Comedian Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, Sticks & Stones, is one of the greatest hours of comedy I have ever seen — which is saying a lot. As much as I enjoyed his legendary sketch show from 15 years ago (which I only recently caught up with), I had not been all that impressed with his Netflix specials.This blog wondered if we were viewing a cultural touchstone, after reading Nolte we're sure of it.
We suggest reading the whole thing. Nolte is right on everything about the Chappelle special. Chappelle is gonna joke about what he wants to joke about and people who don't like it can go show their A-hole's to Michael Jackson's rotting corpse.*
We're lucky from a comedy standpoint in that we came of age during the golden age of comedy.
What were the great comedy specials of the 80's? Bill Cosby: Himself, Eddie Murphy: Raw, Robin Williams: A Night at the Met...Weigh in below, people.
*You'll have to watch the special.
Being down south Jerry Closer and Lewis Grazzard were amazing
ReplyDeleteJustin Wilson comes to mind.
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