What ever happened to Arsenio Hall?

Here's where Arsenio Hall got his big start on the Merv Griffin Show in 1984. The clip ends quite abruptly, but if you make it to the end of it in the first place, my hat is off to you.



In this clip, Arsenio lets his brilliant interviewing skills shine with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Depp is on his best behavior, as he has a great deal of experience with public relations and such. Burton is not quite so good at hiding the fact that he is bored out of his skull.



He really tears into rap sensation Vanilla Ice here.



And then, he brings up the scene in This Is Spinal Tap which features Derek Smalls pulling a cucumber out of his pants. The one part of the movie that all of the bottom feeders bring up because they don't understand the rest of the humor in the film. He doesn't even know that the guys are actors. What a fucking asshole!



This is what happened when Arsenio went home that day.



Bummer.