Chappelle's Show Season 3 and dvd of Season 2 delayed

**Hot Like Wasabi** · 21 Dec 2004, 05:33 PM

The upcoming third season of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show is apparently only half-baked.

Work on the hugely anticipated new season of Dave Chappelle's sketch show is behind schedule due to its 31-year-old ringleader's illness and lack of new material from his writing staff, according to the New York Post.

The new season was supposed to premiere Feb. 16. It will now begin airing sometime in late April or May, per the Post.

"Dave--and his entire production crew for that matter--got a bit of a late start on writing season three," network spokeman Tony Fox told the newspaper.

Chappelle has reportedly been laid up with a nasty flu bug, adding to delays brought on by the lack of written material so far for season three. The Emmy-nominated comedy is currently on hiatus for the holidays and will resume production in January.

Last week, Paramount pushed back the season 2 DVD release--which had been slated to hit stores Feb. 8 to coincide with the new TV season--presumably due to the production slowdown. No new release date for the DVD has been set yet.

There was no immediate comment Monday from Comedy Central or Chappelle's publicist.

Since the offbeat sketch show debuted in January 2003, it has steadily built a large following. By the end of season two, the half-hour show was often pulling in more than 3 million viewers. The DVD release of season one currently ranks as the all-time top-selling TV show on DVD.

In August, Chappelle reupped with Comedy Central in a massive two-year deal, valued at $50 million by the Hollywood Reporter. The deal also set a new Industry precedent--reportedly giving the funnyman a large cut of backend DVD sales.

In addition to his gig at Comedy Central, Chappelle had been working on a book for Hyperion. No word on the book's status; there's also no word on the rumored movie deal with Paramount for Chappelle to portray Rick James in a biopic.

Prior to work on his new TV season, Chappelle had been overseeing a feature film/DVD project combining sketch comedy with footage from a Brooklyn block party filmed in September that featured a reunited Fugees. A 10-person crew, directed by Michel Gondry, captured the Chappelle-conceived event.

This totally sucks but I just hope when season 3 hits that it can top season 2.

**cka** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:05 PM

I'm sure it will. I don't know if I heard it here or abroad, but apparently Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories is making a return with a story about Eddie Murphy, and Eddie himself is supposed to be in it.

**maruchan** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by cka

I'm sure it will. I don't know if I heard it here or abroad, but apparently Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories is making a return with a story about Eddie Murphy, and Eddie himself is supposed to be in it.

Thats going to be awesome if its true..

**cka** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:12 PM

Yes, yes it will. 80s Eddie = comedy GOLD.

**Hubbitron** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:21 PM

this is no longer about dave chapelle.

**maruchan** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by cka

Yes, yes it will. 80s Eddie = comedy GOLD.

I was watching conan i belive, and Jimmie Foxx was telling a story about rick James, that sounded almost exactly like one told on chapelle. Jimme fox said he had a party, and Rick James jumped on one of his beds, and broke it. Then he said that Rick James said like your a rich you can buy a new one. I wonder if its true..

**Roufuss** · 21 Dec 2004, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by cka

I'm sure it will. I don't know if I heard it here or abroad, but apparently Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories is making a return with a story about Eddie Murphy, and Eddie himself is supposed to be in it.

I posted about that, it was in a magazine I was reading.