Dave Chappelle came out in 2003 with a sketch comedy show. Every week was hilarious and never disappointed. Since he left the filming of the third season, Comedy Central has been giving other comedians shows in hopes of it having the same success that Dave's did, but to no avail. Carlos Mencia (or should I say Ned) is a joke and a thief, plagiarizing his way up the comedy ladder. His show Mind of Mencia is the same racist joke over and over again and simply isn't funny. He relies on shock value for laughs and seems to have lost any wit that he may have once had. David Allen Greer has a show called Chocolate News, where he plays most of the characters. It is funny at times, but overall not a great success. Mad TV has never been funny and Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny in a long time. Most recently Demitri Martin has gotten his own show called Important Things. So far it is amusing, but very rarely is it laugh out loud funny.
I also fear for the future of stand up comedy. I view Dave Chappelle as being on another level of comedy than most comedians now days. There have been a few funny people come out recently, John Caparulo, Jeff Dunham, Raplhie May, and Kat Williams are a few that I can think of. However, there are also many comedians that are somehow gaining popularity that in my opinion are the antithesis of funny. Jim Gaffigan to talk to me for the rest of my life and I wouldn't laugh a single time. Dane Cook is amazingly popular, and I can't figure out why. He tells simple stories and uses large and obscure words, and because he is good looking people laugh. A lot of his stuff may be funny in passing or mumbled between friends at a bar, but selling out Madison Square Garden is just unfathomable.
What I'm getting at is that I fear for the future of comedy, be it stand up or tv shows, and Dave Chappelle needs to come back and make me laugh.
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