One of the greatest sketch shows in history has just made its ten year anniversary today. Exactly 10en years ago today, Chappelle's Show made it's premier on Comedy Central. Time sure goes by quickly, don't it? I actually remember the adds for the series premier, the Mitsubishi car commercial parody with the chick dancin. Of course the first episode is best remembered for the "Black-White Supremacy" sketch. I can remember the next day at school (as a tenth grader) telling people about the show. I remember only me and a couple of friends knew about it. Hell, it wasn't until the second season that Chappelle's Show really took off! That's when even teachers were quoting his shit.


Before Chappelle's Show premiered, I only knew of Dave from the Nutty Professor and Half Baked. I don't think I'd even knew he was a stand-up comic. I seen the commercial and thought to my self "Hey, that's the funny comedian dude from the Nutty Professor" and gave it a shot.


Dave wasn't even a household name then. He had just been in "Undercover Brother" with Eddie Griffin, his biggest role besides Half Baked which wasn't huge. This was actually like his 6th show on the air, one show "Buddys" from the mid-90s lasted half a season.


What most don't even remember, Chappelle's Show wasn't the only sketch comedy on the air at that time. Cedric the Entertainer's show Cedric the Entertainer Presents ... debuted that previous fall on Fox to rave reviews (but canceled) MTV even gave Snoop a short lived show Doggy Fizzle-Televizzle. There was some weak sketch show on NBC I think Kelsey Grammer was involved in.


SHOW YOUR RESPECTS TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SKETCH SHOWS IN THE HISTORY OF SKETCH SHOWS.

Along with:
The Red Skelton Show
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
The Flip Wilson Show
The Carroll Burnett Show
Saturday Night Live
The Richard Pryor Show
SCTV
Kids in the Hall
In Living Color
Mr. Show with Bob and Dave

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A Battle for the Best Chappelle's Show Sketch Ever

Sixty-four sketches. One winner. Ten years later, we determine the champ.

I'm not sure if it's the best show, or the funniest show, or the smartest show, or even the bravest show, but I do know that Chappelle's Show is hands down, without a close second, the most important show of my life. Since its debut on January 22, 2003, it became one of the few television shows that I watched every week, in real time, the night it aired. There are two reasons for this: (1) It was revolutionary, and (2) it was unacceptable to show up to high school the next day without knowing all the material from the previous night's episode. Social suicide, the kids still call it. And since the show went off the air in 2006, my weekly intake has only slightly decreased.

There's nothing I'd call myself an "expert" in, but for all intents and purposes, I have a PhD in "Ashy Larry" from the accredited institution of higher learning known as David Khari Webber Chappelle. For that reason, I feel confident in my abilities to carry this out in the most professionally passionate way possible.

The 11 Rules

1. The 64 entries are sketches, not full episodes.
2. What's subjective? Inclusion in the field of 64. Feel free to complain.
3. What's objective? Seedings, which are based on views on comedycentral.com. No complaints allowed.
4. If a long sketch ("Rick James," "The Mad Real World," etc.) is split into multiple clips on comedycentral.com, the views were summed.
5. Recurring segments ("Negrodamus," "Ask a Black Guy," "Lil Jon") are treated as separate entries.
6. Sketches that had multiple parts airing at different points of the same episode ("Piss on You," "Reparations 2003," "Pixies," etc.) are treated as one sketch, and the views of their separate parts were summed.
7. End-of-episode musical performances, while extremely important, are not included in this contest. But watch this. Never forget.
8. There is a noticeable bias, by way of views, toward newer clips (Season 3), which is unfortunate because that's Chappelle's worst. But know that that doesn't really matter, because seedings are almost irrelevant.
9. A win = what I feel is the best sketch. Nothing more, nothing less.
10. If you are disgusted by hyperbole, now would be a good time to leave.
11. If you are not well versed in Chappelle, stop now. This isn't amateur hour. Consider this bracketology's FINAL BOSS.

The Five That Just Missed the Cut

1. Redman Potty Fresh
2. Great Moments in Hookup History: Smashley Evans
3. Dude's Night Out
4. Def Comedy Poetry
5. Marijuana PSA Commercial

Man I miss his show. Nothing like it...

noimageatall said:

Man I miss his show. Nothing like it...

