>> Stephen: I'M PRETTY
EXCITED, YOU KNOW WHY. >> Jon: OH YES. >> Stephen: BECAUSE MY FIRST
GUEST TONIGHT IS A LEGENDARY ENTERTAINER YOU KNOW FROM HIS
STANDUP AND OF COURSE FROM THAT SHOW OF HIS. HE'S NOW APPEARING THROUGHOUT
THIS MONTH AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, PLEASE WELCOME MR. DAVE
CHAPPELLE. (APPLAUSE)
>> GREAT TO BE HERE. >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW
WHY-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> I GOT LIKE-- . >> Stephen: WELL, ARE YOU
DOING RESIDENCY AT THE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL FOR 14 DAYS IN
AUGUST, RIGHT. YOU HAVE DONE YOUR FIRST SHOW. >> ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S A DAY
OR SO IT WILL BE 16. >> Stephen: 16, YOU ADDED TWO
MORE SHOWS. >> WE ADDED TWO MORE SHOWS,
SOLANGE IS JOINING US. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO
IMAGINE THIS IS WHAT THE SOUND IS LIKE AT RADIO CITY MUS ECK
HALL BUT TIMES TEN BECAUSE ST 4,000 PEOPLE IN THERE. >> NOW I'M NERVOUS AGAIN. >> Stephen: WELL, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE. WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND, WHAT ARE
YOU THINKING ABOUT. >> I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THESE SHOWS. YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M DOING
THIS RESIDENCY IS, IT'S A PERSONAL THING. IT'S LIKE MY 30th
ANNIVERSARY IN COMEDY. (APPLAUSE)
AND AS YOU WILL KNOW, THIS IS A HECK OF A BUSINESS TO SURVIVE
THAT LONG. I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WOULD
MAKE IT THAT FAR. >> WELL, WHAT DID YOU THINK
WOULD HAPPEN. >> ACTUALLY TO BE HONEST I THINK
I WOULD DO MUCH BETTER THAN I DID, RIGHT? >> WE THOUGHT WERE YOU GONE FOR
AWHILE. >> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
FUNNY, OKAY, SO THE WHOLE TIME NOBODY SAW ME, IT WASN'T LIKE I
WASN'T DOING ANYTHING. I EXITIONED, I WAS JUST NOT ON
THE BIG STAGE. I WAS NOT UNDER THE HOT LIGHTS. >> Stephen: OKAY, YOU WERE
WORKING OUT IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW TO
SHOW-- THIS IS WHAT YOU-- THIS IS YOU NOW. IN CASE THIS DIDN'T GIVE IT
AWAY. >> PLEASE, PLEASE. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> Stephen: ARE YOU SO FAMOUS
THAT YOU NEED TO BE YOUR OWN SECURITY DETAIL. WHY DID YOU-- WHAT LEAD YOU TO
THE PUMPED, RIPPED, AND FULLY EXPLODED DAVE CHAPPELLE OVER
HERE. BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE
THE BEEF. >> NO, NO, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. STEP ONE IS I GOT MARRIED. AND YOU KNOW, MARRIAGE COMES
WITH SNACKS AND NAPS. >> Stephen: IF YOU'RE LUCKY,
YEAH. >> I'M A LUCKY GUY. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT WAS LIKE,
WHEN I QUIT THE SHOW I WAS JUST LIKE, STRESSED ALL THE TIME. SO I JUST STARTED. >> Stephen: STRESSED FROM
HAVING QUIT THE SHOW? I THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS THE
STRESS. >> NO, NO, THE FEAR OF POVERTY
IS A TREADMILL. >> Stephen: I SEE. >> YEAH, YEAH. THAT WILL GIVE YOU, THAT WILL
KEEP YOU PUSHING, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS JUST PLAYING CLUBS AND
STUFF. SO I JUST STARTED WORKING OUT TO
ALLEVIATE THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF STRESS. AND THEN IT JUST TOOK A FEW
WEEKS BEFORE SOMEONE SAID DAVE, YOU LOOK GOOD, DO I? AND AFTER THAT I WAS OFF TO THE
RACES. >> Stephen: WELL, SO 30th
ANNIVERSARY OF DOING COMEDY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STATE
OF COMEDY NOW? I MEAN WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN CHANGE
FROM AGE-- HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN IT STARTED? >> I WAS 14. >> Stephen: 14, YOUR MOM LET
YOU GO GIG AT 14? >> OH MY GOD, SHE SAID TAKE ME,
IN THE BEGINNING. >> Stephen: TO THE CLUBS. >> YEAH, OH MY GOD, YEAH. AND THEN AFTER THE SHOW, I CAN'T
REALLY SAY IT ON TELEVISION, SHE WOULD CRITIQUE MY ACT ON THE
DRIVE HOME, WHICH IS A VERY LONG RIDE. YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR MOM
SAY THOSE [BLEEP] JOKES NEED TO BE CUT AND-- . >> Stephen: OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BUT LET'S BE FAIR. WAS SHE RIGHT? DID THOSE [BLEEP] JOKES NEED TO
BE CUT? >> I THE [BLEEP] JOKES THAN
ANYBODY. SHE WAS WRONG, I MEAN LISTEN,
SHE WAS RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS GROSS. IT WAS GROSS TO HEAR A TEENAGER
TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT
THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO
TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I HADN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. BUT FROM HER PERSPECTIVE I
IMAGINED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE 87Y D.C., CRACK EPIDEMIC, SO
MANY BAD THINGS THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO, THAT SHE WAS
LIKE WELL, IF HE IS DOING THIS, AT LEAST I KNOW WHERE HE IS. I AT LEAST I KNOW WHO HE IS
AROUND. >> Stephen: WAS THERE DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL IN THE CLUBS, WERE PEOPLE THERE TEMPTING YOU. >> IT WASN'T TEMPTING. IT WAS LIKE DUDES HAVING COCAINE
NOSE BLEEDS AND ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I NEVER REALLY GOT FLOO THE
DRUG STUFF. THE WORSE HABIT I PICKED UP WAS
PROBABLY SMOKING CIGARETTES. DO. >> Stephen: DO YOU STILL
SMOKE. >> JUST MOMENTS BEFORE I CAME
OUT HERE. >> Stephen: YOU SAID, YOU
HOSTED SNL I THINK THE WEEKEND AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED. >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: IS THAT YOU TRUE,
IS THE TIME RIGHT THERE, ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, THE SATURDAY AFTER THAT
TUESDAY. >> Stephen: AND YOU SAID SORT
OF FOM USUALLY AT THE TIME, YOU SAID WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THIS GUY
A CHANCE, WHICH I AGREE WITH, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE GUY A
CHANCE. >> THIS IS TRUE. >> Stephen: SO NOW WE ARE
SEVEN, GETTING ON EIGHT MONTHS IN. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
CHANCES THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN. DO YOU STILL WANT TO GIVE HIM A
CHANCE OR HAVE YOU GIVEN HIM ALL THE CHANCES. >> IT'S NOT LIKE I WANTED TO
GIVE HIM A CHANCE THAT NIGHT. >> Stephen: I'M NOT
SAYING-- I'M NOT CRITICIZING THAT YOU SAID THAT. I THINK IT IS A GOOD IMPULSE BUT
HOW DO YOU FEEL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GUY NOW? >> YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MAN. IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I THINK
WE'RE ALL GETTING AN EDUCATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY. I KNOW THAT I HEARD DISCUSSING
ETHICS THIS MUCH, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW ETHICS ARE SUPPOSED
TO WORK AT THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT AND HE IS PUTTING ALL
THIS ON THE FOREFRONT. >> Stephen: NOBODY REALLY
TALKED ABOUT OXYGEN UNTIL SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR HANDS AROUND
YOUR NECK. (APPLAUSE)
>> VERY TRUE. BUT, BUT, IF YOU REMEMBER, IN
THE MONO LOG, THE IN THE EMMY MOM NOMINATED MONOLOGUE, THE IT
IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT, THE UGLY EMMYS WHERE THEY SEND IT TO YOU
IN THE MAIL IF YOU WIN. >> Stephen: THE SCHEMMY'S. >> BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MONDAY LOG I CON TECTS ALLIZED IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF
WHITE AMERICANS HAVE FINALLY GOT TO SEE WHAT AN ELECTION NIGHT
LOOKS LIKE FOR BRACK AMERICANS EVERY CYCLE. >> Stephen: THE SHOCK. >> YEAH, THE SHOCK OF IT WAS
JUST LIKE COME ON, MAN, THIS IS LIKE, COME ON. THIS IS HOW TRACTION WORKS. I THINK IT SPEAKS TO HOW
EFFECTIVE OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY WAS. >> Stephen: HOW TRACTION
WORKS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN TRACTION. >> DONALD TRUMP IS THE OTHER
FOOT, GOOD FOOT, BAD FOOT. >> Stephen: OH, I SEE. >> I THINK WE'RE MAKING MOVES. I THINK HE WILL MAKE MORE
REFORMS AND BETTER VOTING, WE WILL WORK IT OUT. HE IS A POLARIZING DUDE. HE'S LIKE A BAD DJ AT A GOOD
PARTY. (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
DAVE CHAPPELLE EVERYBODY.
