CBS Arsenio Hall Late-night Final Show National May 27, 1994

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@zdwells 2 жыл бұрын

To me Arsenio is the best of the late-night talk show hosts. Still to this day.

@valhamilton8054 2 жыл бұрын

Me 2

@devinmceachern Жыл бұрын

Me three.

@WonderfullyMade_Lex Жыл бұрын

Agreed 💯. I used to sneak and watch lol.

@Aaliyahchannel2024 Жыл бұрын

Now all we got is that cracker Colbert

@sudsysutherland359 10 ай бұрын

I really liked the Arsenio Hall show a lot & use to watch every night especially during the summer months, but to say it’s the best late night show ever is kinda stretching it, Johnny Carson,David Letterman & Jay Leno are the big dogs of late night. + the Arsenio Hall show only aired from 1989 - 1993 & then in 2013 the show was revived only to last 1 season before being cancelled again.

@QoQabai658 Жыл бұрын

He wasn't the next Johnny Carson. He was the one and only Arsenio Hall!

@KJawn 10 күн бұрын

yes

@GangstaMojo 3 жыл бұрын

This was the saddest night in late-nite television.

@charliegeraldjr5926 3 жыл бұрын

It was I stayed up for this moment i was off from school that week 😢

@HardRockMiner 2 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't. The night Jimmy Fallon did his 1st Tonight Show was the saddest night. It was terrible !

@RobertJohnson-bj5lk 6 ай бұрын

Paramount and the major TV networks did him wrong by not finding a way to keep him on the air.

@drummingdanny84 8 күн бұрын

And the most confusing thing was because I loved Arsenio Hall's show. Letterman and Leno stayed on the air longer than this dude and never had the cultural influence that Arsenio had.

@benbanks6302 4 ай бұрын

I wish talk shows like this would have got a DVD box set release

@iknowrightification 23 күн бұрын

I was just thinking this!

@donniealexander993 2 жыл бұрын

Arsenio had nothing but iconic legends of ALL races on his show!! This show was amazing!!

@lindadane3655 7 ай бұрын

Brought tears to my eyes and I am so glad I'd witnessed the Arsenio magic back in the day. The magic of the late 60s thru the mid 90's will never be duplicated nor explained. Esp. in the world of music. Love to you all.

@WTFG78 2 жыл бұрын

10:52 Burton Richardson with the epic 17-second long “Arseniooooooo” for the final show.

@ShaqC Жыл бұрын

Without one breath or break...talk about epic!

@kg8472 3 жыл бұрын

Big shout to Arsenio and a big RIP to Mr.Vandros !,,

@tellysantos2392 3 жыл бұрын

when magic johnson was saying he didn't want ppl to be afraid to hug me etc, i met magic shortly after he told the world he had hiv, i gave him a handshake a hug & it was one of the best days of my life...i think the fact i wasn't afraid to hug him meant alot to him

@TempeSoldier123 3 жыл бұрын

Nice story. It’s bullshit, but still a nice story. Let me guess: after you hugged Magic, you stopped at McDonald’s and bought Kareem some fries? GTFO.

@jimlaforte1755 3 жыл бұрын

Watch out and be careful. Your friends and family will shame you for not wearing a mask....LOL

@jimlaforte1755 3 жыл бұрын

@@TempeSoldier123 No. Her mother "bought" her an English teacher so that one day she would not embarrass her family by appearing to be illiterate in public postings that she would one day author.

@mstwelvedeadlycyns 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@dewaynealison4259 2 жыл бұрын

Arsenio outshined them in only 5 years what Leno, Carson, Letterman, Fallon & Kimmel couldn't during their long tenures. Boy, I miss this era.....

@aaroniic 3 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how shows like Arsenio’s kinda just fell into a black hole of existence. The 90’s was the best era for black people culturally and artistically and sadly most of it is just a blur or only in the minds of those that lived it. Outside of reruns of the same few shows from that era 90’s black culture isn’t celebrated enough. Thank God for KZfaq. White media is a trip. They will keep an Ellen DeGeneres on the air regardless of numerous allegations made against her but cancel Arsenio’s show because of self expression and a promotion of cultural awareness? smh. Not to mention countless black sitcoms that’s had a 10+ year run while many black shows of the 90’s were canceled after a few seasons.

