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Iggo

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7. I believe ha was a standup comic who got into tv production.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:35 PM

10 hrs ago

If I remember correctly, he may have been the first or one of the first black tv mogul billionaires. I’m gettin’ old, though, so I may have the details wrong.

But he had a talk show back then, too, and it suuuuuuuuucked, oh my gawd it sucked! Arsenio, he ain’t.

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