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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

And I did my audition, and it was like...like, terrible

and I did my audition, and it was like...
like, terrible

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and I did my audition,
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and it was like... like, terrible.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:21
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
comedy, history
Production
Pilot Boy Productions

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Movie Summary

Dave Chappelle delivers a speech at his prestigious alma mater that reflects on his comedy roots, his rise to fame and why artists "should never behave."
I-- I froze up in the beginning, I started, and then I said, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
I-- I froze up in the beginning, I started, and then I said,
In the middle of the audition, I'm in the middle of the monologue, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:15
In the middle of the audition, I'm in the middle of the...
And I-- I can't tell you, like, I-- I was crushed. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And I-- I can't tell you, like, I-- I was crushed.
Uh... without saying his disapproval, I knew it stunk. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
Uh... without saying his disapproval, I knew it stunk.
And I was right. When I walked in here, I knew - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
And I was right. When I walked in here, I knew
And I thought to myself, "Ah, fuck this school, that's stupid anyway." - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
And I thought to myself, "Ah, fuck this school, that�...
In first-year theater, there's a question that they ask students from time to time. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
In first-year theater, there's a question that they ask...
And the question is this: - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:09
And the question is this:
If you say anything like, "I wanna be a star," - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
If you say anything like, "I wanna be a star,"
And I figured I already blew the audition, so I told them the truth. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
And I figured I already blew the audition, so I told them th...
And they said, "Well then, why are you here?" - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:14
And they said, "Well then, why are you here?"
It was a kid that already went here, his name was Ako Handy. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
It was a kid that already went here, his name was Ako Handy.
And Ako said, "Hey, man, I listened to them talking about you." - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
And Ako said, "Hey, man, I listened to them talking abo...
Somehow we worked it out so that they gave me an early enrollment, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
Somehow we worked it out so that they gave me an early enrol...
I was an oddity, a new toy, I was quirky, I wasn't a snappy dresser, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
I was an oddity, a new toy, I was quirky, I wasn't a sn...
In the morning, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:10
In the morning,
We'd start at 8:30, we wouldn't leave here 'til five, sometimes 5:30. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
We'd start at 8:30, we wouldn't leave here 't...
It's funny walking in here tonight, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
It's funny walking in here tonight,
Their sexuality or their gender identity - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
Their sexuality or their gender identity
Everybody was weird in their own way. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
Everybody was weird in their own way.