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The League's Creators Tell Reddit What To Expect This Season

by | October 26th, 2011

The creators and executive producers of The League, Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Marcus Schaffer, have taken their talents to Reddit (that's a sports reference, kind of, right?) to answer fan's questions. So far, they have promised that this season will see the return of Mr. McGibblets as well as one of the "out-of-town guys," who'll be played by Will Forte.

Another tidbit of interest for the fantasy football player League fans among us (we know you're out there. Yeah, you): the two creators plus the six lead cast members have a real-life 8-team league. The current champ is the female Schaffer, and true to his character, Nick [...]

For The Fans

How Our Dumb, Loud Love Drove Dave Chappelle Out of Show Business

by | August 19th, 2011

Over at NPR, Andrew Lapin makes the argument that Dave Chapelle left show business, and stayed away, because his fans simply became too obnoxious. Lapin uses Chappelle's stand-up showdown in Florida, among other instances, to chide Chapelle's devotees into calming the hell down so he can be great again. Personally, I'm not buying it.

Now, clearly, I'm not saying Chappelle should enjoy it when people scream "Fuck your couch!" while he's buying light bulbs, but it seems pretty clear from his abrupt exit from the limelight that Dave's inner turmoil had more to do with the concept of creative control and the pressure of production and the [...]

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