The buzz is that Arsenio Hall is planning a come back to late night television. Word on the street is that Arsenio Hall is currently in talks with CBS about a new late night show for him.
Allow me to take your mind back in time. If you were born after 1994 you most likely have no clue who Arsenio Hall is. But for us 30 somethings, we are all so familiar with the "whoot whoot whoot" - dog pound chant we were all doing though the 90's. The Arsenio Hall Show! He was before Jimmy Kemell, Conan O'Brian and George Lopez. Arsenio was part of the late night comedy talk show pioneers... except he was black.
You had your David Letterman and Jay Leno, even Johnny Carson while Arsenio was on the air. He had some of the most iconic TV moments in history.
On the Arsenio Hall Show we learned that president Clinton could play the saxophone, wearing your clothes backwards while jumping was an acceptable act, and it is possible to interview movies most scariest killer Jason. There was even a time I wanted to grace the grey tweed sofa's that took such a beating with Arsenio's over expressed laughing kick.
Some memorable guest of the Arsenio Hall show included, the Muppets, Joey Lawrence, David Kopperfield, the artist formally known as Prince, Tupac, Lea Tompson, Woopie Goldberg, RuPaul, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Michael Jordan, and the late great Whitney Houston & Michael Jackson... just to name a few.
Arsenio Hall even worked in movies, Coming to American with Eddie Murphy to name one.
I would be elated to see Arsenio Hall back on the air. We recently were re-introduced to Arsenio through his appearance on The Celebrity Apprentice.
I say bring him back, don't water down his product - let him do it the way he can. Let's Get Busy!!!
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