@elgeneralxx 3 жыл бұрын

They cancelled the Phil Donahue show to

@soloist9495 3 жыл бұрын

shut up

@rrdream2400 3 жыл бұрын

I agree the early 90's had great TV, there was In Living Color, Martin, Living Single, Arsenio and more. Great music too with new jack swing and rap that had meaningful lyrics. But I think the Arsenio Hall Show got cancelled because his ratings went down by 1994, I don't think it was anything he did, maybe a matter of bad lead in programming and competition on the other networks.

@sillygoose635 2 жыл бұрын

oh quit it with the "media" nothing to do with that, it was the ratings

@rrdream2400 2 жыл бұрын

@Derek Frampton poor you... you got rejected by a black girl and you think you're a victim. You have no clue what it's like being black in America. White people got a 20 mile head start in the marathon, if you can't admit that, then let's not bother. How many black republican senators in the last 40 years? One! That is ridiculous. The NFL is 68% black, how many owners are black? Can't wait for your answer. Black people need to have talent to make money in the US. White people seem to have a lock on making money off of other peoples talent. Change your mind? Imagine if Donald Trump were black and acted the way he does, he would never have been elected. How many times have you been pulled over by the cops for being white? How many time were you assumed guilty just because you are white?

@poeboypoe Жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Luther Vandross.

@shaynation2634 3 жыл бұрын

LUTHER!!!!💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@SaraSmile70 2 жыл бұрын

Arsenio had some Iconic Black History Greats on this show! Super Blessed!😍🙌🏾

@MoonlightNothing 6 ай бұрын

Miss you, Arsenio. you made us laugh!

@LivingLifeInTheCommunity 2 жыл бұрын

Sir James Brown said, "If you hate, you cannot communicate."

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

Then, Arsenio booked Farakan and stations started immediately either moving or canceling the show before Paramount planned on doing at the end of the season (May, 1994).

@michaelrochester48 Жыл бұрын

I remember his final guest was Farrakhan

@Jo-un6es 5 ай бұрын

Arsenio Hall is like if Carson and Cavett had a kid. While bringing on the biggest stars and providing some of the best laughs. The show also provided a stage for serious topics and debate. All within an eloquent and understandable manner.

@ericadams214 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I remember when this aired. I was a kid, but watched this show religiously. I was totally bummed out. Such a shame that he was canceled. Loved it

@user-bp8jt6kr6d 6 ай бұрын

💕Arsenio Hall !!

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

It is difficult to produce and host a nightly television show for one week let alone five years or more. Arsenio offered something different and did a great job. Nothing lasts forever.

@severanvallery9554 3 жыл бұрын

Kids would not understand how good this show waz

@sillygoose635 3 жыл бұрын

no, because it was at best meh.

@rrdream2400 3 жыл бұрын

it was so fresh when it came out... like going from bland black and white TV to color

@jameshayes3387 2 жыл бұрын

@@sillygoose635 At yet here you are

@MichaelCoughlanmusic 8 ай бұрын

I enjoyed AH as a white boy from Canada. He was thoughtful, gracious, and funny. A true pioneer on the late night scene who handled the pressure of it all with style and ease.

@AccurateCrabLegs Жыл бұрын

Watched this when it originally aired in a hotel room in Philadelphia with my cousin and his tennis coach. We were eating pizza and drinking white wine. My cousin cried when Arsenio said goodbye and I threw a piece of pepperoni at the television.

@Master85zation Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@damienchance2622 Жыл бұрын

I wish arsenio would have stayed on the air..if it wasn't canceled

@antonioboydjr.548 Жыл бұрын

10:46 Buton Richardson: So turn on, tune in and grab a slice of history! 10:51 Buton Richardson: "It's Arseniooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Hall!"

@terilward59 2 жыл бұрын

this was the best late night show I never missed one! he was my age and the talent was outstanding!!

@exxtra71 2 жыл бұрын

I still have VHS tapes of the AH show. Loved his show. He brought the realness to us at night. Thank you 😊😂❤️

@johnodom151 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂🤣🤣 James Brown said if nobody else don’t want these cookies. JB promoting his cookies on the last show. “Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud” Perfect Ending!!!!!!!

@JoseTwitterFan 2 жыл бұрын

Still cannot believe this pop culture phenomenon lasted ONLY FIVE years, only to suddenly be gone in a flash. I blame Chevy Chase for this and the cancellation of "Studs". I guess this was FOX's long-awaited revenge for Hall abandoning ship in favor of syndication at Paramount.

