Dave Chappelle
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Can I tell it?
Tell it slowly.
I have so many questions.
It feels dumb talking about myself around y'all, but I'll try.
Okay, the single most impactful thing that I've ever seen
I was maybe 19 years old.
I opened for Richard Pryor at Newark Symphony Hall.
And I got there early.
And I met Mr. Pryor before the show.
And I could see, like I was eyeballing him, that he wasn't feeling well.
And by this time, everyone knew he had MS and all that.
I just don't know what MS does to people.
But I knew that whatever it does, it was doing it.
And so I say to myself, you know what?
I want to do good, but let me just take it easy because it's like a legend.
So I just did the housekeeping job.
I got the crowd good and warm.
And they didn't want to see me anyway.
They wanted to see him.
And then I go and I get off the stage.