Things have been a little quiet on the Paul Henry front of late. Since his final episode of the late night Paul Henry Show last year, there has been a serious shortage of Paul. No smug grin. No hysterical laughing at rodents. No description of impoverished countries as shitholes. There was a weak online attempt at finding him an online intern, but the Internet was left with more questions than answers.
@Zagzigger Who is Paul Henry? What is he? Do we care any more? Is he worrying? No, he’s driving around the USA for 6 wks.
— Bill Ralston (@BillyRalston) January 29, 2015
That’s right, we have it on good authority that Paul has been galavanting around the States whilst the team back home scrabble together to assemble his cutting-edge multi-platform daily morning show. Whether you like it or not, he will rise again <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11386256" target="_blank">sometime after Easter</a>. Just like Jesus.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p> Please stop trying to make Paul Henry a thing. — jsrnz (@jsrnz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jsrnz/status/559240567494684672" target="_blank">January 25, 2015</a> </p></blockquote> <p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8">
TV3 have quietly realised these new promos for his show, that confirm that Paul Henry is definitely more than a “thing” – he’s an astronaut:
One small step for Paul, one giant leap for New Zealand’s breakfast entertainment. Whether it’s forwards or backwards? We’ll find out soon enough.