Recently Netflix revealed that they will release a Dave Chappelle stand-up comedy special titled Equanimity on New Year’s Eve. This marked the third Chappelle’s special to be released in 2017 on Netflix. Then on Friday, the streaming service giant decided to spice things up. Netflix announced that they are dropping one more comedy special from Dave Chappelle on the same day. This additional special is titled The Bird Revelation and it was filmed at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles on November 20. You can check out the teasers for both specials below.
Netflix already released Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium and Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits specials in March 2017, which were shot before Chappelle made the deal with Netflix. A month later, the company revealed that they became the most viewed comedy specials in Netflix history. According to multiple sources, the deal for these specials, which were his first in 12 years, was worth around $60 million.
If this isn’t enough, don’t worry. Dave Chappelle has a lot more material that he could deliver. Speaking to New York Times in May, he revealed that there are hundreds of hours of material he recorded after he finished with Chappelle’s Show.
“I have hundreds of hours of high-quality audio recording of shows I did after I quit my television show,” he said to NYT. “And then I [taped] three specials — one in Chicago, one in Austin, and one in L.A. Oh, and I also recorded the Radio City shows.”
Besides the comedy specials, Dave Chappelle also returned to acting, starring in Spike Lee’s 2015 movie Chi-Raq. He will also star in the upcoming directorial debut of Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born which also stars Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, and Andrew Dice Clay.
