Howie Mandel
Howie Mandel
Howard Michael "Howie" Mandelis a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. He is well known as host of the NBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere. He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's...
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth29 November 1955
CityToronto, Canada
came comforting people revealed
After I impulsively revealed that I have OCD on a talk show, I was devastated. I often do things without thinking. That's my ADD/ADHD talking. Out in public, after I did the show, people came to me and said, 'Me, too.' They were the most comforting words I've ever heard.
bunch carpet good hard means paths people plane portion setting sitting spend touching towels whether
I'm always in a hotel room, and I spend a good portion of my day setting it up so it's comfortable for me. Whether that means making paths out of towels so I don't touch the carpet or removing the comforters or just not touching things. Even sitting on a plane with a bunch of other people - it's really hard for me.
dining fancy fine
My wife doesn't cook, so we eat out every night. It's not fine dining or anything - we're not fancy people.
attention span
If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat.
dad
I think being a dad is scary. I mean, I'm not that grown-up myself.
shake
I know intellectually that if I shake somebody's hand that I'm not going to get sick and die.
america gloves inflate surgical
I have to be the only person in America who had a doctor say to him, 'Please don't put any more surgical gloves on your head and inflate them.'
family standup unlike
Unlike 'Deal or No Deal,' which is for the entire family, my standup is not for the entire family.
griffin hired saw
Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act.
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She was so helpful and so sweet and so giving, ... I call it the food-poisoning effect. Everybody knows where they got food poisoning. We take that first bite and there's kind of an awful taste or a bad smell. You knew it was a little off, but you just kept going.
laughter night candid-camera
My parents both had a great sense of humor, and always laughed a lot. One night, when they were watching 'Candid Camera,' I finally understood what comedy was all about. I heard the laughter on television, I turned around and saw my parents laughing, and that's when I thought: 'This is great. This is what I can do. I'm gonna prank somebody.'
business people want
After being on the road so much I want to spend more time with my family, who I hear are wonderful people.
song artist ideas
I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs.
home skills lots-of-money
You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill.