January 1, 2004

With the debut of Chappelle’s Show’s third season growing closer, Dave began
receiving phone calls at all hours of the day when he was in his family’s house
alone. The phone calls all said the same thing “Tone down the show, or you will
have to go.” When Chappelle contacted the local police department and phone
company in an attempt to trace the calls, they report that they have no record
of the calls ever being made. When Chappelle confided in his wife that he thinks
he is being targeted by a group of powerful black showbiz folks and politicians,
she tells him that he’s acting “crazy” and he should relax and enjoy his success.
With everyone in Chappelle’s life doubting his sanity, it was only a matter
of time before the media started to report Chappelle acting strangely.

January 21, 2004

Season two of Chappelle’s Show aired. The debut episode featured the infamous
“Racial Draft” sketch, where Tiger Woods is declared “all black” and chosen
by the black race with their draft pick, and the Wu Tang Clan is declared Asian,
and drafted by the Asian race. After the show played, Chappelle was seen having
dinner with friends at Pastis in New York City’s fashionable meatpacking district.
When he tried to pick up the tab, embarassingly he found out that his credit
card had been rejected. He tried several other credit cards, and found that
surprisingly, they were rejected too. After his last credit card was declined,
Chappelle received a call on his cell phone. Chappelle confided to his friends
that the voice on the line advised him that “this is only the beginning if you
don’t do what we want