I had hoped there might be the slightest break between when the political commercials ended and the Christmas commercials started, but alas…’twas not to be.

I was crushingly disappointed to find Chappelle’s Show removed suddenly, without lube, from Netflix yesterday.  But I felt a lot better about it once I read that it was at Dave Chappell’s request, and his rationale behind it.  I did find the outpouring of kudos to Netflix by the media to be pretty ludicrous.  Calling it a “class act” and saying it was “the right thing to do.”  Of course it was the right thing to do, but don’t think for a second that that is why Netflix did it.  They have a $100 million deal with him…they need him desperately, and they need him to think and speak very highly of Netflix.  Dave is still under contract for two more Netflix specials, and Netflix doesn’t have to want to have paid $40 million for two hour-long shows of Dave Chappelle hilariously ripping Netflix apart.  Netflix has quickly earned the reputation of having an incredibly itchy trigger finger on the cancellation button…if Dave Chappelle didn’t get the ratings and viewership he does for Netflix, they wouldn’t even take his call, let alone take down his show when they had no legal need to do so.

N.P.: “Bad Attitude” – Honeymoon Suite