1 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:05,385 ANNOUNCER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE "GOAT" MR. DAVE CHAPPELLE. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:05,385 --> 00:00:10,812 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:14,403 --> 00:00:17,993 DAVE CHAPPELLE: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 6 00:00:18,370 --> 00:00:21,584 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYONE HAVE A SEAT AND RELAX. 7 00:00:23,421 --> 00:00:27,346 TOMORROW WILL BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT NIGHT IN COMEDY. 8 00:00:27,346 --> 00:00:31,604 I AM VERY SURPRISED TO GET THIS AWARD THIS YOUNG, 9 00:00:31,604 --> 00:00:34,110 BUT I PROMISE YOU I DESERVE IT. 10 00:00:34,110 --> 00:00:37,616 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 11 00:00:39,245 --> 00:00:43,253 MAN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS JOB IS LIKE. 12 00:00:43,795 --> 00:00:47,010 I GREW UP WATCHING THE BEST SHIT TALKERS THIS WORLD 13 00:00:47,010 --> 00:00:48,680 HAS EVER SEEN. 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,352 EVERY OPINION IN THIS COUNTRY, 15 00:00:51,352 --> 00:00:54,275 HAS A COMEDIAN THAT REPS YOUR POINT OF VIEW. 16 00:00:55,527 --> 00:00:56,654 BUT GOD DAMN IT, 17 00:00:56,654 --> 00:00:59,577 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH A BRITTLE SPIRIT. 18 00:00:59,577 --> 00:01:01,748 I WANT TO LIVE AMONGST SOLDIERS. 19 00:01:01,748 --> 00:01:03,877 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 20 00:01:10,849 --> 00:01:15,734 [PIANO PLAYS] 21 00:01:16,694 --> 00:01:18,072 MAN: HOW ARE YOU SO YOUNG GETTING THIS AWARD? 22 00:01:18,072 --> 00:01:20,994 DAVE: WELL, IT TOOK ME 32 YEARS, CHAMP. 23 00:01:21,663 --> 00:01:22,873 ALRIGHT, NOW. 24 00:01:22,873 --> 00:01:24,877 ALRIGHT, BE WELL GUYS. 25 00:01:26,547 --> 00:01:27,883 SAVAGES! 26 00:01:30,847 --> 00:01:33,520 I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT GOES. 27 00:01:37,403 --> 00:01:38,989 HEY, HEY. 28 00:01:40,409 --> 00:01:42,371 IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU GET TO GET TOGETHER WITH 29 00:01:42,371 --> 00:01:44,959 EVERYBODY AND NOTHING'S WRONG. 30 00:01:45,794 --> 00:01:49,092 I'M APPRECIATING THAT ASPECT OF IT IMMENSELY. 31 00:01:52,015 --> 00:01:53,935 WOMAN: YOU NERVOUS AT ALL? 32 00:01:53,935 --> 00:01:55,647 DAVE: TO GET A PRIZE, NO. 33 00:01:55,647 --> 00:01:59,905 I AM GOING TO BE SURROUNDED BY ARTISTIC GENIUS TONIGHT AND 34 00:01:59,905 --> 00:02:03,120 AN AUDIENCE THAT HAS A HIGHER APPRECIATION FOR THE 35 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,334 ARTS THAN MOST AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. 36 00:02:07,379 --> 00:02:10,344 THIS DOESN'T CONSTITUTE HIGH PRESSURE, HERE. 37 00:02:11,804 --> 00:02:13,850 SO MANY PEOPLE DESERVE THESE MOMENTS... 38 00:02:13,850 --> 00:02:16,230 MAN: IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU, MAN. 39 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:17,983 MAN 2: YOU THE MAN, DAVE! 40 00:02:18,234 --> 00:02:21,031 DAVE: SO FEW PEOPLE GET THEM. 41 00:02:21,783 --> 00:02:24,580 ANY REASON FOR ALL OF US TO BE TOGETHER IS FINE FOR ME. 42 00:02:29,089 --> 00:02:31,511 SHOULD I WEAR THE GRILLZ OR... 43 00:02:34,099 --> 00:02:35,560 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE] 44 00:02:38,274 --> 00:02:40,195 FREEMAN: DEARLY BELOVED... 45 00:02:40,195 --> 00:02:42,700 WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO GET THROUGH THIS 46 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:48,420 LIFETIME PRIZE CALLED TWAIN AND CELEBRATE A LEGEND NAMED DAVE. 47 00:02:50,966 --> 00:02:53,137 ELECTRIC WORD "LEGEND"... 48 00:02:53,137 --> 00:02:54,890 IT MEANS YOU'RE REMEMBERED FOREVER AND 49 00:02:54,890 --> 00:02:56,477 THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG TIME. 50 00:02:56,477 --> 00:02:59,525 BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT TONIGHT IS MORE 51 00:02:59,525 --> 00:03:02,531 THAN A CELEBRATION OF WHAT THIS LEGEND HAS DONE, 52 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:05,537 IT IS TO REJOICE IN WHAT HE IS DOING AND 53 00:03:05,537 --> 00:03:09,253 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, FOR DAVE, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. 54 00:03:11,048 --> 00:03:14,513 AND NOW, BOYS AND GIRLS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 55 00:03:16,350 --> 00:03:18,938 IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF MARK TWAIN... 56 00:03:19,523 --> 00:03:22,195 LET'S GO FUCKIN' CRAZY! 57 00:03:23,448 --> 00:03:25,786 FROM DAVE'S ALMA MATER, 58 00:03:25,786 --> 00:03:29,460 THE DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SHOW BAND! 59 00:03:30,212 --> 00:03:34,094 ♪ ["LET'S GO CRAZY" BY PRICE] ♪ 60 00:03:40,732 --> 00:03:42,193 MAN: YES, IT IS. 61 00:03:42,486 --> 00:03:46,159 ♪ ♪ 62 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:47,161 ♪ MAN: YO! ♪ 63 00:03:47,161 --> 00:03:50,502 ♪ IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WORLD YOU'RE LIVING IN ♪ 64 00:03:51,671 --> 00:03:53,508 ♪ TAKE A LOOK AROUND ♪ 65 00:03:54,217 --> 00:03:56,764 ♪ AT LEAST YOU GOT FRIENDS ♪ 66 00:03:56,764 --> 00:03:58,852 ♪ YOU SEE I CALLED MY OLD LADY ♪ 67 00:03:58,852 --> 00:04:01,524 ♪ FOR A FRIENDLY WORD ♪ 68 00:04:01,524 --> 00:04:04,070 ♪ SHE PICKED UP THE PHONE DROPPED IT ON THE FLOOR ♪ 69 00:04:04,070 --> 00:04:06,451 ♪ "AH, AH" IS ALL I HEARD ♪ 70 00:04:06,784 --> 00:04:10,207 ♪ ARE WE GONNA LET THE ELEVATOR BRING US DOWN? ♪ 71 00:04:10,207 --> 00:04:11,961 ♪ OH, NO LET'S GO! ♪ 72 00:04:11,961 --> 00:04:15,050 ♪ LET'S GO CRAZY ♪ 73 00:04:15,844 --> 00:04:17,723 ♪ OH, LET'S GO ♪ 74 00:04:17,723 --> 00:04:20,395 ♪ LET'S GO CRAZY LET'S GO, LET'S GO ♪ 75 00:04:20,395 --> 00:04:22,733 ♪ LET'S GO, LET'S GO ♪ 76 00:04:23,860 --> 00:04:27,701 ♪ ♪ 77 00:04:28,411 --> 00:04:32,043 FREEMAN: AND NOW, THE 22ND RECIPIENT OF THE KENNEDY CENTER 78 00:04:32,043 --> 00:04:35,174 MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR, 79 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:38,263 DAVE CHAPPELLE! 80 00:04:39,265 --> 00:04:44,401 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 81 00:04:47,407 --> 00:04:51,958 ♪ ♪ 82 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:53,711 [MUSIC ENDS]. 83 00:04:55,089 --> 00:04:58,471 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 84 00:05:01,644 --> 00:05:08,031 ♪ ♪ 85 00:05:14,002 --> 00:05:16,089 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 86 00:05:16,924 --> 00:05:21,893 ♪ ["MARY JANE" BY RICK JAMES] ♪ 87 00:05:25,692 --> 00:05:27,404 TIFFANY HADDISH: HEY YA'LL. 88 00:05:29,450 --> 00:05:31,746 HEY YA'LL, MY NAME IS TIFFANY HADDISH. 89 00:05:31,746 --> 00:05:33,374 THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS SHOULD APPLAUD 90 00:05:33,374 --> 00:05:34,502 AND GO CRAZY. 91 00:05:34,502 --> 00:05:35,962 I'LL WAIT. 92 00:05:35,962 --> 00:05:39,386 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 93 00:05:42,183 --> 00:05:46,359 DAVE, I SEE WHY YOU WEAR THESE THE ARE SO COMFORTABLE! 94 00:05:47,444 --> 00:05:50,157 LOOK, LOOK AT THIS ROOM Y'ALL, LOOK AT THIS ROOM. 95 00:05:50,367 --> 00:05:54,416 LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WE GOT HERE AT THIS PARTY. 96 00:05:54,416 --> 00:05:56,587 YES! 97 00:05:59,050 --> 00:06:03,643 COMEDIANS, ACTORS AND MUSICIANS ARE ALL HERE FOR ONE MAN. 98 00:06:03,643 --> 00:06:06,899 WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE DAVE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A WAY 99 00:06:06,899 --> 00:06:09,488 THAT MAYBE NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN. 100 00:06:10,281 --> 00:06:15,124 I MET DAVE OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. 101 00:06:15,124 --> 00:06:18,631 DAVE YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY MENTOR, MY BIG BROTHER. 102 00:06:18,631 --> 00:06:22,096 AND UH, EVERY TIME I STEP ON STAGE, EVERY TIME, 103 00:06:22,096 --> 00:06:25,896 I THINK OF YOU CAUSE, UM, I ALWAYS WANNA MAKE YOU PROUD 104 00:06:25,896 --> 00:06:28,902 BECAUSE YOU THE "GOAT" YOU KNOW, YOU THE GREATEST. 105 00:06:29,528 --> 00:06:32,241 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 106 00:06:32,241 --> 00:06:34,245 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAVE IS HIS SPONTANEITY. 107 00:06:34,245 --> 00:06:37,836 OH, MY FAVORITE STORY WITH DAVE WAS ON CHRISTMAS. 108 00:06:37,836 --> 00:06:40,049 ONE YEAR AFTER I FINISHED FEEDING THE HOMELESS AT 109 00:06:40,049 --> 00:06:41,384 THE LAUGH FACTORY... 110 00:06:41,384 --> 00:06:43,806 I DO THAT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I NEVER FORGET WHERE 111 00:06:43,806 --> 00:06:45,142 I CAME FROM... 112 00:06:45,142 --> 00:06:48,816 NOT THE LAUGH FACTORY, HOMELESS, HOMELESS. 113 00:06:49,192 --> 00:06:52,866 DAVE CALLED ME TO MEET HIM FOR DRINKS AND WHEN I ARRIVED, 114 00:06:52,866 --> 00:06:57,918 I SEE HIM THERE WITH MARLON WAYANS AND I WAS LIKE, 115 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:00,882 "WHAT ARE YA'LL FATHERS DOING HERE ON CHRISTMAS? 116 00:07:01,634 --> 00:07:03,638 SHOULDN'T Y'ALL BE WITH Y'ALL KIDS?" 117 00:07:03,638 --> 00:07:05,015 AND DAVE SAID, 118 00:07:05,015 --> 00:07:07,437 "WHO ARE YOU, SCROOGE? BITCH, HAVE A DRINK!" 119 00:07:12,363 --> 00:07:15,912 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 120 00:07:16,998 --> 00:07:19,962 SO WE LAUGHED AND JOKED TIL ABOUT 1:00 A.M. 121 00:07:19,962 --> 00:07:22,509 AND THEN DAVE WAS LIKE, "Y'ALL WANNA GO BOWLING?" 122 00:07:22,759 --> 00:07:24,053 AND WE WERE LIKE, 123 00:07:24,053 --> 00:07:26,141 "AIN'T NOBODY, AIN'T NO BOWLING ALLEY OPEN ON 124 00:07:26,141 --> 00:07:27,602 CHRISTMAS THIS LATE! 125 00:07:27,602 --> 00:07:29,147 LIKE, WHAT, WHAT YOU TALKIN' BOUT?" 126 00:07:29,147 --> 00:07:30,608 HE STARTED LAUGHING, HE SAID, 127 00:07:30,608 --> 00:07:33,698 UH, "DO YOU REALIZE I'M DAVE CHAPPELLE?" 128 00:07:36,912 --> 00:07:39,793 HE MADE A PHONE CALL AND THEN WE JUMPED IN HIS SUV 129 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:42,298 AND THEN WE STARTED GOING UP THIS HILL 130 00:07:42,298 --> 00:07:44,344 AND THEN WE PULLED UP TO THESE HUGE GATES. 131 00:07:44,344 --> 00:07:46,431 I MEAN, HUGE. 132 00:07:46,431 --> 00:07:49,772 I WAS LIKE, "ARE WE FINNA BE BOWLING AT JURASSIC PARK?" 133 00:07:51,734 --> 00:07:52,986 WE GET OUT THE CAR, 134 00:07:52,986 --> 00:07:55,617 GO TO THE DOOR AND GUESS WHO OPENED THE DOOR, 135 00:07:55,617 --> 00:07:57,203 GUESS WHO OPENED IT? 136 00:07:57,203 --> 00:07:59,500 I SAID, "GUESS" BITCH, GUESS. 137 00:08:01,837 --> 00:08:04,551 EDDIE MURPHY OPENED THE DOOR! 138 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:06,764 WE WAS AT EDDIE MURPHY HOUSE! 139 00:08:06,764 --> 00:08:10,187 WE WAS AT EDDIE MURPHY HOUSE AND I WAS LIKE... 140 00:08:15,782 --> 00:08:17,619 AND DAVE WAS LIKE, "CALM DOWN, CALM YOUR ASS DOWN, 141 00:08:17,619 --> 00:08:18,830 WE'RE GONNA GET KICKED OUT." 142 00:08:18,830 --> 00:08:21,836 I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS AXEL FOLEY, 143 00:08:21,836 --> 00:08:24,340 GOT A BOWLING ALLEY!" 144 00:08:26,554 --> 00:08:30,562 WE MUST'VE TALKED AND LAUGHED AND SHARED STORIES FOR HOURS. 145 00:08:30,562 --> 00:08:32,148 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF GUY DAVE IS. 146 00:08:32,148 --> 00:08:35,572 HE'S SPONTANEOUS AND HE'S MAGICAL AND 147 00:08:35,572 --> 00:08:37,951 HE'S A HORRIBLE BOWLER. 148 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,627 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 149 00:08:47,344 --> 00:08:48,765 PAUL: HI, I'M PAUL PELOSI. 150 00:08:48,765 --> 00:08:50,267 TIFFANY: I'M TIFFANY HADDISH. NICE TO MEET YOU. 151 00:08:50,267 --> 00:08:51,562 PAUL: WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE! 152 00:08:51,562 --> 00:08:52,689 MY WIFE NANCY. 153 00:08:52,689 --> 00:08:53,816 TIFFANY: HEY NANCY. 154 00:08:53,816 --> 00:08:55,444 SPEAKER PELOSI: HEY, YOU WERE GREAT! 155 00:08:55,444 --> 00:08:57,114 TIFFANY: THANK YOU SO MUCH! 156 00:08:57,114 --> 00:08:59,243 (INAUDIBLE). 157 00:08:59,243 --> 00:09:01,999 SPEAKER PELOSI: YEAH, WE WERE MOVING WITH YA, BABE! 158 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:04,922 [LAUGHTER] 159 00:09:07,468 --> 00:09:09,055 DAVE: I GOT THE FIRST SHOW, EVER, AT THIS CLUB. 160 00:09:09,055 --> 00:09:10,474 CHRIS: WHAT? 161 00:09:10,474 --> 00:09:13,230 DAVE: THAT WAS IN '92. 162 00:09:13,230 --> 00:09:14,482 TIME FLIES, MAN. 163 00:09:14,482 --> 00:09:16,862 CHRIS: YEAH, MAN. TIME AIN'T NO JOKE. 164 00:09:18,323 --> 00:09:23,125 ANNOUNCER: GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND WELCOME 165 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:25,922 TO THE D.C. IMPROV! 166 00:09:28,093 --> 00:09:29,763 DAVE: AIN'T NO SMOKIN IN HERE MOTHERFUCKER! 167 00:09:29,763 --> 00:09:31,349 TONY: HEY MAN, YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT. 168 00:09:32,686 --> 00:09:35,357 IT'S DAVE'S NIGHT, IT'S DAVE'S WEEKEND. ALRIGHT! 169 00:09:37,153 --> 00:09:38,238 CHRIS: DAVE, YOU THE MAN. 170 00:09:38,238 --> 00:09:39,700 YOU BRING OUT EVERYBODY! 171 00:09:41,035 --> 00:09:43,624 DAVE CHAPPELLE, HE GOT THE MARK TWAIN AWARD. 172 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,544 GIVE IT UP FOR DAVE GETTING THE 173 00:09:45,544 --> 00:09:47,381 MARK... TWAIN... AWARD. 174 00:09:49,135 --> 00:09:51,222 MAKING HIMSELF A WHOLE BUNCH OF DAMN... 175 00:09:51,222 --> 00:09:52,893 YOU KNOW YOU'RE MAKING A BUNCH OF MONEY WHEN YOU GET A 176 00:09:52,893 --> 00:09:54,855 MARK TWAIN AWARD. 177 00:09:54,855 --> 00:09:57,819 I JUST BARELY KNOW WHO MARK TWAIN ASS IS. 178 00:10:05,125 --> 00:10:08,841 DAVE: MAN, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GET AN 179 00:10:08,841 --> 00:10:11,764 HONOR LIKE THIS IN THIS VERY CITY I STARTED FROM. 180 00:10:12,056 --> 00:10:14,895 IN FACT, LITTLE TRIVIA FOR YOU... 181 00:10:15,772 --> 00:10:20,364 THE FIRST SHOW, IN THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST 182 00:10:20,364 --> 00:10:21,784 COMEDIAN ON STAGE. 183 00:10:21,784 --> 00:10:24,413 IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN AND 184 00:10:24,413 --> 00:10:27,044 SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENERES. 185 00:10:32,221 --> 00:10:34,142 WE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN, WE WERE ALL TRYING 186 00:10:34,142 --> 00:10:36,354 TO GET SOME PUSSY. 187 00:10:37,148 --> 00:10:40,028 OH, I'M SORRY I THOUGHT THIS WAS A COMEDY CLUB. 188 00:10:41,657 --> 00:10:45,497 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS MIGHT BE AMERICA'S LAST 189 00:10:45,497 --> 00:10:48,921 SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYING 190 00:10:48,921 --> 00:10:51,217 AND LAUGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LAUGHING. 191 00:10:52,888 --> 00:10:55,142 THIS IS SACRED GROUND. 192 00:10:58,023 --> 00:11:01,029 LIVE COMEDY IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING IN THE 193 00:11:01,029 --> 00:11:02,281 WORLD TO ME. 194 00:11:02,281 --> 00:11:04,786 YOU'RE STANDING UP THERE LIKE A GLADIATOR; 195 00:11:04,786 --> 00:11:07,834 MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT I FEEL LIKE MYSELF. 196 00:11:09,212 --> 00:11:11,549 ED: AT 19, HE'S THE YOUNGEST COMEDIAN IN 197 00:11:11,549 --> 00:11:13,178 STAR SEARCH HISTORY. 198 00:11:13,178 --> 00:11:16,309 FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., HERE IS DAVE CHAPPELL. 199 00:11:21,152 --> 00:11:22,613 DAVE: THANKS. 200 00:11:22,613 --> 00:11:24,993 I DON'T KNOW IF ED MENTIONED THIS, I WAS RECENTLY ON 201 00:11:24,993 --> 00:11:27,289 BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION... 202 00:11:28,083 --> 00:11:30,922 KINDA HAVE A FEELING MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. 203 00:11:31,297 --> 00:11:32,633 I DON'T KNOW WHY. 204 00:11:32,842 --> 00:11:35,430 I USED TO THINK ALL WHITE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY. 205 00:11:37,351 --> 00:11:39,313 JUST TO BE WHITE. 206 00:11:39,313 --> 00:11:41,777 I THOUGHT YA'LL SIT AROUND, "FUCKIN-A, I'M WHITE! 207 00:11:44,866 --> 00:11:47,496 THIS FEELS GREAT, TAXI! 208 00:11:47,496 --> 00:11:48,791 (MIMICS TIRES SCREECH) 209 00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:50,377 JUST CHECKIN! 210 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:52,006 I SPOKE AT MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL AND I TOLD 211 00:11:52,006 --> 00:11:53,425 THEM KIDS STRAIGHT UP. 212 00:11:53,425 --> 00:11:55,470 IF YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING IT OUT OF THIS GHETTO, 213 00:11:56,598 --> 00:11:59,353 YOU GOTTA FOCUS, YOU GOTTA STOP BLAMING WHITE PEOPLE 214 00:11:59,353 --> 00:12:03,988 FOR YOUR PROBLEMS AND YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO 215 00:12:04,322 --> 00:12:06,994 RAP OR PLAY BASKETBALL OR SOMETHING NIGGA, YOU TRAPPED! 