Neal Brennan: ‘Chappelle’s Show’ to Netflix’s ‘Blocks’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Neal Brennan has always felt like an “outlier” in the comedy world. He’s a successful stand-up who’s still best known for co-creating ‘Chappelle’s Show’ and as he jokes in his latest special ‘Blocks’ on Netflix, he’s often the least famous comedian in a room that contains some of the biggest comedy stars on the planet. In this episode, taped before Dave Chappelle’s most recent SNL monologue, Brennan talks about trying to get to the bottom of what’s “wrong” with him on stage, why he still thinks the “old Kanye” is still in there somewhere and what he’s learned helping others comics achieve some of the greatest work. He also goes deep on the origins of his creative partnership with Chappelle and shares his thoughts on the controversies that have consumed his friend in recent years.
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| 0:00.0 | My guest this week is probably still best known for co-creating Chappelle's show. |
| 0:05.4 | He's also a deeply hilarious stand-up comedian in his own right. |
| 0:09.7 | So it's my turn, and President Obama is here, First Lady Obama's there, |
| 0:15.6 | and I walk it with the president and go, hey man, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to call him. |
| 0:20.9 | But it was better than like, hey man. |
| 0:24.8 | Who's your girl? What up, ma? |
| 0:28.9 | So I go up and I go, hey man, my name's Neil Brennan and I created a Chappelle show with Dave Chappelle. |
| 0:35.0 | And he goes, oh, man, we love that show. |
| 0:37.2 | In fact, that's got to consider one of the greatest shows of all time. |
| 0:39.9 | What's you're going to say? |
| 0:45.3 | I got to say, felt pretty good. |
| 0:47.2 | Like, if he'd wanted a hand job, I would have given it to him. |
| 0:52.7 | So he goes, Michelle, this guy created Chappelle show with Dave Chappelle. |
| 0:55.8 | So Michelle comes over and goes, we were so upset when it went off the air. |
| 0:58.7 | And I go, how do you think I felt? |
| 1:06.8 | This is the last laugh. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Neil Brennan, |
| 1:12.9 | talking about the time he met Barack and Michelle Obama, from his 2012 Comedy Central half hour. |
| 1:20.0 | In the 10 years since that special came out, Neil has put out two hours on Netflix, |
| 1:26.2 | 2017's Three Mikes, and his latest called Blocks, which |
| 1:31.0 | just premiered on the service last week. |
| 1:34.0 | In the new special, Neil gets more personal than ever before about the many ways in which |
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