Kenan Thompson, Michael Che & Colin Jost on Dave Chappelle | 2019 Mark Twain Prize
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An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathered in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on October 27, 2019. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, was given at a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.
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Dave Chappelle is an internationally recognized stand-up comedian and actor whose trademark wit and sharp, irreverent social commentary explores race, popular culture, sex, drugs, politics, and fame. Arguably the most-touring comic on the circuit, Chappelle has performed more than 1,600 concerts worldwide in the past four years, selling out shows within minutes of their announcements.
Dave Chappelle could always make people laugh. Once he realized the power of his natural talent, he set some ambitious goals for his art. As a 14-year-old student at Washington, D.C.'s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Chappelle crafted his stand-up comedy act out of the realities of his life growing up Black in the nation's capital.
ABOUT THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE
The Mark Twain Prize recognizes people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and essayist best known as Mark Twain. As a social commentator, satirist and creator of memorable characters, Samuel Clemens was a fearless observer of society, who startled and outraged many while delighting and informing many more with his uncompromising perspective of social injustice and personal folly. He revealed the great truth of humor when he said "against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
The inaugural Mark Twain Prize was presented to Richard Pryor during the first annual Kennedy Center Celebration of American Humor, October 20, 1998. The event was created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, and John Schreiber and is televised annually. The Kennedy Center is grateful to Cappy McGarr for his steadfast support of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since its inception. Previous recipients of the Mark Twain include Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003), Lorne Michaels (2004), Steve Martin (2005), Neil Simon (2006), Billy Crystal (2007), George Carlin (2008), Bill Cosby (2009, rescinded in 2018) Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferrell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013) Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Bill Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018).
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There's a good reason Che and Jost are the head writers at SNL
yet the show is not very good....not a good point u made there.
Lol not a compliment LMFAO
The season before the Shane Gillis thing wasn't too bad. Had some good sketches.
@@joes.2331 I find the show funny, just cause you don't find it funny, doesn't make it unfunny or bad
Yes, Jost being the sexiest joke writer is the reason. :D
Colin absolutely killed it. That might have been the greatest 60 seconds of comedy I have seen in a long long time. Just flawless
Untouchable timing.
Glad I got to see it. Gold
He killed it🤣🤣
Imagine getting a standing ovation from Chapelle himself. Damn, good on you Colin
Even John Stewart got out of his chair!
Exactly!
He stood up for all of them.
He’s willing to make fun of everybody - whether you’re white or gay. End of list. 🤣🤣 I’m dead
😂😂😂
So funny 😂
@@veronicaspages 11¹à
Colin's delivery was flawless, stole the show, loved the reaction of Che and Keenan
I could tell Kenan and Che didn't know Colin's joke was coming.
*kenan
Kenan saaid "ohhh man, tighten up." I guarantee they didnt know. Che was holding his head waiting to hear the passage thinking, "awe colin, dont do it bro!"
@@anthonyzullo I was like "oh Colin don't do it Bro" ... waiting for the pain to hit ...
I'd love to be in the room with Colin & Che as they prepare for their next SNL show. I'll bet they're making each other laugh the whole time.
Kenan destroyed SNL. He brought that childish Nickelodeon "All that" crap. Kel was always funnier.
Jost had the presence of mind to know that after 2 heartfelt messages, just go get the biggest laugh
I love how Che & Kenan looked at Colin like “and what do you have to say?”
I just realised Colin opened with the punch line and then did the setup. What sorcery is that.
They teach you that at harvard
Dave Chappelle did the same thing also.
@@Mraprilcoffee Wu Tang!!!
How
Colin's timing was perfect! Just as the crowd got quiet he lobs a laugh grenade into the crowd.
Who on earth could have imagined Colin's joke being the best that night
Opinion...
have you heard/ seen Neal Brennan's set?
@@keennickolas8575 Neal Brennan killed it.
I could easily have imagined it. Why is it so difficult? He’s a brilliant comedy writer.
Did Michael Che write it for him as a Christmas joke swap? lol it was hilarious
Colin Jost absolutely addressed the "elephant in the room" at the "Mark Twain Prize" award show.
Is it really an elephant in the room, Twain had racist characters in his books but IIRC they always treated racism as a character flaw and never defended it or acted like it was ok.
@@David_Lo_Pan Who said anything about censorship and what is BHI?
@@David_Lo_Pan I don't know why you started talking about censorship. No one in this thread was discussing it. Maybe you responded to the wrong person.
@@FatherTime89
Yup...
....wrong thread. My bad.
Slick
Jost’s joke really is one of simplest but best delivered one-liners I’ve ever heard in my life.
"And I'm here to celebrate Mark Twain."