216 00:12:07,328 --> 00:12:08,998 YOU ARE TRAPPED! 217 00:12:08,998 --> 00:12:11,544 EITHER DO THAT OR SELL CRACK, THAT'S YOUR ONLY OPTIONS. 218 00:12:11,544 --> 00:12:13,506 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I'VE EVER SEEN IT WORK. 219 00:12:13,506 --> 00:12:15,260 BETTER GET TO ENTERTAINING THESE WHITE PEOPLE. 220 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:17,222 GET TO DANCING! 221 00:12:18,308 --> 00:12:20,646 I USED TO WATCH A FUCKIN' CARTOON WHEN I WAS GROWING UP 222 00:12:20,646 --> 00:12:22,399 CALLED, CARE BEARS. 223 00:12:24,695 --> 00:12:26,741 THEY WERE LIKE TEDDY BEARS, BUT THEY WERE LIKE PEOPLE. 224 00:12:26,741 --> 00:12:29,873 AND THEY ALL FUCKING JUST WALKED AROUND CARING. 225 00:12:30,374 --> 00:12:33,255 THEY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 226 00:12:35,133 --> 00:12:36,636 AND WHEN SHIT GOT REAL BAD, 227 00:12:36,636 --> 00:12:37,638 THEY GOT DETERMINED. 228 00:12:37,638 --> 00:12:39,141 (GRUNTS). 229 00:12:39,475 --> 00:12:40,519 AND THE LEADER WOULD SAY, 230 00:12:40,519 --> 00:12:41,897 "COME ON, GUYS! 231 00:12:41,897 --> 00:12:45,487 IT'S TIME FOR THE CARE BEAR STARE!" 232 00:12:46,824 --> 00:12:48,076 REMEMBER THAT SHIT? 233 00:12:48,076 --> 00:12:50,664 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 234 00:12:51,165 --> 00:12:55,257 AND THEM LITTLE TEDDY BEARS WOULD LOCK ARMS AND 235 00:12:55,257 --> 00:12:58,763 STARE AT THE PROBLEM AND I'M NOT EVEN BULLSHITTING... 236 00:13:00,517 --> 00:13:03,690 ACTUAL LOVE WOULD SHOOT OUT OF THEIR CHEST. 237 00:13:06,446 --> 00:13:09,953 AND WHEN WE GREW UP WE WANTED TO BE LIKE THOSE BEARS. 238 00:13:10,746 --> 00:13:12,541 AND THEN WE GOT OUR HEARTS BROKEN, 239 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:16,382 CAUSE WE FOUND OUT THAT LIFE WASN'T GONNA LET US DO THAT. 240 00:13:16,382 --> 00:13:19,973 AND THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOOT LOVE OUT OF YOUR CHEST. 241 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:23,021 HOWEVER... 242 00:13:23,021 --> 00:13:25,651 I HAVE SHOT LOVE ONTO SOMEBODY'S CHEST BEFORE. 243 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:27,989 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] 244 00:13:29,784 --> 00:13:32,665 AZIZ: NOVEMBER, 2003. 245 00:13:33,792 --> 00:13:36,130 I'M A JUNIOR IN COLLEGE AT N.Y.U, 246 00:13:36,714 --> 00:13:39,679 I'D BEEN DOING STAND UP MAYBE TWO YEARS. 247 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,850 MY MOM CALLS ME UP AND SAYS, "AZIZ, 248 00:13:41,850 --> 00:13:44,522 ARE YOU COMING HOME FOR THANKSGIVING?" 249 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:47,277 AND I SAID, "MOM, YOU KNOW THE MONEY I SET ASIDE TO COME 250 00:13:47,277 --> 00:13:49,323 HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF PLAN. 251 00:13:49,950 --> 00:13:54,166 DAVE CHAPPELLE IS DOING SOME SHOWS IN SAN FRANCISCO 252 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:56,546 AT THE PUNCHLINE AND I GOTTA GO SEE THAT. 253 00:13:57,589 --> 00:13:59,845 AND SHE'S LIKE, "WHO IS DAVE CHAPPELL?" 254 00:13:59,845 --> 00:14:02,808 I SAID, "HE'S MAYBE THE GREATEST COMEDIAN ALIVE." 255 00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:04,353 SHE SAID, "IS THAT THE GUY THAT GOES, 256 00:14:04,353 --> 00:14:06,649 'I'M RICK JAMES, BITCH'?" 257 00:14:10,282 --> 00:14:12,119 AND I SAID, "YES!" 258 00:14:12,119 --> 00:14:14,540 SHE SAID, "HE'S HILARIOUS, HAVE A GOOD TIME." 259 00:14:14,749 --> 00:14:18,465 AND I WENT TO THOSE SHOWS, I SAW ALL... 260 00:14:18,465 --> 00:14:20,552 IT WAS LIKE SIX SHOWS THAT HE DID AT THE PUNCHLINE AND 261 00:14:20,552 --> 00:14:23,558 THESE WERE THOSE DAVE CLUB SHOWS WHERE HE DID, YOU KNOW, 262 00:14:23,558 --> 00:14:26,272 REALLY LONG SETS THAT WENT 'TIL LIKE 4:00 OR 5:00 263 00:14:26,272 --> 00:14:27,483 IN THE MORNING. 264 00:14:27,483 --> 00:14:29,236 AND, AND THEY WERE HILARIOUS, 265 00:14:29,236 --> 00:14:32,952 AND THEY WERE THOUGHT PROVOKING AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. 266 00:14:32,952 --> 00:14:35,582 AND SINCE THEN, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW DAVE AS A FRIEND. 267 00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:38,088 WE'VE DONE SHOWS TOGETHER AND BEYOND BEING 268 00:14:38,088 --> 00:14:42,554 AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMER, HE IS AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING. 269 00:14:42,554 --> 00:14:45,102 I REMEMBER A MOMENT ONE TIME WE WERE AT A PARTY. 270 00:14:45,102 --> 00:14:48,943 SOMEONE CAME UP TO HIM TO ASK FOR A PHOTO AND HE SAID, 271 00:14:48,943 --> 00:14:53,243 "HEY, WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE PICTURES, 272 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,957 WE'RE HERE TO MAKE MEMORIES." 273 00:14:55,957 --> 00:14:58,336 AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT AND THAT'S HOW HE 274 00:14:58,336 --> 00:14:59,463 LIVES HIS LIFE. 275 00:14:59,463 --> 00:15:02,636 HE TREATS EVERY MOMENT LIKE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE 276 00:15:02,636 --> 00:15:04,640 A WONDERFUL MEMORY. 277 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,729 YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR DAVE AND I, WE DID SOME SHOWS 278 00:15:07,729 --> 00:15:10,652 TOGETHER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 279 00:15:11,154 --> 00:15:14,660 WE FINISH THE SHOWS, WE'RE IN THE GREENROOM TOGETHER AND, 280 00:15:14,660 --> 00:15:16,957 UH, DAVE SAID, "WHAT KIND OF NIGHT YOU TRYING TO 281 00:15:16,957 --> 00:15:18,752 HAVE TONIGHT, AZIZ?" 282 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,380 AND I SAYS, "AW, YOU KNOW, 283 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:21,549 I'M PROBABLY GONNA TAKE IT EASY, 284 00:15:21,549 --> 00:15:24,722 WE WENT HARD YESTERDAY AND WE'VE GOT SHOWS TOMORROW." 285 00:15:24,722 --> 00:15:26,142 AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU WANNA EAT THESE 286 00:15:26,142 --> 00:15:27,561 PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS I GOT? 287 00:15:27,561 --> 00:15:30,025 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AMAZING." 288 00:15:33,490 --> 00:15:35,243 SORRY DAVE'S FAMILY. 289 00:15:35,243 --> 00:15:38,750 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 290 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:45,764 I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW, DAVE. 291 00:15:45,764 --> 00:15:48,937 MAYBE I'LL JUST TAKE IT EASY AND GET SOME REST FOR TOMORROW." 292 00:15:48,937 --> 00:15:53,029 AND HE SAID, "WELL AZIZ, NO ONE KNOWS THIS BUT TOMORROW 293 00:15:53,029 --> 00:15:56,619 THEY'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT I AM THE WINNER OF THE 294 00:15:56,619 --> 00:15:59,708 MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR." 295 00:16:01,254 --> 00:16:03,633 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 296 00:16:03,925 --> 00:16:07,182 AND HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL YOUR KIDS 297 00:16:07,182 --> 00:16:09,478 20 YEARS FROM NOW, AZIZ? 298 00:16:10,105 --> 00:16:13,319 ARE YOU GONNA TELL 'EM, 'I WAS THERE THE DAY DAVE CHAPPELLE 299 00:16:13,319 --> 00:16:16,534 FOUND OUT HE WON THE MARK TWAIN AWARD AND 300 00:16:16,534 --> 00:16:18,454 WE ATE MUSHROOMS TOGETHER AND WE HAD 301 00:16:18,454 --> 00:16:19,915 THE NIGHT OF OUR LIVES?' 302 00:16:20,834 --> 00:16:23,798 OR ARE YOU GONNA TELL 'EM YOU GOT SOME SLEEP?" 303 00:16:28,975 --> 00:16:30,645 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 304 00:16:30,645 --> 00:16:31,981 AND I SAID, 305 00:16:31,981 --> 00:16:34,069 "DAVE, YOU GOT A POINT, LET'S EAT THOSE MUSHROOMS!" 306 00:16:34,069 --> 00:16:35,989 TO TWAIN! 307 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:42,878 JAY: THIS IS SOME REAL SHIT. 308 00:16:43,254 --> 00:16:45,342 I THINK IF DOGS COULD TALK, NEGLECTED DOGS, 309 00:16:45,342 --> 00:16:47,262 THEY WOULD SOUND LIKE DAVE CHAPPELLE. 310 00:16:50,393 --> 00:16:53,942 LIKE, LIKE IF YOU LEAVE 'EM IN THE BACK YARD TOO LONG 311 00:16:53,942 --> 00:16:55,153 HE'D BE COMPLAINING; HE'D BE LIKE, 312 00:16:55,153 --> 00:16:58,034 "OH SHIT, SON, I NEED SOMEBODY TO GET BACK HERE. 313 00:16:58,034 --> 00:16:59,328 NOBODY FEEDS ME!" 314 00:16:59,328 --> 00:17:00,997 (SCREAMS) 315 00:17:04,797 --> 00:17:06,092 DAVE: YEAH, THE JACKET IS FRESH AS FUCK. 316 00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:09,181 RON: OH! NEAL: HEY RON, HOW ARE YOU? 317 00:17:09,181 --> 00:17:10,350 DAVE: HE LOOKS LIKE HE JUST GOT BACK FROM 318 00:17:10,350 --> 00:17:12,187 BEATING UP MOTHERFUCKERS. 319 00:17:14,191 --> 00:17:16,112 THE FIRST TIME ANYONE BROUGHT ME ON STAGE, 320 00:17:16,112 --> 00:17:17,573 GUY NAMED J.T. NEWTON, 321 00:17:17,573 --> 00:17:19,618 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IS J.T. ALIVE? 322 00:17:19,618 --> 00:17:21,581 SERIOUSLY. 323 00:17:21,581 --> 00:17:22,791 CROWD: HE LIVES IN LONG ISLAND. 324 00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:25,088 DAVE: WELL, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 325 00:17:26,090 --> 00:17:27,426 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 326 00:17:27,426 --> 00:17:28,761 YOU EVER THINK A NIGGA WAS DEAD, 327 00:17:28,761 --> 00:17:30,599 BUT HE JUST LIVED IN LONG ISLAND? 328 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:33,062 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 329 00:17:33,062 --> 00:17:36,193 I WENT TO A COMEDY CLUB WITH MY VERY BEST FRIEND, 330 00:17:36,485 --> 00:17:38,740 WE'RE STILL FRIENDS TO THIS DAY. 331 00:17:38,948 --> 00:17:41,078 WE SHOWED UP EARLY, IT WAS 5:00. 332 00:17:41,078 --> 00:17:43,458 BACK IN THOSE DAY'S ALL YOU HAD TO DO TO BE A COMEDIAN WAS 333 00:17:43,458 --> 00:17:45,921 SHOW UP EARLY ENOUGH TO SIGN THE LIST. 334 00:17:45,921 --> 00:17:48,301 IT WAS 20 SPOTS, I CAME RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, 335 00:17:49,178 --> 00:17:50,972 I PICKED SEVEN. 336 00:17:50,972 --> 00:17:54,813 MY BEST FRIEND AT THE TIME PICKED THE FIFTH. 337 00:17:54,813 --> 00:17:58,488 HE BOMBED. HE DIDN'T MAKE IT. 338 00:18:02,329 --> 00:18:03,873 J.T. INTRODUCED ME, HE SAID, 339 00:18:03,873 --> 00:18:06,796 "FOLKS, EVERYBODY'S GOT TO START SOMEWHERE AND TONIGHT, 340 00:18:06,796 --> 00:18:08,341 THIS YOUNG MAN IS STARTING HERE." 341 00:18:08,341 --> 00:18:10,387 I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. 342 00:18:10,387 --> 00:18:13,351 HE SAID, "YOU MIGHT BE WITNESSING THE BIRTH OF A STAR, 343 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:16,649 PLEASE WELCOME DAVE CHAPEL." 344 00:18:23,204 --> 00:18:25,583 I WENT BY MYSELF, BUT BY THE TIME I WENT ON, 345 00:18:25,583 --> 00:18:27,879 MY MOTHER WHO IS HERE TONIGHT... 346 00:18:27,879 --> 00:18:30,385 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 347 00:18:31,052 --> 00:18:34,977 AND HER MOTHER WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US SHOWED UP. 348 00:18:34,977 --> 00:18:37,816 "I BEGGED YOU NOT TO COME." 349 00:18:37,816 --> 00:18:40,905 OH, I BEGGED THEM NOT TO COME. 350 00:18:41,574 --> 00:18:43,786 I SAID, "THE ONLY WAY I CAN HANDLE THIS IS TO CONFRONT IT." 351 00:18:43,786 --> 00:18:45,165 SO I WENT TO MY GRANDMOTHER AND SAID, 352 00:18:45,165 --> 00:18:49,256 "LISTEN, NANNA, UM, LISTEN, I'M GONNA SAY SOME THINGS 353 00:18:49,256 --> 00:18:52,888 TONIGHT THAT YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD ME SAY." 354 00:18:57,397 --> 00:18:58,608 AND, MOM, YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS, 355 00:18:58,608 --> 00:19:01,155 DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOUR MOTHER SAID TO ME? 356 00:19:01,155 --> 00:19:02,366 MOM: SHE SAID, "I'VE HEARD WORSE." 357 00:19:02,366 --> 00:19:06,707 DAVE: NO. SHE SAID, "BABY, DO THIS SHIT." 358 00:19:10,674 --> 00:19:12,469 IT WAS ON! 359 00:19:12,469 --> 00:19:15,015 I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU MOM, NOT ONLY "THANK YOU" 360 00:19:15,015 --> 00:19:16,644 BUT "I TOLD YOU SO!" 361 00:19:16,644 --> 00:19:19,650 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 362 00:19:20,652 --> 00:19:24,660 ♪ WOMAN: THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU'LL NEED SOMEONE ♪ 363 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,037 COMMON: YEAH, DAVE. 364 00:19:26,037 --> 00:19:28,334 ♪ WOMAN: I WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE ♪ 365 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:30,213 COMMON: WE LOVE YOU, BROTHER. 366 00:19:30,213 --> 00:19:34,346 ♪ WOMAN: THERE IS A LIGHT, THAT SHINES ♪ 367 00:19:35,265 --> 00:19:37,853 ♪ SPECIAL FOR YOU ♪ 368 00:19:37,853 --> 00:19:40,358 ♪ SPECIAL FOR ME, YEA ♪ 369 00:19:40,358 --> 00:19:42,028 ♪ COMMON: I NEVER KNEW A LUH, LUH-LUH ♪ 370 00:19:42,028 --> 00:19:43,071 ♪ A LOVE LIKE THIS ♪ 371 00:19:43,071 --> 00:19:45,535 ♪ GOTTA BE SOMETHIN FOR ME TO WRITE THIS ♪ 372 00:19:45,535 --> 00:19:47,456 ♪ QUEEN, I AIN'T SEEN YOU IN A MINUTE ♪ 373 00:19:47,456 --> 00:19:50,545 ♪ WROTE THIS LETTER, AND FINALLY DECIDE TO SEND IT ♪ 374 00:19:50,545 --> 00:19:53,050 ♪ SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, FOR US TO GROW TOGETHER ♪ 375 00:19:53,050 --> 00:19:55,764 ♪ LOVE HAS NO LIMIT, LET'S SPEND IT SLOW FOREVER ♪ 376 00:19:55,764 --> 00:19:57,267 ♪ I KNOW YOUR HEART IS WEATHERED BY WHAT STUDS ♪ 377 00:19:57,267 --> 00:19:58,561 ♪ DID TO YOU ♪ 378 00:19:58,561 --> 00:20:00,648 ♪ I AIN'T GON' ASSAULT EM, I DID IT TOO ♪ 379 00:20:00,648 --> 00:20:02,694 ♪ BECAUSE OF YOU, FEELINGS I HANDLE WITH CARE ♪ 380 00:20:02,694 --> 00:20:04,281 ♪ BROTHERS RECOGNIZE YOUR LIGHT BUT THEY CAN'T ♪ 381 00:20:04,281 --> 00:20:05,533 ♪ HANDLE THE GLARE ♪ 382 00:20:05,533 --> 00:20:07,078 ♪ HEY, I AIN'T THE TYPE TO WALK AROUND ♪ 383 00:20:07,078 --> 00:20:08,247 ♪ WITH MATCHIN SHIRTS ♪ 384 00:20:08,247 --> 00:20:10,251 ♪ IF RELATIONSHIP IS EFFORT I WILL MATCH YOUR WORK ♪ 385 00:20:10,251 --> 00:20:11,921 ♪ I WANNA BE THE ONE TO MAKE YOU HAPPIEST ♪ 386 00:20:11,921 --> 00:20:13,048 ♪ HURT YOU THE MOST ♪ 387 00:20:13,048 --> 00:20:14,927 ♪ THE END IS NEAR, COME CLOSE ♪ 388 00:20:14,927 --> 00:20:16,012 ♪ WOMAN: TO WHAT? ♪ 389 00:20:16,012 --> 00:20:18,476 ♪ COMMON: TO THE MOST, HIGH REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPEN ♪ 390 00:20:18,476 --> 00:20:19,686 ♪ ON HIM LET'S RELY ♪ 391 00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:21,649 ♪ WOMAN: THERE ARE TIMES ♪ 392 00:20:21,649 --> 00:20:24,446 ♪ WHEN YOU'LL NEED SOMEONE ♪ 393 00:20:24,446 --> 00:20:25,740 COMMON: SAY WHAT, COME ON! 394 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:28,120 ♪ WOMAN: I WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE ♪ 395 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:30,917 ♪ COMMON: YEAH, LET 'EM KNOW ABOUT THE LIGHT ♪ 396 00:20:30,917 --> 00:20:32,128 ♪ Y'ALL COME ON ♪ 397 00:20:32,128 --> 00:20:34,758 ♪ WOMAN: THERE IS A LIGHT, THAT SHINES ♪ 398 00:20:34,758 --> 00:20:38,474 ♪ SPECIAL FOR YOU AND ME ♪ 399 00:20:38,724 --> 00:20:40,018 ♪ COMMON: YO, YO, YO ♪ 400 00:20:40,018 --> 00:20:42,022 ♪ DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DIGGA-DA-DA. ♪ 401 00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:44,862 ♪ DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DIGGA-DA-DA ♪ 402 00:20:45,112 --> 00:20:47,451 ♪ DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DA, DIGGA-DIGGA-DA-DA ♪ 403 00:20:47,451 --> 00:20:49,288 ♪ YO, I TELL YOU THE REST WHEN I SEE YOU; ♪ 404 00:20:49,288 --> 00:20:50,540 ♪ PEACE! ♪♪ 405 00:20:50,957 --> 00:20:52,335 DAVE, YOU THE GREATEST BABY. 406 00:20:52,335 --> 00:20:53,588 WE LOVE YOU, MAN. 407 00:20:53,588 --> 00:20:56,469 THE GREATEST, BROTHER. DEEP IN THE LIGHT. 408 00:20:58,681 --> 00:21:02,146 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE INCOMPARABLE, JOHN LEGEND 409 00:21:03,483 --> 00:21:06,405 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 410 00:21:13,461 --> 00:21:15,005 JOHN: HELLO! 411 00:21:20,057 --> 00:21:22,354 NOT ONLY AM I A BIG FAN OF DAVE'S, 412 00:21:22,354 --> 00:21:25,192 BUT I GREW UP IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO... 413 00:21:25,192 --> 00:21:30,620 YES, ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE DAVE LIVES NOW AND 414 00:21:31,037 --> 00:21:32,582 SPENT A LOT OF HIS CHILDHOOD. 415 00:21:32,582 --> 00:21:36,882 I KNOW WE'RE IN D.C., AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE TOO, 416 00:21:40,097 --> 00:21:43,312 BUT DAVE IS FROM OHIO, OKAY? 417 00:21:45,023 --> 00:21:47,320 WE'RE CLAIMING HIM. 418 00:21:47,654 --> 00:21:50,451 NOW, MOST OF THE OUTSTANDING BOLD FACE NAMES FROM OHIO 419 00:21:50,451 --> 00:21:53,416 BECOME FAMOUS AFTER THEY LEAVE OHIO. 420 00:21:54,418 --> 00:21:58,091 ONE COULD ARGUE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE OHIO TO SUCCEED. 