Dave plays crack addict Tyrone Biggums, who gives a speech to an elementary school classroom. Also featuring musical guest Mos Def.
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“Introducing Tyrone Biggums” ranks #18 of 27 Chappelle's Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 95.1 — Elite. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.9 on impact, with Dave Chappelle landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tyrone Biggums: 'That, children, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack. But it wouldn't be the last.'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone gives children detailed instructions: steal $5-20 from mom's purse, take the D bus downtown, find a Latin American fellow named Martinez — 'We know that! And we know Martinez' stuff is the bomb!'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone opens with 'It is truly an honor and a privilege for me to be here... I say it's a privilege because it's a violation of my parole to be around children'
Pretty White Girl · Dave Chappelle: Pretty white girl sings 'Crack was invented and distributed to intentionally destroy the Black community' to a smooth R&B melody
Announcer: Disclaimer: 'Dave Chappelle is not a psychic. He is merely a racist who believes that stereotypes dictate our futures.'
Announcer Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dave Chappelle: Dave frames the entire show's premise by saying the only way America would listen to his thoughts is if a pretty white girl sang them
Dave Chappelle: Dave introduces the pretty white girl and says 'She's in my contract'
Pretty White Girl · Dave Chappelle: Pretty white girl sings 'Crack was invented and distributed to intentionally destroy the Black community' to a smooth R&B melody
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'AIDS was too' (also intentionally distributed to destroy the Black community)
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'The police never look for Tupac and Biggie's murderers'
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'Fuck the police' — audience applauds
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings about the Florida recount
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'O.J. didn't do it'
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'On second thought, yeah he did'
Pretty White Girl · Dave Chappelle: Pretty white girl sings 'Gay sex is gross. Sorry, I just find it to be gross — unless of course they're lesbians. I like lesbians.'
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings 'All Chinese people look alike. So do white people. Pretty much anyone who isn't Black looks alike to me.'
Pretty White Girl: Pretty white girl sings about wanting to stick a thumb in J-Lo's butt, then adds she wouldn't mind sticking fingers in 'that singing white girl's butt either'
Dave Chappelle: 'And now it's time to collect ad revenue for Comedy Central. Revenue they don't share with my Black ass.'
Street Interview Woman · Street Interview Man: Street interview: woman describes a threeway as 'the craziest thing she ever did sexually'; man then says the craziest thing HE ever did was having sex with 'old Gangbang here' — referring to the same woman — without a rubber
Dave Chappelle: Dave announces his 'Miss Cleo-style phone line' scheme, then reveals 'I've got a nagging suspicion that bitch ain't Jamaican'
Announcer: Disclaimer: 'Dave Chappelle is not a psychic. He is merely a racist who believes that stereotypes dictate our futures.'
Announcer Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dave Chappelle · White Woman Caller: Dave immediately diagnoses white caller's boyfriend as white ('so your current boyfriend is white') from a single phone call about butt size
Dave Chappelle · White Woman Caller: Dave guesses her parents kicked her out for dating a Black dude; woman says 'there's no way you could have known that unless you knew me!' Dave: 'Or if I dated four white girls myself.'
Dave Chappelle · Miguel: Dave identifies the second caller (foreign accent) as 'from south of the border' and guesses his name is Miguel
Dave Chappelle · Miguel: Dave tells Miguel: 'Stop... driving. You drive a pickup truck, don't you? And you don't have insurance, do you? Bam!'
Dave Chappelle · Announcer: Announcer reveals: 'Sometimes Dave will talk with a phony baloney Jamaican accent' — immediately followed by Dave doing exactly that
Dave Chappelle · Jail Caller: Jail call: Dave (in Jamaican accent) asks caller 'You Black, ain't you?' before the caller says anything; caller responds 'Yo, this nigga is off the hook!'
Dave Chappelle · Jail Caller: Dave predicts the jail caller is 'walking out free as a bird' then adds: 'I'm seeing something... it's six weeks later... you're going right back in the jail for the same shit'
Dave Chappelle: Rap interstitial: 'flippity-flap, flippity-float, flippity-fleep, here comes some jokes!'
Award Show Speaker · Announcer: The Wrap It Up Box sketch: An awards show speech is playing off by the box; speaker goes from profound personal story about dropping out of school to being abruptly wrapped up
Judge · Defendant: Judge in court is wrapped up mid-sentencing by the Wrap It Up Box — defendant flashes the box at the judge
Man · Woman: Sex scene: the Wrap It Up Box is deployed during sex; man keeps going — 'Psych! It ain't over. Not even close.' Box continues flashing; man ignores it repeatedly
Man Woman Cringe/Discomfort Running Gag Callback Announcer: After the sex scene, the product's final tagline: 'The Wrap It Up Box — things will come to an end at the perfect time... whenever you want them to' — immediately contradicted by the sex scene not ending
Announcer: 'Available at all Walbogs.'
Dave Chappelle: Dave introduces the Tyrone Biggums sketch by explaining drug-awareness week always ended with 'a real, live crackhead come talk to the kids'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone opens with 'It is truly an honor and a privilege for me to be here... I say it's a privilege because it's a violation of my parole to be around children'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone tells the kids: 'Y'all are looking at a dead man. I should not be in front of you today!'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone says he started doing drugs 'when I was little, just like you, fellow' — and then asks children to repeat 'marijuana' back to him
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone describes smoking marijuana 'dipped in embalming fluid' — but frames it with 'me and my friends would laugh and giggle and eat all the cookies! It was terrible. Terrible.'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone describes acid as 'very inexpensive and affordable. Even young children could afford it... it's so bad.'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone describes his acid trip: Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, and 'all my favorite cartoon heroes' came to his room and ate cookies and sang songs for 16 hours
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone re-creates Mickey Mouse 'doing the bass line' while clearly still experiencing the memory with joy: 'ba ba ba boo, ba ba ba boo'
Teacher: Teacher interview: 'And then he basically told them where and how to buy the stuff'
Teacher Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone gives children detailed instructions: steal $5-20 from mom's purse, take the D bus downtown, find a Latin American fellow named Martinez — 'We know that! And we know Martinez' stuff is the bomb!'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone tells kids to sniff magic markers to get high: 'What you think this is some kind of crayon? No. Take that cap off and sniff it. And you be high.'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone asks a child if they know what dog food tastes like: 'It tastes just like it smells... delicious! I'm gonna show you how I go to the bathroom.'
Tyrone Biggums: 'That, children, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack. But it wouldn't be the last.'
Tyrone Biggums · Teacher: Tyrone calls the teacher 'teacher bitch' when interrupted; then demands cash for his speaker's fee: 'It's my money, bitch! I earned it!'
Dave Chappelle: Dave's post-sketch clarification: 'That's not real doo-doo. It was a Snickers bar, we melted it.'
Dave Chappelle: Dave describes catching the props guy mid-melting-Snickers in a suspicious pose — miming him looking like he's doing something illicit
Dave Chappelle · Audience Member: Dave is giving his outro thanks; gets Wrap It Up Box'd by someone in the audience: 'Yo, Chappelle! Wrap it up B!'
Dave Chappelle: 'I'm rich, bi-atch!' (horn honking)
Tyrone Biggums: Tag scene: Tyrone running through the street screaming 'Peanut butter and crack sandwich!' (from the intro song)
Dave Chappelle · Tyrone Biggums: Tag scene: Tyrone crashes into something off-screen; Dave instructs him 'Lick your fingers'
Tyrone Biggums: Final tag: Tyrone screams 'Crack! Drugs and alcohol have ruined my life!' while apparently fleeing
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