BV57: Mike Henry: A funny guy (Original voice of Cleveland Brown)

BV57: Mike Henry: A funny guy (Original voice of Cleveland Brown) Mike’s experience at Comic Con. The history of Mike’s experience working with and co-creating Family Guy. The process of creating an episode of Family Guy. Why The Simpsons and Family Guy are hand-drawn in Korea. Which is the funniest scene ever in Family Guy. The value of learning to listen to oneself. Book: Fearfully and wonderfully made. “It’s all about just being still and listening.” “When I moved to LA I got quiet, listened, observed and that’s when I really started growing.” “Anybody who can just sit with themselves and be still, starts to get to know themselves. When I started doing that, that was when I really started going somewhere..” “I knew I was going to be successful in comedy because I love it.” “I knew that if I grew in my craft and as a person, that it was going to lead me to where I needed to be.” Why Mike wanted to work on SNL: He thought it was a place he could really showcase himself. A chance meeting with Seth Mcfarlane in college. Book: Malcolm Gladwell: The Outliers (10,000 hours concept) Right at 10,000 hours Mike stepped into the writers room with Seth. It just all boils down to “Shut the f&@k up and be still, sit down, have an apple, eat some ginger.” Mike’s funniest people he’s met: Seth Mcfarlane, Alec Borstein, Dave Chapelle, Himself. The value of comedy is similar to love. It gives you energy. It makes you just feel like everything is ok for that moment. You can’t take anything too seriously because we’re gonna die. Plato: Shadows on the cave wall. If you turn off all the noise and use your senses you start to notice what’s real. Most times we already know exactly what we want to do. “All life is connected. It’s one big organism and if you push hard enough in one direction and you're positive and you make friends and you push, push, push, it’s going to reconfigure and it’s going to open up for you, even if that place doesn’t exist. “I just motivated myself with: This is all just a grand illusion anyway so let’s just enjoy the ride.” YouTube Music License Code: 5OI8UCULXGKF1MVX