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Read this, you're gonna thank me...


Dumb, racist, self-inflated ego etc. These are words I use to describe Arsenio and his show.

Everyone talks about how he has helped the black community and is a pioneer FOR the black community. Look I'm not black but I know he's NO Martin Luther King, Malcolm X or Nelson Mandela.

Just cause he helped a few rappers back in the early 90's rise to fame (most of whom are virtually unknown today) doesn't make him this amazing person that black people seem to think he's a God in the black community.

More over, his show has no eclectic mix, rather than fighting the war on racism his show seems to be pandering on towards racism. His guests mainly consists of African-Americans which is by no means a problem but it wouldn't hurt to mix it up. Instead it's almost as if he's trying to drive home a point.

I watch all the late night talk shows, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Conan, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman etc. and I've seen an equal ratio of ethnicities within the guests on every other talk show but his.

If you think I'm making this up, check out who his guests are from the first episode of this show that aired to the latest episode and do the math with the ratio of black to white guests.

Other than the race card, he is SO self involved and just LOVES when everyone goes on about how amazing it is that he's back and how much he made a difference in the black community. He just eats it up. It's almost as if he pays his guest before the show to mention him and how great he is.

Finally, just plain not funny or entertaining and lacks the true value of being a "Talk Show" host. Really if you're going to be a talk show host, learn to communicate better with your guests and pick better questions to ask.

I did not see any of his earlier shows until I did my research on youtube only to find that this guy is literally trying to bring the early 90's back to the 2010's?? Let it go! Come up with something new!

I'm going to sum this up by saying, you are better off watching ANYTHING else. Hell, even Chelsea Lately, The Pete Holmes Show and The Eric Andre Show is way better than this crap.

You're welcome!

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