The Arsenio Hall Show is an Emmy Award winning variety/talk show that aired late weeknights in Broadcast syndication and aired from January 2, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian/actor Arsenio Hall.
Hall had been a host on The Late Show, another talk show on Fox, after the dismissal of Joan Rivers. He was given a 13-week run, during which he became unexpectedly popular. During the monologue of his final appearance as...
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The Arsenio Hall Show is an Emmy Award winning variety/talk show that aired late weeknights in Broadcast syndication and aired from January 2, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian/actor Arsenio Hall.
Hall had been a host on The Late Show, another talk show on Fox, after the dismissal of Joan Rivers. He was given a 13-week run, during which he became unexpectedly popular. During the monologue of his final appearance as host, Hall stated that the reason he had agreed to only do 13 weeks was because that was as long as he was able to stay, as he had plans "to do other things." He subsequently began working on the Eddie Murphy vehicle Coming to America. He ultimately signed with Paramount Television before FOX finally decided, too late, that they wanted to keep him.
One of the show's recurrent gags was affixing a humorous label to a specific section of the audience at stage left of the band, called the "dogpound." The labeling was a staple of Hall's opening...
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