421 00:21:59,302 --> 00:22:03,603 BUT AMAZINGLY DAVE STILL LIVES IN THE BUCKEYE STATE. 422 00:22:08,028 --> 00:22:12,328 HE STILL LIVES IN THE KIND OF TOWN THAT MAKES PEOPLE WONDER, 423 00:22:12,328 --> 00:22:15,877 "WHY DOES DAVE CHAPPELLE LIVE IN THAT TOWN?" 424 00:22:17,171 --> 00:22:20,177 HE LIVES IN THE, "SO-CALLED" FORGOTTEN AMERICA. 425 00:22:20,177 --> 00:22:22,181 DAVE NEVER FORGOT ABOUT IT. 426 00:22:22,181 --> 00:22:24,853 HE HAS BROUGHT THE WORLD TO OHIO. 427 00:22:24,853 --> 00:22:29,488 HIS ANNUAL MUSICAL JAM SESSIONS ON A LOCAL FARM ARE LEGENDARY. 428 00:22:30,322 --> 00:22:32,577 HE'S BROUGHT SOME OF THE GREATEST TALENTS IN THE WORLD 429 00:22:32,577 --> 00:22:35,165 TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE LIFE THERE. 430 00:22:35,165 --> 00:22:38,046 AND RECENTLY, AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN DAYTON, 431 00:22:38,046 --> 00:22:41,219 TO BRING COMFORT AFTER TRAGEDY. 432 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,808 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 433 00:22:45,478 --> 00:22:50,320 AND OF COURSE, THE MOST ICONIC AND UNFORGETTABLE JAM SESSION 434 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,953 THAT WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY WAS BACK IN 2005. 435 00:22:54,245 --> 00:22:57,251 HE TOOK A GROUP FROM HIS HOMETOWN IN OHIO, 436 00:22:57,251 --> 00:22:59,130 INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM OUR LOCAL 437 00:22:59,130 --> 00:23:01,886 HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL STATE, 438 00:23:02,136 --> 00:23:04,600 ON A BUS TO BROOKLYN. 439 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,062 YES! 440 00:23:07,439 --> 00:23:09,526 AND WHEN THEY GOT TO BROOKLYN, 441 00:23:09,526 --> 00:23:12,616 WHAT AN AMAZING POP CULTURE MOMENT DAVE CREATED. 442 00:23:13,241 --> 00:23:16,247 HE BROUGHT TOGETHER SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HIP-HOP AND 443 00:23:16,247 --> 00:23:20,423 NEO-SOUL ARTISTS IN THE WORLD FOR AN EPIC CONCERT THAT 444 00:23:20,423 --> 00:23:24,263 BLENDED DAVE'S COMEDY AND HIS IMPECCABLE TASTE IN MUSIC. 445 00:23:25,349 --> 00:23:28,522 DAVE: COMEDIANS AND MUSICIANS, WE'RE LIKE THIS. 446 00:23:28,522 --> 00:23:31,820 EVERY COMIC WANTS TO BE A MUSICIAN, 447 00:23:31,820 --> 00:23:34,116 EVERY MUSICIAN THINKS THEY'RE FUNNY. 448 00:23:34,826 --> 00:23:35,828 MOTHER'S GOT THREE TITTIES. 449 00:23:35,828 --> 00:23:37,832 ONE FOR MILK, ONE FOR WATER AND THE OTHER ONE'S OUR OF ORDER. 450 00:23:37,832 --> 00:23:38,876 HIT ME! 451 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:40,045 ♪ ♪ 452 00:23:40,045 --> 00:23:42,007 YOU SEE, IT'S NOT EVEN THAT FUNNY, BUT THE HIT. 453 00:23:42,007 --> 00:23:43,511 IT JUST PUSHES IT OVER THE TOP. 454 00:23:43,511 --> 00:23:45,932 NOBODY HAS THREE TITTIES, IT'S RIDICULOUS. 455 00:23:46,517 --> 00:23:48,771 ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THIS CONCERT, 456 00:23:48,771 --> 00:23:51,694 BEFORE I EVER MET 'EM, I WAS FANS OF THEIRS. 457 00:23:52,027 --> 00:23:54,282 SO, TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE IN THIS KIND OF SETTING 458 00:23:54,282 --> 00:23:55,535 IS A DREAM COME TRUE. 459 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:57,706 THIS IS THE CONCERT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE. 460 00:23:57,706 --> 00:24:00,168 ♪ KANYE: WELL, IF THIS TAKE AWAY FROM MY SPINS ♪ 461 00:24:00,168 --> 00:24:02,047 ♪ WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE AWAY FROM MY ENDS ♪ 462 00:24:02,047 --> 00:24:04,093 ♪ THEN I HOPE THIS TAKE AWAY FROM MY SINS ♪ 463 00:24:04,093 --> 00:24:05,888 ♪ AND BRING THE DAY THAT I'M DREAMING ABOUT ♪ 464 00:24:05,888 --> 00:24:08,268 ♪ NEXT TIME I'M IN THE CLUB EVERYBODY SCREAMING OUT ♪ 465 00:24:08,268 --> 00:24:09,938 ♪ JE-SUS WALKS ♪ 466 00:24:09,938 --> 00:24:11,859 ♪ GOD SHOW ME THE WAY THE DEVILS TRYING TO ♪ 467 00:24:11,859 --> 00:24:13,111 ♪ BRING ME DOWN ♪♪ 468 00:24:13,111 --> 00:24:15,073 DAVE: WE SHOOK UP THE WORLD! 469 00:24:15,073 --> 00:24:18,748 WE SHOOK UP THE WORLD! 470 00:24:22,505 --> 00:24:24,968 Q-TIP: HOW Y'ALL DOIN? 471 00:24:25,427 --> 00:24:27,807 MY NAME IS Q-TIP, I'M UH, 472 00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:32,942 I AM PROUD TO BE THE ARTISTIC CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF HIP-HOP 473 00:24:32,942 --> 00:24:35,447 HERE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. 474 00:24:35,447 --> 00:24:37,159 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 475 00:24:37,159 --> 00:24:39,455 I WANT TO TALK TO MY BRO, MY FRIEND. 476 00:24:39,455 --> 00:24:43,088 YOU MY BROTHER, I LOVE YOU. 477 00:24:43,631 --> 00:24:46,010 I'VE KNOWN THIS DUDE SINCE HE FIRST STARTED. 478 00:24:46,010 --> 00:24:48,849 AND IT WAS 1992 OR 1993, 479 00:24:48,849 --> 00:24:51,855 HE CAME ON THE BUS HE WAS LIKE, "HI, I'M DAVE CHAPPELLE." 480 00:24:52,189 --> 00:24:53,901 I WAS LIKE, "YO, YOU DAVE CHAPPELLE, 481 00:24:53,901 --> 00:24:56,907 I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, I SAW ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS. 482 00:24:57,449 --> 00:24:59,705 I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY RAPPER THAT WAS WATCHING 483 00:24:59,705 --> 00:25:02,502 MEL BROOKS BACK THEN. 484 00:25:04,965 --> 00:25:07,679 JEFF: I BOUGHT DAVE HIS FIRST SUIT WHEN HE DID 485 00:25:07,679 --> 00:25:11,144 LETTERMAN IN 1995, MIGHT HAVE BEEN '94. 486 00:25:11,436 --> 00:25:12,981 I TOOK HIM TO BARNEYS WITH MY COUSIN. 487 00:25:12,981 --> 00:25:15,862 HE WAS STILL WEARING, UM, CROSS COLORS. 488 00:25:16,822 --> 00:25:17,866 DAVE: NOW DON'T TENSE UP ON ME, 489 00:25:17,866 --> 00:25:19,368 I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK THAT I'M AN 490 00:25:19,368 --> 00:25:20,580 ANGRY BLACK GUY. 491 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:22,207 I AM AN ANGRY BLACK BUY, 492 00:25:22,207 --> 00:25:23,878 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 493 00:25:23,878 --> 00:25:25,882 I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE AN ANGRY BLACK GUY THOUGH, 494 00:25:25,882 --> 00:25:27,384 IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME. 495 00:25:27,384 --> 00:25:31,309 SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION OR NOT, 496 00:25:31,309 --> 00:25:34,733 BUT I HAVE BEEN BLACK FOUR LIVES IN A ROW. 497 00:25:36,235 --> 00:25:37,655 I NEED A BREAK. 498 00:25:41,204 --> 00:25:43,166 FREDERIC: PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME TO THE STAGE, 499 00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:45,630 THE CO-CREATOR OF "THE CHAPPELLE SHOW", 500 00:25:45,630 --> 00:25:47,424 THE ONE AND ONLY, NEAL BRENNAN. 501 00:25:48,426 --> 00:25:50,765 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 502 00:25:50,765 --> 00:25:53,395 ♪ MAN: CHAPPELLE'S SHOW, CHAPPELLE'S SHOW ♪ 503 00:25:53,395 --> 00:25:55,942 ♪ CHAPPELLE'S SHOW, CHAPPELLE'S SHOW ♪ 504 00:25:56,777 --> 00:25:59,448 ♪CHAPPELLE'S SHOW, CHAPPELLE'S SHOW ♪♪ 505 00:26:01,829 --> 00:26:04,208 NEAL: HI, DAVE. 506 00:26:04,542 --> 00:26:06,922 HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS NIGHT CAME TO BE. 507 00:26:06,922 --> 00:26:08,926 DAVE DOESN'T TEND TO LIKE FORMAL EVENTS. 508 00:26:08,926 --> 00:26:11,598 NORMALLY HE DRESSES LIKE A WINDOW WASHER. 509 00:26:14,562 --> 00:26:16,274 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HIS WIFE ELAINE SAID TO HIM, 510 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:19,614 "BABE HOW CAN I GET YOU TO STOP SMOKING FOR TWO HOURS?" 511 00:26:19,614 --> 00:26:23,037 AND DAVE, ASSUMING IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN WAS LIKE, 512 00:26:23,037 --> 00:26:26,377 "UM, YOU'D HAVE TO GET JON STEWART, SARAH SILVERMAN, 513 00:26:26,377 --> 00:26:30,051 NEAL, Q-TIP, TIFFANY HADDISH, 514 00:26:30,051 --> 00:26:32,431 LORNE MICHAELS, JOHN LEGEND, BRADLEY COOPER, 515 00:26:32,431 --> 00:26:34,477 AND SAY MORGAN FREEMAN, 516 00:26:41,992 --> 00:26:44,748 TO FLY TO D.C. AND HONOR MY TALENT". 517 00:26:44,748 --> 00:26:46,752 ELAINE SAID, "GREAT, OCTOBER 27TH" 518 00:26:46,752 --> 00:26:49,507 AND DAVE WAS LIKE, "SHIT!" 519 00:26:53,598 --> 00:26:55,895 DAVE GAVE ME A CAREER. 520 00:26:55,895 --> 00:26:59,736 WE MET IN 1992 AT A COMEDY CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY, 521 00:27:00,362 --> 00:27:02,700 WE WROTE A FEW JOKES TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS, 522 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:05,080 BUT I ALWAYS HOPED WE COULD DO SOMETHING BIGGER. 523 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,417 THEN IN 1997 DAVE CALLS ME AND GOES, 524 00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:10,842 "HEY, IF UNIVERSAL REACHES OUT TO YOU, 525 00:27:10,842 --> 00:27:13,138 TELL THEM WE'RE WRITING A WEED MOVIE TOGETHER". 526 00:27:13,764 --> 00:27:16,185 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 527 00:27:20,736 --> 00:27:23,241 AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT WEED MOVIE?" 528 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:26,497 AND DAVE SAID, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT". 529 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:28,459 NEXT THING I KNOW, 530 00:27:28,459 --> 00:27:30,088 SOMEONE FROM UNIVERSAL CALLS ME AND ASKS, 531 00:27:30,088 --> 00:27:32,760 "ARE YOU WRITING A WEED MOVIE WITH DAVE CHAPPELLE?" 532 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,432 AND I WAS LIKE "YES?" 533 00:27:35,432 --> 00:27:37,186 AND THEY GO "WHEN CAN YOU PITCH IT TO US?" 534 00:27:37,186 --> 00:27:40,943 AND I WAS LIKE "IN 30 DAYS' TIME." 535 00:27:46,370 --> 00:27:48,458 SO WE HAD A MONTH TO FIGURE THE PITCH OUT, 536 00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:50,629 AND FINALLY ON DAY 29 I CALL DAVE AND I'M LIKE, 537 00:27:50,629 --> 00:27:53,635 "DUDE, WE GOTTA WORK THIS WEED MOVIE OUT". 538 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:56,140 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 539 00:27:56,140 --> 00:27:58,353 AND HE GOES, "WHAT WEED MOVIE?" 540 00:27:58,353 --> 00:28:01,777 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 541 00:28:05,952 --> 00:28:08,999 ANYHOW, THE DAY BEFORE THE PITCH WE OUTLINED HALF BAKED, 542 00:28:08,999 --> 00:28:11,713 IT TOOK THE FULL DAY, ABOUT 16 HOURS, 543 00:28:12,172 --> 00:28:14,677 AND THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL REALLY SHOWED UP ONSCREEN. 544 00:28:18,017 --> 00:28:20,272 DAVE: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I CAN'T EVEN MOVE! 545 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,572 GUILLERMO: IT'S LIKE I FEEL STUCK HERE, YO. 546 00:28:29,081 --> 00:28:32,588 NEAL: CUT TO JANUARY OF 1998, HALF BAKED OPENED AGAINST 547 00:28:32,588 --> 00:28:34,550 GOOD WILL HUNTING 548 00:28:34,550 --> 00:28:37,097 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 549 00:28:38,308 --> 00:28:40,478 WAG THE DOG, 550 00:28:41,439 --> 00:28:43,526 AS GOOD AS IT GETS, 551 00:28:43,526 --> 00:28:46,324 AND OH YEAH, TITANIC. 552 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:50,791 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 553 00:28:51,752 --> 00:28:53,797 RIGHT? 554 00:28:54,506 --> 00:28:57,387 IT WAS A CRITICAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOP, AND QUITE FRANKLY 555 00:28:57,387 --> 00:28:59,475 ISN'T VERY GOOD. 556 00:29:00,518 --> 00:29:02,774 A COUPLE YEARS LATER, AFTER THE STINK WORE OFF, 557 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:05,153 BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, 558 00:29:05,153 --> 00:29:07,449 DAVE AND I WERE ON THE PHONE AGAIN, WHICH IS A THING 559 00:29:07,449 --> 00:29:10,288 PEOPLE USED TO DO, 560 00:29:10,288 --> 00:29:12,961 AND HE SAYS TO ME "HEY MAN, WE SHOULD DO A TV SHOW LIKE 561 00:29:12,961 --> 00:29:14,839 PLAYBOY AFTER DARK. 562 00:29:14,839 --> 00:29:18,304 NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT PLAYBOY AFTER DARK WAS, 563 00:29:18,304 --> 00:29:21,895 GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE ON DEATH'S DOOR. 564 00:29:22,562 --> 00:29:24,733 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 565 00:29:24,733 --> 00:29:27,197 IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER PLAYBOY AFTER DARK, 566 00:29:27,197 --> 00:29:29,953 IT WAS A SUPER LAID-BACK TV SHOW IN THE 1970S 567 00:29:29,953 --> 00:29:33,167 HOSTED BY HUGH HEFNER WHO WAS A MAGAZINE PUBLISHER AND 568 00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:36,090 MILD SEX TRAFFICKER. 569 00:29:38,428 --> 00:29:41,684 IMAGINE JEFFREY EPSTEIN WITH A GROTTO. 570 00:29:50,535 --> 00:29:53,834 ANYWAY, DAVE AND I FIGURED OUT A ROUGH FORMAT FOR WHAT WOULD COME 571 00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:55,462 TO BE CHAPPELLE'S SHOW. 572 00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:57,215 WENT AROUND PITCHING TO A FEW NETWORKS. 573 00:29:57,215 --> 00:30:00,430 HBO DIDN'T GO GREAT, THE WOMAN ACTUALLY SAID TO DAVE, 574 00:30:00,430 --> 00:30:01,682 AND I QUOTE, 575 00:30:01,682 --> 00:30:04,021 "WHY DO WE NEED YOU WHEN WE HAVE CHRIS ROCK?" 576 00:30:06,233 --> 00:30:09,281 SEE BACK THEN THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE POPULAR BLACK COMEDIAN 577 00:30:09,281 --> 00:30:13,623 AT A TIME, UNLIKE TODAY, WHEN THERE CAN BE THREE. 578 00:30:18,508 --> 00:30:21,055 SO A FEW MINUTES LATER WE PITCHED AT COMEDY CENTRAL AND 579 00:30:21,055 --> 00:30:22,182 THEY BOUGHT IT. 580 00:30:22,182 --> 00:30:24,269 WE MADE THE PILOT OF CHAPPELLE'S SHOW, 581 00:30:24,269 --> 00:30:27,025 WE GOT PICKED UP TO SERIES, AND THE SHOW WENT REALLY WELL. 582 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:28,611 LIKE ABSURDLY WELL. 583 00:30:28,611 --> 00:30:31,993 LIKE SO WELL, YOU GOTTA GO TO AFRICA WELL. 584 00:30:31,993 --> 00:30:35,041 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 585 00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:37,964 DAVE: OUR TOP STORY, AS WE ALL KNOW CONGRESS RECENTLY APPROVED 586 00:30:37,964 --> 00:30:40,176 PAYING OVER $1 TRILLION TO AFRICAN AMERICANS AS 587 00:30:40,176 --> 00:30:41,679 REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY. 588 00:30:41,679 --> 00:30:43,641 DONNELL: NOW I GOT ENOUGH CIGARETTES TO LAST ME AND MY 589 00:30:43,641 --> 00:30:45,812 FAMILY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. 590 00:30:45,812 --> 00:30:47,649 I'M RICH BEE-AAACH! 591 00:30:47,649 --> 00:30:48,818 [HONKS HORN]. 592 00:30:49,445 --> 00:30:50,739 WHEN WE STARTED THE SHOW, 593 00:30:50,739 --> 00:30:52,869 I KNEW DAVE WAS THE FUNNIEST PERSON I'D EVER MET, 594 00:30:52,869 --> 00:30:54,914 BY THE END OF THE SHOW I KNEW DAVE WAS 595 00:30:54,914 --> 00:30:57,252 ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE WHO'D EVER LIVED. 596 00:30:57,252 --> 00:30:59,339 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN HE WOULD JUST IMPROVISE SOMETHING THAT WE 597 00:30:59,339 --> 00:31:01,052 HAD NEVER TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, 598 00:31:01,052 --> 00:31:03,222 THAT HE'D MAYBE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. 599 00:31:03,222 --> 00:31:05,435 CLAYTON BIGSBY'S ENTIRE SPEECHES ABOUT 600 00:31:05,435 --> 00:31:08,441 "BREATHING THE WHITE MAN'S AIR," AND WILL AND GRACE 601 00:31:08,441 --> 00:31:10,487 ALL IMPROVISED. 602 00:31:10,862 --> 00:31:12,866 DAVE: IF YOU DON'T LIKE WILL AND GRACE THAT DON'T 603 00:31:12,866 --> 00:31:14,453 MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU! 604 00:31:14,453 --> 00:31:17,376 MEANS THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH WILL! 605 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:18,962 HE'S HOMOSEXUAL. 606 00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:23,137 NEAL: TYRONE BIGGUMS' SPEECH TO THE KIDS ABOUT DOING DRUGS 607 00:31:23,137 --> 00:31:24,390 WITH MICKEY MOUSE, 608 00:31:24,390 --> 00:31:25,893 TOTALLY MADE UP. 609 00:31:25,893 --> 00:31:27,354 DAVE: YOU! 610 00:31:27,354 --> 00:31:29,566 YOU KNOW WHAT DOG FOOD TASTES LIKE, DO YOU? 611 00:31:30,318 --> 00:31:32,531 IT TASTES JUST LIKE IT SMELLS. 612 00:31:33,741 --> 00:31:35,453 DELICIOUS. 613 00:31:35,453 --> 00:31:37,249 NEAL: RICK JAMES SAYING "IT'S A CELEBRATION" 614 00:31:37,249 --> 00:31:38,584 AND "FUCK YOUR COUCH," 615 00:31:38,584 --> 00:31:40,713 DAVE: BUY ANOTHER ONE YOU RICH MOTHERFUCKER! 616 00:31:40,713 --> 00:31:42,634 FUCK YOUR COUCH, NIGGA! 617 00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:44,263 FUCK YOUR COUCH! 