Dave Chappelle Apparently Tricked “Saturday Night Live” Staff By Performing A “Fake” Monologue In The Dress Rehearsal Before Revealing New Antisemitic Material Live On Air
Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend and was unable to escape controversy.
If you’ve been online in the past few days, you might have read some of the backlash surrounding Chappelle’s SNL appearance, but if not, here’s why people are upset.
First, it’s important to note that the comedian’s hosting gig was shrouded in controversy even before he took to the stage, with reports surfacing late last week suggesting that a number of SNL writers were furious that he’d been selected to host.
“They’re not going to do the show,” an insider told Page Six last week, referring to a number of writers. A representative for Chapelle has since denied this, stating that there was “no evidence of a boycott.”
The alleged disapproval was thought to be centered on the fact that Chappelle came under fire earlier this year for making anti-trans and anti-gay jokes in his Netflix comedy special The Closer.
Nonetheless, the show went ahead as planned, marking Chappelle’s third time as host.
As is standard, he kicked off the show with a monologue. Spanning more than 15 minutes — three times longer than the average five minutes — Chapelle’s lengthy opener touched upon a number of topical issues — namely Kanye West’s recent antisemitic comments.
“I wanted to read a statement I prepared,” he began. “I renounce antisemitism in all its forms and stand with my friends in the Jewish community. And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.”
Chappelle made a number of jokes about the Jewish community, saying at one point: “If they’re Black it’s a gang. If they’re Italian it’s a mob. But if they’re Jewish it’s a coincidence and you should never speak about it.”
Later in the segment, he brought up an antisemitic trope about the number of Jewish people in Hollywood — rhetoric that Ye has recently perpetuated — claiming that they “run” the media industry. Discussing this, Chappelle appeared not to condemn Ye’s comments but simply suggest that he shouldn’t have voiced them.
“I’ve been to Hollywood … it’s a lot of Jews. Like, a lot,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean anything. There’s a lot of Black people in Ferguson, Missouri. Doesn’t mean they run the place.”
He added: “I can see if you had some type of issue, you might go out to Hollywood and start connecting some kind of lines and you could maybe adopt the delusion that Jews run show business. It’s not a crazy thing to think. But it’s a crazy thing to say out loud in a climate like this.”
Soon after the show aired, writer Adam Feldman was among the first to criticize the performance on Twitter, suggesting that Chappelle’s comments “probably did more to normalize antisemitism than anything Kanye said.”
In response, fellow writer Mark Harris echoed the disapproval, saying it wasn’t “brave or edgy” for Chappelle to make jokes about the Jewish community, going on to argue that his approach may even appeal to antisemites.
Chappelle’s monologue even prompted a statement from Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who wrote on Twitter that it was “disturbing” to see SNL “normalize” antisemitic remarks.
“We shouldn’t expect @DaveChappelle to serve as society’s moral compass, but disturbing to see @nbcsnl not just normalize but popularize #antisemitism. Why are Jewish sensitivities denied or diminished at almost every turn? Why does our trauma trigger applause?” he wrote.
As it currently stands, neither SNL nor Chappelle has formally addressed the backlash.
And now, it seems that Chappelle may have gone out of his way to prevent the show’s execs from pulling the plug on his controversial monologue, with brand-new reports claiming that he switched it out for an alternative performance during the dress rehearsal.
According to Page Six, Chappelle opted to show a “fake” monologue during the dress run because he didn’t want SNL boss Lorne Michaels, or any other staff, “to know what his real monologue is.”
The insider didn’t go into more detail, though the insight suggests that the first time any of the SNL staff heard Chappelle’s actual monologue was live on air.
On top of this, the SNL source claimed that Chappelle made a reference to the supposed writers’ boycott in the dress rehearsal, apparently joking about a specific staff member who had objected to him hosting.
This allegedly “caused tensions to flare” on set, though the joke did not make it into the live show.
BuzzFeed News has reached out to representatives for Saturday Night Live and Dave Chappelle for comment.
