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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

And then, Lorne Michaels asked me to do Saturday Night Live. And it wasn't just like he...

Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? • 2022

And then, Lorne Michaels asked me to do Saturday Night Live. And it wasn't just like he asked me, he was courtin' me, I didn't even know it,
he gave me this whole long speech, and I was like, "All right." And then
I read some book about Lorne Michaels starting Saturday Night Live, and I read
the speech that he gave Richard Pryor when he wanted him to host the show,
and I said, "Holy shit, that's the same shit he said to me!"

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And then,

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Lorne Michaels

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asked me to do Saturday Night Live.

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And it wasn't just like he asked me,

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he was courtin' me, I didn't even know it, he gave me this whole long speech,

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and I was like, "All right." And then I read some book about Lorne Michaels

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starting Saturday Night Live, and I read the speech that he gave Richard Pryor

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when he wanted him to host the show, and I said, "Holy shit,

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that's the same shit he said to me!"

Duration

28 seconds

Views

48

Timestamp in Movie

00:25:09

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."