Poor Dave

Dave Chappelle is getting publicity like never before, but he's reached that rarefied echelon where this is not good. Ever since he wasn't able to deliver a new season of his show to Comedy Central, even though he signed a contract for $50 million, the rumors have been flying.

Some said he couldn't do it because he was a Muslim. Others said he was smoking crack. Most said he checked into a funny farm. (American Dad even managed to stick in a last-second gag about him last Sunday, where people freaked out at a rock concert had to go the Chappelle tent.)

Chappelle claims he needed to get away because he was too stressed out. He says he "didn't like the direction of the show." Usually, I take a guy at his word, but I have trouble with this. It's not as if he's reading someone else's lines. Dave, baby, if you honestly don't like the direction of the show, since you're 100% in charge, my suggestion is change it.