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I have only 2 autographed celebrity photos hanging on my office wall. One is the great Teddy Ballgame (an iconoclast) the other is George Carlin. Carlin was like an older brother whispering in my ear: Forget all that bulllshit they told you. Here’s the deal… He helped me wake up.
Now, I will add Dave Chappelle to the wall of honor.
take a look at owen benjamins take on the mono and you may change your opinion
I really don’t know squat about him. If you have a link please send it.
Watch it. You dont need someone elses opinion. You have your own.
Anonymous Conservative made a comment yesterday about this….
Dave Chappelle performed a ‘FAKE’ Saturday Night Live monologue in rehearsal before unveiling new version on air. People have still not seen Kanye, and it is like ten days he has disappeared now. It will not be surprising if when he returns, he looks like a slightly different person. Probably will take time to find a good lookalike.
Typical Boomer take. AC is still waiting around for Q.
Auntie is quite sure Dave Chapelle will be making a special “public service announcement” for the ADL quite soon (after this display of being off the plantation, IYKWIM.)
Still, it is refreshing to hear some shit stirring via rayssiss commentary lite vis-a-vis the Hebraic powr component of Murkin society.
He will be forced to do a grovel tour in Israel with Rabbi Benny a la’ Garbley Fark Peterson.
Makes me wonder if i forget writes Garbley Fark’s material. Hell, i forget may be be Garbley Fark for all we know.
https://odysee.com/@wayoftheworld:7/jordangrovels:8
Weeble doesn’t know anything Flashy. Weeble just wobbles. That rounded bottom function is to auto-Tee it up for the next smack. And that swivel is a lot like grovel.
This, my friends, is what would qualify as gaslighting.
The exact opposite of everything you just read is true.
Let’s start with the basics.
In comedy it takes confidence, material and time to be able to sell a joke. No one who walks onto a stage with a microphone just makes up their act on the spot, not ever. There have been stories told about guys like Robin Williams or Jonathan Winters just winging it on television, but even in those cases they simply went with the moment, using well tested material in a fresh arrangement. The jokes were long ago written and tested and the comic employed them knowing that they worked. He didn’t have the capacity to just wing a fresh 15 minute set off the cuff and you don’t just write jokes in your head and deliver them in a block extemporaneously without having tried out the timing on a live audience first no matter how long you’ve been doing it. I never saw anyone do that in my entire career and that includes guys like Carlin who write circles around guys like Chapelle. Anyone promoting that story is blowing smoke and for a reason. This was their approved set list and he did a very good job delivering despite having to read portions off the teleprompter which you can clearly see at several points during the monologue.
At least six of the jokes in that set were clearly not written by Chappelle- the phrasing, the structure and the subjects were things he has never done before. This is not unexpected, especially on a hosting gig like SNL that features a writing stable of that size. Trump Russia collusion? How timely. And really, that sound like Dave Chappelle to anyone? Of course not.
Dave was brought in specifically to dilute the Ye messaging from the previous week. They miscalculated their response to his comments and were causing themselves far more damage, a kind of ethnic-wide version of the Streisand Effect. By bringing it up in a controlled format, they were able to deflate the tension somewhat and take the attention away from Ye rather than have it linger there where he could at any moment cause even greater harm. Call this a controlled burn. The joke about Jews in Hollywood for example tells you that yes, there are a lot of them in Hollywood, but that they are just like the impoverished blacks in Ferguson being gunned down by white po-po. They exist, but they have no real power. Does anyone believe that? About Hollywood? So it wasn’t really a joke, it was an obfuscation and a misdirection.
Dave appears to be a loose cannon because they tell you he is a loose cannon, but no one is more on the reservation these days than Dave Chappelle. None of his jokes they made a big deal about a few months back were homophobic in the least and he didn’t bash transgenders anymore than Ru Paul does, he used that to get eyeballs for Netflix who paid him a figure that was clearly not in line with what he brought to the table. Why? So they had leverage over him.
