# Chappelle's Show UNCENSORED is available at Wal-Mart? HUH? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543 "2005-06-02T13:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/1 "2005-06-02T13:26:05Z")
You betcha. I was in my local Wal-Mart yesterday and I noticed that they’re selling [Chappelle’s Show UNCENSORED](http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3458255&cat=4096&type=2&dept=4096&path=0%3A4096) DVD’s. Seasons one and two! Wal-Mart’s description of the material: > [@](#): > > Parental Advisory: Explicit Content. 14 Uncensored episodes… \ Is Wal-Mart backsliding on not selling products which conflict with their “family values” position? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/2 "2005-06-02T13:37:24Z")
I guess none of those groups with “family” in the title has seen it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/3 "2005-06-02T13:44:26Z")
Dave Chappelle’s act is much cleaner than a lot of comics in terms of using lewd sexual material. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/4 "2005-06-02T13:48:10Z")
Either that or they realized that Season 1 was the best selling TV show DVD of all time and Season 2 is probalby going to beat that record and they’ve decided that money trumps family values. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/5 "2005-06-02T14:00:53Z")
Wal-Mart won’t sell CDs with explicit lyrical content, but they have no problem selling R-rated movies with explicit material. I bought my two-disc Fight Club DVD at Wal-Mart, and it wasn’t altered in any way, and I’ve even purchased several R-rated movies with all the profanity, violence, and sex from their $5.50 DVD bin. It’s a double-standard between the music and movies, for sure, but at least they aren’t trying to pass off “clean” re-edits of familiar DVDs to the public. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/6 "2005-06-02T15:46:53Z")
That’s interesting. Just knowing that they didn’t sell anything that Ned Flanders wouldn’t buy, we went to Target to pick up \*Team America: World Police \* this weekend. Although I prefer Target anyway, I had no idea I could have gotten it at Walmart along with our groceries. But Walmart lost our money due to the fact that they have that reputation to not sell explicit material. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/7 "2005-06-02T16:03:43Z")
I meant to add to this: > [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > But Walmart lost our money due to the fact that they have that reputation to not sell explicit material. , but I think they’ll be okay without it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/8 "2005-06-02T16:04:56Z")
WM has always sold VHS/DVDs like the Sopranos or any of a multitude of R-rated movies for as long as I can remember. I am suprised that anyone thought differently. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/9 "2005-06-02T16:20:12Z")
Doesn’t Walmart require IDs to purchase R-rated movies? I seem to recall being carded when buying a DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/10 "2005-06-02T16:21:36Z")
I believe Wal-Mart’s position is that they will stock only a censored version of a particular work _if that work is available in both censored and non-censored versions_. Since 99% of movies are only released in their original cut, this is not an issue Wal-Mart has to deal with very often. The question here is if Chappelle’s Show is available in a censored version or not. A quick [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) search seems to indicate that the uncensored version is the only one out there. Therefore, it’s the one Wal-Mart will sell. Still, I’m sure _Chappelle Uncensored_ is making the Baby Sam Walton cry. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/11 "2005-06-02T16:24:39Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > WM has always sold VHS/DVDs like the Sopranos or any of a multitude of R-rated movies for as long as I can remember. I am suprised that anyone thought differently. R-rated is one thing. Unrated is another. I couldn’t find “Bad(der) Santa” at Walmart and then remembered that they don’t sell explicit material. It wasn’t that we couldn’t find it because it was sold out–they didn’t sell it at all. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/12 "2005-06-02T17:27:40Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Either that or they realized that Season 1 was the best selling TV show DVD of all time and Season 2 is probalby going to beat that record and they’ve decided that money trumps family values. I’m shocked, _shocked_! to find this sort of thing going on in my economic system! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/13 "2005-06-03T04:33:29Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/14 "2005-06-03T14:15:38Z")
Our WM does have Bad(der) Santa, but doesn’t carry the totally uncensored Team America. We’ve also had A Clockwork Orange and Last Tango In Paris. We also have (or have had) all the Jay & Silent Bob films, extended versions. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chappelles-show-uncensored-is-available-at-wal-mart-huh/306543/15 "2005-06-03T15:16:38Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > … Last Tango In Paris… I used to like _ButterFinger_ candy bars 'til I saw that movie.