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New Chappelle Episodes Air on Comedy Central
From recordings before walkout
(AP) — Comedy Central couldn’ t
resist the easy jo ke , opening the
a b o rte d
th ir d
season
of
“ Chappelle's Show” w ith a shot o f
an empty stage and introduction o f
a star who never appears.
It's the first o f three episodes
com piled from sketches left behind
before Dave Chappelle’ s now leg­
endary freakout, w alking out on a
$50 m ill ion contract and one o f T V 's
hottest shows tw o years ago under
still mysterious circumstances.
’’This isn 't adesigned farew ell,"
said Neal Brennan, the show 's co­
creator w ho put them together.
"There’ s nocliffhanger. These were
ju st three out o f what was sup­
posed to be 10 - and the other seven
never happened."
The opening sketch, besides il­
lustrating the sharp com ic touch
that made the show popular, gives
fodder fo r arm chair psychologists.
Chappelle is sitting in a barber's
chair, getting a trim in a place that
advertises $8 haircuts. His barber
says Chappelle must be raking in
Dave Chappelle in a Comedy Central promotional photo for
his show's “lost episodes", compiled from sketches left
behind before Chappelle's now legendary freakout.
walking out on a $50 million contract.
the money as a big-tim e T V star.
"N ah, man, it's cable." he re­
plies. “ I do all right, but it's nothing
to w rite home about.”
Just then, a T V in the com er airs
a report o f Chappelle's big payday
from Comedy Central. The barber's
face turns cold and his haircut has
anew p ric e -$ 1 1,(MX).
Chappelle also gets a prediction
fro m a d yin g man: "Y o u did n ’ t have
to do tw o more seasons. No matter
how good the show is, they're only
going to say it's not as good as last
year was.”
A second, darker sketch shows
C happelle exacting revenge on
people who mistreated him before
he was rich.
It s never been fu lly explained
why the comedian dropped out o f
his hit show. He has denied rum ors
o f substance abuse o r psychiatric
problems. He’ s com plained o f ar­
guments about the show w ith C o m ­
edy Central and also said he had
doubts about how racial elements
o f his show were being taken.
D u rin g an a p p e a ra n ce on
"Oprah" in February, Chappelle said
that he might be amenable to re­
turning to his show providing some
arrangement could be made about
providing money to charities.
‘Little Man’ is Big
Bundle of Laughs
Marlon Wayans turns into
little Calvin Simms in
‘Little Man,' a new
comedy opening at
theaters nationwide on
Friday, July 14.
Graduating Actors Present Showcase
The Portland Actors Conservatory will present ‘An Evening of Monologues, ’ a graduation showcase o f the class o f 2006 at the
Firehouse Theatre at 1436 S. W. Montgomery St. The annual celebration will feature a wide range of material and styles. Show
times are 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19 and Thursday, July 20 and 8 p.m. on Friday, July 21 and Saturday. July 22.
Wayans Brothers comedy opens Friday
K eenen Iv o r y , S haw n and next. Who knows, I w ill probably be
M arlon Wayans, are poised once a little w hite alien," M arlon laughs.
again to make cinema histoi y, when
Shawn says, " A ll our movies
“ L ittle M a n " opens in theaters na­ have one goal, w e're always th in k ­
tionw ide on July I4 lh from R evolu­ ing about the audience and how to
tion Studios and C olum bia Pictures. make them laugh. We ju s t want
In L ittle Man, the Wayans broth­ them to enjoy our film s and not take
ers use visual effects to turn 6 ’ 2 " them seriously. Take your brain
M arlon Wayans into 2 '6 " C alvin out o f your head, sit down and just
Simms. In 2004, the A frican-A m eri­ have a b a ll."
can film m akers brought us the hit
Shawn W ayans plays D a rryl
comedy "W h ite C h icks," where Edwards, a man so anxious to be­
they used makeup effects to turn come a father that he mistakes
tw o black men into young white C a lv in , a short-statured, ba b y­
women.
faced crim inal on the run, played by
" I'm kind o f scared to think what M a rlo n Wayans, fo r his n ew ly
my brothers w ill have me doing adopted son.
Pyramid Beer Tasting Tour
M ore than l(M) men and women
w ill jo in in Pyram id's U nfiltered
Refreshment tour on Thursday,
July 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
participating businesses on N orth­
east A lberta Street.
The tour w ill include Pyramid
beer tasting, pint specials and prize
giveaways at selected tour slops.
Canned food and cash donations
w ill be accepted at each tour loca­
tion to benefit the Oregon Food
Bank.
Participants w ill start at Binks,
2 7 15 N.E. Alberta, and include stops
at Lagniappe, 1934 N.E. Alberta:
AlbertaStreet Puband Eatery, 1036
N.E. Alberta; and T in Shed. 1438
N.E. Alberta. Future neighborhoods
forthe U nfiltered Refreshment Tour
NE ALBI RÍA
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include Burnside, B elm ont and
Northwest Portland as featured tour
stops in upcoming months. Guests
must be 21 to attend.
"W e are pleased to o ff e r
Portlanders a fun, free event that
supports an amazing local cause."
says Ericka D ickey, president o f
Social Enterprises, Inc, the tour-
presenting sponsor.
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• TOM GRANT • MINDI ABAIR •
PATRICK LAMB • CRAIG CHAQUICO • N' TOUCH
Event cost is free, but space is
lim ite d .
RSVP
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at
unfilteredrefreshm enttour.com .
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Microsoft to Compete with Ipod
(A P) — M icro so ft Corp, is pre­ to a com puter, a ccording to e x­
paring to ro ll out a portable digital ecutives w ho spoke on c o n d itio n
music player later this year, an ap­ o f a n o n ym ity because plans fo r
parent bid to capture a slice o f the the player have not been made
market now dominated by the iPod, p u b lic.
m usic in d u stry executives said
In addition. M icro so ft has en­
Thursday.
gaged in talks to secure licenses to
The w o rld s largest softw are sell digital content fo r the device,
m aker has been b rie fin g record the executives said.
com panies on the proposed de­
IPods account fo r roughly 80
vice that w o u ld play d ig ita l music percent o f the portable music player
and video t iles and ca rry w ireless market, w hile iTunes has sold more
te c h n o lo g y e n a b lin g users to than a b illion tracks since it launched
do w n lo a d m usic w ith o u t lin k in g three years ago.
Sunday, July 23rd • PGE PARK
Gates open at Noon • 1st act on a t 1 PM