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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

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We'd start at 8:30, we wouldn't leave
here 'til five, sometimes 5:30

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We'd start at 8:30, we wouldn't leave here 'til five, sometimes 5:30.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:42
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."
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.
And in a very strange way, because we spent so much time with one another. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And in a very strange way, because we spent so much time wit...
There's a camaraderie between these students - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:18
There's a camaraderie between these students
It wasn't just a student, but this particular guy... - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
It wasn't just a student, but this particular guy...
This particular guy did the cardinal no-no on the streets. He did what they call - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
This particular guy did the cardinal no-no on the streets. H...
And whoever gave him those drugs had declared, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
And whoever gave him those drugs had declared,
And my man was scared, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:10
And my man was scared,
And by the time the goons showed up, every dude that went to this school: - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:17
And by the time the goons showed up, every dude that went to...
I started making friends that are still my friends to this very day. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
I started making friends that are still my friends to this v...
As I get older, I appreciate my teachers more and more. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
As I get older, I appreciate my teachers more and more.
But to tell you the truth, I appreciated them then. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
But to tell you the truth, I appreciated them then.
Teacher salaries, you know, not necessarily what it should be. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
Teacher salaries, you know, not necessarily what it should b...
And when I think about that, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:17
And when I think about that,
And they fostered an environment of almost absolute trust, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
And they fostered an environment of almost absolute trust,
There's two lectures that I got at school - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:09
There's two lectures that I got at school
That like... turned the light switch on. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
That like... turned the light switch on.
It was two teachers: - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
It was two teachers:
Maybe one of the single best educators that I've ever met in my life. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
Maybe one of the single best educators that I've ever m...