Comedian Dave Chappelle had a less-than-spectacular night in Detroit last week, audience members are complaining.

How do you properly measure the substance of a year? Time spent with family? The amount of retweets you've garnered on Twitter? Or perhaps the hours you've wasted watching trash TV? Comebacks, for me, are the true measure of a year—stories about resilience and drive and hard work. Here, before we say goodbye to 2014, the year's best comebacks.

For the first time in years, Dave Chappelle gave a sit-down interview. The veteran comedian spoke to GQ's Mark Anthony Green about leaving the limelight, fame, and happiness. "I have all these weird fantasies," he says. "Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing...I just like meeting people."

Dave Chappelle made a surprise return this weekend to the Oddball Comedy Festival in Hartford, Conn.—the same festival where he cut his headline set short last year because the audience wouldn't stop heckling him. Needless to say, it went a lot better this time.

Last week, Dave Chappelle spoke about his first encounter with Kanye West—whose life is dope, and who does dope shit—on the Tonight Show, in an appearance to promote his upcoming shows at Radio City Music Hall. Last night, his Radio City audience was treated to a surprise performance from Kanye himself.

Dave Chappelle stopped by The Tonight Show last night, after making an appearance on Late Show earlier this week, and spoke about the first time he met The Roots, as well as the first—amazing—time he met Kanye West.

Dave Chappelle went on the Late Show With David Letterman last night for one of his only interviews in years (there was the one with a Minneapolis television station, and another on San Francisco radio). He talked again about why he abandoned Chappelle's Show, what exactly he gave up when he did and whether he regrets doing so.

In case you missed it: A Johnny Carson sex tape reportedly is being shopped. Who cares about watching a dead celebrity fuck? No one until they find out that Carson supposedly packed 10 inches. (Dave Chappelle still doesn't care, though.)

On Friday, Prince used his new Twitter account to share the amazing and perfect cover art for his single, "Breakfast Can Wait." Yes, it's a picture of Dave Chappelle holding pancakes, taken from the classic 2004 Chappelle's Show sketch.

Fans of Dave Chappelle will no longer need to wait by their iPhone's Twitter app for the chance to catch the elusive comedian at one of his instantly legendary impromptu shows.

Last night, at around midnight, Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar, the legendary nightclub featured during the credits to Louie. Considering Chappelle's relatively reclusive history, this would've been exciting for comedy nerds, if not exactly newsworthy. However, after Chappelle performed solo for 45 minutes or so, and was preparing to leave, Chris Rock jumped on stage.

In the first episode of Grantland's "Animated Archives" — a Ricky Gervais Show-esque animated adaptation of Bill Simmons' B.S. Report podcast — Chappelle's Show co-creator Neal Brennan recalls the time he, Dave, and Roots drummer Questlove were invited to an after-party at Prince's opulent hotel room.

Reclusive comedian and recently-jacked human Dave Chappelle has apparently joined Twitter. Chappelle has had countless imposters on Twitter but according to Neal Brennan, who co-created Chappelle's Show it's him for real.

New Spider-Man villain Rhys Ifans thinks America sucks. Mariah Carey partied in a nightclub bathroom, while Brooke Mueller prepares to hallucinate in Mexico. Meanwhile, David Hasselhoff had a Las Vegas meltdown. Sunday Gossip is in deep trouble.

America's one-time sweetheart is returning from a long hiatus with a sexy new project. Also today: Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin hook up under strange circumstances, Aaron Sorkin adds more actors to his news team, and the potential return of Dave Chappelle.

Here is the former world's funniest man back on stage and in public again. Chappelle talks about how every time he stands on the Laugh Factory stage all he can think about is when Kramer (Michael Richards) effed up.

From his classic 2004 For What It's Worth special, here Dave discusses his skepticism regarding scientists' theories on the origin of AIDS.

Rod Blagojevich knows how to pick a defense team. To close out his corruption trial tomorrow, Blago has picked R. Kelly's former defense attorney, Sam Adam Jr., the same man who got the R&B singer acquitted of child pornography charges.

A private jet carrying Dave Chappelle made an emergency landing in Pittsburgh last night, after Chappelle "freaked out," grabbed the pilot's arms and kept asking how long the flight would be. Chappelle's rep said he needed to use the bathroom.

Most Landlords can be complete nightmares, but in this clip, Chapelle makes us wonder are we really getting nagged for rent money every month, or just cash to support our landlord's crack habit?