I love Jost he got invited to do a speech for one of the most important black comedians of all time and thought "I could say what he meant to me but that's not the joke. He's winning an award named after a famous author who used the N-word A LOT.... let's just joke about that." I love that he's willing to be the butt of the joke.
Not to discount Kenan and Michael but I just appreciate how they invited one of the longest-running SNL cast members and a black head writer and then Jost realizes "Actually Dave probably means something more special to them, I'm going to talk about Mark Twain."
Thanks for the explanation dude. I love the culture.
finally... some context for all of us who are not from the US. thank you.
@@equipo1illu176Mark Twain is considered an American literary icon. He was probably hilarious in his day, but in the same way Shakespeare was in his. Nobody today would list Twain as funny. So, Jost is mocking the absurdity of the award denoting comedy being named after Twain.
@@andrewforce6516 Mark Twain is still funny today. He has some good one liners that are pretty funny. Colin Jost did go for the underrated comedy of talking about Mark Twain, who like Chapelle, was not PC.
I like how the audience knew what was coming when Colin said that he was gonna read from Huck Finn
That's because they all had to read it in middle school.
Wait...what was he about to say?
@@cyndis665 yeah, I don’t knows either 🤷🏽♀️
@@vamadora Let's just say the "Jim" he references in Huckleberry Finn is also referred to in the book as "N word Jim".
@@artvandelay3840 perfect answer, Costanza
I’m in the comments to celebrate Colin Jost.
👏 bravo!!
I'm here to celebrate Jah Rule
@@Afrimusican WHERE IS JA?
Colin makes fun of whiteness the way that many comedians make fun of their own ethnicities. And he's clever about it. Self deprecating - likeable. What a tough line to walk.
He took it from the massa himself and dodged every laser beam in that bifch lmao
I will never get over how much I enjoy Colin josts first line
Jost with the whitest voice, "And Im here to celebrate Mark Twain" lololol Che & Jost are that duo I fk with!
1:55 at this point, i felt so worried and hopeless for Colin
"and I'm here to celebrate Mark Twain" 😆😆 i can't😂😂
To make the GOAT stand up with just one line. 😂
Lmao Colin was gold
It was but I believe it's a lot funnier for people who watch the whole special.
I've watched this a dozen times. Totally kills!!! LMAO and love seeing how much they make each other and Dave Chappelle laugh. Great
Come do stand up a few times. You realize those other comedians are exactly like you in struggle and success and all you do is make each other laugh. Giving others what you cannot give yourself and they do the same, that joy resonates. I stopped AA and counseling and just started doing stand up. Best decision ive literally ever made and ive had to argue chocolate over vanilla to white women lmao
Collin Jost stole the show with a few minutes lines, haven't laugh that hard.
*Colin
Care to explain the joke? I didnt get it 😅
@@cedricobounou3675 Mark Twain's novel Huckleberry Finn has a lot of uses of the N-word, many directed towards the character Jim who was a slave
@@GeekProdigyGuy one of the best characters ever
everyone was waiting to see how Colin was going to fit in here...and he knew it...what a delivery.
There was only one thing in the English lexicon that Colin could’ve said in that moment and he did not disappoint.
Imagine telling a joke then seeing Dave Chappelle standing up, laughing and clapping
That had to feel good
Colin Jost...thats my guy. I mean, they're up there roasting Chappelle...so the RIGHT WAY to do that, is how these cats did it. But Jost nailed Dave's approach to comedy "get the audience as close as humanly possible to that part of the joke that makes everybody EXTREMELY uncomfortable, and then let the audience decide how funny it is"...and then sometimes, whatever that is, aint funny. And so the comic then becomes a social commentator..and at his core, thats really who Dave is. And he's a genius at it.
They were all amazing, Colin just bodied everyone, balls of steal and comedit sensitivoty at its best
Steel* comedic* sensitivity*. Back to 4th grade. That was awful
It's like the man waited his whole life to deliver that punchline. That was a rocket launch and he took everyone onboard!!
I love Keenan, Che, & Jost! Jost said lest than all of them but he floored me with what he did say.
They totally nailed it!
I still come back to watch this from time to time!
Maaaaaaaaaaaa these dudes KILLED it.. what a freakin setup and take down of Twain all in the same go... unreal!
White or gay. End of list..... that crushed
And this whole presentation crushed.these 3 crush together
The three of them together sharing one sentiment was really sweet to see. They were there as a proxy for the entirety of SNL: Kenan talking about his influence over the show, Che talking about his influence over the individuals who know him, and Colin peppering in a really funny joke in good spirits.
This is one of my favorite speeches at any Twain Prize presentation, right next to Jon Stewart's on Chapelle and Chapelle's on Stewart.
