>> Stephen: I'M PRETTY EXCITED, YOU KNOW WHY.
>> Jon: OH YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A LEGENDARY
ENTERTAINER YOU KNOW FROM HIS STANDUP AND OF COURSE FROM THAT
SHOW OF HIS.
HE'S NOW APPEARING THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH AT RADIO CITY MUSIC
HALL, PLEASE WELCOME MR. DAVE CHAPPELLE.
(APPLAUSE) >> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHY--
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> I GOT LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: WELL, ARE YOU DOING RESIDENCY AT THE RADIO
CITY MUSIC HALL FOR 14 DAYS IN AUGUST, RIGHT.
YOU HAVE DONE YOUR FIRST SHOW.
>> ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S A DAY OR SO IT WILL BE 16.
>> Stephen: 16, YOU ADDED TWO MORE SHOWS.
>> WE ADDED TWO MORE SHOWS, SOLANGE IS JOINING US.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THIS IS WHAT THE SOUND
IS LIKE AT RADIO CITY MUS ECK HALL BUT TIMES TEN BECAUSE ST
4,000 PEOPLE IN THERE.
>> NOW I'M NERVOUS AGAIN.
>> Stephen: WELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT.
>> I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THESE SHOWS.
YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M DOING THIS RESIDENCY IS, IT'S A
PERSONAL THING.
IT'S LIKE MY 30th ANNIVERSARY IN COMEDY.
(APPLAUSE) AND AS YOU WILL KNOW, THIS IS A
HECK OF A BUSINESS TO SURVIVE THAT LONG.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WOULD MAKE IT THAT FAR.
>> WELL, WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN.
>> ACTUALLY TO BE HONEST I THINK I WOULD DO MUCH BETTER THAN I
DID, RIGHT?
>> WE THOUGHT WERE YOU GONE FOR AWHILE.
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, OKAY, SO THE WHOLE TIME
NOBODY SAW ME, IT WASN'T LIKE I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.
I EXITIONED, I WAS JUST NOT ON THE BIG STAGE.
I WAS NOT UNDER THE HOT LIGHTS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, YOU WERE WORKING OUT IS WHAT YOU WERE
DOING THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW TO SHOW-- THIS IS WHAT YOU-- THIS
IS YOU NOW.
IN CASE THIS DIDN'T GIVE IT AWAY.
>> PLEASE, PLEASE.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SO FAMOUS THAT YOU NEED TO BE YOUR OWN
SECURITY DETAIL.
WHY DID YOU-- WHAT LEAD YOU TO THE PUMPED, RIPPED, AND FULLY
EXPLODED DAVE CHAPPELLE OVER HERE.
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BEEF.
>> NO, NO, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
IT WAS A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
STEP ONE IS I GOT MARRIED.
AND YOU KNOW, MARRIAGE COMES WITH SNACKS AND NAPS.
>> Stephen: IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YEAH.
>> I'M A LUCKY GUY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT WAS LIKE, WHEN I QUIT THE SHOW I WAS JUST
LIKE, STRESSED ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST STARTED.
>> Stephen: STRESSED FROM HAVING QUIT THE SHOW?
I THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS THE STRESS.
>> NO, NO, THE FEAR OF POVERTY IS A TREADMILL.
>> Stephen: I SEE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU, THAT WILL KEEP YOU PUSHING, YOU KNOW, AND
I WAS JUST PLAYING CLUBS AND STUFF.
SO I JUST STARTED WORKING OUT TO ALLEVIATE THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
OF STRESS.
AND THEN IT JUST TOOK A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SOMEONE SAID DAVE,
YOU LOOK GOOD, DO I?
AND AFTER THAT I WAS OFF TO THE RACES.
>> Stephen: WELL, SO 30th ANNIVERSARY OF DOING COMEDY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STATE OF COMEDY NOW?
I MEAN WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN CHANGE FROM AGE-- HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN
IT STARTED?
>> I WAS 14.
>> Stephen: 14, YOUR MOM LET YOU GO GIG AT 14?
>> OH MY GOD, SHE SAID TAKE ME, IN THE BEGINNING.
>> Stephen: TO THE CLUBS.
>> YEAH, OH MY GOD, YEAH.