618 00:31:44,263 --> 00:31:46,392 NEAL: AND "WHAT DID THE FIVE FINGERS SAY TO THE FACE?" 619 00:31:46,392 --> 00:31:47,979 DAVE: SLAP! 620 00:31:49,398 --> 00:31:51,318 NEAL: HE MADE IT ALL UP. 621 00:31:51,318 --> 00:31:53,991 WRITING AND DIRECTING DAVE SOMETIMES WAS AS SIMPLE ME 622 00:31:53,991 --> 00:31:57,957 STANDING ON SET WITH MY JAW HANGING OPEN LIKE, "UH, CUT?" 623 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:02,632 THE THING THAT I LOVED ABOUT CHAPPELLE'S SHOW 624 00:32:02,632 --> 00:32:05,221 IS THAT IT ALLOWED DAVE TO BE HIS ENTIRE SELF, 625 00:32:05,221 --> 00:32:08,561 TO EXPRESS HIS INTELLECT, HIS ANGER, HIS MORALITY, 626 00:32:08,561 --> 00:32:12,694 HIS SILLINESS, HIS HYPOCRISIES, HIS SADNESS, HIS BLAZING TALENT. 627 00:32:13,404 --> 00:32:15,241 CHAPPELLE'S SHOW WAS A RARE THING. 628 00:32:15,241 --> 00:32:18,498 IT WAS A FULLY FACETED DOCUMENT OF A HUMAN BEING LIVING IN THE 629 00:32:18,498 --> 00:32:20,335 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 630 00:32:20,335 --> 00:32:22,380 WHILE HAVING THE SURREAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING 631 00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:24,384 BORN WITH BLACK SKIN. 632 00:32:24,384 --> 00:32:27,182 SO YOU KNOW, PLAYBOY AFTER DARK. 633 00:32:28,977 --> 00:32:31,357 ALSO, THE SHOW WAS PERSONAL. 634 00:32:31,357 --> 00:32:33,027 SEE, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE DAVE BLAMED ME FOR THE 635 00:32:33,027 --> 00:32:34,488 FAILURE OF HALF BAKED, 636 00:32:34,488 --> 00:32:36,200 SO ONE DAY WE WERE SHOOTING A SKETCH WHERE DAVE 637 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,039 QUIT THE SHOW BECAUSE HE GOT OPRAH PREGNANT. AND UM... 638 00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:45,176 AND WE'RE DOING A SCENE WHEN HE'S GOING LIKE 639 00:32:45,176 --> 00:32:46,554 RAMPAGING THROUGH THE OFFICES, 640 00:32:46,554 --> 00:32:48,558 AND HE GETS TO ME AND HE DUMPS TRASH OVER MY HEAD. 641 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,190 AND HERE'S WHY I SUSPECT HE BLAMED ME FOR HALF BAKED. 642 00:32:52,190 --> 00:32:54,361 AS HE DUMPED THE TRASH OVER MY HEAD, 643 00:32:54,361 --> 00:32:57,367 HE SAID "THIS IS FOR HALF BAKED". 644 00:33:02,210 --> 00:33:04,840 ALRIGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE HE CLAIMS THAT I ACTUALLY WROTE 645 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,637 THAT LINE AND TOLD HIM TO SAY IT, 646 00:33:07,971 --> 00:33:10,268 WHICH IS THE ONLY TIME THIS ENTIRE EVENING THAT I 647 00:33:10,268 --> 00:33:14,067 WILL BE RECEIVING ANY CREDIT FOR CHAPPELLE'S SHOW. 648 00:33:16,322 --> 00:33:18,075 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE] 649 00:33:18,576 --> 00:33:20,371 DONNELL: ME AND DAVE ARE BOTH FROM D.C., WHICH MEANS THAT 650 00:33:20,371 --> 00:33:22,542 WE STARTED OUR CAREERS TAKING THE TRAIN TO 651 00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,755 FUCKING COMEDY SHOWS. 652 00:33:24,755 --> 00:33:26,967 DAVE CHAPPELLE IS HE OLDEST YOUNG COMEDIAN IN 653 00:33:26,967 --> 00:33:28,804 THE FUCKING BUSINESS. 654 00:33:29,473 --> 00:33:33,397 "I'M FUCKING 44, BEEN DOING COMEDY FOR 43 YEARS!" 655 00:33:35,818 --> 00:33:37,405 THIS MOTHERFUCKER WAS BORN, 656 00:33:37,405 --> 00:33:40,870 CAME OUT, "WAAH, KNOCK-KNOCK MOTHERFUCKER! 657 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,928 WITH A CIGARETTE IN HIS HAND AT THE SAME TIME. 658 00:33:49,429 --> 00:33:51,517 THE DAVE CHAPPELLE SHOW. 659 00:33:51,517 --> 00:33:53,479 BEING ON THAT SHOW CHANGED MY LIFE. 660 00:33:53,479 --> 00:33:55,817 BUT ONE CHARACTER IN PARTICULAR, "ASHY LARRY" A LOT OF PEOPLE 661 00:33:55,817 --> 00:33:58,447 REMEMBER ME AS ASHY LARRY. 662 00:33:59,324 --> 00:34:01,035 AND WHEN WE DID THAT, DAVE WAS LIKE, 663 00:34:01,035 --> 00:34:03,039 "DONNELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO PREPARE FOR THE ROLE 664 00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:04,084 OF ASHY LARRY?" 665 00:34:04,084 --> 00:34:06,380 I SAID, "I'M GONNA TAKE A SHOWER, NIGGA... 666 00:34:07,048 --> 00:34:08,509 AND JUST DRY OFF I'LL BE THE 667 00:34:08,509 --> 00:34:10,889 ASHIEST MOTHERFUCKER IN HOLLYWOOD. 668 00:34:12,976 --> 00:34:17,736 DAVE: I'M FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. CHOCOLATE CITY. 669 00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:23,456 FOR US, NIGGA, IS A PRONOUN. 670 00:34:24,750 --> 00:34:27,380 WE HAVE VERY THICK SKIN. 671 00:34:27,380 --> 00:34:29,760 WE DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THE JOKES. 672 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,851 IN FACT, HUMOR WAS OUR MODE OF SURVIVAL. 673 00:34:33,851 --> 00:34:37,317 THE ONLY REASON I NEVER GOT MY ASS WHOPPED ON THESE STREETS IS 674 00:34:37,317 --> 00:34:39,529 BECAUSE NIGGA'S KNEW... 675 00:34:39,529 --> 00:34:42,452 I'M HILARIOUS. 676 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,631 I WAS GETTING READY TO START HIGH SCHOOL, 677 00:34:48,631 --> 00:34:50,301 WE HAD A PRINCIPAL NAMED, RALPH NEAL. 678 00:34:50,301 --> 00:34:52,639 THAT NIGGA HAD JUST SEEN LEAN ON ME AND WAS WALKING 679 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:55,436 AROUND WITH A BULL-HORN LIKE THAT WAS HIM. 680 00:34:55,895 --> 00:34:59,403 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 681 00:34:59,820 --> 00:35:01,490 I HAD JUST GONE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OHIO, 682 00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:02,659 I WAS GONE FOR THREE YEARS. 683 00:35:02,659 --> 00:35:05,957 IN THE THREE YEARS I WAS GONE, CRACK CAME OUT. 684 00:35:05,957 --> 00:35:07,877 I CAME BACK TO WASHINGTON... 685 00:35:07,877 --> 00:35:10,300 YOU GUY'S REMEMBER CRACK DON'T YOU? 686 00:35:12,721 --> 00:35:15,226 YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT DID TO THIS CITY. 687 00:35:15,226 --> 00:35:17,814 THAT'S WHY IT'S STRANGE TO SEE SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE JOGGING AND 688 00:35:17,814 --> 00:35:22,198 PUSHING STROLLERS AND THINGS, CAUSE ALL THESE NIGGA'S IN D.C. 689 00:35:22,198 --> 00:35:24,536 DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING. 690 00:35:24,536 --> 00:35:26,999 WE DID THE HARD PART. 691 00:35:26,999 --> 00:35:29,254 THIS IS A BLACK CITY. 692 00:35:29,254 --> 00:35:30,715 THEY CALL IT CHOCOLATE CITY... 693 00:35:30,715 --> 00:35:35,141 NOT BECAUSE, SHIT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHOCOLATE... 694 00:35:36,352 --> 00:35:38,522 THAT WAS NIGGA'S. 695 00:35:40,985 --> 00:35:43,866 SARAH: I MET DAVE HERE IN WASHINGTON, DC. 696 00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:47,916 UH, YEAH, I WAS, UH, 697 00:35:48,626 --> 00:35:51,757 I WAS 19, HE WAS 17 WE WERE DOING A GIG AT A 698 00:35:51,757 --> 00:35:54,053 CLUB CALLED, GARVIN'S... 699 00:35:54,429 --> 00:35:58,187 AND I REMEMBER DAVE AND I WENT TO MCDONALDS BETWEEN SHOWS AND 700 00:35:58,187 --> 00:36:00,650 WE TALKED BOUT COMEDY AND HIS FUTURE; 701 00:36:01,610 --> 00:36:03,447 WHAT HIS FUTURE PLANS WERE GONNA BE AND I SAID, 702 00:36:03,447 --> 00:36:05,660 "COME TO NEW YORK CITY!" 703 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:09,501 AND AFTER HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL... 704 00:36:10,628 --> 00:36:14,803 UH, HE DID AND AND HE CAME TO NEW YORK AND WE WORKED AT THE 705 00:36:14,803 --> 00:36:15,930 SAME COMEDY CLUB, 706 00:36:15,930 --> 00:36:17,934 THE BOSTON COMEDY CLUB AND UH... 707 00:36:17,934 --> 00:36:19,479 [BRIEF APPLAUSE]. 708 00:36:19,479 --> 00:36:20,857 ALRIGHT. 709 00:36:20,857 --> 00:36:23,821 I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, IT WAS A CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY 710 00:36:23,821 --> 00:36:25,324 CALLED THE BOSTON COMEDY CLUB. 711 00:36:25,324 --> 00:36:28,456 LOOK, I DON'T COME UP WITH THE NAMES, COKE-HEADS DO. 712 00:36:30,668 --> 00:36:34,551 BUT IN NEW YORK, DAVE WAS IMMEDIATELY BELOVED BY THE 713 00:36:34,551 --> 00:36:36,346 STAND UP COMEDY COMMUNITY. 714 00:36:36,346 --> 00:36:39,895 I REMEMBER HE GOT A PART IN A MEL BROOKS MOVIE, 715 00:36:39,895 --> 00:36:41,690 ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS 716 00:36:41,690 --> 00:36:44,153 AND WE WERE ALL LIKE, "DAVE MADE IT!" 717 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,668 DAVE: WHO'S THE MAN, WHO'S THE MAN? 718 00:36:52,837 --> 00:36:55,050 SARAH: BUT HE CAME BACK FROM L.A. 719 00:36:55,050 --> 00:36:58,682 AND HE GOT RIGHT ON STAGE TO TALK ABOUT HIS TRIP OUT WEST 720 00:36:58,682 --> 00:37:02,399 AND HOW HE FINALLY WENT TO COMPTON AFTER HEARING SO MUCH 721 00:37:02,399 --> 00:37:05,321 ABOUT IT AND HE WAS LIKE... 722 00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:09,246 STUNNED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE THERE HAD YARDS. 723 00:37:12,377 --> 00:37:15,925 ALL THE LORE OF COMPTON AND PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, 724 00:37:15,925 --> 00:37:18,264 MOWING THEIR LAWNS. 725 00:37:19,558 --> 00:37:21,395 AND, OF COURSE THEY WERE, 726 00:37:21,395 --> 00:37:23,607 BUT THERE WAS JUST LIKE, SOMETHING ABOUT THAT 727 00:37:23,607 --> 00:37:26,112 TINY LITTLE DETAIL AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. 728 00:37:26,112 --> 00:37:30,329 HE, HE LET'S HIMSELF BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE LEARNS AND 729 00:37:30,329 --> 00:37:35,631 THEN HE TAKES US WITH HIM AS HE LOOKS AT IT FROM EVERY ANGLE, 730 00:37:35,631 --> 00:37:37,802 YOU KNOW, ANGLES THAT MOST OF US DON'T EVEN SEE. 731 00:37:38,554 --> 00:37:40,433 DAVE: ISN'T IT WEIRD HOW THIS DISEASE 732 00:37:40,433 --> 00:37:41,977 JUST STARTS IN 1980 AND 733 00:37:41,977 --> 00:37:43,689 IT DOESN'T KILL ANYBODY BUT NIGGAS, 734 00:37:43,689 --> 00:37:45,443 FAGS AND JUNKIES? 735 00:37:45,443 --> 00:37:48,324 ISN'T THAT A FUCKING AMAZING COINCIDENCE THAT 736 00:37:48,324 --> 00:37:51,997 THIS DISEASE HATES EVERYBODY THAT OLD WHITE PEOPLE HATE? 737 00:37:54,669 --> 00:37:57,509 I THINK EITHER GOD IS WHITE OR THE GOVERNMENT HID THAT SHIT 738 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,638 IN DISCO BALLS. 739 00:38:00,515 --> 00:38:01,975 SARAH: HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT STUFF, 740 00:38:01,975 --> 00:38:05,691 HE'S EXAMINING EVERYTHING AND HE REALLY, LIKE, 741 00:38:05,691 --> 00:38:07,570 HE GET'S IN HIS OWN WORLD. 742 00:38:07,570 --> 00:38:08,739 DAVE: NOW, THIS IS HOW I KNEW I WAS I 743 00:38:08,739 --> 00:38:09,950 A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. 744 00:38:09,950 --> 00:38:11,495 YOU ONLY SEE THIS IN THE WORST NEIGHBORHOODS. 745 00:38:11,495 --> 00:38:13,164 REMEMBER, IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING. 746 00:38:13,164 --> 00:38:15,336 IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING. 747 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:17,757 I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW... 748 00:38:18,509 --> 00:38:21,682 THERE WAS A FUCKING BABY STANDING ON THE CORNER. 749 00:38:25,815 --> 00:38:27,694 AND THE BABY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK SCARED! 750 00:38:27,694 --> 00:38:29,990 IT WAS JUST STANDING THERE. 751 00:38:34,374 --> 00:38:36,169 AND IT MADE ME SAD, IT MADE ME SAD REALLY. 752 00:38:36,169 --> 00:38:38,757 CAUSE I WANTED TO HELP THE BABY. 753 00:38:39,676 --> 00:38:41,763 "HMM, I DON'T TRUST YOU EITHER, I'M SORRY, CLICK"! 754 00:38:45,396 --> 00:38:48,067 SARAH: I REMEMBER, UM, WERE WERE TOGETHER IN VANCOUVER AND 755 00:38:48,067 --> 00:38:52,744 HE CAME OVER TO SMOKE A JOINT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. 756 00:38:53,621 --> 00:38:55,625 HE CAME OVER... 757 00:38:57,378 --> 00:39:00,635 AND HE SMOKED A JOINT. 758 00:39:01,428 --> 00:39:05,394 THE WHOLE THING, LIKE, BY HIMSELF 759 00:39:08,107 --> 00:39:10,070 WHILE PONTIFICATING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S 760 00:39:10,070 --> 00:39:11,280 WRONG WITH THE WORLD. 761 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,704 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD, A LACK OF SHARING. 762 00:39:15,998 --> 00:39:19,338 IT'S, I THINK IT'S, "PUFF-PUFF-PASS" 763 00:39:19,338 --> 00:39:22,261 NOT "PUFF-PUFF-PUFF-PUFF!" 764 00:39:24,474 --> 00:39:25,810 DAVE, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? 765 00:39:25,810 --> 00:39:28,941 YOU'RE GETTING THE FREAKING MARK TWAIN PRIZE! 766 00:39:28,941 --> 00:39:30,611 DAVE: I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. 767 00:39:30,611 --> 00:39:32,657 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 768 00:39:32,657 --> 00:39:34,661 SARAH: YOU DESERVE IT! 769 00:39:34,661 --> 00:39:36,163 IT'S THE RIGHT THING. 770 00:39:36,163 --> 00:39:38,377 IT'S ACTUALLY PERFECT THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE 771 00:39:38,377 --> 00:39:40,005 MARK TWAIN PRIZE 772 00:39:40,005 --> 00:39:43,219 BECAUSE YOU BOTH LOVE USING THE "N-WORD" IN YOUR MASTERPIECES. 773 00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:48,647 DAVE: HOW IS IT THAT I CAN SAY THE WORD 774 00:39:48,647 --> 00:39:51,027 "NIGGER" WITH IMPUNITY... 775 00:39:54,033 --> 00:39:56,413 BUT I CAN'T SAY THE WORD, "FAGGOT"? 776 00:39:58,751 --> 00:40:03,384 AND SHE SAID, "BECAUSE DAVID, YOU ARE NOT GAY." 777 00:40:05,890 --> 00:40:11,359 I SAID, "WELL RENEE, I'M NOT A NIGGER EITHER." 778 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,379 DAVE: THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE IS ALL I EVER NEED. 779 00:40:22,799 --> 00:40:24,970 JON: I LOVE DAVE CHAPPELLE, UNCONDITIONALLY. 780 00:40:26,264 --> 00:40:28,936 I MET DAVE IN, IN THE 90S, THE EARLY 90S, 781 00:40:28,936 --> 00:40:32,401 HE WAS A 17 YEAR OLD KID, COMING TO NEW YORK CITY, 782 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,365 JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, 783 00:40:35,365 --> 00:40:37,620 CUTTING HIS TEETH ON WHAT WERE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST 784 00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:40,375 COMEDY ROOMS IN THE COUNTRY, 785 00:40:40,626 --> 00:40:45,970 AND HE WAS SHOCKINGLY FORMED AT 17 YEARS OLD. 786 00:40:46,763 --> 00:40:50,228 AND YOU WOULD, OLD GRIZZLED COMEDY VETERANS FROM THERE, 787 00:40:50,604 --> 00:40:54,571 YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING BUT ANGER 788 00:40:54,571 --> 00:40:58,495 AT THIS YOUNG PRODIGY, THIS YOUNG MOZART. 789 00:41:00,206 --> 00:41:04,507 AND YET, YOU LOVED HIM BECAUSE OF THE KINDNESS 790 00:41:04,507 --> 00:41:06,845 OF HIS SPIRIT, AND... 791 00:41:06,845 --> 00:41:08,181 EVEN BACK THEN, 792 00:41:08,181 --> 00:41:12,189 I KNEW HOW HILARIOUS HE WAS AND HOW INSIGHTFUL HE WAS. 793 00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:15,153 I REMEMBER, WE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE 2000'S, 794 00:41:15,153 --> 00:41:17,157 WE WERE BOTH AT COMEDY CENTRAL. I WAS AT THE DAILY SHOW, 795 00:41:17,157 --> 00:41:19,453 DAVE WAS AT CHAPPELLE'S SHOW AND, 796 00:41:19,996 --> 00:41:24,463 CHAPPELLE'S SHOW WAS THIS ROCKET SHIP THAT HE HAD CREATED. 797 00:41:24,463 --> 00:41:27,762 AND IT BECAME THIS CULTURAL PHENOMENON, 798 00:41:29,473 --> 00:41:32,522 AND COMEDY CENTRAL WOULD DO ANYTHING TO KEEP IT GOING. 799 00:41:32,939 --> 00:41:36,697 AND THEY OFFERED DAVE $50 MILLION TO JUST GIVE THEM, 800 00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:39,118 JUST GIVE THEM ONE MORE, JUST GIVE US ONE MORE. 801 00:41:39,118 --> 00:41:42,082 BUT DAVE AT THAT MOMENT WAS CONFLICTED 802 00:41:42,082 --> 00:41:45,171 BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF HOW THE SHOW WAS TO DO, 803 00:41:45,548 --> 00:41:50,098 BECAUSE HE WONDERED ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON THE AUDIENCE THAT 804 00:41:50,098 --> 00:41:53,479 HE MEANT IT FOR, AND HE WALKED AWAY. 805 00:41:54,774 --> 00:41:58,949 AND IT WAS THAT MOMENT THAT I REMEMBER THINKING... 806 00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:03,249 "COMEDY CENTRAL HAS $50 MILLION?" 807 00:42:09,470 --> 00:42:14,521 (GROANING) 808 00:42:19,406 --> 00:42:22,412 "THESE MOTHERFUCKERS WON'T EVEN LET US HAVE SNACKS AT 809 00:42:22,412 --> 00:42:24,834 THE DAILY SHOW!" 810 00:42:24,834 --> 00:42:29,426 THEY HAD $50 MILLION. 811 00:42:35,021 --> 00:42:39,029 WELL AT THAT POINT DAVE HE LEFT, HE WAS DONE. 812 00:42:39,405 --> 00:42:43,121 BUT I KNEW, THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO NEED A HOME. 813 00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:51,470 DAVE, I WANT YOU... 814 00:42:51,805 --> 00:42:55,061 I'M SORRY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT, 815 00:42:56,021 --> 00:42:58,819 THAT I RAISED THAT MONEY LIKE IT WAS MY OWN. 816 00:43:04,747 --> 00:43:05,958 MO: THIS MAN IS UNBELIEVABLE. 