# Dave Chappelle says, "Later, bitches." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489 "2005-08-03T22:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/1 "2005-08-03T22:44:54Z")
[CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/03/tv.chappelle.sshow.ap/index.html) Ah, well. You made us laugh our asses off for two seasons, Dave. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/2 "2005-08-03T22:48:55Z")
I’m sad. Alas, they may as well go out on top. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/3 "2005-08-03T22:53:47Z")
Actually, Charlie Murphy said the show is over, not Dave Chappelle. While he may be right, I’m waiting to hear it from Comedy Central, or Chappelle himself. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/4 "2005-08-03T22:54:00Z")
I don’t believe this- not b/c I really wanted season 3, but b/c Chappelle was supposed to get 50 million in a matter of years, right?! Well, he did get 15 million from dvd sales didn’t he? [Forbes.com](http://Forbes.com) said so I think… ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/5 "2005-08-03T22:55:14Z")
I mean he’s a not-very-well known actor who got paid 1 million for season 1. What about his 50 million?! What about it? I WANT HIM TO HAVE 50 MILLION DOLLARS. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/6 "2005-08-04T00:50:54Z")
I’ve accepted many things at face value: that Michael Jackson may not be guilty, that Martin Luther King was no saint, that Mr. T was never really a badass, that Tupac and Biggie Smalls faked their deaths to fight crime across America, that pimpin’ really ain’t easy. But This I Refuse To Believe. La la la la la la la la la la la la I can’t heeeeear youuuuu la la la la la la la la. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/7 "2005-08-04T00:55:23Z")
Forget the money. What about the episodes that were all but done for season 3? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/8 "2005-08-04T00:56:08Z")
> [@brickbacon](#): > > Actually, Charlie Murphy said the show is over, not Dave Chappelle. While he may be right, I’m waiting to hear it from Comedy Central, or Chappelle himself. Just what I was thinking. Charlie Murphy is a lot of things, but a reliable news source? I don’t know. Not after his stories about Prince and Rick James. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mza662](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mza662](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mza662)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/9 "2005-08-04T01:06:54Z")
Let’s hope this isn’t the case, but more so hope that Dave gets his life sorted out while he’s away. Must have had a lot of pressure on him to go and get away like he’s done. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/10 "2005-08-04T01:07:37Z")
Yeah, I mean _part of the season is completed already_ and 50 MILLION DOLLARS Can you do math? The two add up… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/11 "2005-08-04T01:16:10Z")
> [@mza662](#): > > Let’s hope this isn’t the case, but more so hope that Dave gets his life sorted out while he’s away. Must have had a lot of pressure on him to go and get away like he’s done. What amuses me is that he went to South Africa. I know Apartheid is officially over and done with, but of all the world’s vacation spots SA doesn’t exactly strike me as a good place to trek. Maybe there are facts I’m missing. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/12 "2005-08-04T01:19:49Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > What amuses me is that he went to South Africa. I know Apartheid is officially over and done with, but of all the world’s vacation spots SA doesn’t exactly strike me as a good place to trek. > > Maybe there are facts I’m missing. If you have money, and I think we can assume that Dave has money, SA has some incredible places to hang. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/13 "2005-08-04T01:30:17Z")
Four thumbs down! ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/14 "2005-08-04T01:30:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > What amuses me is that he went to South Africa. I know Apartheid is officially over and done with, but of all the world’s vacation spots SA doesn’t exactly strike me as a good place to trek. > > Maybe there are facts I’m missing. In the TIME magazine article that came out a while ago, Dave explained that a Muslim friend of his lives there and he was staying with him. As he explains it, it wasn’t a vacation as much as a spiritual retreat. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/15 "2005-08-04T02:29:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > What amuses me is that he went to South Africa. I know Apartheid is officially over and done with, but of all the world’s vacation spots SA doesn’t exactly strike me as a good place to trek. Wasn’t he in a drug treatment center there? Maybe it had a really good reputation, or he knew one of the doctors. Boo to this news! Also, what about those season three episodes? I have to believe they’ll come out in some form eventually, Comedy Central would be an idiot not to show them. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/16 "2005-08-04T02:43:04Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > Wasn’t he in a drug treatment center there? Maybe it had a really good reputation, or he knew one of the doctors. > > Boo to this news! Also, what about those season three episodes? I have to believe they’ll come out in some form eventually, Comedy Central would be an idiot not to show them. He swears it wasn’t drug-related. It’s possible the sketches already completed will be released directly to DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/17 "2005-08-04T03:03:17Z")
Yeah, $50 million is a lot of money, but if he needed to stop, I respect him for doing so rather than phoning it in. I don’t know what was going on with him, but it must have been pretty bad, so I’m glad he was able to do the right thing for himself. That said, I hope he feels better soon and makes many more seasons of _Chappelle’s Show_. I’ll miss his show. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/18 "2005-08-04T03:08:26Z")
I’m relieved. I expected this thread to detail the news of Dave’s death. While he’s alive, there’s always the chance of more Dave, in some manner or other. Oh, _there’s_ the silver lining! ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/19 "2005-08-04T03:42:45Z")
Maybe the pressure just got to him? Seems like a very human reaction to me. He created some great shows so perhaps he just needs a break. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489/20 "2005-08-04T04:36:38Z")
It could be a complete swerve, too. But it’s all pretty elaborate for a big hoax. If it’s really over I’ll be very disappointed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-says-later-bitches/315489.md?page=2)