Dave takes a look at a great moment in hook-up history and shows "Real Movies" based on "The Matrix" and a grim look at "Pretty Woman." The Wu Tang Clan advertises their new financial firm, and Paul Mooney offers up another segment of "Ask a Black Dude." A Jedi Scandal is exposed. Also featuring music performer Killer Mike.
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“Wu Tang Consulting Firm” ranks #10 of 27 Chappelle's Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 97.0 — Elite. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 3.9 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.7 on impact, with Chuck Taylor landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Mace Windau: Mace Windau (replacing Yoda) takes the podium — clearly based on Samuel L. Jackson's character Mace Windu — reporter asks if Jedis who committed crimes deserve to die: 'Yes, they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell!'
Chuck Taylor: Chuck Taylor, after rolling the tape: 'Appalling Yoda's behavior was. Damn it! Now that freak has me talking like him.'
Chuck Taylor Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Paul Mooney: Mooney's Stephen King horror pitch: 'Nigger With A Brain. We'll see how that scares people. Niggers In School, how 'bout that, Stephen?'
Wu-Tang Financial Announcer: The commercial's disclaimer: 'Unfortunately, the Ol' Dirty Bastard couldn't make it today, but he sends his regards: Doo-da-doo-da-doo-da'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'Old-time farts. You gotta know how to jack this shit. You gotta play this game rough. In, out, get, grab, bonk.'
All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dave Chappelle: Dave opens with casual 'Good evening' to a screaming crowd, immediately undercutting the fanfare with deadpan normalcy
Dave Chappelle: The framing of late-night bar scrambling as a sporting event — 'the shot clock is running out,' 'a Great Moment in Hook-Up History'
Narrator: The narrator introduces Bobby Hutchinson as having spent the night 'trying to rush his way to pay dirt, Gina Morris' — describing a woman as a football objective
Narrator: Gina's female friends are introduced as 'left guard, Carol Deitrich, and right guard, Denisha 'Bear' Bryant' — two women with football position titles and a fearsome nickname
Narrator Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Narrator: 'A tandem that had racked up 14 cock blocks just a year earlier'
Narrator Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Bobby Hutchinson · Narrator: Bobby wins Gina over with 'one of his hysterical video game references' — 'You give me Pac-Man fever' followed by gobbling sounds
Narrator: Narrator: 'Hutchinson wore down the defensive line with shots up the gut'
Narrator Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Bobby Hutchinson · Gina Morris · Narrator: Bobby's attempt is 'blocked' when Gina refuses to leave — but then he 'exploits the defense's biggest weakness': pizza at his place
Bobby Hutchinson · Carol Deitrich / Denisha Bryant: Bobby adds 'and some weed, too' — the second friend immediately switches from 'I don't want no pizza' to 'Weed? A'ight, yeah'
Narrator: Narrator: 'That night, Bobby and Gina had drunken sex on top of her two passed-out friends, technically making it a four-way'
Narrator Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Dave Chappelle: Dave breaks character to comment on the period costumes: 'I look like Turbo from Breakin'' — then reveals he got so into character that he cleaned up the set afterward and they filmed it
Dave Chappelle: Dave's setup for 'Real Movies' with the Home Alone example: 'any real robber would've shot the little dude in the first five minutes, roll credits, the end'
Neo · Morpheus: The elaborate Matrix tension sequence — Neo carefully sneaking through cubicles while Morpheus guides him — leading to a prolonged, committed parody of the original film
Neo: Neo crawls through the office and audibly farts while trying to stay silent
Neo Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Neo · Earl · Morpheus (voice): Morpheus describes 'a black man sitting at a desk directly to your right' — Neo asks 'Morpheus?' — the man says 'Psyche! It's Earl, nigga, I need your stapler'
Earl · Neo: 'There is a black man sitting at a desk directly to your right. Look at him.' — Neo stares, thinking it's Morpheus — 'Psyche! It's Earl, nigga, I need your stapler.'
Earl Neo Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Neo · Earl: Neo and Earl laugh and say 'Dude, you totally got me' — then Neo sees the actual agents coming
Neo Earl Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Wu-Tang Financial Announcer: Wu-Tang Financial commercial opens with a serious financial services voiceover that sounds indistinguishable from real Smith Barney ads: 'The most precious thing in the world is the financial security and well-being of your family'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'I mean, Smith Barney... bunch of bitches. Old-time farts. You gotta know how to jack this shit. You gotta play this game rough. In, out, get, grab, bonk.'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'Old-time farts. You gotta know how to jack this shit. You gotta play this game rough. In, out, get, grab, bonk.'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'You need to diversify your bonds, nigga. Military shit is blowin' up. We about to go to war, invest in some nuclear bombs.'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'This ain't Trading Places, nigga. This is real fucking life!'
Wu-Tang Consultant: 'Protect your goddamn neck, a'ight?'
