Dave looks at what really happened behind the scenes of the movies "Ghost" and "Half Baked." Dave goes inside the racism present among Hollywood's animal stars. Dave also returns as crackhead Tyrone Biggums, whose friends stage an intervention and take him to a rehab center. Also featuring a musical performance by Slum Village.
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“The Return of Tyrone Biggums” ranks #14 of 27 Chappelle's Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 95.9 — Elite. The episode packs 49 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.8 on impact, with Tyrone Biggums landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'Y'all act like crack is so bad! Well, like the Good Book says: Let he who is without sin, throweth the first rock and I shalt smoketh it.'
Tyrone Biggums · Harold: 'Harold, is Anthrax bad?' / 'Yes, Tyrone.' / 'And if it fell into the wrong hands it could be big trouble.' / 'I got that Anthrax and it's the bomb, baby. 60 bucks!'
Tyrone Biggums: 'Drugs have ruined my life!' — Tyrone yells this while apparently mid-escape.
Tyrone Biggums · Rob: Tyrone passes the real estate test and becomes a certified real estate agent — then sells their house and keeps $450,000
Kent Wallace: The estate of Mr. Ed's statement: 'We deeply regret the way Mr. Ed was taken advantage of by the Klan. If it's any consolation, his best friend was the Black Stallion.'
All Jokes — 49 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dave Chappelle: Crocodile Dundee knife bit: 'Any black dude in New York would have been like, well, then this is a gun.'
Dave Chappelle · Molly · New Man: Ghost parody: the dead husband's ghost watches his wife hook up with another man and she knows — and doesn't care.
New Man: 'Oh, nigger, you know I see you. You, the ghost, nigger, I see you. You're freaky, man. You like to watch?'
Dave Chappelle: 'Life's got to go on, right? Life's got to go on.' — Chappelle's closing line for the Ghost sketch, delivered to the live audience.
Thurgood · Friends: Half Baked parody: after the plan to steal weed from the lab is proposed, the friends immediately bail on Kenny when weed is offered instead.
Friends: 'Yo, fuck Kenny, B.! I hope he gets fucked in his butt in jail! Booty-fuck Kenny, man!'
Dave Chappelle: 'Knock, knock.' / [Audience] 'Who's there?' / 'Some skits, bi-atch!'
Narrator · James 'Skank' Scanton: The 'penis in the popcorn' documentary mockumentary — framed as a historical hook-up innovation narrated in PBS Frontline style.
James 'Skank' Scanton: James 'Skank' Scanton breaks down the popcorn move like a sports analyst: 'Notice he bought the large tub of corn, he bought butter, he arranges it on his lap... and this is where it happens... right... here!'
James 'Skank' Scanton: 'And we, including myself... because that's how I got this...' — Scanton implies the penis-in-popcorn trick is how he fathered his child.
Narrator: The 'Hall of Hook-Up Legends' — Harvey Randolph ('we're out of gas'), Joey Newsom ('seemingly platonic sleepover that ends in dry-humping and, eventually, insertion') treated as founding fathers.
Audience Member: 'Man, I'm bored. I gotta go to the Chappelle's Show.' — A random person's non-sequitur motivation to attend the show.
Justin Wilkes: 'What you calling classic civil rights footage, I call footage of me getting bit on my ass by a German Shepherd from Dusseldorf, Germany'
Justin Wilkes: 'What you calling classic civil rights footage, I call footage of me getting bit on my ass by a German Shepherd from Dusseldorf, Germany.'
Justin Wilkes: 'If you would like to see, there's actually bite marks on my ass that can prove it.' — Wilkes offering to show his ass as evidence.
Kent Wallace · Dental Expert · Justin Wilkes: The canine dental expert matching Rin Tin Tin's dental records to Wilkes's ass scar — treated as forensic science.
Corinthia: Mr. Ed parody: the actress playing 'Corinthia' claims she worked with Mr. Ed for two years and he was a 'disgusting, bigot-ass horse.'
Mr. Ed (impersonator): Mr. Ed on set saying 'Took ya I-I-long enough, n-n-nigger' in his signature stutter to a Black actress.
Corinthia: 'I'll cut you, I'ma cut you, do you hear me? Boys, get her away from me! I know where you live, Mr. Ed. I'm gonna cut you.'
