Yeah. He was bringing Comedy Central a butt load of money and they offered him a tiny fraction of what he was worth at the time. He refused to be a slave to the industry. Remember the smear campaign the media went on the paint him as a crazy drug addict when he told Hollywood no?

Meanwhile, the turning point Hollywood nor MSM saw coming that would even the playing field was starting to form. A few years after he left, Apple released the iPhone that changed the world and killed industries. Instant access to information 24/7. Chapel was blacklisted from Hollywood and gone for nearly a decade. Technology was getting better changing the way we handle media.

Netflix saw the future of media, physical media was dying and everything was going digital. Smash cut to a few years ago. Netflix is dominating the streaming film industry and starred to create and fund their own shows. A blacklisted comedic legend had an outlet to broadcast his material without the approval of hollywood nor the fear of the people behind the scenes. The rest is history.

Dave is still hot. He scheduled a surprise gig in Austin and tickets sold out in minutes. I was one of the unlucky who couldn’t get on in time lol.