Dave and his friends have a mishap at the drive-thru. A look at the World Series of Dice. Also featuring musical guests Common and Kanye West.
WAR
96.1
Wins Above Replacement
“World Series of Dice” ranks #9 of 27 Chappelle's Show episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 97.2 — Elite. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 7.7 on craft and 7.9 on impact, with Paul Mooney landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Paul Mooney: 'I've written a film. Maybe they'll produce my film: The Last Nigger On Earth, starring Tom Hanks.'
Paul Mooney Dark/Subversive Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Quills: Robber Quills to Ashy Larry: 'Go upstairs and put on some lotion, right now!'
Quills Callback Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Lil' Jon: Lil' Jon calmly and articulately asks the doctor to define 'drugs' — 'That depends, doctor. What do you define as drugs?'
Lil' Jon Misdirection Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Bill (Announcer): 'That man is drier than Kunta Kinte's ankle' — announcer's color commentary on Ashy Larry
Rob (Announcer): Announcer: 'You'll notice he shot him below the waist, so it's not attempted murder. That was very intelligent on Quills' part. Quills knows the law.'
All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Lil' Jon · Doctor: The doctor's exam reveals only ONE thing hurts Lil' Jon — 'Yeah!' — the setup being a normal pain assessment
Lil' Jon · Doctor: Lil' Jon repeatedly responds to 'Proof of insurance?' with 'What?!' and 'Huh?!' in an escalating exchange
Lil' Jon: Lil' Jon calmly and articulately asks the doctor to define 'drugs' — 'That depends, doctor. What do you define as drugs?'
Lil' Jon Misdirection Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Lil' Jon · Doctor: Doctor scribbling notes while saying 'Nothing' repeatedly as Lil' Jon keeps asking 'What?!'
Dave Chappelle: Dave announces he has quit smoking weed — 'No, I'm serious this time, man' — to audience laughter
PSA Stoners: Anti-drug PSA parody: stoners argue about a cheeseburger for a prolonged period while one of them is holding it the whole time
PSA Stoners: PSA parody escalates to characters running over a kid and planning to 'chop her body up and stuff it down the drain'
Dave Chappelle: Dave, post-PSA sketch: 'I just love the fact that I have a show where we can run over a kid and everyone just busts out laughing. Only this show.'
Paul Mooney · Co-host: Paul Mooney calls his co-host 'on crack' for having seen Gone With the Wind 13 times
Paul Mooney: Mooney reframes Scarlett O'Hara as 'a ho' and declares Mammy the true hero of Gone With the Wind
Paul Mooney Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Paul Mooney: 'Mammy told the white people, get off my porch, white trash!' — Mooney claims this is his favorite scene
Paul Mooney Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Paul Mooney: Mooney claims Hattie McDaniel couldn't attend the Gone With the Wind premiere, then says 'She came back as Oprah Winfrey to get her money'
Paul Mooney Dark/Subversive Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Paul Mooney: Mooney reviews Barbershop, then adds: 'It's really just a front. They really sell drugs out of barbershops.'
Paul Mooney: Mooney's escalating outrage at Hollywood casting: 'The Mexican' with Brad Pitt, 'The Last Samurai' with Tom Cruise — 'Hollywood is crazy'
Paul Mooney: 'I've written a film. Maybe they'll produce my film: The Last Nigger On Earth, starring Tom Hanks.'
Paul Mooney Dark/Subversive Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Dave Chappelle: Dave introduces the World Series of Dice concept by first noting that poker is now a TV sport: 'I didn't even know poker was a sport'
Rob (Announcer) · Bill (Announcer): Announcer setting up the World Series of Dice: 'Why are we here? To buy weed? Not this time, Bill.'
Phyuck Yiu: Phyuck Yiu's entrance line: 'Konichiwa, bitches!'
Phyuck Yiu Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Leonard Washington: Leonard Washington's introduction: 'My name's Leonard Washington. Where I'm from? A little town called none of your goddamned business.'
Rob (Announcer) · Ashy Larry: The announcer asks 'Why do they call him Ashy Larry?' — then cuts to a visual of his extremely ashy skin
Bill (Announcer): 'That man is drier than Kunta Kinte's ankle' — announcer's color commentary on Ashy Larry
Ashy Larry: Ashy Larry: 'I stole this money outta my girl's purse. She think I'm out emptying the trash.'
Ashy Larry Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Grits n' Gravy: Grits n' Gravy to Ashy Larry: 'What you need is some chapstick and a set of trousers.'