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

Great point, however, many of the FOX stations carried Arsenio up until the disasterous "Chevy Chase Show" began. Mr. Hall's ratings started falling percipitously after Jay Leno became the host of "The Tonight Show" on the NBC network which had 210 stations carrying his show at the same time every night, not in different time slots in each market.

@detoxmuscle 6 күн бұрын

These really were golden days in the USA. I wish we could go back. ❤

@mrmartywaring Жыл бұрын

This was my show!!

@melm1932 2 жыл бұрын

1st and only time I ever watched a late night show. Arsenio's show was cool.

@aaronstansberry2545 Жыл бұрын

As usual,they scurd of us! I'm from Indy, I went to see the show on April 29th,89! Guest that day Farrah Fawsette,and Micheal Tucker from LA Law. Good times back then!!!

@robertwelchny Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t a CBS network show. It was syndicated.

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

CBS, FOX, ABC, and Independent stations carried the show. But CBS and FOX were the largest numbers and once Dave and Chevy went on the air, Arseion was relegated to later time slots with fewer viewers. It was business, that is all.

@robertwelchny 7 ай бұрын

@@johnsjohnson448 True. I’m sure I’m being the nitpick about it being aired by network affiliates of all stripes vs it being aired on the CBS network itself.

@MaryBlanche Жыл бұрын

#RIP Luther 😢

@thelightofthebodyispineal7137 3 жыл бұрын

Greatness!

@MrAaronfowler 2 жыл бұрын

I wish tv only had 9 channels

@devinmceachern Ай бұрын

Happy 30th anniversary to the final episode of _The Arsenio Hall Show._ It aired on Friday, May 27, 1994.

@joshua2k526 11 ай бұрын

Luther Vandross ❤

@shell2136 19 күн бұрын

I loved his shows! Wish he would come back to host. Loved his laugh!❤️🇨🇦

@LivingLifeInTheCommunity 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awareness-building that you have accomplished in our communities.

@jimlaforte1755 2 жыл бұрын

Don't fck with James Brown. I mean it. LOL! Love that guy! Brother worked hard and was good all of the way to the End. There are some really great performances on Dave's CBS and NBC shows on here.

@user-nv9th7lx6y 3 ай бұрын

ARSENIO is THE BEST late night or daytime TALK SHOW HOST, EVER!!!!! I am a 72yr old grandmother commenting on my son's page

@TiltBrook 11 ай бұрын

Toward the end, leading up to the show getting CANCELLED, he started getting more real. Not just with opening up the conversation about black America, but I think the powers that be knew that it would only get more real! Not just about black America, but he most likely would’ve naturally and organically gone deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole on any, and every, issue. Perhaps too real for Hollywood and the system

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

Which did not appeal to a BROAD audience = Ratings/Revnue/Renewal. It is fair to say that Arsenio had a great run and proably tired of the grind and increased competition after five years.

@gwendolyngriffin2798 3 ай бұрын

Watching this ICONIC final show feeling the same emotions I felt during the original showing. #ArsenioHallForever#1

@urbanflavorz Жыл бұрын

i thought the final had all he rappers on it

@susanfit47 Жыл бұрын

Although Paramount did say publicly that the show was not in imminent danger of cancellation, Hall announced on April 18, 1994, that he was not going to continue the show, simply saying "it's time". This episode of the season finale of The Arsenio Hall Show aired on May 27, 1994. Shortly before The Arsenio Hall Show was canceled, Paramount's merger with Viacom was finalized. Since this now meant that Paramount and MTV were corporate siblings, there was a ready-made replacement for Arsenio and after a retooling and expansion, a syndicated version of The Jon Stewart Show was launched in late 1994. Despite being sold to most of the same Arsenio affiliates, The Jon Stewart Show was never able to find an audience in syndication as it had on MTV and the show was canceled after its lone season as a syndicated series. After the decline of Arsenio and the failure of The Jon Stewart Show, Paramount did not make another attempt at producing a late-night variety show. Nonetheless, they were not willing to give up on the idea fully and in 1998, Paramount developed a daytime variety show for comedian Howie Mandel. The Howie Mandel Show premiered in May 1998, but could not find an audience in what was then a syndicated landscape saturated with talk shows, and Paramount canceled the show in early 1999. Paramount subsequently gave up on the variety format altogether and did not attempt it again before its television operations were folded into those of CBS. In 2001, VH1 aired a repacked version of The Arsenio Hall Show, called Arsenio Jams featuring musical performances and select interviews from the show's first run.

