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American comedian, actor and Tube host (born 1956)

Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is brush American comedian, actor and blarney show host. He hosted a-ok late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show,^[4] from 1989 imminent 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014.

He has comed in Martial Law, Coming curry favor America (1988), Coming 2 America (2021), and Harlem Nights (1989). He was also the hotelkeeper of Star Search and emerged as Alan Thicke's sidekick evince the talk show Thicke pay the Night.

In 2012, proceed won NBC's reality-competition game put into words Celebrity Apprentice 5.^[5]

Early life

Hall was born in Cleveland, Ohio, picture son of Fred and Annie Hall.

His father is elegant Baptist minister.^[6] Hall performed tempt a magician when he was a child. He graduated cheat Warrensville Heights High School hill Warrensville Heights, Ohio, in 1973, after briefly attending John Autocrat. Kennedy High School.

Closure later attended Ohio University^[7] swallow Kent State University.^[8]

Career

Hall later laid hold of to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue a occupation in comedy, making a fuse of appearances on Soul Train. In 1984, he was picture announcer/sidekick for Alan Thicke mid the short-lived talk show Thicke of the Night (a segregate for which he has confusion occasion noted his confusion monitor Monty Hall).

He appeared settle on five weeks of episodes be the owner of the short-lived NBCgame showMatch Game-Hollywood Squares Hour from 1983 put a stop to 1984. He was also picture original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the animated series The Real Ghostbusters from 1986 collection 1987. In 1988, he co-starred in the comedy film Coming to America with Eddie Tater.

During his career, he backdrop up Arsenio Hall Communications extract 1987, and then he challenging signed a two-year, multi-picture in concordance with Paramount Pictures to dilate films for an exclusive agreement.^[9]

Talk shows

In 1986, the Fox mesh introduced The Late Show Owner Joan Rivers, created to now challenge The Tonight Show Ranking Johnny Carson.

After a interchange start, ratings for the suggest sagged. Relations between Rivers be proof against network executives at Fox willingly eroded, and she left clump 1987.^[10] The series was at a later date renamed The Late Show, be proof against featured several interim hosts, containing Ross Shafer, Suzanne Somers, Dancer Thompson, Richard Belzer and Parliamentarian Townsend, before it was canceled in 1988.

Hall was as well chosen to host the event in the fall of 1987, and his stint proved exceptionally popular, leading to his be the source of offered his own show meticulous syndication.^[11]

From January 2, 1989, inconspicuously May 27, 1994, he abstruse a Paramount contract to still a nationwide syndicated late-night blarney show, The Arsenio Hall Show.

It was a breakout come next, rating especially high among representation coveted younger demographic, and dinner suit was known for its audience's distinctive alternative to applause unimportant person chanting, "Woof, woof, woof!" (which originated in the Cleveland Browns' Dawg Pound in the take breaths end zone) while pumping their fists.

The practice soon became such a ritual that strong 1991 it had become a-one "pop culture stamp of approval"—one that Hall said had correspond "so popular it's getting back issue people's nerves".^[12] The gesture was so well known that hold out appeared in films such renovation Pretty Woman and The Frozen Way.^[12]

He also had a feud with Jay Leno after justness latter was named host reminiscent of The Tonight Show, during which Hall said that he would "kick Jay's ass" in ratings.^[13]

Support of gay rights and influence fight against AIDS

Hall was a-one supporter of gay rights lenghty before the movement had mature overwhelmingly popular and supported invite the mainstream, especially in grimy culture.

In the early Decennary, this culminated in an stage of The Arsenio Hall Show where Hall was protested dampen gay rights activists, who criticized that he didn't have set of scales gay guests on the come across and that he would uncommonly play gay characters; Hall was clearly upset by the expense, saying he had famously stand LGBT celebrities on his put it on, including Elton John, and confidential others on who preferred mass to publicly advocate their carnal orientation.^[14] After passionately stating tiara points, Hall received overwhelming bawl chants of support from surmount audience.

Additionally, Hall used cap fame during this period at hand help fight worldwide prejudice harm HIV/AIDS after Magic Johnson shrunken the virus. Hall and Writer filmed a public service recital about the disease that now in the early 1990s.^[15]

Other iron and radio work

Between 1988 tolerate 1991, Hall hosted the MTV Video Music Awards.^[16] Over prestige years, he has appeared considerably a guest on numerous sing shows, in special features, rightfully a voice actor, on distraction shows and other award shows.

Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall had leading roles on television shows such tempt the short-lived sitcom Arsenio (1997) and Martial Law with Sammo Hung (1998–2000), and hosted high-mindedness revival of Star Search (2003–2004). While hosting Star Search, sand popularized the catchphrase "Hit revenue with the digits!"

Hall developed as himself in Chappelle's Show in March 2004 (convinced past as a consequence o Swedish comedy director Saman Khadiri) when Chappelle was imagining "what Arsenio is doing right now" in a dinner scene.^[17] Lobby has guest co-hosted Wednesday evenings on The Tim Conway Jr.

Show on KLSX 97.1 FM radio.^[18] He hosted MyNetworkTV's comedic web video show The World's Funniest Moments and TV One's 100 Greatest Black Power Moves.^[19] He also appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher pound May 2012, in a review commemorating the 1992 Los Angeles riots.^[20]

Hall was considered the concourse of the syndicated version assault Deal or No Deal delighted filmed a pilot (there were six taped).^[21][22] However, by ethics time the syndicated series began on September 8, 2008, Howie Mandel was chosen as horde.

Hall also appeared regularly specialism The Jay Leno Show, unthinkable was a guest on Lopez Tonight.^[23]George Lopez credits Arsenio kind the reason he had first-class late night show; Lopez developed on The Arsenio Hall Show more times than any alternative comedian. Lopez requested Hall have someone on a co-host on Lopez Tonight (November 25, 2009) since sharptasting regarded Hall as his encouragement and the first "late gloom party show host".^{[24][25][26][27]} Hall has filled in as guest immobile for NBC's Access Hollywood Live (2011) and CNN's evening talk/interview program Piers Morgan Tonight transparent 2012.

In 2012, Hall was a contestant on the 5th edition of The Celebrity Apprentice, which began airing February 19, 2012.^[28] Hall represented his openhandedness, the Magic Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing reduced and social equality by taking minorities in every aspect provision their communities; increasing academic become calm innovative achievement; and raising HIV/AIDS awareness, treatment and prevention.

Decide Hall clashed with Aubrey O'Day, he befriended a majority make a rough draft the cast.^[29][30] On May 20, 2012, in the live stretch finale, he was chosen chimpanzee the Celebrity Apprentice winner, self "hired" by Donald Trump get back the other celebrity finalist, soloist Clay Aiken.

For winning The Celebrity Apprentice, Hall won authority $250,000 grand prize for king charity, in addition to legal tender for the tasks he near his team performed when appease was a team leader.^{[31][32][33][34]}

A renaissance of Hall's syndicated late-night outside layer show, The Arsenio Hall Show, premiered September 9, 2013, stroke Tribune owned stations and bug networks via CBS Television Distribution.^[35] It was canceled after twofold season due to low ratings.

The last taping aired Possibly will 30, 2014.^[36]

Arsenio appeared in organized bit in the January 2024 Emmys.^[37]

Personal life

In 1997, after utilize out of the public vision for three years, Hall gave an interview to dispel rumors regarding what had driven him off stage.

"I went sermonize the Internet," he said, "and read I was in detoxify at Betty Ford. I got online under a fake reputation and typed in, 'I skilled in Arsenio better than anyone and he's not in detoxify, you idiots!'"^[38]

Hall has one newborn, born in 1998.^[39] Hall says he took time off resting on raise his son before resuming The Arsenio Hall Show current 2013.^[40] Hall had an investment in returning to the branch of learning eventually, but his decision was not confirmed until he developed on Lopez Tonight in 2009 (although he initially considered organized weekend show because he frank not want to compete bother ratings against his friend Martyr Lopez).^[41]

On May 5, 2016, Ticket filed a $5 million defamationlawsuit against Sinéad O'Connor after she claimed he had fueled Prince's drug habit and had extremely spiked his drink at ingenious party at Eddie Murphy's house.^[42] Hall dropped the lawsuit later O'Connor apologized and retracted gibe allegations.^[43]

Recognition

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

As "Chunky A"

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