Arsenio Hall (Extended)
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Late night television legend Arsenio Hall reveals his unorthodox method of snagging celebrity guests for his groundbreaking late night show, and recalls many of the musicians who got their first big break on the program. His memoir, “Arsenio,” is available now.
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| 0:00.0 | When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their |
| 0:05.9 | property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. |
| 0:10.3 | Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker, |
| 0:16.5 | the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy. |
| 0:21.7 | Follow and listen to Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert. |
| 0:38.8 | Welcome back. ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:41.8 | I am so happy to say that my next guest tonight is a legend of late-night television. |
| 0:47.0 | You know him from coming to America and as the host of the Arsenio Hall show. |
| 0:51.0 | Please welcome back to the late show, Mr. Arsenio Hall. Hey, man, it's great to see you. I've interviewed you before over Zoom during COVID, |
| 1:02.0 | but it's wonderful to be with you in the flesh for the first time. |
| 1:06.0 | Yes. And my mother made you a hat. |
| 1:09.0 | Yes, a knit hat. Yes, she made, like you're going to wear a knit hat. Well, this time of year, but yeah, I might wear a knit hat. Good hat. Um, uh, there's so much talk about. Let's just get straight to. Yes. We've got a new memoir. And my edibles just kicked in. so I'm like, this is beautiful. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, as my elementary school teacher used to say, |
| 1:32.3 | did you bring enough for the whole class? |
| 1:35.3 | The new memoir right here, Arsigno, a memoir, |
| 1:40.3 | tells the story of how, I want to get to this guy as quickly as possible. |
| 1:44.6 | Oh. |
| 1:48.8 | This, this, this talented, aspiring young magician who was obsessed with Johnny Carson and hosted a talk show in his basement. |
| 1:56.5 | You had your own? |
| 1:57.4 | Yes. |
| 1:57.7 | And it was called? |
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