December 12, 2022

What was Elon Musk doing at a Dave Chappelle concert?

 

Chappelle tries to improvise his way through the booing, but what the hell? Why should a comedy audience appreciate a non-comedy guest cameo on the stage? Was there some sort of reliance on the idea that Musk is a free-speech hero, so the crowd would cheer? 

Gizmodo describes the scene — and quoted Musk's tweet about it: "Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos (except during quiet periods), but, still, that’s a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter). It’s almost as if I’ve offended SF’s unhinged leftists... but nahhh."

66 comments:

PM said...

From the Summer of Love to the Age of Intolerance. That's SF.

Joe Smith said...

It's San Francisco. Tickets were probably crazy expensive, and the rich tech folks in the audience were just jealous that there was someone there richer than them.

Quayle said...

American puritanism strikes again.
Scarlett letters - this time virtual ones - being pinned on people more than ever.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

The left hate Free speech.
The left love speech that is controlled by The Crook Biden Global Elite.

10% boos = losers, Soviets, and Antifa-nazi sympathizers.

Achilles said...

It is a really small number of people that are supporting the Regime and it's obvious bullshit and corruption.

The elections are obviously corrupt. Nobody supports any of this.

Nobody can say anything good about our current leadership in either party.

They can only attack the people that are pointing out the obvious problems.

The whole thing is going to collapse.

Enigma said...

Note that Bruce Springsteen concerts have loud and long calls of:

"Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce."


Perhaps it only sounded like a boo, as they said "Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusk." He he.


Uuuuu = Boo...but probably some boos as many don't like mixing politics with entertainment.

gahrie said...

Last year Musk would have been greeted with cheers in San Francisco.

chickelit said...

(1) It's. San Francisco audience.
(2) The Boos sound higher pitched that the cheers, despite the inherent baritone of "boo."
(3) I would like to read some anecdote regarding the gender gap in Musk attraction/detraction. I'm betting that ab majority of his detractors are female or gay. In this way, Musk is like Trump.

RideSpaceMountain said...

Elon,

That was really stupid. The only thing more dangerous to your safety is having information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of Hillary Clinton.

What were you thinking? Didn't you just speak openly about the dangers to your safety?

If I was in your position, I wouldn't walk around without at least Machoman Randy Savage and the Undertaker as security. That's what I'd woo, and I'm a pro!

Beef it up,
RideSpaceMountain

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Earnest Prole said...

Is it really all that remarkable? When Musk tweeted that people should vote Republican in the midterms, he signaled to Democrats he was rooting for the other team. When given a chance, people in San Francisco responded to Musk’s rooting with boos. The only surprise in this story is that Musk was surprised.

Readering said...

I guess he's rethinking the the invite to throw out the first pitch.

Readering said...

Remember, this was a Chappelle audience.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

OMG - of course- It's McConnell-Romney in the SF audience... booing. Those rat-bastards.
It's all over.

Drago said...

Hmm, there were more (booing) GOPe-ers at the Chappelle show than I expected.

Drago said...

Hmm, there were more (booing) GOPe-ers at the Chappelle show than I expected.

Freeman Hunt said...

Quite a mix of strong reaction. Now try it in a less ideological lockstep locale.

Joe Smith said...

They're saying 'Daaaave, Daaaave...'

Just bringing the Letterman thread home : )

Sebastian said...

"offended SF’s unhinged leftists"

Careful, Elon. They buy Teslas, or not.

Richard said...

Elon Musk is what Trump should have been on Twitter. He is both funny and intelligent. Trump managed the former, but not enough of the latter.

Iman said...

There’s not much left that’s positive to say about SF.

And that is a cryin’ shame… one of our most enjoyable things to do when we moved to NorCal nearly 40 years ago was visiting “the City”, going to Scoma’s restaurant, riding the cable cars and seeing the sights. And seeing some great bands at the Fillmore and other clubs. It’s a total fustercluck now.

Big Mike said...

What was Elon Musk doing at a Dave Chappelle concert?

Why ask us? Only Dave Chappelle knows. Ask him.

Masscon said...

Maybe the audience was comprised of a large contingent of former Twitter employees.

MikeR said...

Well, of course they hate him. All he did was take a big step toward fixing global warming.
With his billions he could have bought two Big Macs for every man, woman, and child in this world, and he didn't do that.

