Who wouldn't be pumped to talk to Dave Chappelle? The guy is hysterical. When the opportunity presented itself to interview the man behind the genius - Half Baked and Comedy Central's new Chappelle's Show - I bragged to every guy I knew would overflow with jealousy. I'm the man.
Only problem is, after talking to the stoner for a little over a half hour, I hung up our conference call bored out of my mind. I looked at a friend who had joined me in the Recess office and asked in utter shock, "How could a man so funny on television be so boring on the phone?"
Perhaps he was too high for his lips to function or to omit the 834 "yeah", "man" and "yeah man"s that plagued our conversation. Or maybe after two previous conference calls with college journalists around the country, the man was just plain spent. Sorry to disappoint, ladies and gents, but Dave disappointed me, too.
So, instead of running the whole interview, we'll give you the very best of what Mr. Chappelle had to say:
What is your attitude toward those who get offended by racial issues on your show?
When we're writing it, it's a black dude and a white dude sitting at the typewriter together. It's like racial harmony - we like comedy to offend everybody.
How much weed goes into your comedy?
If I was on stage and there were no stoned people, I wouldn't tell a weed joke. The show is written on a weed-frequency. Certain jokes are just gonna be funnier in that state of mind.
You talk about breasts a lot on your show. What do women have to say about it?
I know some diehard feminists, man, and they aren't mad at this stuff. Women have breasts and men like breasts. I didn't create it.
There you have it. A hilarious comedian and one of the worst interviews ever. Watch the show, laugh out loud and hope his home phone number never shows up on your caller ID.
- Kim Roller
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