# Dave Chappelle- MIA ???

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 5, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-mia/302489 "2005-05-05T03:12:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-mia/302489/1 "2005-05-05T03:12:41Z")

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Apparently, production of the Chappelle Show is [postponed.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050504/en_tv_eo/16484_1115248187)

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> In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Comedy Central announced that the highly anticipated third season of Dave Chappelle’s will not make its May 31 premiere date.
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> “Comedy Central has suspended production on the third season of Chappelle’s Show until further notice,” network spokesman Tony Fox said in a brief statement. “All parties are optimistic that production will resume in the near future.”
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> No official reason was given for the shutdown, but sources told E! News that Chappelle has been MIA from the set for weeks

First the Fat Boys break up now this. I was really, really looking forward to his show coming back on.

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**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-mia/302489/2 "2005-05-05T04:37:09Z")

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He’s from the streets , bitch!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-mia/302489/3 "2005-05-05T04:47:00Z")

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Hmm. I’m reading about this more, and it sounds like the problem is money. (That’s the most surprising thing you’ve heard this year, I know.) The season 1 DVD of the show made a small mint for Comedy Central, but Chapelle and co. feel they only got enough of that money to but a small amount of mints. Between that and trying to top their earlier stuff I guess problems are just popping up from everywhere for this show.