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Jupiter said...

Why is it called a "concert"?

rhhardin said...

Apparent new development: Musk resentment among women.

Curious George said...

"Why should a comedy audience appreciate a non-comedy guest cameo on the stage?"

Why should a comedy...or music or whatever...audience appreciate the performer spouting their lefty bullshit?

The Vault Dweller said...

It sounds like they are cheering, "woo woo" for Elon.

Curious George said...

"Was there some sort of reliance on the idea that Musk is a free-speech hero, so the crowd would cheer??"

Reliance? No, apathy. You know who couldn't care less about those boos? Dave Chappelle. You know who could care less than Dave Chappelle? Elon Musk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHLLNSxDJk

ndspinelli said...

It's the same dynamic as politicians who are introduced at ball games. They almost always get booed. We go to concerts, ball games to escape the horseshit.

Lyle said...

Elon is doing the work. Keep it up.

Quaestor said...

Of course, they'd boo Musk, the guy who symbolizes at least two of San Francisco's cardinal hates:

1) Heterosexuality
2) Free speech
3) Basic cleanliness

MalaiseLongue said...

Reminds me of when brought Marilyn and Nick Mosby onstage in Baltimore, but there were no boos for that corrupt pair. Quite the opposite.

Calling the Sandman! Get the hook.

Curious George said...

This shows how many fucks Dave Chappelle gives out boos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6QhheRiAc

Leland said...

Exposé is Avant-garde.

Howard said...

Speeching truf to power. You go girl. Didn't seem to harsh Elon's mellow. Chappelle prolly not familiar with boos. Shoehorn hobby horse here: ____________________________________

Political Junkie said...

I like Musk, but I still might have booed just to be cranky. He is the world's richest man, right? Gotta bust some balls, right?

JAORE said...

Dave has been hitting the cancel/censorship issue pretty hard after the Tans community came down on his head.

Musk is a free speech enthusiast.

Seems like a reasonable pairing.

But too, too many are desirous of the power of the heckler's veto.

I understand the question, "Why should a comedy audience appreciate a non-comedy guest cameo on the stage?"

How about this one, "Why should any audience appreciate minutes upon minutes of the heckler's veto even as Chappell tried to interject comedy?"

WK said...

Maybe Dave was giving Elon 5 minutes to get out some new material he was working on.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

The 10% were SanFran "mattress prove" supporters.

wendybar said...

Catturd TM @catturd2 . 23h
The Left is having nuclear meltdowns because @elonmusk is dropping truth
bombs and they've been insulated inside their bubble of lies and
propaganda for years.


Elon Musk @ @elonmusk . 4h
Replying to @catturd2
Easy to fool people, but it is almost impossible to convince people that they
have been fooled

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Was there some sort of reliance on the idea that Musk is a free-speech hero, so the crowd would cheer?

Some people might say that Chapelle is something of a free speech hero, himself.

David53 said...

Dave got some good material out of that. Watch for future jokes from Chapelle about the world’s greatest AA.

PB said...

Now that Musk has exposed how overstaffed and bloated many of these companies are, it's going to be a race to downsize overhead and many in the audience won't be employed next year.

Will said...

They are friends. Multiple times they hang out in Austin, when Dave comes out to do Rogan.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

GOPe booers in San Francisco? (OMG -they are everywhere!) Are they like Jussie Smolette's roaming MAGA goons, terrorizing the streets of Chicago in the middle of winter... with some bleach...?

hahahaha Dave has a good joke about that.

Leftists in SF hate Musk. This is not hard. Occam's razor.

typingtalker said...

"Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos ... "

When was the last time a US President was elected by such a majority. Or a governor. Or a member of congress? Even Apple has less than 90% market share.

Earnest Prole said...

When was the last time a US President was elected by such a majority.

Elon Musk is hardly an impartial observer of the crowd’s mood.

Blair said...

Listening to the Left talk about this on Twitter, you'd think they'd just won the Superbowl. Somebody needs to tell them they haven't, and Musk being booed in San Francisco is about as significant as Joe Biden being booed in Fort Worth. It doesn't mean a damned thing.

TeaBagHag said...

The dude is 100% classic super villain; one couldn’t have created a better one in a lab; right down to his wealth originating from slave labor in apartheid South Africa. All the signs are there, you can see it if your not blinded by your love for the uber-rich.
When Elon is outed as a prolific pedophile, boy are his fanboys going to have egg on their face.

