More on Dave Chappelle

In my scanning of the internet this morning, I came across this article about Dave Chappelle's recent production stoppage on Chappelle's show and possible reasons for it. It doesn't really give a definitive answer but the article does mention the speculation that has been blowing around lately: that Dave feels like he is under intense pressure to make the new season as good as people think it can be; that he has writers block; and that he has been partying too much and has a drug problem. The article also makes note of Comedy Central being a bit worried about some of the subject matter that Dave takes on and that it may be trying to control the content of the show more than Dave likes. I can see how Comedy Central might be worried about that because Dave has had some very funny sketches about very taboo material starting with the very first episode. If this proves to be reason, than I will personally feel like Comedy Central has lost some credibility. I've always felt like Comedy Central supported some pretty edgy shows like South Park, the Upright Citizens Brigade and Strangers With Candy without massive amounts of censorship. If they were to overly control Chappelle's Show, I'd feel like they were doing it because they are afraid that they might lose sponsors and some viewers. But you can't deny that Chappelle has successfully captured the male 18-35 demographic that I always hear is the most highly sought after for any TV program. We shall see what happens but I certainly hope that Comedy Central doesn't feel like a $50 million dollar deal gives them the right to disallow Dave to do the jokes that made him so popular and funny in the first place.