That was quite possibly one of the best deliveries for a joke ever performed. JFC Colin.
last week i watched this for the first time..., i've now watched it 20 times
Strong, silent, brilliant, I just respect and love this gentleman 🌺
3 of the young greats of today showed Dave that comedy is still in good hands 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏻Bravo FRFR 💯💯💯
Colin Jost...for the win.
2:34 Kenan said, "Tighten up" at Colin but it was too late, Colin sealed it for me🙌🏾🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
CHE IS ON ONE...
BRILLIANT...
" END OF LIST "
HILARIOUSLY HILARIOUS 😆😆😆
They’re awesome!!
I love Michael Che and Colin Jost's friendship
Colin absolutely killed that!
Love all 3 of these dudes
I saw che open for Dave before and that's when I realized how funny he really was. Super underrated comedian.
Chappelle’s son is baked! Lol
all paranoid n' shit
yeah saw that, too. baked as hell xD
he looks like having difficulties grabbing to reality xDD
Dude was like idgaf anyway
00:55 - Love that line. Sums up comedy in a subtle way
Fast forward to today and now everyone’s “mad” at him for the exact things he’s literally being honored with an award in this instance.
Everyone isn't mad. It is contrived and a tiny segment of the population. Look at Dave 's shows attendance.
Man these guys are legends in their own right plenty of laughs from them over years
I *had* to come back here after watching Colin at the WH corrispondents' dinner 😂
Colin killed the night with just 1 line
Two*
Whenever I need a good pick me upper laugh I come to this video to see Colin's part. Never fails to entertain.
Che saying Rodney lied the whole time was genius
I have watched this clip more times than I can remember and I honestly think Colin's joke may be the funniest thing I have ever heard, his delivery was as close to perfection as you can get lol
Just showed my dad tonight. It seriously is in Top 10 of this century. Uproarious laugh from a tiny sentence.
Still one of my favorite comedy moments and I’m just as surprised as you are, which I guess is the point
The jokes Che has written for Jost in their annual exchange have given Colin a get out of cancel jail card. 😁
Chappelle isn’t a comedian. He’s a philosopher that happens to be hilarious.
“And I’m here to celebrate Mark Twain.”
Deserved more views
Colin killed the game 🤣
I think Jost has power over how many sketches Kenan is in, and may be Chė's boss too. Neither one has ever had a moment of doubt playing off of him, nor tried to publicly call him out. He genuinely surprised them and had them worried he might humiliate everyone. And they KNOW him. THAT Is hilarious. How did Jost pull this off with his two close friends and colleagues?
It's the way Colin said the opening line...so matter of factly.
2:00 yeah you gotta be that clever to get scarlet johanssen
Keenan almost stopped him xDD damn xDD
🥹 knocked it outta the park.
Jost even put on his best "white guy" voice when he said it. He sounded like when black comedians do white guy impressions.
Che had the best line: "(Dave's) willing to make fun of everybody. Whether you're white or gay, end of list."
That Rodney Dangerfield bit broke me, so simple but absolutely brilliant, I love it.
Was watching this in jail live, nobody else was into it surprisingly but was kinda fucking around not watching the TV anyways, this part had me dying laughing gave me some happiness in a crappy situation.
Che: What are you going to say? Are you sure u don't want to go first?
Colin: Trust me. Its better I go last
Colin Jost is next level😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀 HYSTERICAL!!!
"end of list" lol
Love Che’s blazer/suit/outfit...Very handsome.
Colin Jost, I laugh every time
Laugh*
I watched colins joke and immediately came to laugh with my CZcams friends😅😅
Classic
Colin got the assignment. Low key called that racism out.
Omg. I laughed so hard. Thanks Dave Chappel and SNL gang
*Chappelle
@@jamesanderson6373 thanks!
Colin with the best line is a fastball out of nowhere
Colin nailed it! 🤣
LMAO Che's response to Colins Joke......is almost as good as the joke and delivery
Lmfao, chris tuckers like "what about me MAHHNNNN!
The werewolf choreographer sketch is my favorite SNL sketch. Thank you, Kenan.
The mooooooooonnnnn!
The Venetian blinds!!!!!
In Dave We Trust!
I love that che did a norm Macdonald joke
Jost with an absolute BANGER amongst comedy GOATs. Impressive
Michael Che looks good I like his suit.
Lol Dave's friends came in and roasted Mark Twain at the Mark Twain awards
Chappelle's son looking like he regrets eating the other half of the edible.
What is end of list?
The most honest praise came from Michael Che. "With a dave chappelle to look up to." Shit is real. Dave looked cancel culture in the eyes and told them to just try. Stick and stones got 0% on rotten tomatoes until the fans were able to vote and the man is the goat of comedy.
Scarlet now I get it, now WE get it.
❤ #moremichaelche
Hey, man. That Colin Jost. He's going places.
Colin omg xD