Arsenio Hall Flipped Out and Broke a Studio Gate After Being Accused of Stealing — and Told His Show Needed to Be Less Black

Arsenio Hall flipped out and broke a studio gate after being accused of stealing — and told his show needed to be less black

Arsenio Hall reveals in his new book, "Arsenio: A Memoir," that he flipped out and broke a Paramount studio gate after being accused of possibly stealing from his own show.

‘Can You Be Less Black?’: Arsenio Hall’s Impossible Late-Night Note

(Jeff Katz/TV Guide/©Paramount Domestic Television/courtesy Everett Collection)ShareSubscribe nowI write The Optionist, a newsletter about IP. Previously, I excerpted books about Coppola & Lucas’ ill-fated ’70s studio and Terrence Malick’s lost decades, and interviewed Gabriel Sherman about the Murdochs. Subscribe here for my weekly list of promising books (new and backlist), long-form journalism, short stories, graphic novels and more.Arsenio H…