EPISODE
SEASON
Chappelles Show - Season 1
This comedy follows Dave Chappelle, a well known comedian, who hosts the show and speaks about many issues of race, ethnicity, and many other issues in life in such a comedy way. The first season begins with Dave gives advices about how to order the home stenographer.
1 June 1977, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 May 1994, Willingboro, New Jersey, USA
14 June 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 March 1978, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
8 July 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 March 1951, Newburgh, New York, USA
18 May 1950, Portland, Maine, USA
20 October 1956, Yonkers, New York, USA
September 04, 2018
At its best, the show is outrageous and hilarious at once...We're willing to tolerate some inconsistency if Chappelle can resist the temptation to congratulate himself on his controversial material.
July 16, 2018
Like his idol, Richard Pryor, Chappelle uses his comedy to tackle issues of race, particularly the relationships between black and white people in America.
July 16, 2018
He successfully walks a fine line, being punchy without offending.
December 20, 2019
These sketches are freaking hilarious. Absolutely funny, funny stuff.
July 16, 2018
Chappelle's genius is that he's able to mine the current, the political, the seamy, the gross and -- best of all -- the taboo for humor. In doing so, he makes viewers think.
December 20, 2019
A prankster with a mile-wide grin, Dave Chappelle knows no bounds when it comes to machine-gunned ridicule.
July 16, 2018
From the opening spoof on the Mitsubishi Eclipse commercials to the final Learning Channel special "Trading Spouses," Season One is full of fantastic routines.
December 20, 2019
The quick sketches, parodies and one-liners of Chappelle's Show fit him like a glove.
January 23, 2019
It's premature to dismiss Chappelle's Show after one subpar episode, it's worth a second chance on the host's cred alone - assuming the same problems don't persist.
September 04, 2018
What fuels this spotty but often funny sketch-comedy series is a kind of laid-back indignation, a refusal to believe that ignoring racial differences will make anyone's life better.
July 16, 2018
Like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and dozens of other comedians before him, Chappelle is incredibly interested in the contextual power of words.