Here's Why 'Arsenio' Really Ended After This Happened

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  • Video Description: In this video, we delve into the events and surprising revelations behind the heartfelt conclusion of the show "Arsenio." Join us as we uncover why one of the most renowned talk shows in American television history came to an end and was abruptly canceled after a short run.
    The video begins by exploring the shifting late-night TV landscape of the late 1980s. With the emergence of "The Arsenio Hall Show," audiences witnessed a unique program infused with Arsenio's distinct style. With his charismatic performances and groundbreaking approach, Arsenio resonated with young viewers and the African-American community.
    However, alongside the initial fame came challenges and obstacles for "Arsenio." The video delves into the details of declining viewership and the issues plaguing the show. Fierce competition in the late-night television market led to a significant loss of audience for "Arsenio," and the rating wars among rival talk shows gradually diminished its appeal.
    The video also explores the controversial and milestone guests that made "The Arsenio Hall Show" memorable. However, a contentious interview with a divisive figure marked the turning point for the show's demise. We delve into the debates and the impact this interview had, questioning whether it was the primary catalyst for the cancellation of "Arsenio."
    Finally, the video brings us to the present, where Arsenio Hall rediscovers his passion for stand-up comedy. We uncover the motivations and emotions Arsenio experienced after the show's end and how he found inspiration from his previous competitive experiences to return to the stage as a solo performer.
    This video is an emotionally engaging journey, unveiling secrets and profound insights into Arsenio Hall's life and the bittersweet ending of "Arsenio." Let's immerse ourselves in this narrative and discover why 'Arsenio' really ended after this happened.

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  • @rayzergarcia3692
    @rayzergarcia3692 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That was a great broadcast thank you for bringing that to us I do miss Arsenio Hall I used to love to watch this late night show God bless you Arsenio

  • @kaylamouhot9943
    @kaylamouhot9943 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have Always liked him. He and Eddie Murphy were great together

  • @philippawallacedunlop9393
    @philippawallacedunlop9393 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I did 18mths in USA as a nanny ‘89-‘91 & LOVED Arsèneo Hall at midnight from my cool attic room. I couldn’t tell you exactly what it was about him, but he was magical, kind, relatable perfect. He will forever be part of my cherished teen memories in Boston. Thanks for your homage

    • @BlackHollywoodLegends
      @BlackHollywoodLegends  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am very grateful for your compliments.

    • @Ricobaca
      @Ricobaca 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would have never known who MC Hammer was had I not seen him on Arsenio. 😊

    • @Ricobaca
      @Ricobaca 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The locked you in an attic?

  • @peggystreetinfluencer
    @peggystreetinfluencer ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Arsenio was the first that gave underserved communities a voice!

    • @BlackHollywoodLegends
      @BlackHollywoodLegends  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @blyt5046
      @blyt5046 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will never forget

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Under served?" Are you in a restaurant?

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wrong. Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, and Dick Cavett.

  • @seansullivan3718
    @seansullivan3718 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I met him at a movie premier in 1997 and Arsenio was the nicest, most down to earth, gracious guy.

  • @edwinjones1000
    @edwinjones1000 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I remember Arsenio and MC Hammer speaking in code about why he was being cancelled. They were talking about Farrakhan without actually mentioning his name.

  • @ralphbuschman3364
    @ralphbuschman3364 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He was an amazing entertainment man. Management didn't really seem to want him anywhere, anymore.

  • @boisebabe2179
    @boisebabe2179 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Arsenio Hall, the last years when tv was still worth watching. He was great.

  • @rondaallen7211
    @rondaallen7211 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    how many different ways can you pronounce a name? hmm-let's watch this video and see!

  • @saxcarsnomorecigars
    @saxcarsnomorecigars ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing

  • @thirtythreeflavors
    @thirtythreeflavors ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Arseeenio and Jay Leeeno.

    • @rondaallen7211
      @rondaallen7211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and luees farrakhan.

    • @darrkneo-darrkoneent
      @darrkneo-darrkoneent ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING!!! That continued MISpronounciation made it so hard 2 watch this!

    • @AnalogX64
      @AnalogX64 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yest at 5:51 it actually pronounces it properly...almost.

  • @Iloveyoursmile
    @Iloveyoursmile 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think he is gr8. I’ll always be happy to see him in any show.

