LATE LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER, THE {DAVE CHAPPELLE; ED BURNS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of late-night talk shows hosted by Tom Snyder. This episode’s guests include comedian Dave Chappelle and actor and director Edward Burns.
Highlights include: Chappelle discussing his role in the Eddie Murphy film “The Nutty Professor”; the evolution of Chappelle’s career and his feelings about its future; his interactions with his fans and his feelings about his “responsibilities” towards them; how Bill Cosby inspired Chappelle to pursue his comedy career, and his thoughts on growing up with attention-deficit disorder; his recollection of a disastrous performance he did at the Apollo Theater in 1989; Chappelle’s standup comedy work at a comedy festival in Edinburgh, Scotland; his feelings about racism as “status quo” in the United States; the production of Burns’ low-budget film “The Brothers McMullen” during his time working at E.T. as a gopher; the initial difficulty of distributing the film before its positive reception at the Sundance Film Festival; his Irish Catholic upbringing and how it influences his work in subtle ways; his feelings about the realism (or lack thereof) of films featuring policeman, given that many members of his family are either active or retired policemen; portrayals of Irish-Americans in modern media; and Snyder answering questions and taking comments from callers across the country. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: August 9, 1996 12:35 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:40:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:70941
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Comedy; TV - Talk/Interviews
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1995-1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter Lassally … Executive Producer
- Bruce McKay … Producer
- Catherine Hoeven … Associate Producer
- Bernard Grimberg … Segment Producer
- Constance Patsalos … Segment Producer
- Mark Keizer … Segment Producer
- Brian McAloon … Director
- Ken Crosby … Researcher
- Dave Sanborn … Theme Music by
- Tom Snyder … Host
- Dave Chappelle … Guest
- Ed Burns … Guest
- Bill Cosby
- Eddie Murphy