"Chappelle's Show" Episode #1.1 (2003)

User Rating:

9.6/10   

Directors:

Andre Allen
Rusty Cundieff

Writers:

Neal Brennan (creator)
Neal Brennan (writer)

TV Series:

"Chappelle's Show" (2003)

Original Air Date:

22 January 2003 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Surreal | Catch Phrase | Masturbation | False Advertisement | Profanity

Cast

Dave Chappelle	...	Himself - Host / Various
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Bogert	...	Kent Wallace
Linda Rivera Bradt
Neal Brennan	...	Audience Member in Klan Meeting
Tim Brennan	...	Hip-Hop Fan
Sophina Brown	...	Wife
Jane Cronin	...	Bridgett Wexler
Guillermo Díaz	...	Popcopy Employee
Brian Dykstra	...	Jasper
Doug Hurley	...	Clan Member
Erin Keefer
Marty McDonough	...	White Supremacist (as J.M. 'Marty' McDonough)
Michael Rapaport	...	Popcopy Employee
Rudy Rush	...	Announcer (voice)
Markuann Smith	...	Coffe shop patron
Erin Stutland	...	Pop-Locking Girl
Dominique Whitten	...	Popcopy Employee

Trivia:

The character of Clayton Bigsby was inspired by Dave Chappelle's maternal grandfather. He was a blind Caucasian who was abandoned as a baby and raised by African-Americans. So because of his upbringing and his inability to see himself, he considered himself African-American.

Quotes:

Clayton Bigsby: WHITE POWER!
Clayton Bigsby: Everybody, I have alot of things to discuss, mainly nigras!
Clayton Bigsby: America's at war with Al-Canada!
Clayton Bigsby: But we're still losing the war against AAAAAALLLLLLL... SHARPTON!
Kent Wallace: The Asian community was a target as well.
Clayton Bigsby: Let's talk about Chinese people! With their kung-fu and their silly ching-chang-chong talk! We can't understand you! Go back to yer country! White power!
Kent Wallace: Mr. Bigsby was also critical of the entertainment industry.
Clayton Bigsby: Don't let the liberal media tell you how to think and feel! If you have hate in your heart let it out!
Clayton Bigsby: If you don't like "Will & Grace", don't mean there's something wrong with you! Means there's something wrong with Will; he's a homosexual!
Kent Wallace: Politicans weren't spared either.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Frontline" (1983)