Hell yes! It's been 10 years already? Damn, time flies.

What a great comedian. Too bad Rick James and the limelight ruined is comedy

god, i miss that show...

my faves:

clayton bigsby has to be top 5.

hollywood stories with prince and with rick james need to be way up there.

"the niggars" is way up there

samuel jackson beer is way up

negrodamus with the wayne brady question and the wayne brady response sketch need to be way up there.

Man i feel old! i was in middle school when this came on and it was all the rage.

My favorites had to be

The black and blind white suprimicist

The ''N'' Word family.

Any sketch with Paul Mooney

Hollywood stories Rick James & Prince

the Cribs episode "falloff:

Wacdonalds

Samuel Jackson beer

oh and i just remembered the Black Bush skit! ''Oil? who said something about oil? bitch you cookin?''

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IMO The Rick James skit has to be the most influential comedy sketch of the 00's.

You could not escape people quoting lines from it hell you still can't

cborgman said:

samuel jackson beer is way up

I forgot all about that skit.

This was one show that had me dying laughing the whole 30 minutes and wanting more every single week. Can't say that there is anything like it on air today.

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Gunsnhalen said:

IMO The Rick James skit has to be the most influential comedy sketch of the 00's.

You could not escape people quoting lines from it hell you still can't

Have you seen Dave's For What It's Worth? There's this one joke that he says he went to Disney world with his kids and everybody that passed them said "I'm Rick James Bitch" and according to the joke even Micket Mouse

missfee said:

cborgman said:

samuel jackson beer is way up

I forgot all about that skit.

This was one show that had me dying laughing the whole 30 minutes and wanting more every single week. Can't say that there is anything like it on air today.

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This show made me cry I laughed so hard. Even if I'd already seen the sketch four or five times. Those real Hollywood stories with Charlie Murphy made my stomach hurt I laughed so hard. Charlie's deadpan storytelling..especially about Rick & Prince still make me cry even though I know the endings. GAME! BLOUSES!

I have all the seasons on DVD.

My favs are

*The sketch when Ashy Larry blew on the dice and dust came out his mouth.

*When they were pimps at the Player's Ball and showed a picture of of Rosie O'Donnell and the said she were draws with a dick hole in them

*The sketch with Wayne Brady was a drug dealer.

*Crack head Tyronne Biggums.

*Lil Jon pleaing the "fif".

Damn, I miss that show!!!!!!

debbiedean2 said:

My favs are

*The sketch when Ashy Larry blew on the dice and dust came out his mouth.

*When they were pimps at the Player's Ball and showed a picture of of Rosie O'Donnell and the said she were draws with a dick hole in them

*The sketch with Wayne Brady was a drug dealer.

*Crack head Tyronne Biggums.

*Lil Jon pleaing the "fif".

Damn, I miss that show!!!!!!

^^ u named a lotta good ones

debbiedean2 said:

My favs are

*The sketch when Ashy Larry blew on the dice and dust came out his mouth.

*When they were pimps at the Player's Ball and showed a picture of of Rosie O'Donnell and the said she were draws with a dick hole in them

*The sketch with Wayne Brady was a drug dealer.

*Crack head Tyronne Biggums.

*Lil Jon pleaing the "fif".

Damn, I miss that show!!!!!!

When Wayne Brady was acting a fool and Dave was telling the hoes "Run bitch run!!!" I died laughing!!! That was one of the most hilarious episodes ever! "So I make Brian Gumble look like Malcolm X, huh motherfucker?".

"Dave Gets Oprah Pregnant"

http://www.comedycentral....h-pregnant

SlickNuts said:

I still get on YouTube and watch the RickJames pisode from time to time. The funniest damn thing ever. He was a habitual line stepper.

Donnell Raelings was very underratd on the show too.

"The meanest burger in the world, can be the leanest burger in the world, if you cook it that way ... I gotta stop smoking this shit"

I brought some brownies "Do it have weed in em"

"Oh shit it's Wayne Brady"

"It's James, the nigher hattin' Dolphin"

"We stabbin people wit butter knives, bangin' chicks with no rubbers."