Kent Wallace: Frontline receives an anonymous photo of Mr. Ed with a note: 'Dear Frontline, this is Mr. Ed.' — implied Klan photo.
Unknown Man · Flipper: Flipper reveal: the dolphin is introduced via underwater footage then a man bursts through a door screaming 'It's James, the nigger-hating dolphin! Get out!'
Kent Wallace: The estate of Mr. Ed's statement: 'We deeply regret the way Mr. Ed was taken advantage of by the Klan. If it's any consolation, his best friend was the Black Stallion.'
KITT (Knight Rider): Knight Rider KITT audio clip: 'Puerto Ricans are lazy, Michael.'
Dave Chappelle: What Women Want parody premise setup: 'You couldn't do What Men Want 'cause it'd be too gross and disgusting.'
Various Men: What Men Want sketch: men in elevators thinking extremely explicit sexual thoughts about women — presented as mind-reading subtitles.
Young Boy: A young boy (child actor) in the elevator thinks: 'I would put a hurtin' on that bitch.'
Dave Chappelle: Chappelle's meta-commentary: 'I did this piece about a crack addict coming to a drug-awareness week at a school. I got a lot of complaints. A lot of people said I was insensitive, so... I brought him back again.'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone bursts in asking 'Is this the 5:00 free crack giveaway?'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'Mm-hmm, I'm here for same reasons you is, man, I want some crack. Crack.'
Tyrone Biggums: 'Did I miss the 5:00 free crack giveaway?' — Tyrone after being told no crack is being given away.
Tyrone Biggums: 'I've been tricked!'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'I don't do drugs. What y'all tell him, huh? Come on, Benedict Arnolds! What y'all tell him?'
Rhonda: Rhonda's intervention statement: 'I was very hurt that you carjacked me that time.'
Rhonda Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone's carjacking flashback: 'I would never carjack that ugly-ass car.' / 'Get out the car! Who's Tyrone, huh? I don't know Tyrone!'
Tyrone Biggums · Rhonda: Rhonda: 'The police found you three hours later in my car, asleep, high on crack.' Tyrone: 'That's impossible, Rhonda. How can you sleep if you're high on crack, hmm? It's a Chinese riddle for you.'
Jenny · Rob · Tyrone Biggums: Jenny and Rob: 'You let your addiction lead you to abuse our trust' / Tyrone: 'I just need $200, I take these real estate classes, and I'm back on my feet, baby'
Tyrone Biggums · Rob: Tyrone passes the real estate test and becomes a certified real estate agent — then sells their house and keeps $450,000
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'Oh, Rob, you should have seen it, we had a pile of crack this high.'
Rob · Tyrone Biggums: Rob lunges at Tyrone: 'I'll give you a heart attack!' / Tyrone: 'I'm getting a restraining order against you, Rob.'
Tyrone Biggums: 'Oh, Rob, you should have seen it, we had a pile of crack this high.'
Tyrone Biggums · Harold: Tyrone snorting what turns out to be an anthrax-laced envelope on his mail route.
Harold · Tyrone Biggums: Harold confronts Tyrone about the post office — 136 complaints of received open mail
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'Attention, everybody, be on the lookout for any envelopes marked Senator Tom Daschle or Tom Brokaw. It might contain Anthrax... I got that Anthrax and it's the bomb, baby. 60 bucks!'
Tyrone Biggums · Harold: 'Harold, is Anthrax bad?' / 'Yes, Tyrone.' / 'And if it fell into the wrong hands it could be big trouble.' / 'I got that Anthrax and it's the bomb, baby. 60 bucks!'
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone: 'Y'all act like crack is so bad! Well, like the Good Book says: Let he who is without sin, throweth the first rock and I shalt smoketh it.'
Tyrone Biggums · Counselor: Tyrone agrees to go to rehab, asks to use the bathroom — is locked in because 'there ain't no windows in here' — then apparently escapes anyway.
Tyrone Biggums: Tyrone escapes through the bathroom window — 'Oh! Why didn't they say there ain't no windows in here?' — then jumps anyway
Tyrone Biggums: 'Drugs have ruined my life!' — Tyrone yells this while apparently mid-escape.
Thurgood · Friends: Half Baked bloopers/alternate take: friends debate selling weed vs. crack, then immediately become enthusiastic crack dealers: 'We're crack dealers, man! Yo, let's be crackheads, yo.'
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