Dave looks at what it would be like to have a black version of watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher. Paul Mooney plays "Negrodamus" and Dave plays Calvin, who gets a job at WacArnolds. Also featuring music performer DMX.
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“The Niggar Family” ranks #8 of 27 Chappelle's Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 98.0 — Elite. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.9 on impact, with Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford) landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Jenny's Father · Jenny: Jenny's father's horror at 'a Niggar boy from school' — then relief: 'I like that Niggar. He's a very good athlete and so well-spoken.'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Negrodamus on weapons of mass destruction: 'Because he has the receipt.'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Negrodamus: Michael Jackson should have been a priest — 'Then he would have just been transferred.'
Clifton (Milkman): 'This racism is killing me inside!' — Clifton or the maitre d' aside to camera, mid-scene
Emily Niggar · Tim Niggar Sr.: 'She's got those Niggar lips. — I know, so thin!'
All Jokes — 53 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dave Chappelle: Dave mocks the WacArnold's ad concept: the whole neighborhood celebrates Calvin getting a fast food job as if it will end poverty in the ghetto
Dave Chappelle: 'Calvin, you getting this job is the signpost to a new era in the black community. Thank you, fast food restaurant!'
Woman on Street: 'Eww, nigga, you smell like french fries.'
Man on Street · Friend: 'Let's rob that nigga, man. Yeah, son.'
Coworker: 'Oh, she died, Calvin, of high cholesterol. Too much WacArnold's.'
Coworker Dark/Subversive Running Gag ★ Rewatch Neighborhood Guy: 'Damn, Calvin, you look beat the hell up. What's up, fry guy? Punk bitch.'
Stoner: 'Yo, Calvin, it's a thin line between fries and shakes.'
Stoner Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Rapper: Rap about WacArnold's: 'the leanest burger in the world could be the meanest burger in the world if you cook it that way'
Rapper Absurdist Character Comedy Calvin's Girlfriend: Calvin brings home fast food for dinner; girlfriend explodes: 'Calvin, you can't keep feeding me and your baby hamburgers and french fries every goddamn night!'
Calvin's Girlfriend: 'And who's gloves are these? Huh? Who you fucking, O.J.?'
Calvin's Girlfriend: 'Well, Calvin, you always workin'!' — revealed as an excuse for apparent infidelity with 'the fairy' (gay man)
Calvin: 'WacArnold's is tearing this family apart!'
Calvin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Calvin: 'Old Mrs. Harvey died.' — Calvin mentions Mrs. Harvey's death mid-argument as a proof of WacArnold's destruction
Calvin Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Calvin: 'And guess what? The rib sandwich is coming back on Tuesday! Guess who ain't getting one!'
Calvin Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Calvin's Girlfriend · Calvin: 'I don't eat pork, anyway.' / 'You damn right you don't eat pork, 'cause I ain't giving you none.'
Calvin: Calvin's final rant: 'I'm Calvin around here! You know about me? Everybody know I got a job!'
Calvin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Dave Chappelle: Dave introduces Paul Mooney reprising 'Ask a Black Dude' but as 'Negrodamus' — Mooney described as 'the hottest psychic ever in the history of the world'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Negrodamus: Michael Jackson should have been a priest — 'Then he would have just been transferred.'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Negrodamus on weapons of mass destruction: 'Because he has the receipt.'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Negrodamus unprompted: 'Rosie O'Donnell shall have a sex change. She will become a man and marry Liza Minelli's husband and beat him.'
Paul Mooney as Negrodamus: Star Jones prediction: 'First she'll do The View, then she'll take her wig off and do the weather.'
Dave Chappelle: Dave reveals Gallagher had a twin brother who sold the act, and the twin sold it to a Black man named Earl Wallingford who went out as 'Black Gallagher'
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): Black Gallagher's first bit: 'Where are the weapons of mass destruction?!' while smashing something
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'Why don't they call them Osama Been Hidin'?'
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'Hope you like my outfit. The queer guys came by and had an eye for me.' — Black Gallagher references Queer Eye for the Straight Guy while wearing an absurd outfit
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'Pink hearts, yellow moons, green clovers, orange stars... that leprechaun's on acid!'
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'He's crazy like me.' — Black Gallagher self-identifies with the acid-tripping leprechaun
Audience Member: 'Smash the fruit, you Black son of a bitch!' — audience member's heckle
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'Well, Black Gallagher doesn't go out like no punk bitch with a mallet!' — then pulls out a gun
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'I got warrants!' — Black Gallagher yells while apparently fleeing
Dave Chappelle: Dave describes white fans approaching him to say 'that sketch you did about them niggers, that was hila—' before catching themselves
Dave Chappelle: 'You start to realize these sketches in the wrong hands are dangerous.'
Narrator/Singers: The Niggar Family theme song: 'These are the Niggars that we like' sung to a cheerful 50s-sitcom melody
Emily Niggar · Tim Niggar Sr.: 'She's got those Niggar lips. — I know, so thin!'
Tim Niggar Sr.: 'He sure is one lazy Niggar.'
Jenny's Father · Jenny: Jenny's father's horror at 'a Niggar boy from school' — then relief: 'I like that Niggar. He's a very good athlete and so well-spoken.'
Jenny's Father: 'I mean, we're rich, they're Niggar rich.'
Clifton (Milkman): 'Morning, Niggars!' — Clifton the milkman bursts in cheerfully
Clifton (Milkman): 'I know better than to get between a Niggar and their pork. Might get my fingers bit.'
Clifton (Milkman): 'I know how forgetful you Niggars are when it comes to paying bills.'
Clifton (Milkman): 'All right, peace Niggar!' — Clifton's exit
Passing Black Man: A Black man walks past on the street, sees the white neighborhood, and reacts with stunned silence/confusion: 'Niggars?!'
Clifton · Maitre d': Restaurant scene: host calls 'Niggar, party of two' and Clifton (the Black maitre d') reacts with fury — then is placated when he hears it's a surname
Maitre d' · Clifton: 'Are you the nigga that broke the bottle over Ronnie's head at the dice game?' / 'No, not that nigga. The Niggar from work, the milk round.'
Maitre d': 'I bet you'll get the finest table a Niggar's ever got in this restaurant.'
Maitre d' Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Clifton (Milkman): 'This racism is killing me inside!' — Clifton or the maitre d' aside to camera, mid-scene
Tim Niggar Sr.: 'Honey, put your dinner party face on.'
Tim Niggar Sr. · Mr. Sanchez: Dinner guest introduces family: 'Well, you must be the Wetbacks!' / 'It's Sanchez. And don't call us wetbacks, Niggar.'
Mrs. Sanchez: 'I'm just kidding, we are the Wetbacks!' — Mrs. Sanchez corrects her husband and accepts the greeting
Tim Niggar Sr.: 'Wait 'til we tell the Jews!' — Tim Niggar Sr.'s excited aside about expanding the slur-surname friend group
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'You know why a dog licks his balls? 'Cause they're salty! Black Gallagher!'
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'Rich people stink! They smell like someone's been cooking bologna in their shirt!'
Black Gallagher (Earl Wallingford): 'The sun is very far away from the Earth, people. But I'm hot!'
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