TeaBagHag said...

The dude is 100% classic super villain; one couldn’t have created a better one in a lab; right down to his wealth originating from slave labor in apartheid South Africa. All the signs are there, you can see it if your not blinded by your love for the uber-rich.
When Elon is outed as a prolific pedophile, boy are his fanboys going to have egg on their face.

retail lawyer said...

I don't think many SF residents buy Teslas because they don't have parking spaces with chargers and landlords are not up for that improvement because it is likely to burn the building down.

retail lawyer said...

How much longer do you think Twitter will be headquartered in SF?

Drago said...

HBTPFH: "GOPe booers in San Francisco?"

Where ever you find the dems, the GOPe-ers are never far behind.

Gusty Winds said...

I watch that video and I'm impressed by Musk and Chapelle. They get it. The MSM that FINALLLY covered a Musk story doesn't. This video flew all over Twitter today; trended. Musk didn't suppress it. He addressed it, and basically said...ok...fuck you San Fransisco. That kicks ass on a massive scale.

Chappelle and Musk: Two dudes. One black. One white. Both on the right side of history. Both with skyrocket IQs. Balls of brass. And both with enough fuck you money to back it up, challenge the narrative, and change the conversation dynamic on a massive scale for the freedom and good of all people. Huge.

"What is Elon Musk doing at a Dave Chappelle Concert?"

Chappelle invited him. That's the real story.

Who cares what SF thinks. Funny part is...Musk is pulling off all this shit from...San Fransico. This would only be sweeter if were doing it from Madison, WI.

n.n said...

The democratic left brays to secular gods and goddesses who spread the Pro-Choice ethical religion (e.g. DIE, "=", feminism/masculinism) under the twilight faith... woke and morally broke.

farmgirl said...

Anyone who booed Musk at a comedy show when comedians are 1st in line to be shut down for voicing “thoughts out loud”. That’s what free speech is. Any bastard booing is booing free thought.

F/k them.
PS: pass the Crown &Ginger ;0)

Narayanan said...

Tickets were probably crazy expensive, and the rich tech folks in the audience were just jealous that there was someone there richer than them.
===========
richer person also got in for free!!!!!!! and got on stage!!!!!!!!!

Achilles said...

TeaBagHag said...

When Elon is outed as a prolific pedophile, boy are his fanboys going to have egg on their face.


The obvious point that Joe Biden is the leader of the democrat party and an open child predator doesn't really even need to be made.

Pretty sure this is a moby trying to make democrats look stupid.

Drago said...

TBG: "When Elon is outed as a prolific pedophile, boy are his fanboys going to have egg on their face."

What a strange comment as Elon doesn't come off as a New Soviet Democratical groomer at all.

Yoel Roth and the entire Twitter 1.0 Team sure does though...and they were nice enough to document it for us...right down to the groomer apps they want to make available to young children.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Tea Bag Hag--
while you are a kool-aid swilling leftist BS spewer-eater - the Trump Humpers claim that Romney and McConnell were actually in the audience.
same coin/different sides.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Tea Bag Hag must have a copy of Hillary's insider play book.

Russians and pedophiles, oh my!! All while the LEFT are the pedophiles, groomers, pro-noun Nazis, and Russian money, money grubbers.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

The Musk appearance was meant to be read as a show of support for the would be canceled and to show that the discussion that support generates is welcome at Twitter.

The boos shows the split between “trusting” Chappell but not “feeling safe” with Musk. Personality trumps principles specially when the principles are complicated.

Drago said...

HBTPFH: "Tea Bag Hag--
while you are a kool-aid swilling leftist BS spewer-eater - the Trump Humpers claim that Romney and McConnell were actually in the audience."

I'm beginning to understand why the quality of your lies is on a par with the lefties at Althouse blog.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Humper twin -
They weren't in the audience? Strange. Well, certainly, the San Francisco GOPe McConnell-Romney clone-contingent were there. You betcha. Just like Smolette's accusation, but with a twist.
We all know that San Francisco is secretly littered with McConnell Romney GOPe clones... they lurk in every dark corner. ... waiting to boo Musk. Had nothing to do with the left's new found hatred of Musk. Oh no. It was GOPe- San Francisco style. /

Idiot.