It's hard to be a working comedian and not be cool with him because of his place in the industry.

There is this exchange between the two I came across.

In 2010, Neal Brennan, the co-creator of Chappelle’s Show, wrote a pilot with a character inspired by Patrice—harsh and philosophical, in a warm way. Brennan phoned him and cut to the chase: “Are you going to be a dick?”

“How you going to be asking me if I’m going to be a dick?” Patrice said. Then he launched into a two-hour meditation on his philosophy of being a dick. “Neal,” Patrice said finally, “I can’t promise you that I won’t be a dick.”


I would have loved to hear that 2 hour lecture from Patrice O'Neal to Neal Brennan.

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