Dave Chappelle

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986 appearances 6 recordings 5 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 6 May

Dave Chappelle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I don't think a lot of comedians would be that serious.

But Richard Pryor was a great actor because he was vulnerable.

Cat Williams is a guy, every time I see him act, I'm like, man, he should do that more because he's great at it, surprisingly great at it.

And he never studied a day in his life.

I don't know how he knows how to do that.

I went to school.

I have read books and I can do it like, you know, but some people can, it's like music.

Some people can just play.

I don't know how.

Well, I do.

I think I'm more vulnerable on stage than most comedians.

You know, I'll say anything when people feel like they can't say anything, which is a vulnerable position to put myself in.

But some jokes, it's like, I just want to see if it works.

I don't want to not try.

And I think that I've

over the years cultivated an audience that's more forgiving than most people's, than a casual comedy observer would be.

These people I think almost come to experience the danger because the audience is also vulnerable if you're taking it out of bounds.

Yeah, I don't know.

I was just gone for two weeks.

I think at that time, it was the idea that the money, comedians weren't getting $50 million checks that I had heard of.

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