  • @alexanderbaldwin8005
    @alexanderbaldwin8005 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In 1987 they let arsenio hall co host the Joan rivers show on Fox he was on fire the rest is history he got his own show and the networks got afraid they knew if he continued late night tv would have been his domain and while all this was going on Byron Allen was building an empire quietly

    • @Luke91633
      @Luke91633 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn’t he have his own show before 87? I remember watching A.H before that time

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nobody talks about Byron's late night show that ran for a year or two in syndication.

    • @MISTERKIC
      @MISTERKIC หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnsjohnson448 Not trynna be funny, but nobody did. 😂 That show was like what...3AM? 😁

    • @MISTERKIC
      @MISTERKIC หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep! I remember VERY well. You KNEW somthing GOOD was going to happen with him, after Joan's last show.

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Byron's show aired on the weekends. I like it, but he was no "Arsenio."

  • @stevenmillan9220
    @stevenmillan9220 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Arsenio Hall came at a time when Johnny Carson's schtick was getting too old and he couldn't connect with the widely growing younger generation that became the audience of Arsenio's show,as Arsenio's show ended too soon before the O.J. Simpson controversy as Arsenio was an anti-O.J. crusader who would have been an important voice that could have changed the outcome of O.J.'s murder trial(had his show still been on the air). And Arsenio returned too late at a time when other talk show hosts(such as Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel) were dominant as Arsenio was lucky that his return show lasted for one season(with several people saying that Arsenio lost his edginess in choosing attention grabbing guests). And after the end of his MTV talk show after one season,Jon Stewart moved onto other ventures including becoming a championing progressive liberal voice.

  • @junkboxxxxxx
    @junkboxxxxxx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Summary: Too many 📺 hosts not enough 📺 channels.

  • @KoodaLoc
    @KoodaLoc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Use to sneak and stay up to watch him show 💙💙

  • @explorer909
    @explorer909 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:00 - "Jay Leano" ROTFL!

  • @susanbarnett2011
    @susanbarnett2011 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved watching Arsenio over Letterman or Leno because of his personality.

  • @beoverwait
    @beoverwait ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has to be an AI voiceover because this sounds very robotic

  • @theodoreroberts3407
    @theodoreroberts3407 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks, home boy! 👍

  • @MISTERKIC
    @MISTERKIC 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The short story. Once he put on Minister Louis Farakahn, his show was a WRAP.

    • @YoungoneYoung-lm4xe
      @YoungoneYoung-lm4xe หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I never said it, but I knew it all along. It was too real for TV.

    • @waltersimmons946
      @waltersimmons946 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember the criticism was that Arsenio never challenged Farakhan on the controversial things he was saying when he was on that show.

    • @MISTERKIC
      @MISTERKIC หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@waltersimmons946 @YoungoneYoung-lm4xe I was living in Brooklyn at the time. Farakahn had a "moderate" influence but VERY respected FROM a distance - within the Black Community. Intentions seemed good, but too contaversial even by NYC standards. Go figure 😁 The Million March was successful! I however opted to watch it all day on CNN. Not trying to be negative, but I was like...okay what happens after?
      Well, the vibe out here was DAF, for a few weeks. Brothers were all motivated to getting they ish together, and planning this and that for various communities. Then everyone just forgot and went back to normal life. No follow up plans, or concrete strategy in place made him kinda fade away like Arsineo.
      Back to Arsineo,...when I heard the news about a return to late night, almost got excited, but sht done changed up. Some of his ideas land format style, had already been incorporated by the current late night shows. Dog Pound 2.0? Corny. By the middle of the new show, I was like ..."Naaaaah. Once again, its a WRAP"! 😅 Overall his original TV run will always be CLASSIC and Groundbreaking. Props.

  • @irenedavis1102
    @irenedavis1102 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YOU GOOOOOO BOYYYYYY !!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @mantistoboggan7228
    @mantistoboggan7228 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Narrator needs to learn how to pronounce people's names!
    "I made a decision to stop working"....always here this when someone's been shown the door. Hey, he had a nice run, then it was done. No biggie. Be happy for what was.

  • @JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf
    @JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    His ratings kept sliding down!

  • @DippyHippie
    @DippyHippie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whatever the reason it SUCKED! And on top of that others actually stole his phrases! IE..Put your hands together….Give it up for…..So & so is in the ….house & many many more! I miss him!

  • @huckwalton2307
    @huckwalton2307 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did... did he just say Jay Leeno?

