David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Chappelle’s (Six-Hour) Show
Looks like the Laugh Factory finally figured out how to prevent people from driving home inebriated: Keeping patrons around for hours after last-call with a performer who simply forgets to get off stage.
Dave Chappelle took the stage at 10:36 p.m. Sunday. Dave Chappell left the stage at 4:43 a.m. Monday. Only a handful of fans headed home before Chappelle was done with his marathon six-hour, seven-minute set. The rest – well, they no doubt weren’t very productive at work that Monday.
Presumably, Chappelle was funny enough to hold fans in thrall for the entirety of his act, which took shots at Carlos Mencia, Michael Richards (whose last performance at the Laugh Factory was memorable for completely different reasons) and George W. Bush.
Herewith, a complete breakdown of his performance:
10:36-10:55 p.m.: The usual “Hi, how ya doin’, tip your waitresses” stuff surrounded by blinding applause.
10:56-11:38 p.m.: Observations on how he’s so famous Comedy Central would air footage of him cleaning his toenails.
11:39 p.m.-12:03 a.m.: Ruminations on how some white people are crackers.
12:04-12:11 a.m.: Trenchant political satire, which stops when he realizes the crowd isn’t getting any of the jokes.
12:12-12:41 a.m.: Sloppy political satire, calling politicians “crazy m@th*rf@c#*r$,” which the crowd does laugh at.
12:42-12:48 a.m.: He remembers one other white person who’s a cracker.
12:49-1:11 a.m.: Women! They’re so different from men.
1:12-1:38 a.m.: White people! They’re so different from black people.
1:39-2:03 a.m.: Schipperkes! They’re so different from dachshunds.
2:04-3:08 a.m.: Those little bags of airline peanuts receive their most epic treatment ever.
3:09-4:40 a.m.: His one-man tribute to Cole Porter, along with dramatic readings of poetry from Rosie O’Donnell’s blog.
4:40-4:43 a.m.: “Hey, are any of y’all still awake? Huh? … Anyone? … No, really – anyone still with me? … Uh, OK; goodnight.”
Did I miss anything? Comment below.
Comments
Seriously? SIX hours? [comment redacted due to inferences of drug use]
Posted by: Suzy Q | April 18, 2007 5:04 PM