Is Franklyn Ajaye the father to Dave Chappelle's style?

[Luxury Tax]

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[UpAndComing]

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[FeloniousMonk]

Seen him in Car Wash as a kid before I knew he was a comedian

Was never funny to me, personally..

 

[UpAndComing]

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[KingsOfKings]

Never heard of bro

 

[get these nets]

dikk Gregory

 

[Ahmen]

You've seen him, you just didn't know that he was the Fly in Car Wash movie.
He wrote for Pryor and others.
He played the bride's father in Bridesmaids.
Very funny man.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

He’s always been funny to me

 

[keond]

Tony Woods is

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I know this a old post but this is true.

 

[Robbie3000]

Yo this dude is fukking hilarious.


Wouldn’t be shocked if he inspired Tony Woods and Tony inspired Dave.

 

[SunZoo]

He's dope but no.

I see a little similarity

You can see the similarities more the further you go back into Tony's bag. Not a rip off in the least .

But Tony Woods was always a little too weird/quirky for the Def Jam Crowd IMO. Not that he ever did bad, but Dave himself didn't really thrive in that environment so I can see why Tony got lost in the sauce.

 

[Robbie3000]

He's dope but no.



You can see the similarities more the further you go back into Tony's bag. Not a rip off in the least .

But Tony Woods was always a little too weird/quirky for the Def Jam Crowd IMO. Not that he ever did bad, but Dave himself didn't really thrive in that environment so I can see why Tony got lost in the sauce.

Def Jam crowd rewarded performances over actual material. The more cerebral comedians might have a hard time connecting.

 

[get these nets]

stamped


I know this a old post but this is true.

That settles it. I guessed that it was the late dikk Gregory, but have to walk that back.

 

[TEH]

i agree..though his cadence got slower after a while...my guess because he gets mad faded before going on stage.
Franklyn Ajaye and George Wallace been in the game for decades. a shame people don't give them their credit

Chappelle gave Woods full credit in his acceptance speech to the Mark Twain awards.

There are other short clips around where he talks about his influence also.

 

[SunZoo]

You can see it here too. Look how he had nikkas hanging on without trying too hard for the pay off.

Dave was like....so THAT'S how you do it?!