Hey Dave, you want the rest of those tens of millions we promised? We need you to do a corporate gig for us. Yes, that’s right, host SNL. It’ll generate some heat, but you’re covered, it’s just for show, no real damage.
Unlike Ye, has Dave lost his Netflix contract over this? Where are the calls from the usual suspects who wrecked Ye a couple of weeks earlier for even less offensive commentary? Crickets.
Do not be fooled by the media, it is a show, not a reality. And if you really and truly offend them, you will never work on a stage in front of an audience again in your career no matter how funny you are.
Can wait for the lolbertz losers to chime in with ‘none of your problems are caused by Big Shekels….reeee”
Oh muh honking noze… Big Shekels has lost the LOLbertz… SHUT IT DOWN!!!
You must kiss muh wall!!!
“The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.”
“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.”
-George Washington’s Farewell Address
It fell on deaf ears.
Doesn’t mean it wasn’t good advice considering where we find ourselves as a nation.
Now that is some Grade A conspiracy theory mind twisting. I’m NOT saying you’re wrong. And I’d bet you’re more right than not. I can’t imagine SNL taking a chance on him winging a monologue.
For me? If I already have, or were on the fence about the JQ, his monologue would have enhanced my conspiracy theory leaning.
I try and keep my comments confined to areas I know something about. You’ll never hear me discuss basketball, NASCAR, Country or Rap genres, gambling, or finance.
But I do know a lot more about comedy than most people and as a result, an awful lot about human behavior, especially crowd dynamics and the power of narratives over their perceptions.
If I am wrong then he will 100% absolutely lose his Netflix deal and be forced to pay the ADL a sum not less than 500K, like Kyrie Irving just did- for far less and just like Ye lose all of endorsements. He will not be able to perform anywhere except an open field on his own property. There would be absolutely zero reason not to give him the same treatment. Unless this was intentional.
Let’s check back in a week and see if it happens.
Like I said, I believe you are more right than wrong. However, his “bit” came across to me in a way that strengthened my opinion on the JQ. I would assume it did for others as well. If this was a way to tamp down discord (and again, it makes sense that is was. I see your logic) toward the little hats, it was a lame attempt. They basically made fun of themselves in a way that strengthens people’s already held opinions. I fail to see how this helped the little hats.
It’s almost like that bit was a way to stuff it down people’s throats and saying “what you gonna do bout it”.
The other topics will survive…barely… But Nascar could use fresh comments from folks of your ilk.
Well it’s been seven days.
We have a winner.
I’m not sure how going off the reservation equates to winging it. Just because he allegedly didn’t stick to pre approved material, doesn’t mean he was winging it. I think the first part was him going off script, and then most the rest was certainly written for him as evidenced by the deep state’s Russian collusion troupe being true. Which is when I rolled my eyes and stopped watching.
Winging it means speaking extemporaneously. Comedy is no more extemporaneous than a Shakespeare play.
Those jokes were written and performed beforehand to multiple audiences to tighten the timing. If he’d had anoother set he snuck in it would mean that he worked it out somewhere. He was in NYC to do the SNL show, the chances of him performing those jokes to another audience in NYC without the knowledge of NBC is zero.
Q.E.D.
Most bits take at least three or four attempts to get right, a dozen to polish it. Remember, standup comedy, unlike any other kind of performance, is dependent upon audience response, it is not a solo act, it’s a call and response. It is possible to get it right the very first time you try something, but that’s the exception, not the rule. With his level and experience I’d say he practiced that set three times minimum. He also had a teleprompter.
Carlin would hone a bit for weeks, night after night until he had it where he felt it was just right. If it didn’t work at all the first couple of shots, it was considered weak and dropped.
Like I said, the gut reaction I had when I heard he was going to be on was that it was to defuse the Ye storyline getting out of hand and it was not only the first joke, but 75% of the set.
The fact that he hasn’t been cancelled is the dog that didn’t bark.
There are no coincidences in show business, the stage is the bit..