@johnsjohnson448 7 ай бұрын

The truth is that Paramount NEVER extended Arsenio's deal. It ws purely Public Relations for him to say so and "decline" the offer. His show was toast at the end of the season due to poor ratings.

@BossChronicles 3 жыл бұрын

I miss this set the purple lighting the couch

@dee.hunter 4 ай бұрын

That long note on Arseniooooooooooo was efn ANNOYING! But this show was great!!

@rickykenny4257 3 жыл бұрын

Must see TV Monday- Friday! 100 % cultural fulfillment, and entertainment!

@SPtheGREAT 10 күн бұрын

Nobody COULD TOUCH THIS MAN IN LATE NIGHT!!!

@lynx002ca 3 жыл бұрын

Was there any "at the time" celeb who wasn't on this show? I can't think of one.

@richiebee1984 3 жыл бұрын

I CAN'T THINK OF ONE EITHER!!

@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother 2 жыл бұрын

Denzel Washington?

@a_plus 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother he definitely was on the show

@jameshayes3387 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother He was on

@alohajinnypark186 8 ай бұрын

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother I remember he was on the show promoting Malcolm X movie.

@christianwickham6288 4 ай бұрын

Also that day is Ray combs's final Family Feud episode

@blaqmarc 3 жыл бұрын

John Candy wasn’t on the show

@RolloSmokes Жыл бұрын

Arsenio was syndicated, not a CBS network show.

@VinVonVoom Ай бұрын

James Brown Setlist 19:00 Cold Sweat 21:06 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 23:29 Try Me 38:34 I Feel Good 40:34 Out Of Sight 41:27 Mother Popcorn

@lakishascott2132 2 жыл бұрын

💚

@williesanders184 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I had watched all of his shows Guess I didn't? Missed a lot of them! Tried to record some because of my own? Hope I can still find them?

@jonjonharreld5774 3 жыл бұрын

This Will Also Be One Of My Favorite Memories For Hanging Out With Everybody That Day In The Audience And Backstage At The After Party...Arsenio Hall My Fambam Fa'Life One Love Fa'Sho...Jon-Jon...Out...

@malibupromqueen 10 ай бұрын

7:39 mariah 💗

@lizandrapeguero1687 3 жыл бұрын

The Arsenio Hall Show represented Black Excellence!!

@usmchottie07 5 ай бұрын

A really wish that all of the communities would just realize that it has nothing to do with skin tone. That's all melanin we all Bleede red

@gregbattles4742 3 жыл бұрын

BLACK AMERICA NEEDS THIS KINDA LATE NITE BLACK AGAIN

@rrdream2400 3 жыл бұрын

but the music isn't there, there is so much garbage now. Back then there was great soul music, new jack swing, and rap music was a thousand times better than the junk out there now.

@davidflores6899 Жыл бұрын

Most Black people didn't watch the Arsenio show they all thought he was an Uncle Tom from what I recall.

@ertfgghhhh 4 ай бұрын

@@davidflores6899 Your recollection is faulty. We watched the show. And his audience had many black people of all ages. Just like the thought that we hated whitney. Untrue a few did. But not all of us. As a matter of fact, he was the only talk show besides BET shows they had most of our current and pass legends and r&b/hip hop artists live

@TracyGJacksonTV 2 ай бұрын

In Houston, The Arsenio Hall Show aired on KTXH 20.

@dj2bklyn 3 жыл бұрын

Where the hell is the DVD set

@mstwelvedeadlycyns 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@Broj96_ Жыл бұрын

Why his show got canceled???????

@dearjourneyxokamiahmonique 3 жыл бұрын

Reminder of how much I’ve always loved Whoopi’s personality!

@linnyjean3729 2 ай бұрын

An appearance by my beautiful friend Vicky, Miss.Nude Universe!! 😍🤭

@erikpridemore3174 Жыл бұрын

He was on right after Pat Sajak on most CBS stations in the same markets which aired back-to-back Late Night Talk Shows in 1989 on the same station as it debuted within 1 week, and to us Arsenio Hall ended his 5 and a quarter year run with this 1994 series finale, as Late Night TV would never be the same until Jon Stewart took over in the Fall of 1994, but Jon Stewart's talk show did not last but 1 season.

