- you know what? that looks like fire! - comedy without black people would be like the nba without black players. (kevin screaming) - your biggest, biggest superstars in comedy have been black. (eddie yelling) - just genius and hilarious. - yeah, i said it. (audience cheering) - the chappelle show redefined sketch comedy. - i m rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - in living color set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don t think so. homie don t play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don t like to talk about the races, because i m white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it s harder being gay than i
but then being like, damn, that s true. you know what i mean? - i didn t know he was taking me to the ghetto at first. i started looking out the window. i was like, what the (beep)? gun store, gun store, liquor stor, gun store. where the (beep) are you taking me? - three years after that, dave chappelle teamed up with comedy central, bam! dave chappelle show. - yes, they deserve to die and i hope they burn in hell! (audience laughing) - the chappelle show redefines sketch comedy. it brought in living color back to the fore, but it even took it further. - i always wanted to say this, for shizzle. (audience laughing) - it passed boundaries that you thought were, woo, we can t touch. a blind, black kkk member? - don t be afraid! i feel the light. (audience laughing) - [desus] chappelle was an amazing show. - he was like so on it with the commentary, but still hard funny, which which is hard to do, man, to toe that line. - mm-hmm. - what black man don t have some bloody gloves
gun store, gun store, liquor stor, gun store. where the (beep) are you taking me? - three years after that, dave chappelle teamed up with comedy central, bam! dave chappelle show. - yes, they deserve to die and i hope they burn in hell! (audience laughing) - the chappelle show redefines sketch comedy. it brought in living color back to the fore, but it even took it further. - i always wanted to say this, for shizzle. (audience laughing) - it passed boundaries that you thought were, woo, we can t touch. a blind, black kkk member? - don t be afraid! i feel the light. (audience laughing) - [desus] chappelle was an amazing show. - he was like so on it with the commentary, but still hard funny, which which is hard to do, man, to toe that line. - mm-hmm. - what black man don t have some bloody gloves on his property? nigga, i got one right here. that don t mean i did anything. (audience laughing) - he s willing to tell it like it is
because you were seeing something that you d never seen before, harvey, cedric, bernie, and d.l., you talking about four heavyweights. - i said, where you going? he said, to get some milk and cookies. (audience laughing) he said it so funny, i wanted to hear it again. i said, get some what? he said, some milk and cookies. (audience laughing) - so at the same time, this happens in 2000, over on hbo, dave chappelle does killin them softly. - oscar, you are so mean. isn t he, kids? - he talks about race, you know, poverty, stuff like that. - he s like, bitch! i live in a (beep) trash can! (audience laughing) i m the poorest mother (beep) on sesame street. - you would catch yourself gut-busting laughing, but then being like, damn, that s true. you know what i mean? - i didn t know he was taking me to the ghetto at first. i started looking out the window. i was like, what the (beep)? gun store, gun store, liquor stor, gun store. where the (beep) are you taking me? - three