The Billiken's Bluff

The Chappelle Show has been getting a lot of media attention lately, both good (it's often hilarious) and bad (he uses the word bitch as a noun, verb, adverb, and adjective). I watch the show regularly, the only show other than Sportscenter which I can say that about. There are always a handful of funny moments each episode. He also gets big name guests, from hip hop and comedy, on his show. It seems like the hip hop artists actually seek him out to be the show. They not only perform their songs, but appear in his skits.



But last night's episode was just surreal. I am a believer, Dave. The first skit as a spoof of MTV's horrific show "Making Da Band." Dave played Puff Daddy. He threatened to shut down the studio if Da Band members didn't do such things as go to Jersey to get him a set of left-handed golf clubs, take a pciture with a dwarf, and go uptown to get some breast milk from a Cambodian woman (cause P. Diddy will only drink the finest breast milk). Even funnier was the way P. Diddy exited the set. Spoofing Puff Daddy's penchant for man servants and umbrella bearers, Dave was carried off the stage by his servants on a couch, asleep in their arms, and on one occasion riding on one of their backs, holding his dreads, giddy up horsey.

But the skit that really came out of nowhere was the STD skit featuring Q-Tip and Snoop Dogg (as Mr. Dangle). After seeing the show last night I expected to look at the news today and see that the FCC had decided to go after Dave much in the same way they are trying to take down Howard Stern. Let's review the facts. There were a group of children in the skit they were exposed to the following:

A heroin syringe
A junky puppet foaming at the mouth
A puppet's penis (dripping veneral disease)
An Oscar the grouch puppet looking puppet who sings to the kids "I beat my dick like it owes me money"
A child asking Mr. Dangle (a.k.a. Snoop Dogg) how he got the STD, and he responds "From fucking"
And some dancing pubic crabs.

This is fucking genius. I can't believe Dave can get away with this on television. The FCC hasn't shut him down yet, but the show is rapidly gaining in popularity so once John McCain and company catch wind of it, I'm sure they will shut him down.

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