Country Grammar performance
Hall performs Country Grammar on The Arsenio Hall show after losing a sports bet with Nelly after the St Louis Cardinals beat the LA Dodgers.
Blair Underwood interview
Hall interviews Underwood on The Arsenio Hall show. They talk about his mother’s crippled condition and how he was inspired to play the role of a disabled character that resembled his character.
My mom’s kinda bad ass. Mama don’t play. Yeah she’s tough, she’s tough and it really is that kind of independent spirit and she laughs a lot. She’s says all the time ‘Every day above ground is a good day’.
My favorite thing performance
Isley performs My Favorite Thing on The Arsenio Hall Show featuring artist Kem in Los Angeles, California.
Jackie Chan interview
Hall interviews Chan on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the rumors that scared Chan’s friends back home that he had died.
You know Chinese so believe these kind of things, ‘Oh nothing nothing I said ‘ What?’. ‘ Nothing, bye bye where are you?’ I said ‘ok’ and hang up then phone ring again. They said ‘Jackie!’ I said ‘What?!’ they said ‘Oh my god’. I said ‘What’s going on?’.
Cedric the Entertainer interview
Hall interviews Cedric the Entertainer on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about the origin of his name and why he decided to become a stand up comedian.
I didn’t have a lot of jokes when I first started so I would sing, I would dance. So when they wanted to introduce me as a comedian, I was like ‘No, call me entertainer, don’t call me a comedian!’
Stand-up performance
Spencer performs stand up on The Arsenio Hall show. He talks about being jealous when he sees Obama allows his wife to go to the front and celebrity crushes.
Tyra Banks interview
Hall interviews Banks on The Arsenio Hall Show. They discuss’Smize’ or smiling with your eyes. She does a demonstration for the audience with Hall.
I talked with some of your friends that work with The Arsenio Hall Show and there’s a weakness that you have that I think if you think of that, not only think of it but it’s in front of you, you will ‘Smize’ correctly.
Cravin’ performance
MC Lyte performs Cravin’ promoting her upcoming untitled album featuring artist Stan Carrizosa. Hall also acknowledges her reception of the Hip Lifetime achievement award.
Bill Maher interview
Hall interviews comedian Maher on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about being on the road again doing standup, racism when Obama took office, and the state of the government deficit.
I am the one who’s actually out in the country every weekend. I see this country. I know what’s going on in this country ’cause I’m out there. Ten seconds after Obama got into office they were like ‘ We want our country back’.
Mike Epps interview
Hall interviews Epps on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about being a comedian and musician celebrating big girls, called Forget Lettuce. He performs the song for the audience.
I love the big girls you know what I’m saying, my mama’s a big girl, my sister’s a big girl, the world’s a big girl. I love the big girls. So I made a song about the big girls.
Gina Gershon interview
Hall interviews Gershon on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about her role on as Donatella Versace in her new film and the reactions of the Versace family with her performance. Gershon talks about her research before she took the role.
I have so much respect for what she went through and what the family went through and how she came out of it and how she’s thriving and what’s she’s become. She’s really impressive I have to say.
Stand-up performance
Andrew Dice Clay performs stand up on The Arsenio Hall Show. He talks about aging, Viagra and nursery rhymes for adults.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.