Let Down of the Year

Dave Chappelle, what the hell happened to you over in Africa, bro?

I can't speak for everyone, but the general consensus last night was that Dave Chappelle just isn't funny anymore. C-Baby and I ended up leaving and heading to the bar after about 45 minutes. Even people in the lobby were saying, "Look. Everyone's just getting up and leaving. He isn't funny." It was almost unbearable to sit through even after 4 glasses of wine and a few beers. PLUS, he didn't even come on until 9:00 when the show started at 7:00.

Everyone laughed at his jokes...which really weren't jokes...had to be out of respect. I could have hopped up on stage, just talked about my weekend, smoked a few cigarettes, and I probably would have gotten more crowd stimulation. I could have even sat at that bar and had a $58 (cost of the ticket) tab and listened to my coworker Tusk talk about random shit for a couple hours and been more entertained. I mean, the guy who went on before Dave was hilar. He was an older, black man that runs a local radio show who laughed and wheezed in between his jokes about making bitches asses clap and former lovers' sex toys (big, blue dildo with spikes on it to be exact). Supposedly this cat has a comedy club in Bartlet. I swore to never go back to Bartlett/Dirty Dova area after I moved away from that wretched place, but I'm most definitely braving that place again to see his stand up.

But, Dave's act went a little something like this (my version summary):

"Hey. I've been in Africa. (Audience member throws a bottle of fireball liquor on stage) What's this? Fireball...cinnamon whiskey? Sorry, I haven't drank liquor in 10 years...since 1992. (Random annoying, white bitch hollars something at Dave) Hey girl. Do you live in Memphis? Are you in school? Oh, cool. What's your degree in? Oh, Public Relations? So you relate to the public. (Dave! Do some Rick James!) Really? You're asking me to do something that I did 6 years ago? That's like a boss asking you to write a memo about something you did at work 6 years ago. No. Hey, what do you do for a living? (Directed to audience member) Oh, you're a lawyer. That's cool. What about you, sir? (Directed to another audience member) You own some hotels. OK. So we have a lawyer and a guy that owns hotels."

That was not a joke. How fucking lame was he? And WTF? Why WOULDNT you do some Chappelle Show shit? That's what made you famous. That's what everyone came to see. The funny, ridiculous, vulgar Dave Chappelle/Rick James/Lil John shit. Major letdown. Like, letdown of the fucking year. Maybe he'll be better tonight in Little Rock. Nah. Probably not. OK, enough bitching.


XOXO

Disappointed Merekat