817 00:43:05,958 --> 00:43:08,421 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST HIS STAND-UP AND HOW HE 818 00:43:08,421 --> 00:43:11,093 INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE; RANDOM PEOPLE, RANDOM FANS. 819 00:43:11,093 --> 00:43:13,306 WE WERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA... 820 00:43:13,306 --> 00:43:15,018 WHITE KID JUST FREAKS OUT, 821 00:43:15,018 --> 00:43:18,149 "OH, MY GOD, DAVE CHAPPELLE!" 822 00:43:18,734 --> 00:43:20,780 HE JUST LOSES HIS SHIT AND I'M LIKE, 823 00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:22,491 "HEY MAN, RELAX, RELAX." 824 00:43:22,491 --> 00:43:24,119 YOU KNOW, CAUSE PEOPLE THINK, CAUSE I'M SO BIG 825 00:43:24,119 --> 00:43:25,664 I'M HIS SECURITY AND SHIT. 826 00:43:25,664 --> 00:43:26,792 I'M LIKE, "RELAX." 827 00:43:26,792 --> 00:43:29,714 HE'S LIKE, "COME ON, MAN. OH, MY GOD, DAVE CHAPPELLE! 828 00:43:29,714 --> 00:43:33,054 PLEASE COME UP TO MY APARTMENT, I HAVE SOME WEED!" 829 00:43:34,849 --> 00:43:37,354 AND DAVE LOOKED AT ME AND I LOOKED BACK AT HIM; 830 00:43:37,354 --> 00:43:39,483 I WAS LIKE, "I AM OUT OF WEED, BRO LETS... 831 00:43:40,736 --> 00:43:44,284 AT LEAST CHECK OUT WHAT THIS SITUATION IS. 832 00:43:44,284 --> 00:43:46,497 LET'S SEE WHERE IT TAKES US." 833 00:43:46,497 --> 00:43:47,792 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 834 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:49,211 SO, WE GO UP TO HIS APARTMENT. 835 00:43:49,211 --> 00:43:51,507 I GO IN, I SEE THIS GIANT JAR FULL OF WEED JUST LIKE 836 00:43:51,507 --> 00:43:53,469 WHITE PEOPLE HAVE AND I TAKE MY NUGGET, 837 00:43:53,846 --> 00:43:57,018 I WAS LIKE, "THANK YOU SO MUCH" AND WE WERE ABOUT TO WALK OUT 838 00:43:57,018 --> 00:44:00,191 AND THE ENTIRE TIME HE STARTS POUNDING ON HIS ROOMMATES DOOR. 839 00:44:00,191 --> 00:44:01,778 (KNOCKING NOISE) 840 00:44:01,778 --> 00:44:03,531 "WAKE UP, BRO! 841 00:44:03,531 --> 00:44:04,993 WE GOT, WE GOT FUCKING 842 00:44:04,993 --> 00:44:08,082 DAVE CHAPPELLE IN OUR APARTMENT!" 843 00:44:09,459 --> 00:44:12,675 BUT HE WON'T WAKE UP TO SAVE HIS LIFE. 844 00:44:12,675 --> 00:44:15,973 AND WE'RE LEAVING, HE'S LIKE, "PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE. 845 00:44:15,973 --> 00:44:19,229 PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF ME" AND DAVE WAS LIKE, 846 00:44:19,229 --> 00:44:21,693 "HEY MAN, WE'RE MOVING IN THE NIGHT RIGHT NOW. 847 00:44:21,693 --> 00:44:24,031 FOR SECURITY PURPOSES... 848 00:44:25,701 --> 00:44:27,579 WE CAN'T BE DOING IT." 849 00:44:27,579 --> 00:44:31,337 WE START WALKING DOWN HIS STAIRS AND HE'S UP ON THE TOP 850 00:44:31,337 --> 00:44:36,388 OF HIS STAIRS HE'S LIKE, "NO ONE IS GONNA BELIEVE ME!" 851 00:44:40,355 --> 00:44:42,651 YOU MURDERED IT! 852 00:44:43,695 --> 00:44:45,490 DAVE: SHOUT OUT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.'S MAYOR, 853 00:44:45,490 --> 00:44:48,162 MURIEL BOWSER. 854 00:44:50,709 --> 00:44:55,301 I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU'RE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO ME. 855 00:44:55,928 --> 00:45:00,729 WE'RE ONLY A YEAR APART AND YOU RUN OUR CITY WONDERFULLY. 856 00:45:02,065 --> 00:45:04,988 I WALK TO MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL... 857 00:45:04,988 --> 00:45:10,623 MAN, MURIEL ARRANGED A $150 MILLION RENOVATION TO THE 858 00:45:10,623 --> 00:45:13,797 DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. 859 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:16,677 I WAS SO JEALOUS OF THE STUDENTS THERE. 860 00:45:16,677 --> 00:45:20,101 YOU REALLY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME AND YOU REALLY DID A BLESSING TO 861 00:45:20,101 --> 00:45:22,105 THIS CITY AND THANK YOU, 862 00:45:22,105 --> 00:45:25,779 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, SINCERELY. 863 00:45:27,365 --> 00:45:29,369 I'VE NEVER VOTED IN WASHINGTON, 864 00:45:29,369 --> 00:45:33,544 BUT GOD DAMN IT IF I DID, I'D VOTE FOR YOU. 865 00:45:34,087 --> 00:45:35,590 AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? 866 00:45:35,590 --> 00:45:39,222 IF YOU SMOKED CRACK I'D STILL VOTE FOR YOU. 867 00:45:40,433 --> 00:45:42,980 I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T, BUT IF YOU EVER WANT TO, 868 00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:44,776 INDULGE YOURSELF. 869 00:45:44,776 --> 00:45:47,572 YOU GOT THAT KIND OF WIGGLE ROOM WITH ME. 870 00:45:48,115 --> 00:45:50,578 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 871 00:45:53,919 --> 00:45:56,090 EDDIE: I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF DAVE CHAPPELLE 872 00:45:56,590 --> 00:45:58,845 RIGHT AROUND BEFORE THE FIRST NUTTY PROFESSOR. 873 00:45:59,304 --> 00:46:01,141 CAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY THAT ROLE THAT HE PLAYED. 874 00:46:01,725 --> 00:46:03,814 AND THEN I KINDA SAW HIM AND I WAS LIKE, 875 00:46:03,814 --> 00:46:06,443 "HEY THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, THAT KID, THAT KID WOULD BE 876 00:46:06,443 --> 00:46:07,947 FUNNY PLAYING THAT ROLE. 877 00:46:08,281 --> 00:46:09,826 DAVE: I TRIED TO BE PEACEFUL, 878 00:46:09,826 --> 00:46:13,291 BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR REGGIE TO KARATIZIE YO ASS! 879 00:46:13,666 --> 00:46:15,128 EDDIE: WHOO! 880 00:46:15,128 --> 00:46:17,757 DAVE IS SO MUCH SMARTER THAN EVERYONE. 881 00:46:18,592 --> 00:46:21,056 LIKE, DAVE IS ONE OF THE MOST; 882 00:46:21,056 --> 00:46:23,812 MAYBE THE MOST INTELLECTUAL COMEDIAN EVER. 883 00:46:24,396 --> 00:46:27,862 DAVE: IT TOOK US 400 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT, AS A PEOPLE, 884 00:46:27,862 --> 00:46:30,700 THAT WHITE PEOPLE'S WEAKNESS THE WHOLE TIME... 885 00:46:31,452 --> 00:46:33,999 WAS KNEELING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 886 00:46:37,213 --> 00:46:39,217 THAT'S A BRITTLE SPIRIT. 887 00:46:40,219 --> 00:46:41,263 THAT'S RIGHT, NIGGA. 888 00:46:41,263 --> 00:46:43,017 ♪ ON THE ROCKETS RED GLARE ♪♪ 889 00:46:43,017 --> 00:46:45,188 (SCREAMING) 890 00:46:45,521 --> 00:46:48,611 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, NIGGER? STAND UP!" 891 00:46:48,611 --> 00:46:51,742 EDDIE: HE STRETCHED THE ART FORM AND UH, HIS IMPACT ON THE 892 00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:55,375 CULTURE, UH, HE IS THE VOICE OF HIS GENERATION. 893 00:46:56,043 --> 00:46:59,549 WITHOUT QUESTION, NOBODY'S EVEN CLOSE TO HIM. 894 00:47:08,985 --> 00:47:11,615 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 895 00:47:12,325 --> 00:47:15,373 BRADLEY: WOW. ALRIGHT, OKAY, OKAY. 896 00:47:16,333 --> 00:47:18,839 MY DAUGHTER'S BACK THERE, AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL DAVE THAT I 897 00:47:18,839 --> 00:47:21,593 GOT TO MEET YOU BEFORE I HAD MY DAUGHTER. 898 00:47:22,429 --> 00:47:24,057 NO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 899 00:47:24,433 --> 00:47:26,353 BECAUSE YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A BETTER MAN, 900 00:47:26,353 --> 00:47:28,774 YOU TEACH ME HOW TO BE A BETTER MAN. 901 00:47:28,774 --> 00:47:31,697 SO I, I JUST REALIZED IT. 902 00:47:36,123 --> 00:47:37,709 THAT'S HIM, RIGHT. THAT'S YOUR BOY? 903 00:47:38,794 --> 00:47:43,554 DAVE: JACK, HE'S AS OLD NOW AS YOU WERE WHEN I MET YOU. 904 00:47:46,101 --> 00:47:48,647 SAW YOU ON YOUTUBE, THE VIDEO WITH THE GIRL. 905 00:47:49,399 --> 00:47:50,610 BRADLEY: YEAH. 906 00:47:52,572 --> 00:47:53,866 DAVE: IT MADE ME HAPPY, MAN. 907 00:47:53,866 --> 00:47:55,745 YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU. 908 00:47:55,745 --> 00:47:59,002 YOU WERE JUST, JUST DOING IT, BRO. 909 00:48:00,171 --> 00:48:02,342 BRADLEY: I GOTTA SAY, I'M NOT KIDDING, PROBABLY THE BEST SCENE 910 00:48:02,342 --> 00:48:04,679 I'VE EVER DONE WITH ANOTHER ACTOR. 911 00:48:04,679 --> 00:48:06,517 REALLY. 912 00:48:08,771 --> 00:48:10,608 I WROTE IT FOR YOU. 913 00:48:10,608 --> 00:48:11,945 IT TOOK TWO YEARS, 914 00:48:11,945 --> 00:48:14,241 BUT YOU GAVE YOUR SOUL TO ME IN THAT DAY, 915 00:48:14,241 --> 00:48:16,370 AND THE FACT THAT YOU SHOWED UP, I MEAN I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, 916 00:48:16,370 --> 00:48:18,917 I COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU DID ME THAT FAVOR. 917 00:48:18,917 --> 00:48:21,130 AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT MAN. 918 00:48:21,130 --> 00:48:23,551 THAT WAS, IT WAS, AND I LOVE THAT IT'S LOCKED, 919 00:48:23,551 --> 00:48:27,058 FOREVER ONSCREEN BECAUSE ITS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 920 00:48:27,058 --> 00:48:30,398 AND THE WHOLE SET WAS JUST CRACKLING WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 921 00:48:30,398 --> 00:48:31,817 YOU'RE AROUND DAVE CHAPPELLE, 922 00:48:31,817 --> 00:48:35,491 THIS BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. 923 00:48:36,577 --> 00:48:37,912 THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY WAS 924 00:48:37,912 --> 00:48:39,291 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, 925 00:48:39,291 --> 00:48:42,005 WHAT WITH THE GENETICS AND GROWING UP IN DC, 926 00:48:42,005 --> 00:48:43,340 THE DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL, 927 00:48:43,340 --> 00:48:44,969 FIRST DOING STANDUP AT 8 YEARS OLD, 928 00:48:44,969 --> 00:48:47,390 I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMBINATION OCCURRED TO MAKE YOU 929 00:48:47,390 --> 00:48:48,768 WHO YOU ARE, 930 00:48:48,768 --> 00:48:51,023 BUT I'M JUST SO LUCKY I'M ALIVE AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE 931 00:48:51,023 --> 00:48:54,947 SO I CAN WATCH YOU BE A HUMAN AND AN ARTIST. 932 00:48:57,327 --> 00:49:00,625 AND, AND WE THROW THIS TERM, WE THROW THIS TERM AROUND. 933 00:49:01,043 --> 00:49:02,629 "GENIUS" 934 00:49:02,629 --> 00:49:05,051 AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT GENIUS YOU THINK LIKE MAYBE ALOOF, 935 00:49:05,051 --> 00:49:06,428 SOCIALLY UNAWARE. 936 00:49:06,428 --> 00:49:08,975 YOU'RE EVEN UNIQUE AS A GENIUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE 937 00:49:08,975 --> 00:49:12,273 A TRAIT THAT IS, IT'S EMPATHY. 938 00:49:13,025 --> 00:49:15,029 YOU KNOW, YOU TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. 939 00:49:15,029 --> 00:49:17,492 THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU. 940 00:49:17,492 --> 00:49:18,744 SO THANK YOU MY FRIEND. 941 00:49:18,744 --> 00:49:20,331 I'M STILL MAD ABOUT SNL. 942 00:49:20,331 --> 00:49:22,210 IN THE MONOLOGUE YOU DID SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE AT 943 00:49:22,210 --> 00:49:23,254 THE WHITE HOUSE... 944 00:49:23,712 --> 00:49:25,675 DAVE: AND IT WAS A HUGE PARTY AND EVERYBODY 945 00:49:25,675 --> 00:49:27,846 IN THERE WAS BLACK EXCEPT FOR BRADLEY COOPER 946 00:49:27,846 --> 00:49:29,182 FOR SOME REASON. 947 00:49:30,017 --> 00:49:31,145 BRADLEY: AND YOU SAW A SEA OF FACES, 948 00:49:31,145 --> 00:49:32,438 AND THERE WAS ONE WHITE GUY AND IT WAS ME, 949 00:49:32,438 --> 00:49:33,524 YOU'RE LIKE "OH BRADLEY COOPER'S HERE", 950 00:49:33,524 --> 00:49:36,530 WE WENT TOGETHER (BLEEP) WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! 951 00:49:40,998 --> 00:49:43,043 I LOVE YOU, BRO. I LOVE YOU. 952 00:49:43,544 --> 00:49:45,882 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 953 00:49:48,262 --> 00:49:54,065 ♪ ♪ 954 00:49:58,782 --> 00:50:01,788 ♪ ERYKAH: DO I REALLY ♪ 955 00:50:04,044 --> 00:50:07,467 ♪ WANT MY BABY ♪♪ 956 00:50:07,759 --> 00:50:09,513 DAVE: MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE 957 00:50:09,513 --> 00:50:13,437 SOCIO-ECONOMIC LADDER AND MADE IT TO THE MIDDLE AND THE TOP. 958 00:50:15,816 --> 00:50:20,618 ♪ ERYKAH: TELL ME WHAT TO DO ♪♪ 959 00:50:21,119 --> 00:50:23,207 DAVE: CAUSE WE ALL HAD A LONG TRIP. 960 00:50:23,207 --> 00:50:27,340 ♪ ERYKAH: I KNOW YOU GOT TO GET YOUR HUSTLE ON ♪ 961 00:50:27,715 --> 00:50:31,265 ♪ SO I PRAY ♪ 962 00:50:33,769 --> 00:50:38,988 ♪ AND I UNDERSTAND THE GAME, SOMETIMES ♪ 963 00:50:41,076 --> 00:50:43,706 ♪ AND I LOVE YOU STRONG ♪♪ 964 00:50:44,165 --> 00:50:45,751 DAVE: I LOVE GOING BACK. 965 00:50:45,751 --> 00:50:49,426 I'VE BEEN BACK HERE MANY TIMES BUT NOT TO CELEBRATE ME. 966 00:50:49,801 --> 00:50:52,181 ♪ BACKGROUND: I CAN'T MAKE IT ON MY OWN ♪ 967 00:50:52,181 --> 00:50:55,187 ♪ YOU SEE, SUMMER CAME AROUND AND THE FLOWERS BLOOMED ♪ 968 00:50:55,187 --> 00:50:57,984 ♪ HE BECAME THE SUN I BECAME THE MOON ♪ 969 00:50:57,984 --> 00:51:02,493 ♪ ERYKAH: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪♪ 970 00:51:08,172 --> 00:51:11,345 DAVE, I LOVE YOU. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. 971 00:51:12,138 --> 00:51:15,686 ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU CAUSE YOU ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US. 972 00:51:15,686 --> 00:51:17,523 AND I LOVE YOU STRONG, BUDDY. 973 00:51:21,782 --> 00:51:24,162 LORNE: RICHARD PRYOR WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF 974 00:51:24,162 --> 00:51:25,623 THE TWAIN PRIZE 975 00:51:26,166 --> 00:51:28,796 WHEN I STARTED SNL HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I ASKED TO HOST. 976 00:51:30,048 --> 00:51:32,971 IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, WITH THE ELECTION LOOMING, 977 00:51:32,971 --> 00:51:35,268 THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON WHO I WAS JUST AS 978 00:51:35,268 --> 00:51:37,062 DETERMINED TO HAVE. 979 00:51:37,563 --> 00:51:39,651 I KNEW THAT FOR THE NOVEMBER TWELFTH SHOW, 980 00:51:39,651 --> 00:51:42,115 AFTER THE ELECTION, IT HAD TO BE DAVE CHAPPELLE. 981 00:51:43,325 --> 00:51:44,536 DAVE: THANK YOU! 982 00:51:44,536 --> 00:51:46,665 LORNE: I KNEW I NEEDED SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN WHAT 983 00:51:46,665 --> 00:51:48,794 HAD JUST HAPPENED. 984 00:51:51,258 --> 00:51:53,387 I, I HAD TO HAVE DAVE FOR THE SAME REASON I HAD 985 00:51:53,387 --> 00:51:54,889 TO HAVE RICHARD... 986 00:51:54,889 --> 00:51:57,895 HE'S A TRUTH TELLER AND THE FUNNIEST PERSON WORKING TODAY. 987 00:51:59,149 --> 00:52:02,070 THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BIG MOMENT FOR SNL AND FOR HIM. 988 00:52:02,864 --> 00:52:06,120 I KNEW WHEN THE MOMENT CAME, DAVE WOULD BE READY FOR IT. 989 00:52:06,621 --> 00:52:07,832 DAVE: BUT AMERICA'S DONE IT. 990 00:52:07,832 --> 00:52:10,421 WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY ELECTED AN INTERNET TROLL 991 00:52:10,838 --> 00:52:13,469 AS OUR PRESIDENT. 992 00:52:16,098 --> 00:52:17,977 THE WHITE'S ARE FURIOUS. 993 00:52:17,977 --> 00:52:19,104 THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. 994 00:52:19,104 --> 00:52:21,735 I HADN'T SEEN WHITE PEOPLE THIS MAD SINCE THE O.J. VERDICT. 995 00:52:22,403 --> 00:52:24,282 THERE WAS A SPLIT SCREEN WITH WHITE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES. 996 00:52:24,282 --> 00:52:26,161 (SCREAMS). 997 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:34,803 I'M NOT SAYING I ENJOY IT, I'M JUST SAYING I'VE NEVER 998 00:52:34,803 --> 00:52:36,264 SEEN THIS BEFORE. 999 00:52:36,264 --> 00:52:38,936 I WATCHED A WHITE RIOT IN PORTLAND, OREGON ON TELEVISION 1000 00:52:38,936 --> 00:52:40,481 THE OTHER NIGHT. 1001 00:52:41,775 --> 00:52:43,737 LORNE: THAT WEDNESDAY, THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, 1002 00:52:43,737 --> 00:52:45,825 WE HAD OUR READ-THROUGH FOR THE SHOW. 1003 00:52:45,825 --> 00:52:48,037 THE MOOD WAS PRETTY BLEAK. 1004 00:52:48,037 --> 00:52:50,710 PEOPLE WERE FEELING TENSE AND VERY VULNERABLE. 1005 00:52:51,378 --> 00:52:52,797 IT WAS A MESS. 1006 00:52:52,797 --> 00:52:54,259 DAVE SAT DOWN BESIDE ME, 1007 00:52:54,259 --> 00:52:57,181 LOOKED AT EVERYONE AND SENSED THE EMOTION IN THE ROOM. 1008 00:52:57,181 --> 00:53:00,020 HE ASKED IF HE COULD READ A QUOTE BY TONI MORRISON. 1009 00:53:00,563 --> 00:53:02,316 THE QUOTE READ, 1010 00:53:02,316 --> 00:53:05,489 "THIS IS PRECISELY THE TIME WHEN ARTISTS GO TO WORK. 1011 00:53:05,489 --> 00:53:08,704 THERE'S NO TIME FOR DESPAIR, NO PLACE FOR SELF PITY, 1012 00:53:09,622 --> 00:53:12,628 NO NEED FOR SILENCE, NO ROOM FOR FEAR. 1013 00:53:13,213 --> 00:53:16,010 WE SPEAK, WE WRITE, WE DO LANGUAGES. 1014 00:53:16,010 --> 00:53:18,766 THIS IS HOW CIVILIZATIONS HEAL." 1015 00:53:19,309 --> 00:53:21,563 I KNEW THEN THAT WE'D BE OKAY. 1016 00:53:21,563 --> 00:53:24,026 THE SHOW OPENED UP WITH KATE MCKINNON SINGING 1017 00:53:24,026 --> 00:53:27,658 HALLELUJAH AS HILLARY CLINTON AND THEN OUT WALKED DAVE. 1018 00:53:28,368 --> 00:53:31,416 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. 1019 00:53:32,251 --> 00:53:34,839 I LIKE TO THINK HE DID... 1020 00:53:35,716 --> 00:53:38,597 BUT I'M NOT EVEN SURE ABOUT THAT. 1021 00:53:38,889 --> 00:53:40,893 HE WAS BREATHTAKING, HE WAS BRILLIANT. 