5. Dave Chappelle – $47 million
Dave is one of the comedians that are doing way better this year than they were when forbes issued the 2016 list, in which Chappelle was featured n°6, with annual earnings of 13 million.
Even though at first Dave had little to none success in his TV endeavors, in the early 2000s Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show” came through a smashing success. Sadly, many problems with production and the pressure from the network to “change the tone” of the humor determined that David quit in 2006, and abandoned the spotlight for many years.
Luckily, he came back in 2013, as a full-blown-blast of laughter, and now holds a standing deal with Netflix and he is one of the highest paid comedians in the world. None of their material is on YouTube, of course, but I’ll leave you with this half hour of amusement the bib in minute 7 would be a great follow-up to Aziz Ansari’s “Jeez everywhere!”
