The Journey Of My 'Pryor Convictions' book.
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:28 am
21 January 2007 - Dave Chappelle
It wasn’t just a regular performance but it was a fund raiser for a local school. The ticket went on sale last week but I missed it. So I ended up going on eBay to try to find some decent tickets. And I did section 5 row T seats 1 and 2 which was perfect right on the aisle.
The mission: to have Dave sign my Richard Pryor autographed book. The goal has always been to have Dave Chappelle and George Lopez sign on the same page as Richard Pryor. Since I have not heard about Dave doing any stand up in Dallas I knew that this was going to be one of my only opportunities.
After getting to the theater I realized that this was going to be easier said then done. Security was tight. They didn’t even allow pictures to be taken and the users made it their duty to make sure that rule was up held. After Dave got on stage he made a few jobs about cameras and it did seem like he had a problem with flash photography
The first thing I tried to do was clearly to try to get back stage. I tried to talk my way backstage but I was told to wait after the show and they would see what they could do. Lynell even gave it a try with no luck. She even joked about beating someone on and taking their backstage pass. Unfortunately the goal was not to end up in jail.
When the show started everyone was excited to see Dave C. on stage. He was really good and was dropping F bombs right and left and just had a really good cuss word filled set.
He got on stage around 11pm and it was getting close to midnight. I knew that he was almost done with his set and I had to try to make my way to the stage. I also know that he loves Richard Pryor and that if he saw the book that he would want to sign it. When it was clear that he was ending his set I rushed to the stage.
For a second I thought I timed it wrong because when I made it to the stage he was in the process of walking off. But I held up my book and called out “Dave, Dave!!” I got his attention and he even did a double take. He noticed the cover and knew exactly what I was holding up. He made his way towards me and I opened up the book and showed him the Richard Pryor signature. He looked at me and said “Damn Man”.
I handed him the book and my sharpie and he got on one knee and then he took a couple of seconds just look at the Pryor signature. To me it appeared like he got just a little taken back by the request to sign next to Proyor. Then he pointed to the page that the signature was on to confirm that I wanted him to sign that same page. After he signed it I thanked him and I told him that Pryor was one of a kind. Then Dave pounded on his heart as a jester that he had much love for Pryor. I returned the jester and shook his hand and thanked him again.
It was clear that he was very happy to sign the book for me. There was another guy there and he asked me if he could borrow my sharpie so Dave could sign a hundred dollar bill. But there was hesitation on Dave’s side but since he was already on one knee he signed the bill.
Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture taken because it all happened so fast. But it doesn’t matter since I don’t plan on selling the book.
It wasn’t just a regular performance but it was a fund raiser for a local school. The ticket went on sale last week but I missed it. So I ended up going on eBay to try to find some decent tickets. And I did section 5 row T seats 1 and 2 which was perfect right on the aisle.
The mission: to have Dave sign my Richard Pryor autographed book. The goal has always been to have Dave Chappelle and George Lopez sign on the same page as Richard Pryor. Since I have not heard about Dave doing any stand up in Dallas I knew that this was going to be one of my only opportunities.
After getting to the theater I realized that this was going to be easier said then done. Security was tight. They didn’t even allow pictures to be taken and the users made it their duty to make sure that rule was up held. After Dave got on stage he made a few jobs about cameras and it did seem like he had a problem with flash photography
The first thing I tried to do was clearly to try to get back stage. I tried to talk my way backstage but I was told to wait after the show and they would see what they could do. Lynell even gave it a try with no luck. She even joked about beating someone on and taking their backstage pass. Unfortunately the goal was not to end up in jail.
When the show started everyone was excited to see Dave C. on stage. He was really good and was dropping F bombs right and left and just had a really good cuss word filled set.
He got on stage around 11pm and it was getting close to midnight. I knew that he was almost done with his set and I had to try to make my way to the stage. I also know that he loves Richard Pryor and that if he saw the book that he would want to sign it. When it was clear that he was ending his set I rushed to the stage.
For a second I thought I timed it wrong because when I made it to the stage he was in the process of walking off. But I held up my book and called out “Dave, Dave!!” I got his attention and he even did a double take. He noticed the cover and knew exactly what I was holding up. He made his way towards me and I opened up the book and showed him the Richard Pryor signature. He looked at me and said “Damn Man”.
I handed him the book and my sharpie and he got on one knee and then he took a couple of seconds just look at the Pryor signature. To me it appeared like he got just a little taken back by the request to sign next to Proyor. Then he pointed to the page that the signature was on to confirm that I wanted him to sign that same page. After he signed it I thanked him and I told him that Pryor was one of a kind. Then Dave pounded on his heart as a jester that he had much love for Pryor. I returned the jester and shook his hand and thanked him again.
It was clear that he was very happy to sign the book for me. There was another guy there and he asked me if he could borrow my sharpie so Dave could sign a hundred dollar bill. But there was hesitation on Dave’s side but since he was already on one knee he signed the bill.
Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture taken because it all happened so fast. But it doesn’t matter since I don’t plan on selling the book.