Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955)[1] is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film Gremlins and the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch, playing rowdy ER resident Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, and creating and starring in the Fox children’s cartoon Bobby’s World. He has also been a judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent since 2010, and Citytv’s Canada’s Got Talent since 2022. He hosted the American NBC and later CNBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show’s daytime and Canadian-English counterparts.
Mandel was born in Toronto and raised in the Bathurst Manor, Toronto neighborhood.[2] He is Jewish, and his ancestors emigrated from Romania and Poland. Mandel is a distant cousin of Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman.[3] His father was a lighting manufacturer and a real estate magnate. Mandel attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute,[4] where he was expelled for impersonating a school official and hiring a construction company to build an addition to the school.
5] Afterwards, Mandel worked as a carpet salesman.[6] He was a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto, and by September 1978 he had a week-long booking as a featured act, which was billed as «a wild and crazy borderline psychotic.»[7] On a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel performed a set at The Comedy Store, which resulted in his being hired as a regular performer. A producer for the syndicated comedy game show Make Me Laugh saw him there, and booked Mandel for several appearances during the show’s run in 1979 and 1980. He was booked to open for David Letterman at shows in the summer of 1979.[8] CBC-TV’s head of variety programming saw his performance in October 1979 and immediately signed him for a TV special. In 1980, he won the lead role in the Canadian movie Gas, co-starring Susan Anspach and Donald
(October 26, 2015) — Howie Mandel woke up after an endoscopy to find his son recording video. The internet is filled with viral videos of people acting strange after waking up from heavy medication. Most of the subjects of these videos are not celebrity comedians.
Alex Mandel was there to capture the moments after his father woke up to share with the world. It appears the stunt may be payback for the time Howie did the same thing to him.
Mandel starts arguing with his family after they wake him up. Then he makes some unusual statements:
“I’ll tell you something, women, women, make sweaters.”
“I have so much to say…”
“I love my son, I am very proud of my son. He video tapes himself. He must make a lot of money. My son is the most successful person. He is on YouTube and does dates with no pants on.”
It is clear that Howie Mandel follows his son on social media. Alex Mandel is a video blogger and has posted many of his pranks to YouTube and Instagram.
Mandel goes on to say, “Women are missing out. He is such a stunning and talented man. I love my son. Women like him a lot and he doesn’t pick up the signals.”
How old is your son? “I don’t know but he’s on Tinder.”
“He told a woman that he has a sperm suit on and she got pregnant. He is very respectful of women and would never do anything. But he had a sperm suit on and she got pregnant.” said Howie Mandel.
“Daughters are great too. My one daughter has a husband and the other has a computer generated person.”
Alex Mandel then chimes in, “He is a programmer.”
“What are the five questions?” asks Alex.
“How, why, where. How? I’m how. What is a group of persons, people, we. Mash those two words together, How-We, Howie; That’s me.” said Howie Mandel.
He continues, “I don’t remember the procedure, but I believe I had a fantastic endoscopy ’cause I’m a positive person.”
This all appears to be payback for the time when Howie Mandel recorded his son after an endoscopy.
Alex Mandel woke up, still under the influence of Propofol, and spoke to his father on camera. Alex then talks about his parents, his job and the procedure in a very candid interview.
“I have so much material, right here.” said Howie Mandel.
