Vzhledem k tomu, že jeho manažer vlastnil práva k jevištní produkci The Black and White Minstrel Show, zábavnímu programu, ve kterém se herci převlékali za černochy, Henry v něm se svou komedií nakonec vystupoval pět let.
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.