Background
Henson was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Joe and Barbara (née Wright) Henson.
Henson was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Joe and Barbara (née Wright) Henson.
Henson attended Saint Luke"s School in New Canaan, Connecticut.
He was the co-host of American Broadcasting Company"s Wipeout with John Anderson, a prime-time game show that ran for 7 seasons. He has four older brothers, one of whom is Dan Henson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Capital, Americas. He has starred in various theatre productions such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Conduct Unbecoming, Heinous Crimes and Other Delights, The Greenhouse Effect and Remote Evolution.
Henson was born with a white streak of hair on the right side of his head
As a result, he received the nickname "Skunk Boy" while hosting Talk Soup. Henson began his career as a stand-up comic.
He started appearing in films in the mid to late 1990s. He was the longest-running host (four years) of Talk Soup on the East! Entertainment Network, hosting approximately 1,140 shows in the four and a half years he was with the network.
In 2004, he was the host of The John Henson Project, a short-lived comedy-reality show on Spike television, and hosted several broadcast specials including American Broadcasting Company"s Best Commercials You"ve Never Seen, American Broadcasting Company"s Best television You"ve Never Seen and, most recently, the 33rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmys.
From 2005 to 2007, Henson was the co-host of Watch This!, a daily television show on the television Guide Channel. Henson has also produced numerous field segments on the entertainment industry for Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company and Cable News Network and, additionally, had a small recurring role as a local newscaster on My Name Is Earl. From 2008 to 2014, Henson co-hosted the American Broadcasting Company obstacle course game-show, Wipeout, and always ended the show with the catch phrase, "Good night, and Big Balls", a reference to the signature obstacle in the show.
Henson has also appeared in the Blink-182 music video for "What"s My Age Again?.".
Another is Frank (Bubba) Henson, teacher at Saint Luke"s School, New Canaan, Connecticut.