Crap TV Flashbacks: The Arsenio Hall Show

Author: The Troll

Arsenioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Hall!

Yeah…that was how he was introduced every night for his Fox late night talk show. Obnoxious, and ridiculous.

Arsenio Hall was basically considered Eddie Murphy’s best friend back int he day. He started to show up in movies with Eddie and took his piggybacking to television with a nightly show where the crowd would pump their fists in a circular motion and chant “woof woof woof” like idiots. Fat people that never saw treadmills in their lives were the main fixture.

The show was quite popular actually, and was one of the first appearances by a presidential candidate in a less serious forum.

Then presidential candidate Bill Clinton was a guest on the show in June 1992, playing “Heartbreak Hotel” on the saxophone (causing Arsenio to quip, “It’s nice to see a Democrat blow something besides the election”). The appearance is often considered an important moment in Clinton’s political career, helping build his popularity among minority and young voters; Clinton went on to win the election in November 1992.

Only movie I really remember with him in it that I liked was like “Coming to America” with Eddie Murphy being some prince from some out of the way country. Hilarity ensued.

Arsenio Hall Show Final Intro:

Ridiculous ooooooooooooooooooo