From his early days on “Saturday Night Live” to his first standup special “Bring the Pain” and next a history-making live event on Netflix, Chris Rock’s comedy has been shaping popular culture for more than three decades.
On Saturday, Rock’s latest special, “Selective Outrage,” will mark the first global live event to stream on Netflix. A teaser trailer for the special shows Rock sitting in a dressing room when he gets a knock at the door, announcing, “Chris, they’re ready for you.” In anticipation for the main event, here are five times Rock was at his funniest. ‘Bigger & Blacker’ Rock tackles several big topics like racism and gun control in this special, released not long after the Columbine massacre.
At the time, Letterman was recovering from a public scandal after admitting he had been in intimate relationships with some female staffers. The host was under the weather and losing his voice, so Rock asked him why he hadn’t taken a few days off. “Wife still mad at ya, ain’t she?” Rock joked. “Why drive back to Connecticut to a mean woman? ‘I may as well just stay here and do the show with no voice.’ I love ya honey. I been there, Dave. I do get sick on the road.
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