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The 3 Daves

Chappelle's Show 2004 Season 2 Episode 3

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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Dave Chappelle turns the jokes on himself, showing how he handled the same bad days at 18, at 24 and as a 30-year-old family man.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Told that he mocks everyone but himself, Dave Chappelle presents a personal piece from a bare studio lined with photos of his younger selves, explaining that he has been three different men: an earnest, optimistic 18-year-old, a pot-smoking, skirt-chasing 24-year-old chasing movie stardom, and the responsible husband and father he is today. He then replays the same situations through each version. With girlfriend trouble, young Dave weeps and pleads on the couch in 1992, 24-year-old Dave vents about trust while getting a lap dance at a strip club, and present-day Dave fakes being asleep when his wife wakes him. Stopped by the police, the teenager screams for help, the 24-year-old overpowers two officers and orders them to the ground while boasting that he is high, and the grown-up is courteous until the officer recognizes him, then gloats about being rich and speeds off. Losing a movie role to the Wayans brothers, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan earns sorrow and fury, but sensible-shoe Dave is merely baffled to lose one to Nick Cannon and takes it out on his son. Each Dave closes with his own philosophy of life.

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Proud father, loyal husband, and prompt taxpayer.

Here's how Sensible Shoe Dave handles it at 30.

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

Neal Brennan
Director
Director (episode credit)
Dave Chappelle
Writer
Creator & Writer
Neal Brennan
Writer
Creator & Writer

ScriptEnglish · 40 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

00:00
Self ?
A lot, one thing I've been hearing a lot recently is they say, you know, Dave, you make fun of everybody and everything, but how come you never make fun of yourself? Because it's not easy. I'm sensitive. But since you guys have been so good to me tonight, I feel like I owe you no less. This next piece is about the real Dave Chappelle. It's personal. It's actually very personal, but here it is. Hey, I'm Dave Chappelle, host of Chappelle's show. Many guys are familiar with my on-screen persona, but the question keeps popping up. Who is Dave Chappelle, really? Well, guys, the answer isn't so simple. You see, in the last 12 years, I've been at least three different people. There's me at 18, sincere, earnest, relentlessly optimistic. And then there was me at 24, budding movie star, reefer addict, and a man with a sexual appetite that would make Michael Douglas seem gay. Then, of course, there's the man who stands in front of you now. Proud father, loyal husband, and prompt taxpayer. All three of these men had different psyches and handled things in very different ways. And with your permission, I'd like to explore these three men tonight in a piece that I like to call Three Days. All right, first scenario. Let's say I'm having problems in a relationship. Why don't we take a look at how I used to handle that at 18? Let's run.
01:31
18-Year-Old Dave ?
Sharron, Sharron look, I want to work this out, but you got to talk to me. You got to open up. Last week when we were at that DOS FX concert, I rickety realized that I, I rickety love you. Pickety pow. Come on girl, don't be like this. You act like all I want to do is zoom a zoom zoom in your boom boom, like this. Clickety clow!
01:58
Self ?
What a biggity bitch. bitch. I'm talking about myself, of course.
02:03
Self ?
All right. Well, let's see how I handle relationship difficulties at 24.
02:08
24-Year-Old Dave ?
I love her, but she don't trust me. I can't be with someone who don't trust me.
02:14
Stripper ?
Oh, that sounds terrible. Do you want to understand, honey?
02:18
24-Year-Old Dave ?
Yes, I do.
02:19
I know.
02:23
24-Year-Old Dave ?
And the other thing, you know what she had the nerve to say to me? That I smell like like I've been at the Teddy Bar.
02:29
So the what?
02:32
Self ?
Let's see how I handle relationship problems today now that I'm a father and a husband and all that good stuff.
02:40
Baby. Baby, you up?
03:04
Self ?
Scenario two. Let's say I'm pulled over by the police and I'm being treated less than fairly. These kinds of things happen. Why don't we see how 18-year-old Dave used to handle that?
03:15
18-Year-Old Dave ?
Help!
03:17
Self ?
Okay. Now, let's take a look at 24-year-old Dave.
03:21
24-Year-Old Dave ?
I ain't do nothing. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. On the ground. Hey, what about you? Why don't you get on the ground? Man, that's right, give me my license back. Man, spread your cheeks and lift your sack. That's right. And you know what? I am high, I'm high.
03:38
Self ?
And now, let's take a look at 30-year-old Dave.
03:43
Police Officer ?
All right, license, insurance, registration, please.
03:45
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Sure. Sorry about that, I was running late for a shoot for my show, Chappelle Show.
03:52
Police Officer ?
Dave Chappelle?
03:53
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Yeah?
03:54
I'm rich, bitch. Rich, huh? Yeah. You haven't seen it? Don't get it.
04:01
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Buckle up, baby!
04:03
Self ?
Over the last... Over the last 12 years, my career went through a lot of ups and downs. Now, a lot of people ask me, Dave, how do you handle it when you lose out on a movie part that you really want? It's a good question. I'll show you how I used to handle it at 18 right now.
04:20
18-Year-Old Dave ?
Well, who got the part? The Wayans brothers. There's more?
04:26
Self ?
Well, here's how I handled the same type of situation at 24.
04:30
24-Year-Old Dave ?
Chris Tucker. It's the second time this happened. Who got the other part? Tell me, man. Jackie Chan? That mother can't even speak English.
04:43
Self ?
. And now, Here's how Sensible Shoe Dave handles it at 30.
04:50
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Who? Who's Nick Cannon?
04:53
Dave's Son ?
Daddy, Nick Cannon's hilarious.
04:56
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Man, you, son. You think he's so goddamn hilarious because he just walked off with your school clothes money. It's funny, isn't it? I'm broke, . I'm broke!
05:06
Self ?
Well, I guess that gives you guys a pretty good idea of how I've changed over the years. But before I go, I just want to give each of me a chance to tell you their overall philosophy in life. 18-year-old Dave, you're on.
05:19
18-Year-Old Dave ?
When you lose, don't lose the lesson. His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
05:28
Self ?
That was touching. All right, how about you, Mia24?
05:33
24-Year-Old Dave ?
Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, smoke weed every day.
05:40
Self ?
There you go.
05:42
Self ?
David Thurston, what you got for me?
05:45
30-Year-Old Dave ?
Nick Cannon. Dave Chappelle.
05:48
Dave's Son ?
He's hilarious.
05:49
30-Year-Old Dave ?
You know, you acting like a little , all right? Stop saying that. You trying to make your father feel bad? I got to pay all the bills around here? You going to go tell your mother? You telling your mother I'm cussing in the house? That's right! .