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Chappelle’s Show: Season 2 Uncensored DVD Sets Unprecedented Record Sales Numbers Becoming The Fastest-Selling TV On DVD In History. First Day Sales Of “Chappelle’s Show: Season 2 Uncensored” DVD Eclipse Week One Sales Of “Seinfeld: The Complete Fourth Season”*
Surge In Sales For “Chappelle’s Show: Season One Uncensored” DVD Push The #1 TV DVD Title To The 3 Million Mark
As Lil’ Jon might say…“Yeeahhh!” “Chappelle’s Show: Season 2 Uncensored” DVD has broken both the first day and seven-day sales records for TV on DVD titles with close to 500,000 units sold on its May 24 release date and over 1.2 million units sold during its first seven days in the marketplace.
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Released via COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, retailers across the country confirmed the overwhelming demand and sales for the DVD. After the first day, Best Buy reported that the “Chappelle’s Show: Season 2 Uncensored” DVD sales was its number one DVD title last week. In addition, the retailer had very high expectations for the release and sales actually exceeded those expectations.
“Chappelle’s Show: Season 2 Uncensored” DVD is a three-disc boxed set featuring 13 outrageous episodes. The release is chock full of rich bonus material totaling over two hours and includes: audio commentary on five episodes by Dave Chappelle and series co-creator and executive producer Neal Brennan. Other bonus footage includes: extra Chappelle stand-up material; The Rick James Extended Interview; Charlie Murphy‘s Rick James memories; two unaired Charlie Murphy’s “True Hollywood Stories;” and a 71-minute deleted scenes/blooper reel which features audio commentary by Chappelle and Brennan.
The second season features special guest appearances by Wayne Brady, Jim Breuer, Nick Cannon, Guillermo Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Griffin, Ron Jeremy, Lil’ Jon, John Mayer, Paul Mooney, Q-Tip and Joe Rogan. It also includes musical performances by Erykah Badu, Common, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, ?uest Love, Kanye West and Wyclef.
“Chappelle’s Show: Season One Uncensored” DVD, released on Tuesday, February 24, 2004, is the best-selling TV on DVD Title. To date, the first season has sold close to 3 million copies, outpacing also-rans “Seinfeld” and “The Family Guy” for the top spot in overall sales.
