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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

It's worth protecting for me, and it'sworth protecting for everyone else who endeavors in...

It's worth protecting for me, and it's
worth protecting for everyone else who endeavors in our noble,
noble professions

Full Transcript

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It's worth protecting for me,
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and it's worth protecting for everyone else
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who endeavors in our noble, noble professions.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:42
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."
And these kids didn't understand that they were instruments... - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
And these kids didn't understand that they were instrum...
And I didn't get mad at them. They're kids. They're freshmen. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And I didn't get mad at them. They're kids. They&#...
One of the kid's mother went on Fox News, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
One of the kid's mother went on Fox News,
She said a lot of things that I didn't like, lot of things. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
She said a lot of things that I didn't like, lot of thi...
The thing she said that got to me, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:10
The thing she said that got to me,
I used to sit there and meditate." Well, of course you'd meditate. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
I used to sit there and meditate." Well, of course you&...
We didn't meditate in here. We got to work. But, okay, fine. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
We didn't meditate in here. We got to work. But, okay, ...
And then she scrunched her face up. She's a beautiful woman, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
And then she scrunched her face up. She's a beautiful w...
His name... on that theater. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
His name... on that theater.
No matter what they said about The Closer, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
No matter what they said about The Closer,
And I am still of the mind, and I say this with all humility, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
And I am still of the mind, and I say this with all humility...
It will be decades before you ever see someone in my genre - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
It will be decades before you ever see someone in my genre
About three weeks ago I saw in the newspaper that a man, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
About three weeks ago I saw in the newspaper that a man,
I said it to the kids that day: if you have a better idea, then express it. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
I said it to the kids that day: if you have a better idea, t...
And you can beat me. It's that easy. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
And you can beat me. It's that easy.
If you have more talent than me, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
If you have more talent than me,
The idea that my name will be turned into - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
The idea that my name will be turned into
The fact that if my name was on this theater, and a kid - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
The fact that if my name was on this theater, and a kid
When this controversy came out, and students were angry, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
When this controversy came out, and students were angry,
And to-- I feel a great deal of success, and it came around. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And to-- I feel a great deal of success, and it came around.