Thanks, I’m going to listen to that. I found Chapelle’s bit full of caveats and I think your analysis in reply to GNL is probably correct. I listened to Chapelle’s bit while I did something else or I would have been angry that it was 15 minutes of my life I couldn’t get back.
I will watch this. I can’t help but to repeat that all it did for me was to reinforce my leaning concerning the JQ. I assume it did for others as well.
nice owen?
Who said he ‘winged’ it?
Goat above-
“I’m not sure how going off the reservation equates to winging it.”
Thanks for posting that AP. There was a time when IO didn’t get Owen Benjamin. I thought he was a tad bit off his rocks. Not anymore, his words now resonate with a clarity that surprises me. Anyways his breakdown of the bit in that video is amazing. He is breaking spells for me…
Also saying thanks to AP for the link. The thumbnail Owen Benjamin uses for his Bitchute channel is so terribly juvenile, I laugh every time I see it. I also recall Owen being really butt-hurt about a joke that Chappelle stole from him. He didn’t seem like a steady, well-grounded voice to me. So, I was ignoring a potent voice for superficial reasons. Owen’s play-by-play commentary really resonated with me on many points. I’ll be making more time for Owen’s commentary in the future.
In my opinion, the first joke set the entire mood, for me, that whatever comes after is truth. It’s like an apology that allows you to then say whatever you want. My youngest daughter went through a stage where she would say some crazy insulting thing and then quickly say “Sorry, just kidding”. As if that made whatever she said alright. That’s how I took this whole thing anyway. I took everything he said after that as a truth.
“Magical black man from the big house”. Lol
One of the first things that tyranny tries to censor is humor.
Big Shekels needs to roll out more damage control. #thenoticing is trending.
What do you think of Chappelle’s SNL appearance beginning with the instrumental opening of “Georgia on my Mind”?
I don’t think it was Georgia on my mind, it was Try A Little Tenderness the Otis Redding hit.
Damned close, weren’t they?
listen to the 1st 15 sec. But, I think you’re right. Good catch.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgWBN8yt_E&w=400&h=225%5D
If I could conjure money out of nothing there is a good chance I would own the world.
Can’t conjure money out of (or for nuthin & chicks for free) unless congeries of wannabe conned are ready willing & “able”-waiting on the magic. All those so much sturdier folk who complied with FDR’s cash-for-clunkers-gold “buyback,” for example.
Math wasn’t your strong suit, was it?
Sorry about your face.
Jews don’t just run Hollywood they run the World.
Chappelle is guilty of speaking, SNL used to be funny. Like everything else it’s become a virtue signaling outlet. The problem with that is, that shit isn’t funny. Censorship is antithetical to comedy, everything now is about making a statement of virtue and inclusiveness unless your a heterosexual white, then it’s bombs away. As a heterosexual white I can laugh at myself without being overly offended. Offending someone is part of being funny. without levity, it’s hard to be funny. Comedy is levity:
“levity”- A lack of seriousness, especially when inappropriate.
Censorship is just another tool being used by the Jewish Cabal to destroy the western man. It’s being ingrained in our minds to self censor our thoughts. Levity has been replaced by outrage. Remember the old saying? it’s just a joke.
Today, PJ O’Rourke would have been sent to prison for hate crime for writing Foreigners Around the World. Back then we all had a great laugh at this racial satire.
But this is OK apparently:
Own worst enemy. Fucking disgusting cvnt.
https://rumble.com/v1ufghs–dave-chappelle-opening-monologue-on-saturday-night-live-nov-122022-youtube.html
The first two bits where Chappelle discussed Kanye and da joos, and why people in Ohio love Mr. Trump were funny, but the end of his monologue went off the rails when he got into the Trump Maralago raid, Russia collusion and the Ukraine. That said, Chappelle’s monologue is still the only thing I’ve laughed at on SNL in years.
And all the comments on how it had to be “polished” before it could be performed.
