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'Chocolate News' Already Melting

Comedy Central's first attempt at black (as in African American) comedy following Dave Chappelle's untimely 2006 departure, Chocolate News, premieres tomorrow night. In the same vein as prime time heavyweights The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Chocolate News will attempt to mock news of the day with a wry, liberal bent. From what I've seen, it's not going to work.

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Oct 14, 2008 · posted by cord · Link · 3 Responses

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Tagged: Bad Ideas, Chocolate News, Comedy, Comedy Central, Dave Chappelle, David Alan Grier, External, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show

Comments (3)

No. 1 Trey says:

Looks like a 100% yawn.

Posted: Oct 14, 2008 at 6:35 pm

No. 2 John McLIAR says:

I AM SORRY BUT THE PIECE ABOUT OBAMA WASY FUNNY AS HELL.. LIGHTEN UP! OOOPS, DARKEN UP! LMAO..

Posted: Oct 14, 2008 at 9:46 pm

No. 3 julie says:

OK, let's not compare this to Dave Chapelle because HE IS NOT DAVE CHAPELLE. This is fucking hilarious so don't you Chapelle fans take this off my TV.

Posted: Oct 15, 2008 at 2:14 am