@dlmrb80 4 ай бұрын

Who is the naked woman at 9:02??? Been trying to find out and theres no answer anywhere online

@lowbo47omsascotave 3 жыл бұрын

*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !* _Tappin' in from South Central Los Angeles_ There are many, MANY shows that were kept on the air DESPITE their low ratings...like Seinfeld for example. Black folks don't have the same luxury. But in reality, it's "their shows, their rules". We need Our OWN sh*t ! Power corrupts ! And as long as We hv to go thru "them", they can make up ANY excuse the get rid of a show, even if it's successful. It's more of a power move than anything else ! It's a standpoint of "We don't care HOW much money u make us, WE still control it !" "Do what WE say...or _else !_ Great song to end with, just to let the world know ! Great planning. ✊🏾✊🏾

@fargasluisfelipe 2 ай бұрын

Arsenio show should’ve had a longer run like jimmy Fallon 😢

@briantzic4755 6 ай бұрын

40:21 rip james brown!

@dj2bklyn 3 жыл бұрын

He never mentioned Quincy

@mstwelvedeadlycyns 2 жыл бұрын

He said he was on the first show!

@codym8897 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have the final episode of Real Stories of the Highway Patrol from June 29, 1998? The final episode of the syndicated series.

@b5maddog 7 ай бұрын

Not missed at all

@PCCphoenix Жыл бұрын

10:51

@TiltBrook 11 ай бұрын

Uh oh 1:19

@MrAaronfowler 2 жыл бұрын

Tina Turner

@BossChronicles 3 жыл бұрын

Why was he taken off the air ?

@audreyroselove2190 2 жыл бұрын

Because he had too many black famous guest and wypipo did not like it.

@briandelgado906 2 жыл бұрын

@@audreyroselove2190 no it wasn't. He put in his resignation cause he wanted to be a full-time dad. And CBS agreed cause the ratings weren't that good anymore cause there was like 8 other late night talk shows at the time. Don't spread nonsense like that around you're better than that baby

@audreyroselove2190 2 жыл бұрын

@@briandelgado906 The mean reasons of his show being canceled was what I originally stated and what you mentioned might have had a little to do with his show canceling as well.

@briandelgado906 2 жыл бұрын

@@audreyroselove2190 yea they had a problem with farrakahn being on the show. But they didn't take him off the air because of it. Arsenio resigned way before that interview. The media might have said what u said cause that's juicy and gets headlines and best of all causes division between whites and blacks which is top priority for them. But it's not the truth

@audreyroselove2190 2 жыл бұрын

@@briandelgado906 Farrikan was the main reason that caused his canceled show..Arsenal did not want to leave his show, the Whyte folks wanted him OUT! Facts..

@NURREDIN 3 жыл бұрын

Did my brother wrong,all because he had Farrakhan on the show. Nothing has changed in 27 years. The plantation mentality is still here.It's even worse. Because our numbers have increased, NOW they don't want us to vote.AGAIN.We need this show back.

@KaneRobot 3 жыл бұрын

LOL. We just had a black president for 8 years and are about to have another one when Biden steps down for "health issues." But sure thing, keep pretending you're a victim when it's easier to vote than it is rent a fucking movie.

@shoshannanina5359 3 жыл бұрын

They brought the show back a few years ago on TBS but not enough people was watching it. The period of this show was a magical period for black people. Best music. And they were all in the same age range. Maybe what is needed is a young black person with similiar stage presence and personality to have a late show.

@rrdream2400 3 жыл бұрын

@@KaneRobot we also just had a white president that embraced white supremacists and made it ok to be a bigot again.. And yes, making it easy for poor black people to vote is a big problem for republicans, best to make it as hard as possible if you want to win.

@robjackson5245 3 ай бұрын

No way this is WCBS. The show aired on WWOR the entire run.

@TracyGJacksonTV 2 ай бұрын

In Houston, The Arsenio Hall Show aired on KTXH 20 its entire run. I know that WWOR aired promos of Arsenio Hall Show during the show’s entire run. If I’m not mistaken some of the stations that aired The Arsenio Hall Show during its 6 season run January 3,1989-May 27,1994 were independents mostly the TVX stations that became Paramount owned stations after Paramount’s purchase of TVX Broadcast Group but in Atlanta,Detroit and Cleveland it aired on 3 former CBS Affiliates such as WAGA 5, WJBK 2 and WJW 8 that switched their affiliation to Fox between September-November 1994. But Arsenio was on WWOR which was owned by MCA when it premiered and ended in May 1994 years after WWOR became owned by United Television.