I'M RICH, BIOTCH!

[Paragon]

Chappelle inks $50 mil Comedy deal
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000591207

Dave Chappelle has signed a massive deal with Comedy Central that will return the comedian's hit series to the network for two more seasons.

Sources familiar with the deal indicate it could be worth about $50 million, vaulting Chappelle into the rarefied realm of television's top earners. The new contract is believed to not only mark a steep increase for Chappelle as star, writer, co-executive producer and co-creator of "Chappelle's Show," but more significantly, reward him with a hefty chunk of the series' robust DVD sales.

Increasing the pressure on Comedy to close a megadeal with Chappelle was interest from other programmers eager to tap his talents, including NBC Universal Television Group president Jeff Zucker, according to sources, who ultimately deemed Chappelle too expensive. FX is said to have made an eight-figure offer to lure Chappelle to the network, but to no avail.

The deal also has implications beyond Comedy for Chappelle within the network's parent company, Viacom, sources said. Another component sets up Chappelle with a multimillion-dollar pay-or-play deal at Paramount Pictures to star in an adaptation of the autobiography of Rick James, the chart-topping singer who Chappelle has lampooned on "Chappelle's" (HR 6/10). He may also be tapped for a different film project.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. What did the five fingers say to the face?

SLAP!

[catzies]

2. CELEBRATION BITCHES

I still think the racial draft was the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year. China takes...WU TANG CLAN!

Dave's gonna need Wu Tang Financial now. Diversify, biatch!

[blueknight]

3. aaaahhhhh.......

DARKNESS

[phillybri]

10. Rick James sounds...

http://www.collegeslackers.com/soundboards/rick_james_soundboard.html

I wish I had more hands...So I could give those titties 4 THUMBS DOWN!!!

[a_random_joel]

4. Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

[thatgemguy]

5. He can buy a new couch

They never shoulda gave you niggas money..
:crazy:

[WilliamPitt]

6. Does Wayne Brady need to get out the car and choke a bitch?

[Skeet]

7. White people love Wayne Brady.

nt

[Lil Jon]

8. Yeeahhh!

[slutticus]

9. Game.......Blouses.

[elperromagico]

11. And Chappelle doesn't make that many shows a season.

Compared to the other big bucks stars, he makes perhaps half the shows. So this deal is even sweeter. More power to him; he's hilarious. Good to see him enjoying some huge success.