>> Steve: MORE OF TODAY’S BIG
STORY OUT OF HOLLYWOOD PURITAN
COMEDIAN DAVE CHAPPELLE WAS
ATTACKED LAST NIGHT WHILE HE WAS
ON STAGE BY AN AUDIENCE MEMBER
REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH A FAKE GUN
WITH WEIRDLY A KNIFE ATTACHED TO
IT.
THANKFULLY, DAVE CHAPPELLE IS
FINE THIS MORNING.
CHRIS ROCK WAS ALSO PERFORMING
AT THE EVENT AND REPORTEDLY
HUGGED DAVE CHAPPELLE AFTER THE
EVENT BEFORE CRACKING A JOKE TO
THE AUDIENCE.
"WILL, WAS THAT YOU?"
AFTER THAT INFAMOUS SLAP OF THE
OSCARS.
SPEAK WITH ONE ENTERPRISE
REPORTER LAWRENCE JONES JONES IS
NOW CRIMINALITY.
WHAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING
THAT WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE
OSCARS ISN’T QUITE THE REAL
WORLD.
THEY ARE ACTORS.
THEY ALLOWED NOT TO TAKE PLACE.
FOR WILL SMITH TO GET AWAY WITH
IT.
THIS IS BACK TO REALITY.
IF YOU GO ON STAGE AND TRY TO
ATTACK THE GREATEST COMEDIAN OF
OUR TIME, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
COME AND EQUIP YOUR TAIL.
THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
HE WAS WHEELED OUT ON A GURNEY.
THAT’S WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN
YOU DECIDE YOU’RE GOING TO USE
VIOLENCE ON SOMEONE.
>> Steve: I GREW UP IN THE
’70s BAG AND THAT DAY IF
ANYONE WAS GONNA RUN UP ON
STAGE, THEY WERE A STREAKER
RUNNING ACROSS THE STAGE NAKED.
THIS IS PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE
THEY GUY HAD SOME SORT OF FAKE
GUN BUT A REAL KNIFE ATTACHED TO
IT WHICH IS WEIRD.
DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS SAID YOU CAN
CANCEL ME.
WE’VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE
CANCELED ONLINE THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA.
NOW, WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE THIS IS THE NEXT WAY WHERE
IF I CAN CANCEL YOU, IF I CAN
CANCEL YOU ONLINE, I’M GONNA TRY
IN PERSON.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS IF YOU
CAN’T CANCEL THEM, ATTEMPT TO
KILL YOU.
THAT’S PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT
THEY ARE DOING.
I WOULD SAY THIS.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A REBIRTH
OF COMEDY.
WHEN I WAS AT CHRIS ROCK’S
PERFORMANCE, IT SEEMED LIKE HE
WAS IN RARE FORM.
IT WAS THE OLD CHRIS ROCK.
DAVE CHAPPELLE RECENTLY HAD
GOTTEN BACK ON THE SCENE AFTER
GOING ON A 10-YEAR HIATUS.
THERE’S A LOT OF COMEDIANS THAT
AFTER THE WILL SMITH CONTROVERSY
REALLY STUCK UP FOR CHRIS ROCK
AND SAID, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR A WHILE ON THE COLLEGE
CAMPUSES WHERE THEY TRY TO
CANCEL COMEDY.
I THINK THE ONES WITH THE GOATS
AT LEAST HAVE THE GUTS TO GO OUT
THERE AND DO A REAL PERFORMANCE.
THIS CAN BE THE REBIRTH OF
COMEDY.
THERE IS REALLY A THIRST FOR
THAT FROM AVERAGE AMERICANS THEY
WANT TO GET AWAY FROM POLITICS
AND THE REAL WORLD IN INFLATION
AND ALL THAT NONSENSE AND JUST
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
>> Steve: WE ALL NEED THAT.
JUST AS AT THE OSCARS, AS WAS
THE CASE LAST NIGHT OUT OF THE
HOLLYWOOD BOWL, THEY ARE JUST
TELLING JOKES.
THESE ARE JOKES.
WHEN DID THE WORLD LOSE THEIR
SENSE OF HUMOR?
>> WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE
ACTIVISTS START TO SAY THAT YOU
ARE PUNCHING DOWN.
LISTEN, THE KEY TO THE JOKE IS
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH
TO EVERY SINGLE JOKE THAT -- IT
IS A STORY.
IT IS PERFORMATIVE.
IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ACT.
THAT IS MOVIE SET TRYING TO
ENTERTAIN YOU IN THAT WAY.
THAT IS WHAT COMEDY IS.
I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE NOW THAT ARE SO
WOKE THAT THEY SAY THIS ACTUALLY
HURTS, DON’T GO TO THE COMEDY
SHOW.
DON’T WATCH NETFLIX WHEN YOU
HAVE A COMEDIAN THAT IS KNOWN
FOR MAKING YOU FEEL A LITTLE
WOOZY INSIDE BECAUSE THE JOKES
THINGS.
THE JOKES ARE SUPPOSED TO
STAYING OR IT’S NOT A JOKE.
>> Steve: I BET YOU ARE
WORKING ON SOMETHING FOR THIS
SATURDAY.
LAWRENCE JONES CROSS-COUNTRY,
AREN’T YOU?
>> YOU KNOW IT.
I WISH I COULD TELL YOU WHAT
IT’S ABOUT.
IT WILL BE THIS WEEKEND AT
10:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME, LIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
>> Steve: YOU ARE IN
NEW YORK CITY, GO TRACK DOWN