# Chappelle Show coming back, sort of.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelle-show-coming-back-sort-of/334274 "2005-12-06T00:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelle-show-coming-back-sort-of/334274/1 "2005-12-06T00:48:21Z")

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> The wildly popular comedian, who last spring walked off his show just weeks before its season premiere, will be on view in four episodes’ worth of sketches he filmed before his startling exit, the network announced Monday.
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> The four half-hours of “Chappelle’s Show” will premiere in weekly airings next April, May or June, the network said.
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> A 2 1/2-minute preview of this never-before-seen footage will be included in “Comedy Central’s Last Laugh '05” special, which premieres Sunday, 9 p.m. EST.

[Source](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/05/tv.chappelle.returns.ap/index.html)

I can’t wait…

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelle-show-coming-back-sort-of/334274/2 "2005-12-06T00:51:52Z")

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Making this the “Free as a Bird” of comedy.