‘Happiness is a feeling of calm and peace’
Dai Henwood might be one of the shortest men on New Zealand TV but he gets some of the biggest laughs as a core member of comedy show which began another season on Friday. He talks to Mike Alexander.
‘ Take the time to do what you love now. Life is only a journey. Enjoy that journey.’
provided me with the skills that I can now pass down to my children. When I was performing in a play at university, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht.
I had a cameo role where I needed to run in and grab a group’s attention, stand on a chair and make a big decree. I moved too fast and jumped on the chair. It broke into pieces and I fell on my face.
It was a serious play and everybody was laughing. I guess I was meant to be a comedian. My Shakti Mat. It is like a plastic bed of nails. I lie and meditate on it. I have a sore back and it uses acupressure to help. It has changed my world in only a few short months. Going on the rollercoaster at Rainbow’s End when I was little. I hate things like rollercoasters. I prefer to get my adrenaline through performance. I was so scared and my cousin managed to get me on it. They did one loop round then stopped and did another. I tried to get off but couldn’t tell them in time. I think I punched my cousin in the heat of the moment. Sorry about that, Doug. People being rude to hospitality workers. I spent years working in bars and restaurants. It doesn’t take much to be nice to the person who is trying to get your order right and your drinks out. They are human, so don’t treat them like a robot. Some countries have compulsory military training. I think we should have compulsory hospitality work so people can be on the other side of the fence. I would go back to the 80s. I would enjoy wearing bum bags more. I really loved them but don’t feel like I was old enough to respect them at the time. The 1980s didn’t have cellphones either. Something about that really appeals to me. Plus, I wouldn’t have seen the Terminator movies and I could legitimately have a mullet. There is no destination in life. Don’t work in a job to earn enough to ‘‘retire and do what you love’’. Take the time to do what you love now. Life is only a journey. Enjoy that journey. A rural postie in a seaside town. I love the idea of delivering the mail to people I know way too much about. Cruising around on a bike in a beautiful location delivering people Christmas cards (and unfortunately bills) sounds like an ideal job to me. I was an NRL grade rugby league player. My family live healthy lives. People all over the world stop acting like dicks.