“People think I made a lot of money from Chappelle’s Show,” Chappelle says in the video, filmed during a recent standup set, in which he reminisces about his comedy career. “When I left that show I never got paid. They (ViacomCBS) didn’t have to pay me because I signed the contract. But is that right? I found out that these people were streaming my work and they never had to ask me or they never have to tell me. Perfectly legal ‘cause I signed the contract. But is that right? I didn’t think so either. That’s why I like working for Netflix. I like working for Netflix because when all those bad things happened to me, that company didn’t even exist. And when I found out they were streaming Chappelle’s Show, I was furious. How could they not– how could they not know? So you know what I did? I called them and I told them that this makes me feel bad. And you want to know what they did? They agreed that they would take it off their platform just so I could feel better. That’s why I f*ck with Netflix. Because they paid me my money, they do what they say they’re going to do, and they went above and beyond what you could expect from a businessman. They did something just because they thought that I might think that they were wrong. And I do — I think that if you are f*cking streaming that show you’re fencing stolen goods.”
Achance007
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Wonder if he wanted big money to keep airing it and they said no, and instead spun the story
Sphygmo
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Dharma
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stevezissou
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I understand both sides of this.
Chappelle show was WAY before streaming days, so streaming rights/royalties most likely weren't in his contract.
Comedy central wasn't happy with him "walking" in the middle of his 3rd season after he signed a fat contract.
Dave wants to get paid for work he already did.
Netflix wants to keep Dave happy.
Plenty of blame to go around.
Chappelle show was WAY before streaming days, so streaming rights/royalties most likely weren't in his contract.
Comedy central wasn't happy with him "walking" in the middle of his 3rd season after he signed a fat contract.
Dave wants to get paid for work he already did.
Netflix wants to keep Dave happy.
Plenty of blame to go around.
Achance007
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Netflix pays Dave $20 million+ per special. Not sure anyone else would pay him that much but its mutually beneficial. and brings in much more subscribers then old episodes of a 15+ year old show.
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Jeebus
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Good to see a company value a relationship more than a short term gain.
Genius/GZA
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Oh shit you’re alive?
ghost.prawn
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smell my finger
strive nonetheless towards beauty and truth,
they did that because they thought they could make more money off his new stuff than having the old stuff available. it wasn't out of the kindness of their hearts.
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meyou
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look at the big brain on brad
Achance007
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smell my finger
strive nonetheless towards beauty and truth,
it's no unprecedented at all ... high profile, singular talents have a lot of leverage and large companies will often acquiesce to short term demands for longer term profits
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this is the spinniest of all spin stories of a licensing deal
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ding ding
the specials he keeps cranking out will get way more viewers than his show that aired when most millennials were 4 years old
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