Spoken word performance
Powell performs his spoken word performance The Arsenio Hall Show. This is the first spoken word performance on Hall’s show. He talks about the system, being a single parent and dysfunctional people.
I am the system, programmed to initiate commands. You Negro, error, you people are programmed not to ask. You are nothing more than empty vessels who have sold their souls a long time ago.
Stand-up performance
Anderson performs stand up comedy on The Arsenio Hall show. He talks about fast food and his addiction to everything on the McDonald’s menu.
Magic Johnson interview
Hall interviews Johnson. They talk about the Lakers season, how Kobe Bryant’s health is and questioning the coaching style of Dan Tony. Johnson also talks about the importance of defense.
Defense wins championships. So all I’m saying is make sure that we get better on defense.
Life is Good performance
Nas performs Life is good on the first debut of the return of The Arsenio Hall Show.
Mark Harmon interview
Hall interviews Harmon on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the evolving of CIS, his wife’s desire to be on the show and football season.
This shows had a lot of changes we’ve managed to get better with the changes both in front of the camera and behind the camera. We have another change this year with Cody leaving and it’s up to this group, highly professional group to use this as a springboard to get better and to try to improve and to stay number one.
Angela Bassett interview
Hall interviews Bassett on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about her trip to Washington DC for the March on Washington, her son’s meet with the president and First Lady.
My son, I’m talking to him before we get there, hopefully so they will be cool in the White House, just trying to put a little bit in, little bit in…and everyone applauds when our president steps up to the microphone and we’re on the side and my son just says, ‘Barack Obama!’
Collard Greens performance
Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar perform Collard Greens on The Arsenio Hall Show to promote their new album, Oxymoron.
Dr Phil interview
Hall interviews McGraw on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Hall’s first show and why McGraw held his wife’s hand and how he feels about his wife’s reaction in general when he is asked to be a guest on a talks show.
I grabbed her hand and we walked off and everybody thought that is just nice, that is real and she now has missed one show through eleven years and that was the day she had to be on Oprah.
Bill Bellamy interview
Hall interviews Bellamy on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Mothers’ Day versus Fathers’ day. Bellamy expresses how mothers get a lot more attention than the dads.
I wanna be a mom. Mother’s day is so fly. It’s like the MVP day for moms and they deserve it. Actually every mom deserves it…especially if you’re a good mom because it’s a lot of work.
Russell Simmons interview
Hall interviews Simmons on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Simmons involvement creating a Harriet Tubman prank comedy tape that outraged his fans and the frustration felt by his artists they deemed as degrading.
I’ve done lots of comedy and lots of bad taste. Lots of music and bad taste…lots of poetry that’s offended people. Lots of music that people really felt hurt by but I’ve always stood by it. But this particular piece, when I understood how hurt people were, I pulled it down immediately. I’ve never pulled down a piece of content.
Nick Cannon twerk performance
Nick Cannon performs an improvisational version of the twerk dance as he sings to one of the audience members on The Arsenio Hall show in Los Angeles, California.
Black Unicorn performance
2 Chainz performs Black Unicorn along with artists Crisette Rochelle and Sonny Patterson on The Arsenio Hall Show.
Howie Mandell interview
Hall interviews Mandell on The Arsenio Hall Show. Mandell gives Hall a nolstagic gift from Hall’s original show.
For those of you who don’t know when you do a television show there are gifts. Backstage gifts in fact that’s the only reason I’m here.
Dance with you performance
Bad Rabbits performs Dance with you featuring artists Teddy Riley and Clinton Sparks on The Arsenio Hall show in Los Angeles.
Gordon Ramsey interview
Hall interviews Ramsay on The Arsenio Hall show. They talk about how he is famous for profanity and how he deals with the challenges of creating his show Hell’s Kitchen for children.
Kids do swear let’s get that right.
Orlando Jones interview
Hall interviews Jones on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about Jones innovative multicultural emoticons for social networks, his inspiration to create the emoticons and they show some examples for the audience.
So I thought African Americans are such a seminal part, Latinos, Asians of pop culture why aren’t there multicultural emoticons? So my idea was I’m going to make multicultural emoticons.
The Way You Look Tonight performance
Estefan performs her own version of Frank Sinatra’s The way you look tonight on The Arsenio Hall show in Los Angeles, California.
You Made Me Love You performance
Gloria Estefan performs You made me love you to promote her new album The Standards on The Arsenio Hall show in Los Angeles, California.
Giancarlo Esposito interview
Hall interviews Esposito on The Arsenio Hall Show to talk about his role on the television show, Breaking Bad. They also talk about having a party in a cemetery in Hollywood, California for the season finale.
This show has become a cult classic for a good reason. It is a show that is designed for people who love the truth, who see entertainment as being something that should also inspire.
Vivica Fox interview
Hall interviews Fox on The Arsenio Hall Show. She talks about her single love life, her happiness being single, her free time and her opinion on who is her best on screen kisser.
Everyday when I wake up whatever Vivica wants to do, we do, if we want to go shopping, if we want to go buy diamonds, if we want to go to the spa, if we want to do nothing. If we want to hang out with our friends, if I want to hang out with my beautiful god son, Christian I can.