He had what he wanted to say, got past the censors in rehearsal and let fly when he got his shot, simple as. What I heard of it was funny.
All the comedians I ever hung around, practiced on each other in the condo, with their family, or on people they met as they waited to work the two nights a week they had to perform at the club.
I quit watching SNL when Gilda Radner was still on the show. It didn’t take long for me to understand what the purpose of the show would be over time. Call me when it is apparent large numbers of non-celebrity kneegrows leave the plantation.
“…Call me when it is apparent large numbers of non-celebrity kneegrows leave the plantation…”
Get comfortable, fella.
It’s going to be a long wait!!!
Everybody knows that Chappelle and Kanye are right and these Jews run Hollywood. They also runs government, banking, the porn industry and big pharma, and anyone suggesting otherwise is either a shill for the Jews, or is just dumb and can’t do basic research.
I watched that clip of Chappelle the day after it aired as I don’t watch SNL and I heard about the controversy of his monologue. I must say, I don’t get all the fuss being made on this. I’ve been watching Dave Chappelle’s antics and comedy routines for probably more than 20 years. From the days where he had segments on the David Letterman show and on other venues. I watched his Netflix specials and all I can say is — his gig this past Saturday night on SNL was classic Chappelle. He always likes to stir the pot a bit and he has always been able to get away with things that other comedians can not. Obviously, being black and, being the Chappelle that he always has been.
In summary, Occam’s Razor; nothing more; nothing less, at least IMHO.
I posit that yes, it may have been a deep shekels (hat tip to flash) attempt to make a person kneel. To me and, it seems, many others here and elsewhere, it is obvious which makes it even more noticeable and hurts the JQ.
Well, blackish.
You can always tell who’s in power; they’re the ones you’re not allowed to criticize or talk about.
Who is, “they”? Name them.
IT’S THE JEWS!
Always the same. Always.
There are reasons why they have been kicked out of 109 countries throughout history.
Why the great Dr. Martin Luther the reformer wrote his book, The Jews and Their Lies.
Why the great Henry Ford wrote his series of articles, The International Jew, The World’s Foremost Problem.
Time to wake up.
The drunken whore mongering , money lender pwnd fag, Martin Luther was no church reformer. He was in fact a Church destroyer, who believed the money lenders’ sincerity when they told him they would covert to Christianity after the bad old, intolerant Catholic Church was destroyed. Marty might have been a little miffed to be made a useful idiot, which he was. Look it up.
Bully for Dave! Where do I get an autographed photo..
Got that on viddy?
As they say in flyover land, “It don’t make no never mind”.
I love it when the kennites and niggers go at one another.
I watched it. It was great.
So scary. Niemoller’s we’s got took. But that’s not the canned lesson. Be even more we is what’s in the can. Be we pluribus unum. Be all is one *harder*. Tribe up *harder*. That’ll stop all that coming to get ya’. Keep doing the same thing, & do that thing en masse, & someday a different result is bound to magically emerge.
The hard cue ball is white & it puts the colorful object balls into the pockets, else it’s a scratch/forfeit, or on the black 8-ball, a loss. But … who’s stroking the fight club cue stick? Not Fast Eddie (whose pater was Ger-Jew). Not Forrest Whitaker (blacker than Chappelle).
Look, I want you to see this.
This is you, right here!
Notch 45, you Irish bug bastard.
Not too keepin’ it real, one life-long gangster with lotsa’ notches on his shillelagh, turnin’ his back to another life-long gangster with lotsa notches on his knives & cleaver handles, purely outta mononucleosis infection with democracy gangsterism.
But, “this is you, right here!” stroking that fight club cue stick is the whole movie. Lotsa movies are that same movie. And the life those movies imitate is that movie.
Last one to the bottom’s a rotten egg – & please turn out the lights (boom-boom! Out go the lights! ♪♫♪).
I like the interview he did with O-Hoe where he talks about how they were trying to gaslight him into accepting being doped up to make him more controllable. Then he skipped for Africa.