--- title: Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer Do Stand-Up 2017 description: The comedians were joined by Jerry Seinfeld and Aziz Ansari for a surprising, star-studded night at a famous comedy club in New York. canonical: https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T16:55:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:10.667Z og:title: Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer Do "Epic" Stand-Up og:description: The comedians were joined by Jerry Seinfeld and Aziz Ansari in a historic night. og:url: https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer Do "Epic" Stand-Up twitter:description: The comedians were joined by Jerry Seinfeld and Aziz Ansari in a historic night. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Amy Schumer Surprised Everyone With Major Star Power Set  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 13, 2017 4:55 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 13, 2017 4:55 PM CUT It was undoubtedly a good night at New York’s famous Comedy Cellar on Thursday, when legendary [comedian Chris Rock](http://time.com/4240722/oscars-2016-review-chris-rock/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") was joined by Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and even Jerry Seinfeld for turns at the mic in a series of unexpected appearances. According to accounts posted to Instagram, Chappelle and Schumer were very last-minute, impromptu additions to the lineup, turning the evening into what the club is calling an “epic” and “magic” night, based on their Instagram captions. “You can’t make this up,” [one photo reads.](https://www.instagram.com/p/BPKbO1KjCUV/?taken-by=nyccomedycellar "undefined") Thanks for rubbing it in, Comedy Cellar! Rock, who recently popped in to _Saturday Night Live_ [during Chappelle’s night](http://time.com/4569026/saturday-night-live-snl-donald-trump-review/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") as host and [attended a Knicks game](https://twitter.com/chrisrock/status/811821751965466624 "undefined") with Schumer, is launching his _Total Blackout_ comedy tour [in February](http://www.chrisrock.com/tour "undefined"). Schumer’s new movie with Goldie Hawn, [_Snatched_](http://time.com/4604703/snatched-trailer/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"), is out this spring. > [](https://twitter.com/chrisrock/status/819430677343047680) > [](https://twitter.com/chrisrock/status/819468297104228353) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/"},"headline":"Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Amy Schumer Surprised Everyone With Major Star Power Set","datePublished":"2017-01-13T16:55:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:10.667Z","description":"Jerry Seinfeld and Aziz Ansari took to the mic, too.","url":"https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634515/chris-rock-dave-chapelle-stand-up/","name":"Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Amy Schumer Surprised Everyone With Major Star Power Set"}}]}] ```