Allegedly, one of the reasons Chappelle walked from his comedy groundbreaking {at least we think so} television talk show, and $50 million was because he didn't want to get into a situation where people just wanted him to "Do Rick James" again instead of doing new material. Chappelle evidently had one of those almost hour long stand-up gigs play out like a bad connecting airplane flight sitting next to a smelly dude. Just uncomfortable.Chappelle immediately was met with a vibrant, but evidently too participatory, which broke up his momentum while trying to deliver a new stand-up routine. Chappelle indicated to some heckers that the evning was going to become "a battle of wills" to see who wins the night. Chappelle went through a broken routine, with frequent long pauses, and also is said to have checked his cell phone/texted while on the stage. Stand-up comedy is a very difficult thing to pull off in even the most controlled situation. We also remember a late Richard Pryor appearance where he had too much of a 'vocal' audience, and it took away from the flow of his material. We hope Dave gets back into a better mood. Comedy {especially GOOD comedy} is a precious, lacking commodity these days.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/07/dave-chappelle-apologizes-bad-attitude-after-bizarre-comedy-set {this link contains a brief video of the start of teh show. Many are just screaming 'I love you' or asking him to play a former character from the tv show...but you can hear a guy working his nerves by yelling 'Tyrone!!," and filming him on his camera phone. It gets in his head early, and often.}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTjQLfU6Gk {Dave at his best discussing 'Grape Drink' on stage. What the f' is juice!! Sugar+water+purple=Grape Drink}