AND THEN AFTER THE SHOW, I CAN'T REALLY SAY IT ON TELEVISION, SHE
WOULD CRITIQUE MY ACT ON THE DRIVE HOME, WHICH IS A VERY LONG
RIDE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR MOM SAY THOSE [BLEEP] JOKES NEED TO
BE CUT AND-- .
>> Stephen: OKAY, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, BUT LET'S BE FAIR.
WAS SHE RIGHT?
DID THOSE [BLEEP] JOKES NEED TO BE CUT?
>> I THE [BLEEP] JOKES THAN ANYBODY.
SHE WAS WRONG, I MEAN LISTEN, SHE WAS RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT
IT WAS GROSS.
IT WAS GROSS TO HEAR A TEENAGER TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS
STARTING OUT.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I HADN'T DONE
ANYTHING YET.
BUT FROM HER PERSPECTIVE I IMAGINED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE
87Y D.C., CRACK EPIDEMIC, SO MANY BAD THINGS THAT I COULD
HAVE GOTTEN INTO, THAT SHE WAS LIKE WELL, IF HE IS DOING THIS,
AT LEAST I KNOW WHERE HE IS.
I AT LEAST I KNOW WHO HE IS AROUND.
>> Stephen: WAS THERE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN THE CLUBS, WERE
PEOPLE THERE TEMPTING YOU.
>> IT WASN'T TEMPTING.
IT WAS LIKE DUDES HAVING COCAINE NOSE BLEEDS AND ALL KINDS OF
CRAZY STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I NEVER REALLY GOT FLOO THE DRUG STUFF.
THE WORSE HABIT I PICKED UP WAS PROBABLY SMOKING CIGARETTES.
DO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU STILL SMOKE.
>> JUST MOMENTS BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID, YOU HOSTED SNL I THINK THE WEEKEND
AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IS THAT YOU TRUE, IS THE TIME RIGHT THERE, ABOUT
THAT.
>> YEAH, THE SATURDAY AFTER THAT TUESDAY.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAID SORT OF FOM USUALLY AT THE TIME, YOU
SAID WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THIS GUY A CHANCE, WHICH I AGREE WITH,
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE.
>> THIS IS TRUE.
>> Stephen: SO NOW WE ARE SEVEN, GETTING ON EIGHT MONTHS
IN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CHANCES THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
DO YOU STILL WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE OR HAVE YOU GIVEN HIM ALL
THE CHANCES.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE THAT NIGHT.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SAYING-- I'M NOT CRITICIZING
THAT YOU SAID THAT.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD IMPULSE BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THE GUY NOW?
>> YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MAN.
IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING AN EDUCATION
ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY.
I KNOW THAT I HEARD DISCUSSING ETHICS THIS MUCH, I DIDN'T
REALIZE HOW ETHICS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK AT THIS LEVEL OF
GOVERNMENT AND HE IS PUTTING ALL THIS ON THE FOREFRONT.
>> Stephen: NOBODY REALLY TALKED ABOUT OXYGEN UNTIL
SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR HANDS AROUND YOUR NECK.
(APPLAUSE) >> VERY TRUE.
BUT, BUT, IF YOU REMEMBER, IN THE MONO LOG, THE IN THE EMMY
MOM NOMINATED MONOLOGUE, THE IT IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT, THE UGLY
EMMYS WHERE THEY SEND IT TO YOU IN THE MAIL IF YOU WIN.
>> Stephen: THE SCHEMMY'S.
>> BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONDAY LOG I CON TECTS ALLIZED
IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF WHITE AMERICANS HAVE FINALLY GOT
TO SEE WHAT AN ELECTION NIGHT LOOKS LIKE FOR BRACK AMERICANS
EVERY CYCLE.
>> Stephen: THE SHOCK.
>> YEAH, THE SHOCK OF IT WAS JUST LIKE COME ON, MAN, THIS IS
LIKE, COME ON.
THIS IS HOW TRACTION WORKS.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO HOW EFFECTIVE OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY
WAS.
>> Stephen: HOW TRACTION WORKS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN
TRACTION.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE OTHER FOOT, GOOD FOOT, BAD FOOT.
>> Stephen: OH, I SEE.
>> I THINK WE'RE MAKING MOVES.
I THINK HE WILL MAKE MORE REFORMS AND BETTER VOTING, WE
WILL WORK IT OUT.
HE IS A POLARIZING DUDE.
HE'S LIKE A BAD DJ AT A GOOD PARTY.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE DAVE CHAPPELLE EVERYBODY.