The Arsenio Hall Show
Rue McClanahan, Ashford & Simpson, Anita Baker
TV Flash files “Rue McClanahan, Ashford & Simpson, Anita Baker” as hour 13 of 79 in the TV Flash guide — The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994) on Syndication, season 1, episode 31, aired 1989-02-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E31: listed hour 13 of 79 in the The Arsenio Hall Show guide, hour 13 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1989-02-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ed Asner, Mary Frann, Tone Loc, Harvey Fierstein” (S01E30). Next is “Jason Bateman, Magic Johnson” (S01E40).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rue McClanahan, Ashford & Simpson, Anita Baker sit in the The Arsenio Hall Show guide?
S01E31 is listed hour 13 of 79 — hour 13 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 31.
When did The Arsenio Hall Show S01E31 air?
Rue McClanahan, Ashford & Simpson, Anita Baker aired 1989-02-14 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is the Clinton sax hour required?
It is political-TV folklore, not the whole show. The Dog Pound, hip-hop guests, and a younger room are the brief. Clinton is the clip that entered campaign myth.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Whoof whoof whoof: late night with a fist-pump Dog Pound, hip-hop guests the other desks wouldn't book, and Bill Clinton's saxophone as political-TV folklore. Arsenio broke the monochrome late-night mold in syndication at the decade's end. The door he opened still matters — and the cancellation still reads like a turf war.
The whoof is the form. Syndication, 1989–1994, later revival: Arsenio brings younger, Blacker, hip-hop-fluent energy to late night — fist-pump Dog Pound, guests the other desks wouldn't book. The Arsenio Hall Show, from Arsenio Hall, broke late-night's monochrome mold at the decade's end. The Dog Pound audience chant is the signature; Bill Clinton's 1992 sax appearance is political-TV myth. Competition with Leno-era late night and the cancellation still get debated as a turf war. If you came for a blotter item…
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- Arsenio Hall as Host
Arsenio Hall hosted The Arsenio Hall Show as late night with a Dog Pound — whoof whoof whoof, hip-hop guests the other desks would not book, Bill Clinton’s saxophone as political-TV folklore. Syndication at the decade’s end broke the…