Arsenio Hall hosted a hit syndicated late-night talk show from 1989-1994 and other than that moment where Bill Clinton played saxophone on the show, The Arsenio Hall Show will be remembered for the way that he handled the 1992 riots in La.
During the riots, which started after a jury acquitted four LAPD officers for violently beating Rodney King, Hall interviewed L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, who pleaded for calm, opened one of his shows with an excerpt of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, and had guests on including Edward James Olmos and Sean Penn.
Here he talks with Deadline about how he managed to get the show on the air during the riots, moving it from the Paramount to a South Central church, the similarities and differences between those riots and the current unrest, following the killing of George Floyd, and his hope for change.
He...
During the riots, which started after a jury acquitted four LAPD officers for violently beating Rodney King, Hall interviewed L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, who pleaded for calm, opened one of his shows with an excerpt of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, and had guests on including Edward James Olmos and Sean Penn.
Here he talks with Deadline about how he managed to get the show on the air during the riots, moving it from the Paramount to a South Central church, the similarities and differences between those riots and the current unrest, following the killing of George Floyd, and his hope for change.
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- 6/6/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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