Keeping up with the Chappelles

So, as I hypothesized earlier, Comedy Central has embraced the "Dave's crazy and has disappeared!!" hype. Yesterday, I caught an in-house ad where the Comedy Central announcer is leaving numerous messages on Dave's answering machine, wondering where he is. The ad was plugging an upcoming Dave-a-thon that they're running of his show and comedy specials.

Good for them. It's a great marketing tool and the best example of turning crazy into "crazy-ade." And it shows that - as is appropriate for a comedy network - they've maintained a healthy sense of humor about the whole thing. That's pretty cool.

It's still funny how the news continues to push the "crazy Dave angle" by taking his quotes out of context. In other news, Dave says "...I'm...hearing voices ... help ... can't stop ... them ... kill."