List of Chappelle's Show episodes

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The following is a list of episodes for the Comedy Central sketch series Chappelle's Show. The show premiered on January 22, 2003 and ran for two successful seasons until co-creator Dave Chappelle backed out of the much anticipated third season in spring of 2005.

On July 9, 2006, over a year and a half after its original scheduled premiere, Season 3 of Chappelle's Show began, comprising three episodes. Advertised as the "lost episodes", they consisted of sketches filmed by Chappelle before leaving the show, hosted by series regulars Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings. The last of these episodes aired on July 23.

In total, 28 episodes of Chappelle's Show produced between 2003 and 2006, in addition to a Music Jump-Off special and four compilation episodes.

The DVD sets of the uncensored first and second season have sold extremely well since their release. As of 2004, The Season 1 boxset of Chappelle's Show is the best selling television series on DVD.^[1] On July 25, 2006, the lost episodes were released on DVD.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	12	January 22, 2003	April 9, 2003
	2	13	January 21, 2004	April 14, 2004
	3	3	July 9, 2006	July 23, 2006

Episodes

Season 1 (2003)

No. in series	No. in season	Original air date	Musical guest	Sketches
1	1	January 22, 2003	none	Mitsubishi Commercial, Popcopy, Nat King Cole, Home Stenographer, Frontline: Clayton Bigsby
2	2	January 29, 2003	Mos Def	Pretty White Girl Sings Dave's Thoughts, HBO: Real Sex Street Interview, Dave's Educated Guess Line, Wrap It Up, Tyrone Biggums Classroom Visit
3	3	February 5, 2003	Talib Kweli	QVC, Roots outtakes, Zapped, It's a Wonderful Chest
4	4	February 12, 2003	Busta Rhymes	iMac commercial, Dave on Donahue, New York Boobs, Reparations 2003
5	5	February 19, 2003	Fat Joe	Roca Pads, Redman Potty Fresh, Great Moments in Hookup History, Ask a Black Dude, Inside Chappelle's Show Studio, Redman's Potty Fresh reprise
6	6	February 26, 2003	David Broom	Third World Girls Gone Wild, The Dave Chappelle Story, Ask a Gay Guy, The Mad Real World
7	7	March 5, 2003	Killer Mike	Great Moments in Hookup History, Real Movies (The Matrix/Pretty Woman), Wu Tang Financial, Ask a Black Dude, Channel 3 News - Jedi Sex Scandal
8	8	March 12, 2003	Slum Village	Real Movies (Ghost/Half Baked),Great Moments in Hookup History, Frontline: Racist Hollywood Animals, Tyrone Biggums Crack Intervention, "What Men Want"
9	9	March 19, 2003	The Roots	Life Like a Video Game, Blackzilla, Two-Minute Special, The Playa Hater's Ball
10	10	March 26, 2003	Wyclef Jean	History's Greatest Wars, R. Kelly's "Piss On You" music videos, Ask a Black Dude, Real Movies (Deep Impact)
11	11	April 2, 2003	De La Soul	Fisticuff: Turn my headphones up, Make a Wish, Crazy Camera
12	12	April 9, 2003	Black Star	Trading Spouses, O'Dweeds, And-1 Videos, Diarrhea Choir, NBA players

Season 2 (2004)

No. in series	No. in season	Original air date	Musical guest	Sketches
13	1	January 21, 2004	none	Genetic Dissenter, Samuel Jackson beer, Campaign Advertisements, Better in Slow Motion, The Racial Draft
14	2	January 28, 2004	DMX	WacArnold's, Black Gallagher, The Niggar Family, Negrodamus
15	3	February 4, 2004	John Mayer, Questlove, Dave Chappelle	White People Dancing, Ribs Sleep-Aid, The 3 Daves
16	4	February 11, 2004	Ludacris	The Love Contract, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories - Rick James
17	5	February 18, 2004	Cee-Lo Green	Tron Carter - special "Law & Order" episode, Tyrone Biggums - Red Balls Energy Drink, Negrodamus, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories - Prince
18	6	February 25, 2004	Anthony Hamilton	A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon, If the Internet Was a Real Place, When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong
19	7	March 3, 2004	Kanye West, Common	A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon, Marijuana Commercial, Mooney on Movies, The World Series of Dice, When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong
20	8	March 10, 2004	Erykah Badu	I Know Black People, When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong, I Know Black People
21	9	March 17, 2004	Wyclef Jean	Sales Pitches, Dave Gets Oprah Pregnant, Jury Duty
22	10	March 24, 2004	Snoop Dogg, Tyrone Biggums	Making the Band, Dude's Night Out, Kneehigh Park
23	11	March 31, 2004	Kanye West, Mos Def, Freeway	Greatest Misses – Haters in Time, Holla Service, A Gay World, Nelson Mandela's boot camp
24	12	April 7, 2004	Talib Kweli	The Wayne Brady Show, Tyrone Biggums - Fear Factor
25	13	April 14, 2004	Big Boi	First Black Man to Use a White Toilet, A Moment in the Life of Lil Jon, Black Bush

Season 3: "The Lost Episodes" (2006)

No. in series	No. in season	Original air date	Musical guest	Sketches
26	1	July 9, 2006	none	Dave has $55 million, Hip-Hop News, Dave Gets Revenge, Tupac is still alive
27	2	July 16, 2006	none	Black Howard Dean, Watching TV while having sex, The real side of Gary Coleman, Stereotype Pixies/Audience Feedback
28	3	July 23, 2006	none	Black Monsters, "Minorities" in the News, Dave Meets Show Business: Merchandising, Lil' Jon in Love, Dave as P.Diddy on MTV Cribs.

Specials (2003–04)

No.	Original air date	Title	Sketches
1	April 13, 2003	The Best of Chappelle's Show Volume 1 Mixtape	Roca Pads, Wu Tang Financial, Frontline: Clayton Bigsby
2	July 16, 2003	The Best of Chappelle's Show Volume 2 Mixtape	More highlight sketches from Season 1
3	April 21, 2004	The Best of Chappelle's Show Season 2: Volume 1	The Niggar Family, Samuel Jackson beer, Jury Duty, The Wayne Brady Show
4	April 27, 2004	Music Jump-Off	Chappelle shows highlights of music-related sketches and performances some of which were previously unaired
5	May 3, 2004	The Best Of Chappelle's Show Season 2: Volume 2	Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories - Prince, Racial Draft, White People Dancing

References

1. According to a 10/17/10 USA Today article, Season 1 has sold over two million copies.