Dave left the show while filming the third season. There was one sketch in particular where he said enough is enough.
"The third season hit a big speed bump in November 2004. He was taping a sketch about magic pixies that embody stereotypes about the races. The black pixie--played by Chappelle--wears blackface and tries to convince blacks to act in stereotypical ways. Chappelle thought the sketch was funny, the kind of thing his friends would laugh at. But at the taping, one spectator, a white man, laughed particularly loud and long. His laughter struck Chappelle as wrong, and he wondered if the new season of his show had gone from sending up stereotypes to merely reinforcing them. "When he laughed, it made me uncomfortable," says Chappelle. "As a matter of fact, that was the last thing I shot before I told myself I gotta take duck____— time out after this. Because my head almost exploded."
Hollywood responded to his snub as they typically do by attempting to ridicule him and paint him as a crazy man who was smoking crack, none of which was true.
The Sketch That Made Chappelle Say 'Enough'
I've always been a huge fan of Dave Chappelle and became an even bigger fan after he left he show. Its nice to see there are still people out there that hold principle over money...even 50 million dollars
