Dave Chappelle returned to Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and by the time he completed his opening, he made history.
Addressing everything from Diddy to Palestine, Chappelle served up a monologue that will be remembered for a few things. One, his strong concluding message to President Donald Trump, and, in general, some pretty sharp quips about the current U.S. moment. Two, the fact that this was apparently the longest SNL opening monologue in history. Seriously.
At 17 minutes, Chappelle’s monologue was lengthy, but skillful. He went pretty much anywhere. Toward the beginning, he explained why he didn’t appear on SNL for the first episode following Trump’s election win last fall.
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