Wu-Tang Financial Announcer: The commercial's disclaimer: 'Unfortunately, the Ol' Dirty Bastard couldn't make it today, but he sends his regards: Doo-da-doo-da-doo-da'
Wu-Tang Financial Announcer: 'Because at the end of the day, Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with'
Dave Chappelle: Dave introduces 'Real Pretty Woman' — describes the film plot: 'Julia Roberts plays a prostitute that lucks up and meets a millionaire and they fall in love'
Real Pretty Woman: The 'Real Pretty Woman' sketch: a woman narrates her path to prostitution — fast food, parking cars at wrestling, couldn't pay rent, too ashamed to go home — then: 'That's when I met Kit. She was a hooker and made it sound so great.'
Pimp: The pimp immediately rejects her: 'You've gotta get the fuck outta here' — end sketch
Pimp Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Dave Chappelle · Paul Mooney: Paul Mooney is introduced as the voice of 'Ask a Black Dude' — described on chyron as 'comedian, Paul Mooney'
Paul Mooney: Question about why Black men die first in movies — Paul Mooney calls out The Green Mile's protagonist as 'that happy nigga that heals all white people, the big black runaway'
Paul Mooney: Mooney pivots: 'They better be worried about what they say in white films. White films go all over the world. 'Cause I remember the Godfather... when they had the drug scene and they said, well, we don't do that, sell it to the niggers'
Paul Mooney: Mooney on The Godfather drug scene: 'we don't do that, sell it to the niggers' — 'They shoulda had somethin' to say about that.'
Paul Mooney: Question from 'Stephen King' about whether Black people prefer Black dentists and Black undertakers — Mooney: 'That's funny, Stephen King. He almost said nigger, I read between 'em.'
Paul Mooney: 'Having a horror man come on and ask a question about a nigger. That was already scary.'
Paul Mooney: Mooney's Stephen King horror pitch: 'Nigger With A Brain. We'll see how that scares people. Niggers In School, how 'bout that, Stephen?'
Dave Chappelle: Dave's transition: 'This next piece is a special report on some bad sex. And I mean bad like Catholic priest, R. Kelly bad.'
Chuck Taylor: News anchor's lead: 'Outrage throughout the community as yet another sex scandal involving boys and men of authority. Who is it this time? Jedi knights in a galaxy far, far away.'
Chuck Taylor: The Jedi Council 'knew about it all along, in some cases, encouraging the abuse' — precise mirroring of Catholic Church institutional cover-up language
Chuck Taylor: 'the Jedi Council knew about it all along, in some cases, encouraging the abuse'
Yoda: Yoda's press conference — reporters shouting — Yoda speaks in Yoda syntax: 'Know about sex with boys, Yoda did not. Tired Yoda is. Resign he will.'
Yoda Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Yoda: 'Tired Yoda is. Resign he will.'
Yoda Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Yoda: Reporter presses Yoda on 'recently uncovered tape' that implicates him in the cover-up — Yoda: 'Yoda that was not. Then who was it? Mickey Rooney, maybe?'
Yoda Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Yoda · Chuck Taylor: The tape footage rolls — a Yoda puppet clearly molesting a Luke Skywalker figure — played completely straight as news footage
Chuck Taylor: Chuck Taylor, after rolling the tape: 'Appalling Yoda's behavior was. Damn it! Now that freak has me talking like him.'
Chuck Taylor Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Mace Windau: Mace Windau (replacing Yoda) takes the podium — clearly based on Samuel L. Jackson's character Mace Windu — reporter asks if Jedis who committed crimes deserve to die: 'Yes, they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell!'
Former Jedi Victim: Former Jedi victim interview: 'My master said the force was strong in me... and gave me a wine cooler.'
Former Jedi Victim: Victim continues: 'Then he made me wear a blindfold and reach into his pants to... look for the force.'
Chuck Taylor · Former Jedi Victim: Interviewer: 'Are you sighing, or are you just... breathing normally?' Victim: 'I don't even know anymore!'
Chuck Taylor: Chuck Taylor offers comfort — 'Son, I know this is difficult for you, but... could you show me on the doll where he touched you?'
Chuck Taylor: 'could you show me on the doll where he touched you? Point it out.'
Chuck Taylor: Chuck Taylor is so disturbed by what he sees that he screams at his cameraman: 'Can we cut tape? Miguel, you heard the man. Cut the goddamn tape! Just cut it!'
Former Jedi Victim · Chuck Taylor: Victim, sobbing: 'I was just young and curious.' — and the anchor sighs and delivers his wrap-up: 'We may never know what really happened'
Young Jedi: 'I was just young and curious.' (sobbing)
Angry Young Geek · Chuck Taylor: A Star Trek fan interjects to defend the Federation: 'This never would've happened in the world of Star Trek 'cause the fleet commanders would not have allowed...' — anchor: 'you can't prove that!'
Chuck Taylor: Anchor closes the segment with a tease: 'When we come back... gay droid marriage, should it be legalized? This queer couple says yes.'
Dave Chappelle: Post-credits: 'I'm rich, bi-atch!' — honking horn — catchphrase button
Wu-Tang Financial: Final stinger: Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with — played over the end card
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