John Henson

John Morris Henson born July 11 1967 is an American comedian actor and talk show host Henson began his career as a standup comic He started appearing in films in the mid to late 1990s He was the longestrunning host four years of Talk Soup on the E Entertainment Network hosting just over 1000 shows in the four and a half years he was with the network During his stint as host of Talk Soup he appeared as a guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast In 2004 he was the host of The John Henson Project a shortlived comedyreality show on Spike TV and hosted several broadcast specials including ABCs Best Commercials Youve Never Seen ABCs Best TV Youve Never Seen and most recently the 33rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards From 2005 to 2007 Henson was the cohost of Watch This a daily television show on the TV Guide Channel Henson has also produced numerous field segments on the entertainment industry for MSNBC and CNN and additionally had a small recurring role as a local newscaster on My Name Is Earl From 2008 to 2014 Henson cohosted the ABC obstacle course gameshow Wipeout and always ended the show with the catch phrase Good night and Big Balls a reference to the signature obstacle in the show From 2017 to 2021 Henson hosted Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network Henson has also appeared in the Blink182 music video for Whats My Age Again