and she was saved by Korean-American teenager Son-hyuk, who later become her protector and mentor. The fourth-season opener of the ABC sitcom Doogie Howser, MD was fully devoted to the 1992 riots in L.A. The season 5 premiere of the sitcom George Lopez "George Gets A Pain In The Ash", Benny is about to leave to go retrieve possible leftovers from her house which had burned down, insisting she moves faster on her own, with her son George replying "That's what you said during the riots", referring to Rodney King (jokingly called "Robbie King" by Benny). The third-season opener of the Fox comedy series In Living Color focused on the L.A. riots, and subsequent third-season episodes featured skits focusing on the L.A. riots (example: "The L.A. Riots Anniversary Special" promo). The NBC drama L.A. Law seventh-season opener was set on the day of the riots. Extensive coverage of the riots was featured on The Arsenio Hall Show. Mayor Tom Bradley appeared on the show and pleaded for calm to the residents of L.A. The third season's episode #2 ("Grave Doubt") of The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick, dealt with the discovery of the body of a black man who was killed during the LA riots by another black man. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "Will Gets Committed" saw Will Smith and the Banks family contributing to the post-riot clean-up and pondering its implications. The HBO sitcom The Larry Sanders Show, which is set in L.A. around the time of the riots, makes frequent reference to the riots in the early seasons. An episode from the second season of MTV's The Real World, which was filming in L.A. in 1992, shows some of the housemates out for a day of playing basketball. A portion of the police perimeter forms near them, and officers in riot gear advise the house-mates to evacuate the area as the riots begin. The FX crime drama The Shield makes reference to the reputation of the LAPD following the Rodney King saga and the subsequent Los Angeles riots. During the first episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jay Leno made the following remark during the opening monologue: "Do we have some out-of-towners here tonight?" (pause for applause) "Let me be the first to welcome you to Los Angeles, or as President Bush calls it: Operation Desert Storm, the home game!" Several other jokes followed related