Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly is an American television comedy special directed by Stan Lathan and starring comedian Dave Chappelle in a solo standup performance from The Lincoln Theater in Washington, DC, in 2000.
The special originally aired in the USA on HBO in 2000. It is an hour long.
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly aired in South Africa on TopTV's Fox FX channel on Friday 31 December 2010, at 20h30.
Repeat
Saturday 1 January 2011: 03h10
Synopsis
Dave Chappelle returns to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.
Taking his time, stretching concepts and bits like a master, Chappelle plunges into a wealth of anecdotes and observations about the influx of white people into Washington, D.C. (where this show was recorded) since the 1980s.
"Who are the scariest people? White guys in black gangs. No telling what they did to get respect."
There are fantastic tales of racing cops with Chappelle's white friend, Chip, and a great story about being left alone in a limousine outside a busy crack house.
Other good stuff: introducing a kid to a PePe Le Pew cartoon and realising too late the skunk is a sex criminal, and why we should know our 911 calls will end up being played on television.