Newer PostOlder PostT U E S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 0 6Dave Chappelle Loves OhioHye, maybe he can do something about their screwed up elections.Anyway, Chappelle introduced some musical acts and told jokes at aconcert in Yellow Springs, Ohio.</p><p> He's had a home there for years (infact, a good chunk of Dave Chappelle's Block Party was filmed there)but when Chappelle says he loves the town and is staying put, this ispicked up by the traditional media as some sort of new development.And now that time has passed, I have to say I feel a little more empathyfor Chappelle about the demise of his show.</p><p> Not in how he handled it orjust disappeared without even phoning his WIFE until he was in Africa,not in his annoying "white people were laughing too much at my jokes"excuses, none of that.</p><p> But seeing the truly lame, bottom of the barrelscraps that Comedy central put on the air, and watching Chappelle'sold buddies feed off the carcass of those scraps for a few more bucksand few more minutes of fame, I felt angry at them too.</p><p> That junkshould never have seen the light of day.</p><p> Chappelle was right about onething: the new season wasn't going to measure up and he needed topull the plug.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 2:05 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Dave Chappelle Loves Ohiohttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/09/dave-chappelle-loves-o... 1 of 37/28/09 7:05 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SAaronMichael in New YorkBiboy POPSURFING.COM: Dave Chappelle Loves Ohiohttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/09/dave-chappelle-loves-o... 2 of 37/28/09 7:05 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Dave Chappelle Loves Ohiohttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/09/dave-chappelle-loves-o... 3 of 37/28/09 7:05 PM
