Chappelle's Show - Season 1 Uncensored

Starring: Dave Chappelle

RS: 3of 4 Stars

There are no sacred cows on Chappelle's Show -- black folks get it as bad as white folks; Roots gets sent up as viciously as Pretty Woman. The sketches are inspired: a blind and black white supremacist; "Trading Spouses," in which two couples, white and black, swap partners for a month. Best are the fake ads hawking imagined hip-hop stuff: feminine-hygiene products from Roc-A-Fella, financial services from Wu-Tang Clan. Their advice: "Diversify your bonds, nigga."

JON CARAMANICA
(February 25, 2004)