Comedy fans were elated when word came earlier this month that Dave Chappelle would be hosting Saturday Night Live. The elusive and popular stand-up comic hadn’t told jokes for a television audience in years, and his post-election episode brought in season-high ratings.

It turns out his SNL monologue was just a teaser for more material: Netflix announced Monday that it will release three new stand-up specials from the comedy giant.

One of them, an original special recorded specifically for Netflix, has no set premiere date, but in 2017 the streaming service will release a pair of unseen concert specials from Chappelle’s “personal comedy vault.” They were filmed at Austin City Limits and the Hollywood Palladium.

“Dave Chappelle is a legendary voice in comedy — searing, vital, and now more than ever, essential,” Lisa Nishimura, Netflix vice president of original documentary and comedy, said in a release. “Dave’s three new specials promise to be some of the most anticipated events in comedy, and we are honored he will mark his global return on Netflix.”

His last special, Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth, was released in 2004 and directed by Stan Lathan, who will direct all the new Netflix specials.

Chappelle, considered one of the greatest active stand-up comics, famously began performing as a teenager in Washington, D.C. He became a masterful comic, recorded several stand-up specials and landed various movie roles, including a part in the 1998 movie Half Baked, a cult favorite that he co-wrote.

But he catapulted to fame in the early 2000s with his wildly popular sketch comedy show, Chappelle’s Show. The Comedy Central series was marked by Chappelle’s unabashed and biting approach to joking about race and racism. But as the show took off, he became more uncomfortable with how the public was receiving his work.

Chappelle reportedly walked away from a $50 million deal to film a third and fourth season, and his departure to South Africa fueled rumors about his well-being. He told Time in 2005 that he had gone overseas for solitude and quiet.

He also explained his decision to walk away from the show in 2006, telling Oprah, “I was doing sketches that were funny, but socially irresponsible. I felt like I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed. It’s like you’re being flooded with things, and you don’t pay attention to things like your ethics.”

Chappelle has been absent from the small screen since, but he has been performing. If you wanted to see his new material, you had to see it live.

And he has been prolific, too. In April 2007, he set a record for the longest performance at Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, with a six-hour, seven-minute set. (The previous record was nearly four hours shorter, set by Dane Cook.) Months later, Chappelle broke his record with another marathon set.

Although elusive, he became known for dropping into comedy clubs and performing unannounced sets. But the popularity of Chappelle’s Show continued to plague him, as reports emerged of audience members interrupting his performances by yelling quotes from the Comedy Central show. During a 2013 comedy festival performance in Hartford, Conn., audience members heckled him, yelling, “I’m Rick James.”

That prompted the comedian to stop and declare that he didn’t need to tell any more jokes, he just had to be on stage for the time stipulated by his contract. Some audience members then began booing. “You’re booing yourself,” Chappelle told them. “I want you to go home and look in the mirror and say ‘Boo.’ Remember, that’s how I feel about you.”

It seems that his audiences have calmed down since. Chappelle performed 10 consecutive shows at Radio City Music Hall in 2014.

According to Netflix, Chappelle has performed more than 500 concerts in the past three years.

The deal with Chappelle continues Netflix’s dominance over highly anticipated comedic releases. The streaming service will also put out two new specials from Chris Rock, after an eight-year absence. Rock will record one of those specials in 2017, following a world tour.

The streaming service’s deal with Rock reportedly reached $40 million, according to Variety.