Ashy Larry: Ashy Larry: 'All right, but I'm about to go from ashy to classy.'
Ashy Larry Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ashy Larry · Kiesha: Ashy Larry's girlfriend Kiesha immediately appears: 'Larry, what the fuck are you doing? / That better not be the money out of my goddamned purse!'
Grits n' Gravy: Grits n' Gravy was asked what he did with his million-dollar casino winnings: 'I bought my momma a car and I spent the rest on PCP.'
Rob (Announcer): Announcer reaction to the PCP revelation: 'Okay, simple enough. I like his style. Loves his mother. Loves PCP.'
Rob (Announcer) Deadpan/Understatement Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Bill (Announcer): Leonard and Grits n' Gravy staredown — announcer notes 'Look at the flaring nostrils. Makes me want to throw up.'
Grits n' Gravy: Grits n' Gravy, after losing: 'And when I leave, come together like butt cheeks.'
Leonard Washington: Leonard Washington suddenly announces a robbery: 'I want everybody in here to get butt-ass naked!'
Bill (Announcer): Announcer: 'Dice games get robbed. It happens all the time. They very rarely come to a reasonable end.'
Bill (Announcer): 'TV is no different.' — The announcer's aside after saying dice games rarely end reasonably
Leonard Washington · Quills: Leonard Washington refuses to undress for the robber: 'I'm Leonard Washington. I don't get butt-naked for nobody. You want this robe, nigga, you gonna have to shoot me.'
Quills · Leonard Washington: Quills immediately shoots Leonard in the leg
Rob (Announcer): Announcer: 'You'll notice he shot him below the waist, so it's not attempted murder. That was very intelligent on Quills' part. Quills knows the law.'
Unidentified spectator: 'This is why black people don't have nothin'... this is just what they want us to do.'
Ashy Larry: Ashy Larry returns during the robbery asking 'Where the dice? Where the dice?' — unaware of the robbery
Ashy Larry Callback Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Quills: Robber Quills to Ashy Larry: 'Go upstairs and put on some lotion, right now!'
Quills Callback Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Ashy Larry: Ashy Larry: 'Something told me just to empty the trash.'
Ashy Larry Callback Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Bill (Announcer): Announcer Bill: 'I put my car keys up my ass' as his robbery-prevention strategy
Rob (Announcer) · Quills: Rob attempts to sign off professionally mid-robbery: 'So, on behalf of Bill Burr and Quills, I'm Robert Pet—' — gets interrupted when the robber demands his ring
Rob (Announcer): End card: 'Hopefully, next year, we'll be able to get all the way through it, but probably not.'
Dave Chappelle: Dave's intro to 'When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong': 'It's good to be real sometimes; it's good to be phony sometimes. Yes, I said it. Phony! You think I'm this nice in real life? Fuck that, son!'
Dave Chappelle: 'I pull my balls out right now, I don't care. Skeet, skeet, skeet, skeet.'
Narrator: Vernon Franklin's biography: valedictorian, first in family to attend college, youngest VP in company history — presented before showing him go completely unhinged
Narrator Setup/Punchline Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank Murphy · Narrator: Frank Murphy says 'Give me some skin, huh!' to Vernon, and the narrator explains: 'Vernon, in his heart of hearts, felt like an Uncle Tom.'
Vernon Franklin: Vernon's immediate response: 'Get your motherfucking hand out of my face. You heard me, motherfucker. Get your hands out of my face!'
Vernon Franklin: Vernon's tirade escalates to: 'Do you want a little soft shoe? Should I juggle some watermelons for you, boss?'
Vernon Franklin: Vernon: 'Allow me reintroduce myself, my name is Homes.' — then claims he 'used to beat motherfuckers up just like you, just for walking around my way'
Vernon Franklin: Vernon: 'Sit down, bitch. Thug life! You think it's a game, nigger? / Wu-Tang!' — complete with barking
Narrator: Narrator reveals: 'Today, Vernon works at Sonny's Filler-Up on Route 80 in New Jersey. He makes $6.45 an hour and stinks of gasoline even when he's not at the station.'
Narrator Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Vernon Franklin: Vernon at the gas station: 'A dollar? What am I gonna get with a dollar, nigga? I got kids, and that's real.'
Narrator · Vernon Franklin: Final title card narrator: 'Vernon Franklin, once a heartwarming story of perseverance... today, a sparkling example of When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong.' — with Vernon shouting 'Wu-Tang!' in the background
Dave Chappelle: Post-credits tag: 'I'm rich, biatch!' followed by a horn honking
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