  • @donaldblankenship8057
    @donaldblankenship8057 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Letterman was only serious a couple of times. The rest of the time he was homey the clown. The still-reining King, Johnny balked at asking hard questions or having controversial guests on. Sajak and Chevy Chase failed miserably as late night hosts. Mike Douglas was afternoon. Affable but made us listen to his horrible singing. He thought of himself as a singer, not talk show host. David Cavett is a fascinating study into standing on a stage. He believed he was a genius. He had the lowest budget mid week cardboard backed show with the greatest guests in history. Mohammed Ali, Henry Kissenger, John and Yoko, the brainiacs of the western world. Yet you had to listen to his asinine opening monolog while he laughed at his own stupid humor with the cheap set falling down around him. And it was literal torture to see that TV Guide says he's got the best guest ever back stage growing moss while he foists jokes on you that prove emphatically that he didn't have any writing staff. It was at simultaneously the cheapest way for a network to burn electrons while it was the ONLY show ever where the biggest icons in America came and spoke honestly and freely.

    • @rgtunderworldrgt7773
      @rgtunderworldrgt7773 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. Letterman was Great. Stop.
      So was Arsenio. 2 things can be true at the same time. Totally fine to love Arsenio. Utter bullllllsht to degrade Letterman to boost Arsenio
      That was bush league

  • @star19543
    @star19543 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just pronounce Arsenio and Leno's names correctly

    • @SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
      @SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's robot voice , disqualifies this channel from legitimacy - just cookie cutter info

  • @mannycotilla670
    @mannycotilla670 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great talent.That got a raw deal.Due to competitive business decisions.If left on the air.He could of been one of the greats.Again business and politics,played a big role.Sometimes circumstances,make it not meant to be.Very sad.He brung good vibrational energy to the forum.

  • @Elsupermayan8870
    @Elsupermayan8870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:41
    Is that Jim Morrison?

    • @mikkelbreiler8916
      @mikkelbreiler8916 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am thinking Mathew McConnoughy or Tom Cruise

  • @hypnocilicdreams
    @hypnocilicdreams 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One time he even had Jason Voorhees on!

  • @GETole
    @GETole ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The commentator's name pronunciation is horrible.

  • @ralphbuschman3364
    @ralphbuschman3364 ปีที่แล้ว

    He was a man who was cool , and caring in a time when non white people didn't see many who they could easily identify with .

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's bullsheeeeeiiiiit. Bill Cosby appealed to many people. There were many others too.

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Arsenio" ran its course. It is difficult to be trendy over the long haul. It was a great show nonetheless.

  • @valeriesmith3218
    @valeriesmith3218 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I watched Arsenio Hall EVERY NIGHT until He was Very Rude and Bullying 17 Year Old VANILLA ICE. Arsenio's Show was Famous for Helping Young People get FAMOUS. But after that I lost RESPECT for Him and STOPPED watching His Show.

  • @Wipsplash
    @Wipsplash 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He was unpleasant to Vanilla Ice.

  • @senatorlainez
    @senatorlainez 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you don't know how to pronounce 'Arsenio' and "Leno'... lol...

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a voice of Artificial Intelligence.

    • @rgtunderworldrgt7773
      @rgtunderworldrgt7773 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AI. Not a human being

  • @karenhensley8625
    @karenhensley8625 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Arsenio Hall ,Is A AMAZING PERSON AND With his Down Falls,, Arsenio Hall Might Not performing Now ,,But in God's Eye's He's A Amazing Person Because God Said You Can Fall But It's How You Get Back Up, Arsenal Hall Is A Down To Earth Person 👍👏 And Remember It's Not Who You Are,, Buts It How You Do For People and God ,,,God BLESS Him To The 🌕 Moon 🌙 and Back,,In God's Eye's Your A Amazing Person 👍👏💯 A 💯 For Sure,, Whatever You Are Doing That God is Behind You 😅😂❤😅😂❤

  • @wheezethejuice7387
    @wheezethejuice7387 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    what a video, You're talking about one of the greatest voices of all time in late night and you're doing so with the worst AI voice imaginable that cant even pronounce the names properly. STOP KEEPING VOICE ACTORS OUT OF WORK! YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

  • @atlantisrose6790
    @atlantisrose6790 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Doesn't do any deep probing questions with farrakan but drills vanilla ice. He was a closeted racist

    • @rgtunderworldrgt7773
      @rgtunderworldrgt7773 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't even think you believe that bullllllshhhh you posted. Stop

  • @lotsamacha1112
    @lotsamacha1112 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He clearly was never gonna last competing with the big boys.