LOS ANGELES — Sitting near the stage at the famed The Comedy Store, Arsenio Hall's thoughts immediately travel back to stand-up legend Richard Pryor. As Hall, 70, writes in "Arsenio: A Memoir" (Simon ...

CLEVELAND — Before he became a household name, Arsenio Hall was just a kid on Cleveland’s east side, putting on a talk show in his basement. “I did this show with folding chairs for my friends in the ...

Extended interview: Comedy legend Arsenio Hall talks new memoir, Cleveland roots with Mike Polk Jr. Arsenio Hall's new memoir traces his journey from a Cleveland kid to the face of a late-night show ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Hall, 70, writes in "Arsenio: A Memoir" (Simon & Schuster, March 31), mentor Pryor, who died in 2005, ruled the comedy mecca's ...