Comments for "Arsenio Hall interviews Vanilla Ice" Video at VideoSift.com

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:34:02 -0700

2 more votes people! I guess I'll *requeue

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:34:02 -0700

Re-queueing this video for one more try; last queued Thursday, October 25th, 2007 10:01pm PDT - requeue requested by submitter doogle.

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:34:20 -0700

Remember when the Ice Man was the shiznit? Me neither.

BTW, I'm pretty sure that's a sparkling silver and kelly green astronaut suit. I hate to split hairs, but I find you're remark an affront to my distinctive sparkling-silver-and-mint-green-astronaut style. However you're new here, so I'll let it slide. But if you call it mint green again, I'll kill you.

By DrPawn

DrPawn (http://www.videosift.com/member/DrPawn) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:48:15 -0700

upvote but I thought Arsenio was pulling the race card

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:55:43 -0700

The shockwaves from these two mighty minds locking horns had repercussions for days afterward.

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:59:52 -0700

Funny how a decade and a half later Eminem was being blamed for the same thing - expanding the appeal of Rap by having a whitey/non-minority at the front of it. It's a legitimate issue I think.

By Hive13

Hive13 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Hive13) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:24:49 -0700

I actually PAID to see Vanilla Ice in concert way back. To be fair, I took an amazingly hot chick who used me for tickets. Ahh good times. Information society did open for him so I got to see that "pure energy" song performed live.

By messenger

messenger (http://www.videosift.com/member/messenger) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:38:59 -0700

^ ^ Funny how they were saying the same thing about Elvis back in the day, that people only like the music because it's a white man singing it, which may have been what Ice was referring to at the beginning of this clip when he correctly identified himself as "not Elvis."

By thechrisproject

thechrisproject (http://www.videosift.com/member/thechrisproject) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:46:38 -0700

Did you see the awkward handshake mistake at the end? Arsenio comes in from up high with the fist, obviously expecting another fist to tap, but Ice comes up from the bottom with an open hand for a grab. He grabs the fist, but Arsenio smartly opens up for shake. Like the video, the handshake started awkwardly but seemed to pull through at the end.

By honkeytonk73

honkeytonk73 (http://www.videosift.com/member/honkeytonk73) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:07:27 -0700

Word to your mother!

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:13:03 -0700

who's the fucking racist here?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:13:54 -0700

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Vanilla Ice, Arsenio Hall, pretentious, 90s, trying to be black' to 'Vanilla Ice, Arsenio Hall, 90s, racism' - edited by MINK

By eric3579

eric3579 (http://eric3579.videosift.com) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:13:57 -0700

AHHHHHH

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:31:46 -0700

errrrrrr....

By Babymech

Babymech (http://www.videosift.com/member/Babymech) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:03:07 -0700

Racist? The guy was a white entertainer trying to break into a field predominantly characterized by black entertainers, and doing it on the most superficial level possible. Of course he would be criticized for being out of touch with the roots of the music, and the worst thing he could do in response would be to say "Hey, I'm cool - I have a black friend *that I brought with me for show and tell*!" Doesn't mean that he or anyone else was racist, just sort of pathetic in that adorable early 90's way.

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:17:15 -0700

errr... what about arsenio hall... he can't be racist because he's black? lol

By swampgirl

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:51:49 -0700

Well, since Vanilla and Arsenio are both obsolete... their debate has no sting.

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:41:22 -0700

you didn't spell "both dimwitted" correctly.

By Babymech

Babymech (http://www.videosift.com/member/Babymech) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:31:30 -0700

Why would Arsenio Hall be racist (in this clip)? Vanilla Ice is being a ridiculous wigger, and Arsenio is trying to find out if he has any justification for his pathetic behavior. Which he doesn't. I'd recommend 'wigger' over 'racism' for this one.

By Throbbin

Throbbin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:10:45 -0700

Let's just le Vanilla Ice and Arsenio Hall rest in who cares where, why did you have to bring this back up?

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:52:22 -0700

Well they're both making principled stances here, and both have fallen into obscurity.
Vanilla Ice's 15 minutes of fame came and went, and Arsenio's principles led to his invitation of Louis Farrakhan on the show leading to his cancellation.

By swampgirl

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:52 -0700

That was why Arsenio lost popularity? I thought he just couldn't make the huge shoulder pad to normal shoulder pad transition.

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:35:00 -0800

can I *promote?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:35:01 -0800

Invocations (promote) cannot be called by doogle because doogle is not privileged - sorry.

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:35:17 -0800

awwwwwwwww...