Because his manager owned the stage rights to The Black and White Minstrel Show, a light entertainment programme in which people "blacked up," Henry found himself performing his comedy in it for five years.
Da sein Manager die Bühnenrecht an der Black and White Minstrel Show besaß, einem leichten Unterhaltungsprogramm, in dem sich die Leute "schwarz anmalten", führte Henry seine Comedy dort über fünf Jahre auf.