"Its Over" Says Charlie Murphy (Chappelle Show)

[SkipToMy_Lou]

IT'S over.


At least that's what


Dave Chappelle collaborator Charlie Murphy says about Comedy Central's wildly popular "Chappelle's Show," which has been on hiatus since last April, when Chappelle mysteriously left the country on what he called a "spiritual retreat" to South Africa.


Fans had been hopeful that Chappelle would return to finish the show's third season, but Murphy says not to hold your breath.


"I don't think Dave is going to do anymore," Murphy tells The Post.


"We shot about eight shows for the third season, and they're hilarious. They'll be released on DVD, I'm sure. But that's it."


Murphy should know. He's the "True Hollywood Stories" guy, whose real-life tales of hanging out with his younger brother, Eddie Murphy, and Rick James led to that ubiquitous "Chappelle's Show" catchphrase, "I'm Rick James, bitch!"


Murphy played himself in the "True Hollywood Stories" segments and was a writer on the show. Now he's doing stand-up comedy, including headlining at the Times Square comedy club Caroline's On Broadway from Aug. 11-14.


Chappelle, who walked away from a Comedy Central deal worth nearly $50 million, has been working on new stand-up material this summer.


"He probably wants to put a big show together, then put it on the road," Murphy says, adding that he still doesn't know why his boss pulled that disappearing act last spring.


Just the day before Chappelle left the country, he, Murphy and co-star Donnell Rawlings had filmed a skit called "Monsters, Inc." for the third season.


"It was hilarious," Murphy recalls. "I was Frankenstein. Dave was The Wolfman. Donnell was The Mummy. We were living together and experiencing problems, because we're monsters. But I thought it was because I was black that all these things were happening, not because I was Frankenstein.


"It was all fun, very normal," Murphy recalls.


But the next day, he came into work and Chappelle was gone.


"The ball's in Dave's court," Comedy Central's president, Doug Herzog, told reporters recently. "If you see him, tell him to phone home."

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[cyanide]

Man that sucks big time His shows are hilarious, and he couldn't finish his 3rd season. So is he still on this spiritual retreat of his, or is he back home working on new material, or what?

[Colin]

He's back. I believe I heard that he's working on enw stand-up material.

[Indy]

[Bang]

He gets paid more than Shaq and he just quits? What the hell is with that?

[Emiliano]

I miss Chappelle Show!!!

".....Game.........blouses......" Just hillarious!

[FendeR`]

Everyone loved his show and he could have signed a $50 million dollar contract, how do you walk away from that?

[BIG GREEN]

Its true what they say....we black people cant handle money and fame. We complain that the man is keeping us down...and when we cant say it anymore..we flip the fuck out. Happened to me when i got fired from a high paying job last year for acting like a jackass

[BMG]

i think thats bs

it had nothin to do with money

when he signed that contract last year, they gave him full creative control and said he had the green light to do whatever he chose with the skits and the show, the beef was about a skit he was workin on, the people upstairs at comedy central kept criticizing him about it and he got fed up and walked off the set.

if its really over thats a damn shame, that was hands down the best show on TV
hopefully they'll release those episodes they finished onto DVD

[Fenix]

Its true what they say....we black people cant handle money and fame. We complain that the man is keeping us down...and when we cant say it anymore..we flip the fuck out. Happened to me when i got fired from a high paying job last year for acting like a jackass

I don't believe that has anything with the fact you're black and everything with the fact you're a jackass .

[FamilyGuy90]

that sucks

[BIG GREEN]

Its true what they say....we black people cant handle money and fame. We complain that the man is keeping us down...and when we cant say it anymore..we flip the fuck out. Happened to me when i got fired from a high paying job last year for acting like a jackass

I don't believe that has anything with the fact you're black and everything with the fact you're a jackass .

i never said it had anything to do with me being black....read what i said before you post...cause you're saying the same thing i said. You're falling flat on your face trying to be funny

[Cameron]

Yohance isn't a jackass :S Don't be silly, VanK!