'When we started the show, I knew Dave was the funniest person I’d ever met. By the end of the show, I knew Dave was one of the funniest people who’d ever lived.' Read excerpts from Neal Brennan's speech at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony
Neal Brennan. Photo: Rich Polk/Getty Images for The Art of Elysium Several great speeches were delivered Sunday night during the Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Dave Chappelle held at the Kennedy Center. Longtime SNL cast member Kenan Thompson spoke from the heart about how much Chappelle’s comedy has influenced him: “Your fearlessness to entertain the way that you want to has definitely pierced my life, to the point where I played a werewolf choreographer last night.
But the best tribute of the night belonged to Neal Brennan, Chappelle’s longtime writing partner and co-creator of Chappelle’s Show. For more than 14 minutes, a lot of which will presumably be cut from the TV broadcast for time, Brennan talked about their partnership, the failure of their movie collaboration on Half Baked, their work on Chappelle’s Show, and how much he values their personal and professional relationship.
Here are some excerpts from the speech. See more of it — or maybe just different parts of it — when the Mark Twain Prize ceremony airs on PBS on January 6. In 1997, Dave calls me and goes, “Hey, if Universal reaches out to you, tell them we’re writing a weed movie together.” I was like, “What weed movie?” Dave said, “Don’t worry about it.” Looking back, it made sense that the origins of a weed movie sound pretty much like you’d imagine.
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