1. Arsenio Hall was born on February 12,1956 and is an American comedian, actor and talk show host.
30 Facts About Arsenio Hall
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Arsenio Hall hosted a late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014.
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Arsenio Hall has appeared in Martial Law, Coming to America, Coming 2 America, and Harlem Nights.
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Arsenio Hall was the host of Star Search and appeared as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show Thicke of the Night.
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Arsenio Hall graduated from Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, in 1973, after briefly attending John F Kennedy High School.
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Arsenio Hall later attended Ohio University and Kent State University.
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Arsenio Hall later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue a career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on Soul Train.
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Arsenio Hall appeared on five weeks of episodes of the short-lived NBC game show Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour from 1983 to 1984.
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Arsenio Hall was the original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the animated series The Real Ghostbusters from 1986 to 1987.
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Arsenio Hall was chosen to host the show in the fall of 1987, and his stint proved immensely popular, leading to his being offered his own show in syndication.
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Arsenio Hall had a rivalry with Jay Leno after the latter was named host of The Tonight Show, during which Hall said that he would "kick Jay's ass" in ratings.
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Arsenio Hall was a supporter of gay rights long before the movement had become overwhelmingly popular and supported in the mainstream, especially in black culture.
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Between 1988 and 1991, Arsenio Hall hosted the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall had leading roles on television shows such as the short-lived sitcom Arsenio and Martial Law with Sammo Hung, and hosted the revival of Star Search.
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Hall appeared as himself in Chappelle's Show in March 2004 when Chappelle was imagining "what Arsenio is doing right now" in a dinner scene.
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Arsenio Hall has guest co-hosted Wednesday evenings on The Tim Conway Jr.
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Arsenio Hall hosted MyNetworkTV's comedic web video show The World's Funniest Moments and TV One's 100 Greatest Black Power Moves.
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Arsenio Hall appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher in May 2012, in a discussion commemorating the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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Arsenio Hall was considered the host of the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal and filmed a pilot.
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Arsenio Hall appeared regularly on The Jay Leno Show, and was a guest on Lopez Tonight.
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George Lopez credits Arsenio as the reason he had a late night show; Lopez appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show more times than any other comedian.
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Lopez requested Arsenio Hall be a co-host on Lopez Tonight since he regarded Arsenio Hall as his inspiration and the first "late night party show host".
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In 2012, Arsenio Hall was a contestant on the fifth edition of The Celebrity Apprentice, which began airing February 19,2012.
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For winning The Celebrity Apprentice, Arsenio Hall won the $250,000 grand prize for his charity, in addition to money for the tasks he and his team performed when he was a team leader.
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Arsenio Hall appeared in a bit in the January 2024 Emmys.
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In 1997, after being out of the public eye for three years, Arsenio Hall gave an interview to dispel rumors regarding what had driven him off stage.
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Hall says he took time off to raise his son before resuming The Arsenio Hall Show in 2013.
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Arsenio Hall had an interest in returning to the business eventually, but his decision was not confirmed until he appeared on Lopez Tonight in 2009.
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On May 5,2016, Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Sinead O'Connor after she claimed he had fueled Prince's drug habit and had spiked his drink at a party at Eddie Murphy's house.
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Arsenio Hall dropped the lawsuit after O'Connor apologized and retracted her allegations.