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When we joked that the third season of Chappelle's Show was delayed because Dave Chappelle was snuggling up with a "bag of weed the size of a bean-bag chair," we hoped he'd just blast through some hypothetical bong hits and get back to work. Since then, we've heard some ominous whispers from people close to the show about these nebulous "personal issues" that are keeping Chappelle from even showing up to work. Says one of the whisperers:

According to a conversation between the [someone playing a key role on the show] and [someone else affiliated with someone on the show], Dave Chappelle has completely gone off his rocker. He is basically AWOL and in need of some serious psychological help. I don't mean this figuratively. Kiss the season goodbye, and most likely Chappelle will be sued for breach of contract. The guy is just acting nuts right now.

Right now, seems like there's nothing that the folks at Comedy Central can do but wait for Chappelle to turn up at Prince's place for a little one-on-one and some pancakes, then get back to cranking out Season Three. Except for that breach of contract stuff, but they're certainly not anxious to cut loose their 50 Million Dollar Man until something embarrassingly public happens. Luckily for them, Chappelle doesn't seem like a crazy voicemail kind of guy.

Also: Loosie.com has some stories that aren't exactly encouraging.