Comedian, writer and director Neal Brennan has long been Dave Chappelle‘s comedy partner in crime — from the half-baked Half-Baked to the undeniably awesome and groundbreaking Chappelle’s Show. All the time, as Brennan reveals in the genius-level speech below, he got hardly any public credit — about which he seems to have zero regret.
But with a zinger in sight, the professional in Brennan ends by joking about how a single joke referencing Half-Baked will be “the only credit” he gets tonight, as Chappelle was honored with the prestigious Mark Twain Prize. Here’s Brennan’s awesome speech.
Brennan tells the story of his history with Chappelle hilariously — and Dave himself has to keep getting up out of his chair, so hard is he laughing. The part about the “weed movie” (What weed movie?) is the kind of historical detail biographers base whole chapters on.
But the comic timing when Brennan mentions movie icon Morgan Freeman is just flawless, showing why Brennan and Chappelle were perfect together. Here’s Neal on his own:
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