--- description: In a promo for this week's Saturday Night Live, musical guest A Tribe Called Quest asks host Dave Chappelle if he's going to show up. title: Dave Chappelle Says 'We'll See' About Hosting Saturday Night Live image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dave Chappelle Isn't Making Any Promises About Hosting _Saturday Night Live_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 11, 2016 3:48 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 11, 2016 3:48 PM CUT After famously walking away from his hugely successful sketch comedy series [_Chappelle’s Show_](http://time.com/4303634/prince-chappelles-show-sketch/ "undefined") in the middle of its third season, [Dave Chappelle joked to David Letterman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUeJyDbJ1Y "undefined") in 2014 that he didn’t quit, he was just “seven years late for work.” Luckily, it seems the 43-year-old actor is planning to be more punctual for his upcoming hosting gig on [_Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4563022/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-snl-impression/ "undefined"). In a promo released Thursday for this week’s episode, Chappelle pals around with musical guest [A Tribe Called Quest](http://time.com/4549277/a-tribe-called-quest-final-album/ "undefined") before the band thinks to ask him if he’s actually going to show up. “Yeah, we’ll see,” he responds. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4567848/snl-dave-chapelle-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4567848/snl-dave-chapelle-video/"},"headline":"Dave Chappelle Isn't Making Any Promises About Hosting Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-11-11T15:48:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:37.983Z","description":"But A Tribe Called Quest will definitely be there","url":"https://time.com/4567848/snl-dave-chapelle-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","SNL","Saturday Night Live","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4567848/snl-dave-chapelle-video/","name":"Dave Chappelle Isn't Making Any Promises About Hosting Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```