Chappelle's Show: Season Three

Chappelle's Show: Season Three ("The Lost Episodes"), 2006. Sketch comedy.

Created & written by Dave Chappelle, & Neal Brennan. Directed by Rusty Cundieff. Starring Charlie Murphy, & Donnell Rawlings, with Chappelle.

Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: If these skits were the best they could come up with, I can understand why Chappelle quit the show. A couple of them are funny. Others aren't. I have to wonder if some of them were actually outtakes from earlier seasons that didn't make the cut for the "greatest misses" episode. C

GPA: 1.9/4

Chappelle's Show: Season Two

Chappelle's Show: Season Two, 2004. Sketch comedy.

Created & written by Dave Chappelle, & Neal Brennan. Directed by Andre Allen, Brennan, Rusty Cundieff, & Scott Vincent. Starring Chappelle.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: Season one was disappointing, re-watching it 12 years later. Season two, on the other hand, has even more great sketches than I remember. It's still uneven, but at its best, it's amazing. B

GPA: 2.3/4

Chappelle's Show: Season One

Chappelle's Show: Season One, 2003. Sketch comedy.

Created & written by Dave Chappelle, & Neal Brennan. Directed by Andre Allen, Rusty Cundieff, Bobcat Goldthwait, Peter Lauer, & Scott Vincent. Starring Chappelle.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: B
Enjoyment: I hadn't watched this show in more than a decade, and it falls very short of living up to my memory of it. The really classic sketches are apparently all (or should I say both) in season two. This season is uncomfortable more often than it's funny. Although, when it is funny it can be great. C

GPA: 2.2/4