Comedian Shaun Johnson joined BYU-Idaho's Center Stage as part of his Big Kid Tour on Saturday.

In an interview with Scroll's Danny Tsimanis and Mattie Johnson, Shaun Johnson said he wishes he had the chance to talk more about his style of comedy. He said his goal is to keep his comedy clean and palatable for the everyday person.

"I really looked up to Jerry Seinfeld. And Conan O'Brien is also a huge idol of mine in the comedy world," Johnson said. "I've always loved how Conan can take you to any place with no plan. Just put him there and film, and hilarious things will always happen. I really do have a lot of respect for clean comedians that know that they could go for shock value, but instead, they decide to just craft their material for relatable, everyday people that aren't here to hear crass stories or anything super off-color."

In Johnson's line-up, he often brought out props and broke out in song to emphasize the feeling behind his jokes and shared experiences. He said that separates him from other comedy acts.

"I'm very proud of the songs, very proud of the stories. All the stories are real. I do want to make that clear, too," Johnson said. "All the songs are mine, and I hope to do it again and next go around."

When asked, "What was the moment you realized you could turn comedy into a career?" Johnson said that he and his wife started their Instagram channel, the Johnson Files, in 2016 just for fun. They decided to do an improv show in 2018 in a small venue in Orem, Utah. They ended up having to add two more shows.

"We did three shows, and that's when we realized, 'Hey, there's real interest in this, maybe we could actually keep growing,'" Johnson said. "And so we've just gone from there, and it happened kind of organically until it became my full-time gig."

Johnson attributes the tour's title to a section in his stand-up routine regarding what he has learned as a parent.

"There's a little section of the show I get into on how I realized, when becoming a father, that we're not that different from our kids," Johnson said. "All the wants and desires are the same, so that's kind of where it came from. We're all just big kids. I thought I was so much more mature and advanced than my son, but what really we both want is Oreos. We want all the same."

Johnson's show was full of families. Kelli Anderson, who brought her kids to the show, said Johnson is very fun and clever to the point where she's comfortable bringing her kids to the show.