1022 00:53:40,893 --> 00:53:42,563 IT WAS A LANDMARK SHOW. 1023 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,361 DAVE: I'M WISHING DONALD TRUMP LUCK. 1024 00:53:45,361 --> 00:53:49,285 AND I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A CHANCE AND WE, 1025 00:53:49,285 --> 00:53:51,873 THE HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED, 1026 00:53:51,873 --> 00:53:54,504 DEMAND THAT HE GIVE US ONE TOO. 1027 00:53:54,963 --> 00:53:57,385 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1028 00:53:58,345 --> 00:54:01,435 KENAN: YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK YOUR MIND REGARDLESS OF HOW 1029 00:54:01,435 --> 00:54:03,439 ANYBODY FEELS ABOUT IT... 1030 00:54:03,439 --> 00:54:07,363 THAT FEARLESSNESS TO ENTERTAIN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO 1031 00:54:08,072 --> 00:54:11,705 HAS DEFINITELY PIERCED MY LIFE TO THE POINT WHERE 1032 00:54:11,705 --> 00:54:16,465 I PLAYED A WEREWOLF CHOREOGRAPHER LAST NIGHT AND 1033 00:54:18,343 --> 00:54:21,056 I WAS VERY PROUD TO DO IT. 1034 00:54:22,142 --> 00:54:24,898 AND I LEARNED ALL OF THAT FROM YOU. 1035 00:54:24,898 --> 00:54:28,655 YOU KNOW, I HOLD YOUR FIRST TWO SEASONS OF THE CHAPPELLE SHOW 1036 00:54:28,655 --> 00:54:31,035 UP AGAINST ANY SKETCH COMEDY SHOW, I WOULD SAY, 1037 00:54:31,035 --> 00:54:32,120 IN HISTORY. 1038 00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:33,874 IT'S JUST BRILLIANT. 1039 00:54:35,586 --> 00:54:37,799 DAVE: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST, AND MAYBE ONLY, 1040 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:40,805 RACIAL DRAFT IN NEW YORK CITY. 1041 00:54:40,805 --> 00:54:43,685 BILL: I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHO'S GONNA BE DRAFTED BY WHICH RACE. 1042 00:54:43,685 --> 00:54:46,148 AND THE BLACKS HAVE ACTUALLY WON THE FIRST PICK. 1043 00:54:46,148 --> 00:54:48,445 DAVE: WOW, THAT'S THE FIRST LOTTERY A BLACK PERSON'S WON 1044 00:54:48,445 --> 00:54:49,823 IN A LONG TIME, BILLY. 1045 00:54:49,823 --> 00:54:52,077 BILLY: YES, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY STILL COMPLAIN. 1046 00:54:52,453 --> 00:54:53,872 DAVE: MAN, FUCK YOU. 1047 00:54:54,374 --> 00:54:56,628 MOS DEF: THE BLACK DELEGATION... 1048 00:54:58,966 --> 00:55:00,302 CHOOSE TIGER WOODS. 1049 00:55:00,803 --> 00:55:02,723 BILL: THE RICHEST AND MOST DOMINANT ATHLETE IN THE WORLD. 1050 00:55:02,723 --> 00:55:05,061 NOW IS OFFICIALLY BLACK. 1051 00:55:05,896 --> 00:55:08,443 DAVE: SO LONG FRIED RICE, HELLO FRIED CHICKEN! 1052 00:55:08,735 --> 00:55:10,322 I LOVE YOU, DAD! 1053 00:55:11,282 --> 00:55:13,829 MICHAEL: I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD SO MANY OLD WHITE FANS. 1054 00:55:18,589 --> 00:55:21,803 I FEEL LIKE I DIED AND WENT TO BROOKS BROTHERS, BUT... 1055 00:55:25,310 --> 00:55:27,398 I THINK HONESTY GET'S THROWN AROUND A LOT. 1056 00:55:27,398 --> 00:55:29,444 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HONESTY IN COMEDY, 1057 00:55:29,444 --> 00:55:32,825 BUT A LOT OF GREAT COMEDIANS DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH. 1058 00:55:34,412 --> 00:55:35,956 I MEAN, RODNEY DANGERFIELD, I LOOKED IT UP, 1059 00:55:35,956 --> 00:55:38,420 WAS ACTUALLY VERY WELL RESPECTED. 1060 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:43,472 HE LIED THE WHOLE TIME. 1061 00:55:45,351 --> 00:55:46,728 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HONESTY, 1062 00:55:46,728 --> 00:55:49,400 WE TALK ABOUT NOT BEING AFRAID TO TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH 1063 00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,280 ABOUT HOW WE FEEL BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONNECTION THAT 1064 00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,161 COMEDIANS CAN HAVE WITH PEOPLE AND I THINK NOBODY 1065 00:55:55,161 --> 00:55:57,583 DOES IT BETTER THAN YOU, EVER. 1066 00:55:57,583 --> 00:56:02,259 AND THAT'S WHAT WE LEARN FROM BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT 1067 00:56:02,259 --> 00:56:04,054 WE'RE A PART OF THE JOKE. 1068 00:56:04,054 --> 00:56:06,058 DAVE MAKES IT... 1069 00:56:06,058 --> 00:56:08,647 HE'S WILLING TO MAKE FUN OF EVERYBODY WHETHER 1070 00:56:08,647 --> 00:56:11,528 YOU'RE WHITE OR GAY, END OF LIST. 1071 00:56:11,987 --> 00:56:13,657 HE'S... 1072 00:56:13,657 --> 00:56:17,080 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 1073 00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:20,713 DAVE: EVERYBODY LOVES ME AND I LOVE EVERYBODY. 1074 00:56:21,005 --> 00:56:23,134 I GOT FRIENDS WHO ARE "L'S", I GOT FRIENDS WHO ARE "B'S" 1075 00:56:23,134 --> 00:56:24,846 AND I GOT FRIENDS WHO ARE "G'S" 1076 00:56:25,389 --> 00:56:29,021 BUT THE "T'S" HATE MY FUCKING GUTS. 1077 00:56:34,866 --> 00:56:36,201 AND I DON'T BLAME 'EM. 1078 00:56:36,201 --> 00:56:37,872 IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, IT'S MINE. 1079 00:56:37,872 --> 00:56:41,128 I CAN'T STOP TELLING JOKES ABOUT THESE NIGGA'S. 1080 00:56:42,882 --> 00:56:44,301 I DON'T WANT TO WRITE THESE JOKES, 1081 00:56:44,301 --> 00:56:46,723 BUT I JUST CAN'T STOP! 1082 00:56:48,644 --> 00:56:50,773 MICHAEL: IT'S WEIRD FOR ME TO EVEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT COMEDY, 1083 00:56:50,773 --> 00:56:52,777 CAUSE YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM 1084 00:56:52,777 --> 00:56:54,447 EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT COMEDY. 1085 00:56:54,447 --> 00:56:56,576 BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW 1086 00:56:56,576 --> 00:56:58,079 ABOUT COMEDY AND THAT'S 1087 00:56:58,079 --> 00:57:01,293 DOING COMEDY WITH A DAVE CHAPPELLE TO LOOK UP TO. 1088 00:57:02,128 --> 00:57:04,801 SO, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALRIGHT. 1089 00:57:06,972 --> 00:57:08,976 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1090 00:57:13,401 --> 00:57:15,823 COLIN: AND I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE MARK TWAIN. 1091 00:57:20,582 --> 00:57:24,006 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1092 00:57:26,511 --> 00:57:29,349 TO ME THAT'S COMEDY. 1093 00:57:31,980 --> 00:57:34,443 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, THAT MARK TWAIN IS HILARIOUS, 1094 00:57:34,443 --> 00:57:36,363 I WOULD LIKE TO READ JUST A BRIEF PASSAGE 1095 00:57:36,363 --> 00:57:38,952 FROM HUCKLEBERRY FINN. 1096 00:57:41,165 --> 00:57:45,381 KEENAN: OKAY. ALRIGHT. TIGHTEN UP. 1097 00:57:46,509 --> 00:57:50,559 COLIN: "HUCK FINN TURNED TO HIS FRIEND JIM, 1098 00:57:51,561 --> 00:57:53,230 OR AS WE CALLED HIM... 1099 00:57:53,230 --> 00:57:56,070 YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE PASSAGE. 1100 00:58:06,925 --> 00:58:08,427 KEENAN: Y'ALL SEE THAT? 1101 00:58:11,058 --> 00:58:13,939 SARAH: ARE WE GONNA MAKE LOVE TONIGHT? 1102 00:58:13,939 --> 00:58:15,233 AS FRIENDS! 1103 00:58:16,485 --> 00:58:18,280 TIFFANY: OH, YOU SMELL DELICIOUS. 1104 00:58:18,990 --> 00:58:21,913 CAUSE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I'M LIKE A VERY EMOTIONAL PERSON. 1105 00:58:21,913 --> 00:58:24,001 I'M GOING TO CRY FOR YOU. 1106 00:58:26,673 --> 00:58:29,094 DAVE: I SWEAR TO GOD I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ART FORM 1107 00:58:29,094 --> 00:58:30,973 PURER THAN STAND UP COMEDY. 1108 00:58:31,850 --> 00:58:33,812 IT PUZZLES ME THAT PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED IF 1109 00:58:33,812 --> 00:58:36,066 THIS IS AN ART OR NOT. 1110 00:58:36,066 --> 00:58:40,576 MAN, TALKING SHIT IS AN ART. TALKING SHIT IS AN ART. 1111 00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:43,330 AIN'T THAT RIGHT, MURIEL? 1112 00:58:48,550 --> 00:58:50,386 TO ALL THE STAND UP COMICS IN THE ROOM, 1113 00:58:50,386 --> 00:58:52,015 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU... 1114 00:58:52,015 --> 00:58:54,102 I PROMISE YOU AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT, 1115 00:58:54,102 --> 00:58:55,731 WE HAVE THE BEST GENRE; 1116 00:58:55,731 --> 00:58:59,154 WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING BUT WHAT WE KNOW AND EVERYTHING 1117 00:58:59,154 --> 00:59:02,535 WE KNOW IS VALUABLE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO WITH IT. 1118 00:59:03,037 --> 00:59:05,249 STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF. 1119 00:59:05,249 --> 00:59:08,297 FUCK THE GAME, THE MONEY WILL COME. 1120 00:59:08,590 --> 00:59:13,099 MOST OF YOU WON'T MAKE IT. GONNA BE HONEST. 1121 00:59:15,395 --> 00:59:17,566 I HEARD AN INTERVIEW WITH PATTON OSWALD, 1122 00:59:17,566 --> 00:59:20,488 FAMOUS COMEDIAN STARTED ONE WEEK APART FROM ME. 1123 00:59:20,488 --> 00:59:22,910 PATTON SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY GROSS. 1124 00:59:22,910 --> 00:59:25,289 YOU KNOW HOW TERRY GOES, "AND, YES..." 1125 00:59:29,966 --> 00:59:31,301 PATTON SAID TO TERRY GROSS, 1126 00:59:31,301 --> 00:59:34,182 HE SAID, "TERRY, NOBODY DOES GOOD THEIR 1127 00:59:34,182 --> 00:59:35,686 FIRST TIME DOING STAND UP." 1128 00:59:35,686 --> 00:59:37,940 THEY STOPPED, I WAS DRIVING IN THE CAR LISTENING TO THIS 1129 00:59:37,940 --> 00:59:39,902 INTERVIEW AND HE GOES, 1130 00:59:39,902 --> 00:59:43,994 "OKAY, DAVE CHAPPELLE DID GOOD HIS FIRST TIME DOING STAND UP." 1131 00:59:45,622 --> 00:59:48,210 I HAD A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR. 1132 00:59:48,210 --> 00:59:52,302 WHAT PATTON DIDN'T TELL TERRY IS THE NEXT 7 OR 8 TIMES... 1133 00:59:52,302 --> 00:59:54,640 FUCKING TERRIBLE. 1134 00:59:55,141 --> 00:59:58,774 BUT THE FIRST TIME WAS SO MOTHERFUCKING GOOD. 1135 00:59:59,149 --> 01:00:01,821 IT'D BE LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD SEX AND THEN THE SECOND TIME 1136 01:00:01,821 --> 01:00:04,034 YOU WERE HAVING SEX SOMEBODY HIT YOU IN THE HEAD 1137 01:00:04,034 --> 01:00:05,996 WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. 1138 01:00:06,831 --> 01:00:10,129 GOD, THIS IS NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME, 1139 01:00:10,129 --> 01:00:12,175 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE SOMEONE WONT HIT ME 1140 01:00:12,175 --> 01:00:14,764 IN THE HEAD WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER THE 9TH OR 10TH TIME. 1141 01:00:17,602 --> 01:00:20,525 DAVE: I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE IN POLITICS, BUT I THINK 1142 01:00:20,525 --> 01:00:23,280 THE TRUST IN POLITICS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTRY 1143 01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:24,951 DESPERATELY NEEDS. 1144 01:00:25,535 --> 01:00:26,830 REPORTER: PRESIDENT BUSH CONTINUES TO MAKE HIS CASE 1145 01:00:26,830 --> 01:00:28,582 FOR AN INVASION OF IRAQ. 1146 01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:30,838 DAVE: AFTER CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE REGION, 1147 01:00:30,838 --> 01:00:33,217 ME AND MY CABINET AGREE THAT THAT AREA IS DEFINITELY 1148 01:00:33,217 --> 01:00:34,720 RIPE FOR REGIME CHANGE. 1149 01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:36,140 DONNELL: ALRIGHT. 1150 01:00:36,140 --> 01:00:37,685 DAVE: THAT NIGGA TRIED TO KILL MY FATHER! 1151 01:00:38,937 --> 01:00:40,899 MAN, LINCOLN IS FUCKING UP. 1152 01:00:40,899 --> 01:00:44,197 DAMN, TRUMAN IS FUCKING UP. 1153 01:00:44,197 --> 01:00:46,744 MAN, CARTER IS FUCKING UP. 1154 01:00:47,203 --> 01:00:49,416 GEORGE WASHINGTON'S THE WORST OF THE WORST. 1155 01:00:50,585 --> 01:00:52,255 YES, I SAID IT. 1156 01:00:52,255 --> 01:00:54,593 "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT. 1157 01:00:55,052 --> 01:00:57,307 ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL." 1158 01:00:58,142 --> 01:01:00,772 GO GET ME A SANDWICH, NIGGER OR I'LL KILL YA. 1159 01:01:01,648 --> 01:01:03,277 "LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL" 1160 01:01:03,569 --> 01:01:06,408 I WATCHED DONALD TRUMP IN A PRESS CONFERENCE... 1161 01:01:07,285 --> 01:01:10,458 "I AM GOING TO BRING BACK COAL!" 1162 01:01:11,126 --> 01:01:13,172 COAL?! 1163 01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,721 I'M NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING. 1164 01:01:16,721 --> 01:01:20,645 I HAVE NEVER, IN MY LIFE EVEN SEEN A 1165 01:01:20,645 --> 01:01:23,484 FUCKING LUMP OF COAL! 1166 01:01:23,484 --> 01:01:25,488 IF YOU GONNA HAVE MOTHERFUCKERS DIGGING AROUND IN THE DIRT 1167 01:01:25,488 --> 01:01:26,824 LOOKING FOR SHIT... 1168 01:01:26,824 --> 01:01:28,703 FIND ME SOME TRUFFLES, NIGGA. 1169 01:01:28,703 --> 01:01:29,747 THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT. 1170 01:01:30,164 --> 01:01:33,128 THIS IS A FUCKING ELECTION YEAR, WE GOTTA BE SERIOUS. 1171 01:01:33,128 --> 01:01:37,136 EVERY ABLE BODIED AFRICAN AMERICAN MUST REGISTER... 1172 01:01:37,554 --> 01:01:39,266 FOR A LEGAL FIREARM. 1173 01:01:40,894 --> 01:01:43,107 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL CHANGE THE LAW. 1174 01:01:45,821 --> 01:01:48,033 ALTHOUGH AMERICA'S THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD, 1175 01:01:48,033 --> 01:01:50,496 WE STILL FACE MANY MODERN PROBLEMS. 1176 01:01:50,496 --> 01:01:52,793 HEALTH CARE IS IN SHAMBLES. 1177 01:01:52,793 --> 01:01:54,421 MEDICAID DOESN'T WORK. 1178 01:01:54,421 --> 01:01:56,885 MEANWHILE, OUR NEIGHBORS IN CANADA HAVE FREE HEALTHCARE 1179 01:01:56,885 --> 01:01:58,847 FOR ALL THEIR CITIZENS. 1180 01:01:58,847 --> 01:02:00,726 SO, WHAT AM I SUGGESTING? 1181 01:02:00,726 --> 01:02:03,522 FAKE CANADIAN I.D. CARDS FOR ALL AMERICANS. 1182 01:02:03,982 --> 01:02:07,238 I'M DAVE CHAPPELLE AND I WANT TO REPRESENT YOU. 1183 01:02:09,242 --> 01:02:11,371 NEAL: PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY TO ME "MAN, CHAPPELLE'S SHOW 1184 01:02:11,371 --> 01:02:12,958 LOOKED LIKE A BLAST, WAS IT FUN?" 1185 01:02:13,584 --> 01:02:15,671 IT WASN'T! 1186 01:02:15,671 --> 01:02:17,425 IT WASN'T FUN AT ALL, IT WAS HARD. 1187 01:02:18,093 --> 01:02:20,181 WE'D HAVE TO STAY AWAKE FOR 48 HOURS AT A TIME JUST TO 1188 01:02:20,181 --> 01:02:21,725 KEEP UP WITH THE SCHEDULE. 1189 01:02:21,725 --> 01:02:24,481 WE WERE BOMBED-OUT AND DEPLETED. WE WERE LUMPED UP. 1190 01:02:24,481 --> 01:02:26,360 WE BOTH HAD ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. 1191 01:02:28,447 --> 01:02:30,076 I TOLD DAVE ABOUT MINE AND HE GOES, 1192 01:02:30,076 --> 01:02:32,790 "IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE USING LAPTOPS TOO MUCH, MAN". 1193 01:02:35,754 --> 01:02:37,507 AND THEN, AND THEN HE GOES, "PLUS WE'RE NOT AS YOUNG AS 1194 01:02:37,507 --> 01:02:38,634 WE USED TO BE" 1195 01:02:38,634 --> 01:02:41,808 MEANWHILE, THERE'S NO CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN LAPTOP USE AND 1196 01:02:41,808 --> 01:02:43,979 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND 1197 01:02:43,979 --> 01:02:45,857 ALSO, WE WERE 29. 1198 01:02:49,406 --> 01:02:52,120 DAVE CHAPPELLE COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY LIFE. 1199 01:02:52,578 --> 01:02:55,626 HE LENT ME $1,000 SO I COULD MOVE TO L.A. 1200 01:02:55,626 --> 01:02:57,422 HE ASKED ME TO WRITE A MOVIE WITH HIM WHEN I 1201 01:02:57,422 --> 01:02:58,842 HAD ZERO EXPERIENCE. 1202 01:02:58,842 --> 01:03:01,680 DAVE CHAPPELLE BELIEVED IN ME AT A TIME WHEN ABSOLUTELY 1203 01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:03,893 NOBODY DID. 1204 01:03:03,893 --> 01:03:05,646 YOU KNOW HOW WE ALL HAVE A FRIEND WHO WILL HIT US UP 1205 01:03:05,646 --> 01:03:07,525 OUT OF THE BLUE SOMETIMES WITH SOMETHING FUNNY? 1206 01:03:07,525 --> 01:03:10,448 IMAGINE WHAT HIS TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS ARE LIKE. 1207 01:03:11,616 --> 01:03:13,955 ONE TIME HE CALLED ME ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND HE GOES 1208 01:03:13,955 --> 01:03:17,337 "HEY MAN, I JUST FINISHED WATCHING 12 YEARS A SLAVE, 1209 01:03:17,337 --> 01:03:20,259 ANYHOW DO YOU THINK SLAVES EVER WHIPPED THEIR KIDS?" 1210 01:03:23,850 --> 01:03:26,396 ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON! 1211 01:03:28,651 --> 01:03:30,154 IN CLOSING, 1212 01:03:30,154 --> 01:03:32,575 IF YOU REMEMBER ONLY ONE THING FROM MY SPEECH TONIGHT, 1213 01:03:32,575 --> 01:03:35,581 I HOPE THAT IT'S CHAPPELLE'S SHOW WAS NOT FUN. 1214 01:03:37,168 --> 01:03:39,798 BUT IT WAS GREAT AND IT WILL BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT, 1215 01:03:39,798 --> 01:03:42,679 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT GUY RIGHT THERE. 1216 01:03:51,321 --> 01:03:54,536 DAVE: WELL THIS HAS BEEN FUCKING WONDERFUL. 1217 01:03:57,333 --> 01:03:59,922 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, MAN. 1218 01:04:00,256 --> 01:04:03,470 I DON'T EVEN WANT THIS NIGHT TO END. 1219 01:04:08,147 --> 01:04:10,151 I PROMISE YOU, 1220 01:04:10,151 --> 01:04:12,780 WHOEVER CARES THE MOST, 1221 01:04:12,780 --> 01:04:15,871 I CARE AT LEAST AS MUCH AS THEM. 1222 01:04:15,871 --> 01:04:19,502 I KNOW WHAT I GOT, CAUSE I LOST IT ALL. 1223 01:04:20,838 --> 01:04:24,179 I GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING, AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN. 1224 01:04:24,679 --> 01:04:26,808 HAVE YOU EVER WORKED ALL YOUR LIFE FOR SOMETHING AND 1225 01:04:26,808 --> 01:04:28,771 HAVE IT NOT WORK OUT? 1226 01:04:29,606 --> 01:04:32,737 THAT HAPPENED TO ME. 1227 01:04:32,737 --> 01:04:35,201 IT WAS TOUGH, THINK ABOUT IT. 1228 01:04:35,743 --> 01:04:41,171 I WAS GONE FOR 12 YEARS, THAT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 1229 01:04:42,925 --> 01:04:44,344 IT WAS HELL. 1230 01:04:44,344 --> 01:04:48,310 I'D WATCH OTHER NIGGA'S THAT I KNEW BECOME VERY FAMOUS, 1231 01:04:49,270 --> 01:04:52,026 I WATCHED THE WORLD GO ON WITHOUT ME. 1232 01:04:52,026 --> 01:04:55,699 I MOURNED THE LOSS OF IT AND AFTER A WHILE... 1233 01:04:56,493 --> 01:04:58,831 I DIDN'T CARE. 1234 01:04:58,831 --> 01:05:01,545 COMING BACK WAS TERRIFYING. 1235 01:05:02,255 --> 01:05:05,219 I UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM, I REALLY DO. 1236 01:05:05,594 --> 01:05:07,975 MORE THAN ANYBODY, LIKE WHEN THEY WRITE ABOUT ME IN HISTORY 1237 01:05:07,975 --> 01:05:10,896 I'LL BE DEAD READING IT, LIKE, "YEAH I KNEW THEY'D SAY THAT." 1238 01:05:14,696 --> 01:05:17,618 THEY SAY THAT A PERSON CAN'T DREAM OF A FACE 1239 01:05:17,618 --> 01:05:20,791 THEY'VE NEVER SEEN. 1240 01:05:20,791 --> 01:05:24,132 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY TRUE. 1241 01:05:25,426 --> 01:05:28,182 BOY, I GOT A LONG BANK OF FACES. 1242 01:05:28,182 --> 01:05:31,521 32 YEARS I CAN CLOSE MY EYES AND CAN THINK OF ANY NIGHT. 1243 01:05:31,521 --> 01:05:33,317 THERE'S SO MANY FACES. 1244 01:05:33,317 --> 01:05:36,740 EVERY NIGHT, MOST NIGHT'S THEY'RE ALL LOOKING UP... 1245 01:05:36,740 --> 01:05:40,247 SMILING. 1246 01:05:40,623 --> 01:05:43,170 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE FROM THERE. 1247 01:05:43,170 --> 01:05:45,132 ALL DIFFERENT RACES, ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, 1248 01:05:45,132 --> 01:05:46,676 ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF BELIEFS 1249 01:05:46,676 --> 01:05:49,432 JUST LOOKING AT ME SMILING FOR 32 YEARS, 1250 01:05:49,432 --> 01:05:51,520 NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. 1251 01:05:57,532 --> 01:05:59,869 LET NO COMEDIAN TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 1252 01:06:00,496 --> 01:06:04,379 I SWEAR TO GOD, THIS MIGHT BE THE NOBLEST OF PROFESSIONS. 1253 01:06:04,796 --> 01:06:06,675 ROBIN WILLIAMS HAD A BARB THAT I LOVED. 1254 01:06:06,675 --> 01:06:10,224 HE SAID, "COMEDY IS THE ONLY JOB YOU CAN HAVE WHERE YOU CAN USE 1255 01:06:10,224 --> 01:06:12,645 EVERYTHING YOU KNOW." 1256 01:06:12,645 --> 01:06:14,232 AND THAT'S TRUE. 1257 01:06:14,232 --> 01:06:17,572 YOU CAN USE MORE THAN YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE WHAT YOU THINK. 1258 01:06:17,572 --> 01:06:19,409 USE IT. 1259 01:06:19,409 --> 01:06:22,456 DON'T BE AFRAID, DON'T LET THESE BITCH ASS NIGGA'S 1260 01:06:22,456 --> 01:06:24,669 BUTTON YOUR LIP. 1261 01:06:25,045 --> 01:06:27,300 SAY IT ANYWAY. 1262 01:06:30,723 --> 01:06:33,103 SARAH: IF YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING, 1263 01:06:33,103 --> 01:06:34,939 NOT KNOWING WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T 1264 01:06:34,939 --> 01:06:36,943 CHECKED TWITTER YET TO SEE HOW YOU FEEL... 1265 01:06:38,447 --> 01:06:41,119 UM, YOU CAN... 1266 01:06:41,119 --> 01:06:43,749 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1267 01:06:44,167 --> 01:06:47,089 NO, IT'S OKAY, TRUST ME, I ALREADY LOOKED. 1268 01:06:47,089 --> 01:06:49,135 YOU THINK IT'S DELIGHTFULLY REFRESHING. 1269 01:06:51,681 --> 01:06:53,477 ALRIGHT, HERE'S THE THING ABOUT DAVE. 1270 01:06:53,477 --> 01:06:56,566 DAVE DIDN'T, LIKE, GET FUNNY EVENTUALLY... 1271 01:06:56,566 --> 01:06:58,904 HE WAS ALWAYS FUNNY. 1272 01:06:59,322 --> 01:07:01,117 AND HE REMAINS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME. 1273 01:07:01,117 --> 01:07:04,541 WHY? BECAUSE HE'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, HE GROWS. 1274 01:07:05,209 --> 01:07:09,217 OR SOMETIMES IT'S A SLIGHTLY MORE LATERAL MOVE BUT... 1275 01:07:10,009 --> 01:07:13,183 ALWAYS WITH SOME KIND OF NEW PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW? 1276 01:07:13,850 --> 01:07:16,940 HIS CRITICAL THINKING IS HIS ART. 1277 01:07:17,942 --> 01:07:20,239 HIS STAND UP BLOWS MY MIND, YOU KNOW. 1278 01:07:20,239 --> 01:07:24,622 IT CHANGES THE WAY I THINK AND SOMETIMES I WHOLEHEARTEDLY 1279 01:07:24,622 --> 01:07:27,753 DISAGREE WITH HIM BUT THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DAVE. 1280 01:07:28,171 --> 01:07:30,050 IT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ART. 1281 01:07:31,177 --> 01:07:32,847 DAVE: THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHERE THE LINE IS, 1282 01:07:32,847 --> 01:07:34,309 IS TO CROSS IT. 1283 01:07:34,309 --> 01:07:37,565 AND I THINK, "WHAT IS LIFE IF NOBODY'S CROSSING THE LINE?" 1284 01:07:37,565 --> 01:07:38,692 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 1285 01:07:38,692 --> 01:07:40,195 MAN THE FUCK UP OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT 1286 01:07:40,195 --> 01:07:41,907 THROUGH THE END OF THIS SHOW. 1287 01:07:42,283 --> 01:07:43,952 JUST MAN THE FUCK UP. 1288 01:07:43,952 --> 01:07:47,710 JUST BECAUSE I'M DRESSED THIS WAY DOES NOT... 1289 01:07:49,756 --> 01:07:52,010 MAKE ME A WHORE. 1290 01:07:54,014 --> 01:07:56,686 NOW THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME, DAVE CHAPPELLE THE COMEDIAN, 1291 01:07:56,686 --> 01:07:58,899 WALKING AROUND THE STREETS IN A COP UNIFORM. 1292 01:08:00,026 --> 01:08:01,279 SOMEBODY MIGHT RUN UP ON ME. 1293 01:08:01,279 --> 01:08:03,784 "OH, THANK GOD, OFFICER HELP US. 1294 01:08:03,784 --> 01:08:05,621 COME ON, THEY'RE OVER HERE, HELP US! 1295 01:08:07,667 --> 01:08:11,800 I'D BE LIKE, "OH, JUST BECAUSE I'M DRESSED THIS WAY; 1296 01:08:12,718 --> 01:08:14,973 DOES NOT MAKE ME A POLICE OFFICER." 1297 01:08:16,643 --> 01:08:19,064 I'M, WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE STREETS, 1298 01:08:19,064 --> 01:08:21,026 AS A VICTIM BLAMER. 1299 01:08:22,655 --> 01:08:25,034 "DAVE, MICHAEL JACKSON WAS MOLESTING CHILDREN." 1300 01:08:25,619 --> 01:08:28,583 WELL WHAT WERE THOSE KIDS WEARING AT THE TIME? 1301 01:08:29,585 --> 01:08:33,218 THE ONLY REASON EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT TRANSGENDERS, 1302 01:08:33,218 --> 01:08:35,931 IS BECAUSE WHITE MEN WANT TO DO IT. 1303 01:08:37,017 --> 01:08:39,897 THAT'S RIGHT, I JUST SAID THAT. 1304 01:08:41,401 --> 01:08:43,655 IF IT WAS JUST WOMEN THAT FELT THAT WAY, 1305 01:08:43,655 --> 01:08:45,659 OR BLACK DUDES OR MEXICAN DUDES BEING LIKE, 1306 01:08:45,659 --> 01:08:47,621 "HEY Y'ALL WE FEEL LIKE GIRLS INSIDE." 1307 01:08:47,621 --> 01:08:48,957 THEY'D BE LIKE, "SHUT UP, NIGGER. 1308 01:08:48,957 --> 01:08:51,045 NO ONE ASKED YOU HOW YOU FELT." 1309 01:08:51,045 --> 01:08:53,467 COME ON, EVERYBODY WE HAVE STRAWBERRIES TO PICK. 1310 01:08:55,094 --> 01:08:57,600 IT REEKS OF WHITE PRIVILEGE 1311 01:08:57,975 --> 01:09:00,314 YOU NEVER ASKED YOURSELF WHY IT WAS EASIER FOR BRUCE JENNER 1312 01:09:00,314 --> 01:09:02,693 TO CHANGE HIS GENDER THAN IT WAS FOR CASSIUS CLAY 1313 01:09:02,693 --> 01:09:05,407 TO CHANGE HIS FUCKING NAME? 1314 01:09:06,743 --> 01:09:09,332 EVERYBODY GET'S MAD CAUSE I SAY THESE JOKES. 1315 01:09:09,332 --> 01:09:12,588 YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO SAY EM. 1316 01:09:12,588 --> 01:09:15,302 MORE NOW THAN EVER YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY 1317 01:09:15,761 --> 01:09:17,473 TO SPEAK RECKLESSLY. 1318 01:09:17,473 --> 01:09:20,729 OTHERWISE MY KIDS MAY NOT KNOW WHAT RECKLESS TALK SOUNDS LIKE. 1319 01:09:21,481 --> 01:09:23,777 THE JOYS OF BEING WRONG. 1320 01:09:23,777 --> 01:09:25,614 I DIDN'T COME HERE TO BE RIGHT. 1321 01:09:25,614 --> 01:09:27,785 I JUST CAME HERE TO FUCK AROUND. 1322 01:09:28,704 --> 01:09:32,127 JON: THE COURAGE THAT IT TAKES AS A PERFORMER 1323 01:09:32,586 --> 01:09:33,630 AND AN ARTIST, 1324 01:09:33,630 --> 01:09:37,137 TO STAND UP FOR WHO YOU KNOW YOU ARE, 1325 01:09:37,137 --> 01:09:39,809 TO TAKE A CHANCE ON YOURSELF. 1326 01:09:41,646 --> 01:09:44,318 IS, IS JUST ONE MORE REASON WHY WE ALL JUST LOVE, 1327 01:09:44,318 --> 01:09:47,324 AND RESPECT, AND ADMIRE THIS MAN. 1328 01:09:48,117 --> 01:09:49,495 AND YOU KNOW, 1329 01:09:49,495 --> 01:09:52,167 IT WAS UNTIL WE STARTED TOURING A COUPLE YEARS AGO TOGETHER THAT 1330 01:09:52,167 --> 01:09:54,964 I REALLY GOT A CHANCE TO WATCH HIM WALK THROUGH LIFE. 1331 01:09:55,716 --> 01:09:58,137 I ALWAYS IMAGINED HIM ON A TRACTOR, YOU KNOW, 1332 01:09:58,137 --> 01:10:00,726 OUT IN OHIO, LISTENING TO PRINCE. 1333 01:10:01,269 --> 01:10:03,857 UM, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS DAVE OBVIOUSLY, I JUST IMAGINED THAT 1334 01:10:03,857 --> 01:10:05,486 PRINCE WAS THERE. 1335 01:10:05,486 --> 01:10:09,327 BECAUSE THAT'S JUST HOW DAVE'S LIFE WAS. 1336 01:10:09,869 --> 01:10:15,046 THINGS HAPPEN IN DAVE WORLD THAT JUST DON'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE. 1337 01:10:15,464 --> 01:10:19,012 IN FACT, THE LAST TIME, THIS WAS IN 2008 I THINK, 1338 01:10:19,012 --> 01:10:23,313 AND I WAS IN D.C. IN THE BACK OF UH, 1339 01:10:23,313 --> 01:10:25,234 THIS LITTLE RESTAURANT WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT 1340 01:10:25,234 --> 01:10:28,155 I RECOGNIZED AS, AS DAVE CHAPPELLE. 1341 01:10:28,155 --> 01:10:31,913 AND I THOUGHT "WHY IS DAVE CHAPPELLE HERE?" 1342 01:10:32,915 --> 01:10:35,379 I SAID, DAVE, I HADN'T SEEN HIM IN A LONG TIME, HOW ARE YOU, 1343 01:10:35,379 --> 01:10:37,508 WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND WE, WE CAUGHT UP AND I SAID 1344 01:10:37,508 --> 01:10:40,012 "YOU KNOW DAVE, I'M DOWN HERE I'M ACTUALLY RUNNING OVER 1345 01:10:40,012 --> 01:10:41,266 TO WALTER REED," 1346 01:10:41,266 --> 01:10:43,102 IT WAS IN THE HEIGHT OF THE IRAQ WAR, 1347 01:10:43,102 --> 01:10:45,899 AND I WAS GONNA RUN DOWN TO WALTER REED AND I HAD A STACK OF 1348 01:10:45,899 --> 01:10:48,655 CHAPPELLE SHOW DVDS THAT I WOULD BRING WITH ME, 1349 01:10:48,655 --> 01:10:50,284 BECAUSE THEY LOVED THOSE. 1350 01:10:50,284 --> 01:10:52,162 AND THE DAILY SHOW, EH! 1351 01:10:55,627 --> 01:10:57,298 SO I HAVE THESE UH, 1352 01:10:57,298 --> 01:10:59,385 CHAPPELLE SHOW DVD'S AND I SAY TO DAVE, 1353 01:10:59,385 --> 01:11:01,765 "DAVE, I'M GONNA HEAD DOWN, AND I'M GONNA SEE THESE GUYS, 1354 01:11:01,765 --> 01:11:05,606 THESE WOUNDED WARRIORS AND I HAVE YOUR DVD'S, 1355 01:11:05,606 --> 01:11:08,361 WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY?" 1356 01:11:08,361 --> 01:11:10,991 YOU KNOW, HE'S SPONTANEOUS GUY. 1357 01:11:10,991 --> 01:11:12,828 "LET'S GO, LET'S REALLY BLOW THEIR MINDS" 1358 01:11:12,828 --> 01:11:15,751 AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT, 1359 01:11:15,751 --> 01:11:19,007 HE LOOKS UP AND HE GOES, "NAH, I'M GOOD". 1360 01:11:23,350 --> 01:11:25,479 I RESPECTED THAT SO MUCH. 1361 01:11:27,358 --> 01:11:32,618 I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO CARES MORE DEEPLY, 1362 01:11:32,618 --> 01:11:36,543 AND ANYONE WHO GIVES LESS OF A FUCK. 1363 01:11:42,011 --> 01:11:44,934 DAVE IS A TOUCHSTONE, 1364 01:11:44,934 --> 01:11:47,272 BECAUSE HE'S A SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE. 1365 01:11:47,272 --> 01:11:51,238 HE'S A MAN THAT SEEKS OUT PEOPLE, AND EXPERIENCE, 1366 01:11:51,238 --> 01:11:52,491 AND KNOWLEDGE. 1367 01:11:52,491 --> 01:11:55,455 AND HE WANTS TO TOUCH IT AND FEEL IT AND BE WITH IT ON THE 1368 01:11:55,455 --> 01:11:58,127 GROUND SO THAT HE CAN THEN CHANNEL THAT 1369 01:11:58,127 --> 01:12:00,924 THROUGH HIS ART AND REDIRECT THAT BACK TO YOU AS 1370 01:12:00,924 --> 01:12:03,680 SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND NEW. 1371 01:12:04,765 --> 01:12:08,398 I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THIS, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT CAN 1372 01:12:08,398 --> 01:12:12,781 SAY "HEY MAN I NEED YOU" AND I WILL BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT, 1373 01:12:13,700 --> 01:12:15,746 NO MATTER WHERE, 1374 01:12:15,746 --> 01:12:18,668 AND WHEN HE CALLED ME JUST RECENTLY AND SAID 1375 01:12:18,668 --> 01:12:20,296 "I NEED YOU", 1376 01:12:20,296 --> 01:12:22,801 A WEEK LATER I STOOD WITH DAVE, 1377 01:12:22,801 --> 01:12:25,641 ON A STAGE, IN DAYTON OHIO, 1378 01:12:27,101 --> 01:12:30,191 ONE HUNDRED FEET FROM THE SITE OF ONE OF THE WORST 1379 01:12:30,191 --> 01:12:33,949 MASS SHOOTINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, 1380 01:12:33,949 --> 01:12:36,161 AND I WATCHED THIS MAN. 1381 01:12:36,161 --> 01:12:39,460 HELP A CITY HEAL... 1382 01:12:41,171 --> 01:12:44,177 A WOUND BORNE OF VIOLENCE 1383 01:12:44,804 --> 01:12:47,058 AND BORNE OF PAIN... 1384 01:12:48,352 --> 01:12:50,691 BUT AS WE SAT AND WE WATCHED STEVIE WONDER SING 1385 01:12:50,691 --> 01:12:52,151 MY CHERIE AMOUR, 1386 01:12:52,151 --> 01:12:55,492 AND THE CROWD GOING CRAZY AND RECLAIMING THEIR CITY, 1387 01:12:55,492 --> 01:12:57,287 HE TURNED TO ME ON STAGE AND HE SAID, 1388 01:12:57,287 --> 01:13:01,044 "THIS IS THEIR MEMORY NOW. THIS IS THEIR MEMORY." 1389 01:13:02,923 --> 01:13:05,721 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1390 01:13:06,931 --> 01:13:10,772 ♪ JOHN: WAKE UP EVERYBODY NO MORE SLEEPIN' IN BED ♪ 1391 01:13:11,441 --> 01:13:15,490 ♪ NO MORE BACKWARD THINKIN' TIME FOR THINKIN' AHEAD ♪ 1392 01:13:16,492 --> 01:13:18,914 ♪ THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SO VERY MUCH ♪ 1393 01:13:18,914 --> 01:13:21,544 ♪ FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE ♪ 1394 01:13:21,544 --> 01:13:27,556 ♪ THERE IS SO MUCH HATRED WAR AND POVERTY. OH ♪♪ 1395 01:13:30,102 --> 01:13:31,898 DAVE: I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I COME TO ELLINGTON AND 1396 01:13:31,898 --> 01:13:33,610 I HOPE YOU GUYS REMEMBER THIS. 1397 01:13:33,610 --> 01:13:36,365 YOU ARE VERY NECESSARY NOW. 1398 01:13:36,365 --> 01:13:38,912 THIS IS A SEASON FOR ARTISTS. 1399 01:13:38,912 --> 01:13:41,876 SECRETLY, I'M BUILDING AN ARMY OF ARTISTS 1400 01:13:41,876 --> 01:13:44,507 I WANT ALL OF YOU GUYS TO GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT IN THE ARMY. 1401 01:13:44,507 --> 01:13:47,680 I MEAN, IT'S NOT A VIOLENT FIGHT, BUT IT'S A REVEALING ONE. 1402 01:13:48,180 --> 01:13:51,103 YOU'VE GOTTA REVEAL PEOPLE TO THEMSELVES BY EXPOSING YOURSELF 1403 01:13:51,604 --> 01:13:53,232 WITH YOUR ART. 1404 01:13:53,232 --> 01:13:59,537 ♪ JOHN: THE WORLD WON'T GET NO BETTER IF WE JUST LET IT BE ♪ 1405 01:14:01,373 --> 01:14:06,467 ♪ OH. THE WORLD WON'T GET NO BETTER ♪ 1406 01:14:07,636 --> 01:14:09,807 ♪ WE GOTTA CHANGE IT YEAH ♪ 1407 01:14:09,807 --> 01:14:11,393 ♪ JUST YOU AND ME ♪♪ 1408 01:14:11,393 --> 01:14:14,065 DAVE: HONESTLY, LOOKING AT Y'ALL INSPIRES ME. 1409 01:14:14,065 --> 01:14:16,738 I FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST YOU. 1410 01:14:18,950 --> 01:14:21,455 IF I COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO MYSELF, 1411 01:14:21,455 --> 01:14:25,171 I WOULD TELL MYSELF WHAT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS. 1412 01:14:25,171 --> 01:14:27,091 "BE NICE AND DON'T BE SCARED." 1413 01:14:33,103 --> 01:14:34,732 [MUSIC ENDS]. 1414 01:14:35,358 --> 01:14:37,613 JOHN: THANK YOU. 1415 01:14:40,744 --> 01:14:42,956 DAVID: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE WAS CREATED IN HONOR OF 1416 01:14:43,625 --> 01:14:45,712 A GREAT SATIRIST AND IRREVERENT OBSERVER 1417 01:14:45,712 --> 01:14:47,716 OF THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED... 1418 01:14:48,217 --> 01:14:49,804 IN HONORING DAVE CHAPPELLE THIS EVENING WITH THE 1419 01:14:49,804 --> 01:14:51,223 MARK TWAIN PRIZE, 1420 01:14:51,223 --> 01:14:53,895 WE ARE HONORING A COMEDIAN AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME, 1421 01:14:53,895 --> 01:14:56,567 SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT 1422 01:14:56,567 --> 01:14:59,740 BEHIND HIM BUT PROMISES TO HAVE ANOTHER LIFETIME IN 1423 01:14:59,740 --> 01:15:01,201 THE COMING DECADES. 1424 01:15:01,201 --> 01:15:02,913 AND FOR THESE REASONS, 1425 01:15:02,913 --> 01:15:05,919 THE KENNEDY CENTER IS PROUD TO PRESENT DAVE CHAPPELLE 1426 01:15:05,919 --> 01:15:08,550 WITH THE NATION'S HIGHEST COMEDIC AWARD... 1427 01:15:08,550 --> 01:15:10,762 THE KENNEDY CENTER MARK TWAIN PRIZE. 1428 01:15:21,617 --> 01:15:23,997 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1429 01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:31,136 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1430 01:15:31,637 --> 01:15:35,979 DAVE: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 1431 01:15:38,651 --> 01:15:43,285 I LIKE NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 1432 01:15:43,285 --> 01:15:45,331 I LIKE MAKING MEMORIES. 