He ain’t broke. But he’s probably around folks who make way more than him so he knows he can do better if he applies pressure at the right times. I like it.


>18 min standup bit from Dave's IG breaking down the $$$ game
>https://www.instagram.com/tv/CH-rR9znT3g/?utm_source=ig_embed
>
>https://deadline.com/2020/11/chappelles-show-removed-netflix-request-dave-chappelle-viacomcbs-stolen-goods-paid-1234621181/
>
>Dave Chappelle had made it clear that he did not approve of
>ViacomCBS licensing his Comedy Central series, Chappelle’s
>Show, without paying him a dime. The comedian spoke about it
>during his recent Saturday Night Live monologue, and now he
>has done something about it.
>
>In a video, titled Unforgiven, which was posted on Instagram
>this morning, Chappelle says that he had asked Netflix, where
>he has a deal for standup specials, to take Chappelle’s
>Show, which the streamer had licensed on a non-exclusive
>basis, off the service.
>
>Netflix has honored Chappelle’s request, and removed the
>show overnight last night, a rep for the streamer confirmed to
>Deadline. The show began streaming on Netflix in the U.S. on
>Nov. 1. Chappelle’s Show, owned by ViacomCBS, is still
>available on the company’s Comedy Central and CBS All Access
>outlets and was also recently licensed by HBO Max. Companies
>that license a program pay the seller who, in tern, has to
>compensate the creatives on the show.
>
>“People think I made a lot of money from Chappelle’s
>Show,” Chappelle says in the video, filmed during a recent
>standup set, in which he reminisces about his comedy career.
>“When I left that show I never got paid. They (ViacomCBS)
>didn’t have to pay me because I signed the contract. But is
>that right? I found out that these people were streaming my
>work and they never had to ask me or they never have to tell
>me. Perfectly legal ‘cause I signed the contract. But is
>that right? I didn’t think so either. That’s why I like
>working for Netflix. I like working for Netflix because when
>all those bad things happened to me, that company didn’t
>even exist. And when I found out they were streaming
>Chappelle’s Show, I was furious. How could they not– how
>could they not know? So you know what I did? I called them and
>I told them that this makes me feel bad. And you want to know
>what they did? They agreed that they would take it off their
>platform just so I could feel better. That’s why I f*ck with
>Netflix. Because they paid me my money, they do what they say
>they’re going to do, and they went above and beyond what you
>could expect from a businessman. They did something just
>because they thought that I might think that they were wrong.
>And I do — I think that if you are f*cking streaming that
>show you’re fencing stolen goods.”
>
>Chappelle repeated his appeal to fans, which he also made on
>SNL earlier this month. “So I’m not going to the agents,
>I’m coming to my real boss — I’m coming to you. I’m
>begging you — if you ever liked me, if you ever think there
>was anything worthwhile about me, I’m begging you, please
>don’t watch that show. I’m not asking you to boycott any
>network — boycott me. Boycott Chappelle’s Show. Do not
>watch it unless they pay me.”
>
>Chappelle was the co-creator, executive producer and star of
>Chappelle’s Show, which had an abbreviated but very
>successful run on Comedy Central from 2003-2006.
>
>Netflix has been Chappelle’s home for four years with a deal
>for standup specials.