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
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Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to.
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Unlike 'Deal or No Deal,' which is for the entire family, my standup is not for the entire family.
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'Deal or No Deal' works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, and move around the set. I'm not stuck behind a pedestal reading trivia questions. I've always had problems sitting still and listening for long periods of time. The show spares me these challenges. I can live in the moment. It's like a standup act.
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I've spent more time in Las Vegas than any other city, almost including L.A. where I live.
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I've been chased, ... I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment.
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There's nothing else (like it) on television. You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill. And I think it's really obvious there's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another tax bracket.
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We don't want to make them uncomfortable. It doesn't seem like anybody seems to be uncomfortable. We seem to get along .
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I was never brave before. I always tried to make it work, ... Now I have nothing to lose except some cash, and it's just not that important to me. I've never been allowed up until now to remain who I am, or true to what my life is like.
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I was the voice of Bobby. So while I was doing the show, I was also a father. It did reflect how I tried to handle things in my own home.
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We get up early Sunday morning, ... and we have cereal and orange juice and we make crank calls.
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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.
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Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.
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I'm always on the verge of death in my head.
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There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket.