I don't think it was smoke and mirrors... it just wasn't the whole picture. He appreciated that he was living the dream and that his job was the best job in the world but it came at a cost. it cost him hos personal life... being 250 days on the road is not healthy. waking up looking at some beautiful views in Berzakistan is no cure for loneliness.

Think about it... I am not saying that all humans are social but rather being social helped us survive in ages gone by a human who opted not to hang round his tribe- died!! plus we are not talking about you @2012 we are talking about him and he confesses that being 250 days every year on the road kinda messes up people. I can see where he is coming from on that as someone with a family and young kids aspiring to be a proper father but is forced to be on the road many months of the year... it's not an easy life.

secondly, about the afterlife - it's a fairly new (and useful concept). We have been socialized to think about it from a very young age. want to test? just read your bible and see... it was not there in older days... it sprung up later. akina abraham (if the existed) did not have such a concept... heck you will notice it gets sneaked in as Sheol which is the fate of everyone (good and evil, animal and man) then get's polished until there is an abode for good humans to live (streets of gold and other things) and a different place for bad people... fire, brimstone and gnashing of teeth. nothing about the fate of animals later in the bible. the concept of the devil as well... it's not there through out but a rather new concept. Hindus believe in reincarnation and thus don't remember what they did before just that what they are enjoying/suffering now is a product of previous but forgotten good or bad.

Something must have happened not just the travel. He could have worked over summer and travel with family as they shoot the episodes ( schools close for like 3 months)

So iko kitu.

yes... Boss the Afterlife is a construct to ensure people self regulate while living! you make a bad move - even if I (the law maker) don't catch you ... utapatikana tu! The all observing eye is recording and utapatikana after you die and you will SUFFFER!!
The very fact that all 'afterlifes' are so different from each other points to the fact that they are all fiction. The only thing that 'universal' theories of afterlife exist simply point to the fact that there is a universal need for the human brain to understand and explain what happens after death - then each brain/set of brains creates it's own fiction to explain it. The human brain fears the unknown and naturally plugs that unknown with an answer that cannot be proven true or false... at least at the time of conceptualizing the fictitious answer.

Ati - forced by who? - Hotel California my fren! The guy talked about it... read what he said! The very fact that what you call 'successful' people kill themselves and you don't understand why - implies that the heuristics you use to come to answers have failed you at this point and instead of pushing it to the unquestionable unknowns as we have done in ages gone by referring to afterlifes, divinity, curses e.t.c. open yourself to new understanding... study depression and why it occurs.

Yes... seemed like another of his relationships was imploding....

He was in Nairobi on his last days with Kamau Bell. And no Kamau ain't Kenyan, but he has come to appreciate being associated with Kenya.