturday Night Live sketch—maybe Eddie Murphy in “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood,” or Jack Handey’s “Deep Thoughts,” or maybe Phil Hartman’s Frankenstein singing Christmas songs.
Or maybe it’s something from Chappelle’s Show, Read More
RECLUSIVE comic Dave Chappelle made a rare public appearance at B.B. King’s the other night during a performance by his pals, the politically conscious rappers Dead Prez.- Page Six, The New York Post, Sept. 23, 2005.
Chappelle Resurfaces, Dose.ca, Sept. 20, 2005.
Dave Chappelle entertains at McArthur Court Thursday, Oregon Daily Emerald, Read More
At a little past 9 p.m. on Nov. 20, Dave Chappelle arrived unannounced at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village. The audience, packed into the small red-brick room and just starting in on their two-drink minimum, was delighted.
Mr. Chappelle lit a cigarette. “Fuck the law-I’m a rebel!” he proclaimed after taking the stage. “I Read More