1433 01:15:45,331 --> 01:15:48,630 SOMETIMES I DO ALL THIS CRAZY SHIT AROUND MY COLLEAGUES 1434 01:15:48,630 --> 01:15:51,468 JUST SO THEY CAN TELL THEIR FRIENDS I DID IT. 1435 01:15:54,182 --> 01:15:56,019 BUT RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT MYSELF, 1436 01:15:56,019 --> 01:15:59,359 JUST BRIEFLY I WANNA JUST TALK ABOUT MY GENRE. 1437 01:16:00,236 --> 01:16:04,452 STAND UP COMEDY IS AN INCREDIBLY AMERICAN GENRE. 1438 01:16:05,246 --> 01:16:07,793 I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER COUNTRY COULD PRODUCE 1439 01:16:07,793 --> 01:16:09,212 THIS MANY COMEDIANS. 1440 01:16:09,212 --> 01:16:12,009 AND UNBEKNOWNST TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE, 1441 01:16:12,009 --> 01:16:14,723 I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN OPINION THAT EXISTS IN THIS 1442 01:16:14,723 --> 01:16:18,648 COUNTRY THAT IS NOT REPRESENTED IN A COMEDY CLUB 1443 01:16:18,648 --> 01:16:20,401 BY SOMEBODY. 1444 01:16:20,401 --> 01:16:23,407 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS A CHAMPION IN THE ROOM. 1445 01:16:25,327 --> 01:16:28,208 WE WATCH YOU GUYS FIGHT, 1446 01:16:28,208 --> 01:16:30,881 BUT WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER WE TALK IT OUT. 1447 01:16:31,674 --> 01:16:34,137 I KNOW COMICS THAT ARE VERY RACIST. 1448 01:16:34,137 --> 01:16:36,726 AND I WATCH THEM ONSTAGE AND EVERYONE'S LAUGHING AND I'M 1449 01:16:36,726 --> 01:16:39,439 LIKE "MMM, THAT MOTHERFUCKER MEANS THAT SHIT". 1450 01:16:40,524 --> 01:16:43,530 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 1451 01:16:44,032 --> 01:16:46,495 DON'T GET MAD AT EM, DON'T HATE EM, 1452 01:16:46,495 --> 01:16:48,290 WE GO UPSTAIRS AND HAVE A BEER, 1453 01:16:48,290 --> 01:16:51,379 AND SOMETIMES I EVEN APPRECIATE THE ARTISTRY THAT 1454 01:16:51,379 --> 01:16:54,594 THEY PAINT THEIR RACIST OPINIONS WITH. 1455 01:16:54,594 --> 01:16:56,974 MAN, IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS. 1456 01:16:56,974 --> 01:16:59,855 THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS FIRST FOR A REASON. 1457 01:16:59,855 --> 01:17:02,861 THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS JUST IN CASE THE FIRST ONE 1458 01:17:02,861 --> 01:17:04,824 DOESN'T WORK OUT. 1459 01:17:04,824 --> 01:17:07,078 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 1460 01:17:08,873 --> 01:17:11,294 WE GOTTA LET SOME AIR OUT THE BALL, MAN. 1461 01:17:11,294 --> 01:17:12,965 THE COUNTRY'S GETTING A LITTLE TIGHT, 1462 01:17:12,965 --> 01:17:15,887 IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S EVER FELT IN MY LIFETIME. 1463 01:17:15,887 --> 01:17:20,856 SO TONIGHT, I AM HONORED THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE, 1464 01:17:21,356 --> 01:17:25,281 IN COMEDY AND IN MUSIC. 1465 01:17:25,281 --> 01:17:27,870 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1466 01:17:30,917 --> 01:17:33,547 AND I WANT EVERYONE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT ME, 1467 01:17:33,547 --> 01:17:36,636 LOOK AT ME SMOKING INDOORS. 1468 01:17:37,931 --> 01:17:40,102 I DIDN'T ASK ANYBODY, I JUST DID IT. 1469 01:17:40,102 --> 01:17:42,440 WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO, KICK ME OUT BEFORE I GET THE PRIZE? 1470 01:17:42,440 --> 01:17:44,945 NAW NIGGA, THIS IS CALLED LEVERAGE. 1471 01:17:46,198 --> 01:17:47,910 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1472 01:17:49,872 --> 01:17:52,836 THING THAT I LIKED BEST ABOUT TONIGHT WAS THAT I SAW SO MANY 1473 01:17:52,836 --> 01:17:54,757 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY LIFE. 1474 01:17:54,757 --> 01:17:57,303 LIKE FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH HERE IN DC, 1475 01:17:57,303 --> 01:17:59,934 FRIENDS OF MINE FROM OHIO THEN AND NOW. 1476 01:18:00,936 --> 01:18:03,065 FRIENDS OF MINE FROM COMEDY CLUBS. 1477 01:18:03,065 --> 01:18:05,737 ALL THE FUCKING MUSICIANS THAT BLEW MY MIND. 1478 01:18:05,737 --> 01:18:09,410 YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU INSPIRE ME. 1479 01:18:09,870 --> 01:18:13,460 I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO MY OG TONY WOODS. 1480 01:18:13,962 --> 01:18:16,091 MILES DAVIS HAS A QUOTE. 1481 01:18:16,091 --> 01:18:18,345 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1482 01:18:18,930 --> 01:18:20,641 UH, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE, 1483 01:18:20,641 --> 01:18:22,938 MILES DAVIS SAID SO MUCH COOL SHIT, 1484 01:18:22,938 --> 01:18:25,150 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID THAT I ALWAYS LOVED, 1485 01:18:25,150 --> 01:18:27,405 HE SAID, "IT TOOK ME YEARS TO LEARN HOW TO 1486 01:18:27,405 --> 01:18:29,492 PLAY LIKE MYSELF." 1487 01:18:30,119 --> 01:18:31,580 YOU KNOW, HE WOULD WATCH OTHER MUSICIANS AND 1488 01:18:31,580 --> 01:18:33,584 HE WOULD TRY TO PLAY LIKE DIZZY OR BIRD 1489 01:18:33,584 --> 01:18:35,254 OR ALL THOSE OTHER GUYS WHO WERE GREAT, 1490 01:18:35,254 --> 01:18:36,590 TONY WOODS WAS MY DIZZY AND BIRD, 1491 01:18:36,590 --> 01:18:37,885 IF I WAS A MILES. 1492 01:18:37,885 --> 01:18:39,596 I WAS TRYING TO PLAY LIKE YOU, 1493 01:18:39,596 --> 01:18:43,103 YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I EVER SAW DO IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 1494 01:18:43,103 --> 01:18:45,399 YOU WERE FEARLESS AND YOU TOLD THE TRUTH. 1495 01:18:45,399 --> 01:18:48,155 THERE'S SOMETHING SO TRUE ABOUT THIS GENRE, 1496 01:18:48,155 --> 01:18:50,034 WHEN DONE CORRECTLY, 1497 01:18:50,034 --> 01:18:54,208 THAT I WILL FIGHT ANYBODY THAT GETS IN A TRUE PRACTITIONER 1498 01:18:54,208 --> 01:18:56,296 OF THIS ART FORM'S WAY. 1499 01:18:56,296 --> 01:18:57,673 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WRONG. 1500 01:18:57,673 --> 01:19:00,471 THIS IS THE TRUTH, AND YOU ARE OBSTRUCTING IT. 1501 01:19:01,640 --> 01:19:03,770 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CONTENT, 1502 01:19:03,770 --> 01:19:05,815 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ART FORM. 1503 01:19:05,815 --> 01:19:07,568 DO WE UNDERSTAND? 1504 01:19:07,568 --> 01:19:09,489 DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT? 1505 01:19:10,491 --> 01:19:12,286 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1506 01:19:12,286 --> 01:19:14,040 AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT, 1507 01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:15,459 AND I'M GLAD I GET THE PLATFORM TO DO IT, 1508 01:19:15,459 --> 01:19:17,756 I'M GAY! 1509 01:19:18,257 --> 01:19:22,556 I AM GAY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS DOES FOR MY CAREER, 1510 01:19:23,016 --> 01:19:25,396 BEING GAY LIKE THIS. 1511 01:19:28,694 --> 01:19:30,072 SO MANY SPECIAL SHOUTOUTS. 1512 01:19:30,072 --> 01:19:33,287 ONE OF THE MAIN ARCHITECTS OF THE COMEBACK OF THE CENTURY, 1513 01:19:33,287 --> 01:19:37,753 MY BROTHER AND MY MENTOR, THE MIGHTY STAN LATHAN. 1514 01:19:42,388 --> 01:19:45,311 I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE 1515 01:19:45,311 --> 01:19:46,814 AS GREAT AS YOU. 1516 01:19:46,814 --> 01:19:49,736 THESE LAST FIVE SPECIALS, STRAIGHT FIRE. 1517 01:19:50,654 --> 01:19:52,116 I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANOTHER SPECIAL WITH 1518 01:19:52,116 --> 01:19:54,412 ANYBODY ELSE BUT YOU. 1519 01:19:54,412 --> 01:19:56,458 SO EAT YOUR MOTHERFUCKING VEGETABLES AND 1520 01:19:56,458 --> 01:19:58,253 LIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN, 1521 01:19:58,253 --> 01:20:01,092 CAUSE WE DOING A FEW MORE OF THESE BITCHES. 1522 01:20:05,184 --> 01:20:08,106 NEIL BRENNAN, YOUR SPEECH MADE ME CRY. 1523 01:20:08,106 --> 01:20:12,657 BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF ALL THOSE HARD DAYS OF WORK, 1524 01:20:12,657 --> 01:20:14,953 AND ALL THAT MONEY I NEVER GOT FOR IT. 1525 01:20:16,206 --> 01:20:18,210 THE OTHER REAL SPECIAL SHOUTOUT I GOT TO MAKE, 1526 01:20:18,210 --> 01:20:19,880 BECAUSE NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE ON ANY 1527 01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:23,387 LEVEL WITHOUT THIS PERSON, IS MY MOTHER. 1528 01:20:23,387 --> 01:20:24,806 MOM. 1529 01:20:24,806 --> 01:20:26,768 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1530 01:20:28,063 --> 01:20:31,444 MY MOTHER. 1531 01:20:31,444 --> 01:20:34,033 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1532 01:20:34,033 --> 01:20:36,705 MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM. 1533 01:20:37,206 --> 01:20:39,752 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I PUT THIS WOMAN THROUGH. 1534 01:20:41,089 --> 01:20:43,093 IF YOU HAD JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO ME, 1535 01:20:43,093 --> 01:20:44,972 THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH, 1536 01:20:44,972 --> 01:20:48,437 BUT THE FACT THAT YOU RAISED ME AND RAISED ME WELL. 1537 01:20:48,437 --> 01:20:50,274 WE HAD A REAL ORAL TRADITION IN OUR HOUSE, 1538 01:20:50,274 --> 01:20:52,403 I KNEW THE WORD GRIOT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY. 1539 01:20:52,403 --> 01:20:55,952 A GRIOT WAS A PERSON IN AFRICA WHO WAS CHARGED WITH KEEPING 1540 01:20:55,952 --> 01:20:58,290 THE STORIES OF THE VILLAGE. 1541 01:20:58,290 --> 01:21:00,461 EVERYONE WOULD TELL GRIOT THE STORIES, 1542 01:21:00,461 --> 01:21:02,089 AND THEY WOULD REMEMBER THEM SO THEY COULD 1543 01:21:02,089 --> 01:21:03,633 TELL FUTURE GENERATIONS. 1544 01:21:03,633 --> 01:21:06,891 AND WHEN THEY GOT OLD, THEY'D TELL EM TO SOMEONE ELSE, 1545 01:21:06,891 --> 01:21:09,812 AND THEY SAY IN AFRICA, WHEN A GRIOT DIES, 1546 01:21:10,230 --> 01:21:13,403 IT'S LIKE A LIBRARY WAS BURNT DOWN. 1547 01:21:13,862 --> 01:21:15,992 AND MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME, BEFORE I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT 1548 01:21:15,992 --> 01:21:19,082 DOING COMEDY, SHE TOLD ME "YOU SHOULD BE A GRIOT" 1549 01:21:19,082 --> 01:21:21,836 AND SHE'D FILL ME WITH EVERY STORY OF BLACK LIFE. 1550 01:21:21,836 --> 01:21:24,592 YOU KNOW, SHE'S EDUCATED IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, 1551 01:21:24,592 --> 01:21:26,763 AND SHE WOULD LET ME UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT THAT 1552 01:21:26,763 --> 01:21:28,058 I WAS BEING RAISED IN. 1553 01:21:28,058 --> 01:21:31,147 THAT I'M BEING RAISED IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT THAT 1554 01:21:31,147 --> 01:21:32,566 I HAVE TO TAME. 1555 01:21:32,566 --> 01:21:35,614 BY THE TIME I WAS 14 YEARS OLD I WAS IN NIGHTCLUBS, 1556 01:21:35,614 --> 01:21:37,701 MASTERING AN ADULT WORLD. 1557 01:21:38,078 --> 01:21:39,622 IT WAS TERRIFYING. 1558 01:21:39,622 --> 01:21:41,709 CRACK EPIDEMIC WAS GOING ON, AND MY MOTHER WOULD HEAR 1559 01:21:41,709 --> 01:21:43,880 GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE AND BE SCARED TO DEATH, 1560 01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:45,426 MAYBE IT'S MY SON. 1561 01:21:45,426 --> 01:21:47,721 BUT EARLY IN MY CAREER, IF YOU REMEMBER MOM, 1562 01:21:48,056 --> 01:21:50,310 YOU USED TO SIT IN THE CLUB WITH ME. 1563 01:21:50,310 --> 01:21:52,773 SHE'D DO A FULL DAY OF WORK, YOU'D BE BACK THERE, 1564 01:21:52,773 --> 01:21:54,569 FALLING ASLEEP, JUST WAITING FOR ME TO GO ON. 1565 01:21:54,987 --> 01:21:57,241 SHE WOULD WATCH MY SHOW EVERY NIGHT, 1566 01:21:57,241 --> 01:22:00,205 DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT CAR RIDE IS HOME? 1567 01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:03,253 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1568 01:22:05,090 --> 01:22:07,553 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD YOUR MOTHER SAY, 1569 01:22:07,553 --> 01:22:10,476 "PUSSY JOKES WERE A LITTLE TOO MUCH TONIGHT, SON"? 1570 01:22:11,269 --> 01:22:13,565 [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]. 1571 01:22:16,237 --> 01:22:18,617 I WAS A SOFT KID. 1572 01:22:18,617 --> 01:22:20,788 I WAS SENSITIVE, I CRIED EASY, 1573 01:22:20,788 --> 01:22:22,750 AND I WOULD BE SCARED TO FISTFIGHT. 1574 01:22:22,750 --> 01:22:24,629 AND MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME THIS THING, 1575 01:22:24,629 --> 01:22:25,881 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, 1576 01:22:25,881 --> 01:22:27,468 BUT YOU SAID THIS TO ME MORE THAN ONCE. 1577 01:22:27,468 --> 01:22:31,476 YOU SAID, "SON, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE A LION SO YOU CAN 1578 01:22:31,476 --> 01:22:33,688 BE THE LAMB YOU REALLY ARE". 1579 01:22:35,234 --> 01:22:38,323 I TALK THIS SHIT LIKE A LION, 1580 01:22:38,323 --> 01:22:41,329 I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANY OF YOU WHEN IT COMES WORD TO WORD, 1581 01:22:41,663 --> 01:22:44,836 I WILL GAB WITH THE BEST OF THEM. 1582 01:22:44,836 --> 01:22:47,675 JUST SO I CAN CHILL AND BE ME. 1583 01:22:47,675 --> 01:22:49,470 AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE MY ART FORM, 1584 01:22:49,470 --> 01:22:51,391 BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND EVERY PRACTITIONER OF IT. 1585 01:22:51,391 --> 01:22:52,852 WHETHER I AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, 1586 01:22:52,852 --> 01:22:54,147 I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. 1587 01:22:54,147 --> 01:22:56,025 THEY WANNA BE HEARD, THEY GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, 1588 01:22:56,025 --> 01:22:59,949 THERE'S SOMETHING THEY NOTICE, THEY JUST WANNA BE UNDERSTOOD. 1589 01:22:59,949 --> 01:23:01,536 I LOVE THIS GENRE. 1590 01:23:01,536 --> 01:23:03,498 IT SAVED MY LIFE. 1591 01:23:03,498 --> 01:23:05,752 SO TONIGHT MA, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU IN A VERY 1592 01:23:05,752 --> 01:23:09,177 SPECIAL WAY THAT I CANNOT DO ON MY OWN. 1593 01:23:09,177 --> 01:23:11,389 BUT BECAUSE NOW I'M A MAN, 1594 01:23:11,389 --> 01:23:13,560 WITH GREAT AND INFLUENTIAL FRIENDS, 1595 01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:16,524 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY MAN THUNDERCAT TO COME OUT ONSTAGE. 1596 01:23:17,234 --> 01:23:19,864 THUNDERCAT, THE MIGHTY MOS DEF. 1597 01:23:19,864 --> 01:23:22,244 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1598 01:23:23,622 --> 01:23:26,503 WASHINGTON DC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME A HOME AND 1599 01:23:26,503 --> 01:23:27,922 A PLACE TO START. 1600 01:23:27,922 --> 01:23:30,344 TODAY IS OFFICIALLY DAVE CHAPPELLE DAY IN 1601 01:23:30,344 --> 01:23:32,640 WASHINGTON D.C., THE MAYOR DECLARED IT LAST NIGHT. 1602 01:23:35,020 --> 01:23:36,981 SO, IN THE FUTURE, 1603 01:23:36,981 --> 01:23:39,737 ON DAVE CHAPPELLE DAY I ASK EVERYONE WHO WISHES 1604 01:23:39,737 --> 01:23:41,824 TO CELEBRATE IT TO MAKE ONE INCREDIBLE 1605 01:23:41,824 --> 01:23:44,664 MEMORY FOR THEM SELF AND/OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 1606 01:23:45,123 --> 01:23:46,668 THANK YOU VER MUCH, GOODNIGHT. 1607 01:23:47,836 --> 01:23:49,549 [AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]. 1608 01:23:55,978 --> 01:23:58,858 ♪ MOS DEF: TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME. ♪ 1609 01:23:59,318 --> 01:24:02,491 ♪ FOR YOU OR ME, LIFE IS NOT PROMISED ♪ 1610 01:24:03,368 --> 01:24:05,414 ♪ TOMORROW MAY NEVER SHOW UP ♪ 1611 01:24:06,791 --> 01:24:09,755 ♪ FOR YOU OR ME, THIS LIFE IS NOT PROMISED ♪ 1612 01:24:11,217 --> 01:24:14,932 ♪ I AIN'T NO PERFECT MAN, I'M TRYING TO DO ♪ 1613 01:24:14,932 --> 01:24:18,732 ♪ THE BEST THAT I CAN WITH WHAT IT IS I HAVE ♪ 1614 01:24:19,358 --> 01:24:22,489 ♪ I AIN'T NO PERFECT MAN I'M TRYING TO DO ♪ 1615 01:24:22,489 --> 01:24:26,414 ♪ THE BEST THAT I CAN WITH WHAT IT IS I HAVE ♪ 1616 01:24:28,209 --> 01:24:30,422 ♪ PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT Y'ALL ♪♪ 1617 01:24:31,341 --> 01:24:33,511 THANK YOU BROTHER DAVE. 1618 01:24:33,762 --> 01:24:36,267 ♪ MY UMI SAID SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THE WORLD ♪ 1619 01:24:37,060 --> 01:24:39,815 ♪ SHINE YOUR LIGHT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. ♪ 1620 01:24:40,859 --> 01:24:44,032 ♪ MY UMI SAID SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THE WORLD ♪ 1621 01:24:44,784 --> 01:24:47,373 ♪ SHINE YOUR LIGHT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. ♪ 1622 01:24:47,873 --> 01:24:49,669 ♪ I WANT MY PEOPLE TO BE FREE, ♪ 1623 01:24:49,669 --> 01:24:50,963 ♪ TO BE FREE, TO BE FREE. ♪ 1624 01:24:50,963 --> 01:24:52,841 DAVE: THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN, 1625 01:24:52,841 --> 01:24:56,349 WHO HELPS ME AND EMPOWERS ME TO DO EVERYTHING I DO. 1626 01:24:57,309 --> 01:25:00,524 ELAINE, THANK GOD FOR YOU.