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Howie Mandel
Howie Michael Mandel II is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is currently the host of the US game show Deal or No Deal.

Biography
Howie Mandel was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Mandel became a carpet salesman. He became a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto and by September 1978 had a week-long booking as the featured act, On a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel performed a set at The Comedy Store.

A producer for the comedic game show Make Me Laugh saw him and booked Mandel for several appearances during the show's run in 1979. He was booked to open for David Letterman at shows in the summer of 1979. CBC-TV's head of variety programming saw a Mandel performance in October 1979 and immediately signed him for a TV special. He won the lead role in the Canadian movie Gas in 1980,.

Mandel came to national attention in the US during a six-year run on St. Elsewhere, starting in 1982. He also did movies, including his role as the voice of Gizmo in the 1984 hit Gremlins, and the role of Maurice in the 1989 movie Little Monsters. He was also the creator and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated children's animated series Bobby's World. Bobby's World ran for eight seasons on Fox Broadcasting Company and was later syndicated. Mandel also plays his alter-ego, Bobby, in most of his comedy shows. Bobby also made a cameo appearance in a February 2007 episode of Deal or No Deal at the contestant's request.

He also played the lead role of the professor in the short-lived TV series The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, and guest-starred on a 1996 episode of the ABC TV series. He also hosted his own syndicated talk show, The Howie Mandel Show, which was cancelled after one season on the air. Mandel appeared in the 1995 Clint Black country music video Summer's Coming. In 2006, he appeared as himself as a guest host in a parody of Deal or No Deal in the show-within-a-show of the TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

More recently, he is known for his frequent appearances as a stand-up comedian and for his hidden camera segments on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Also, he has appeared in many television commercials for Boston Pizza as its hired spokesperson. He was selected as number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time in April 2004,. In October 2005, he was named to be the host of the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, which debuted on December 19, 2005, on NBC and became a popular program in early 2006. Mandel also hosts Deal or No Deal Canada, a version of Deal or No Deal for Canadian viewers; originating from Toronto, Deal or No Deal Canada in January 2007, debuted on Global, which made him one of the few game show hosts to host both a domestic and an international version of the same game show.

Mandel is currently performing a variety/comedy act at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Personal life
He spends much of the rest of his time taping Deal or No Deal. He is one of a relatively small number of celebrity stars to have maintained a long-term marriage; he met his wife Terry in high school, and they were married in 1980.

Mandel has obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia to the point that he does not shake hands with anyone, unless he is wearing latex gloves.

Trivia:
In 1995, Mandel had a long run on Showtime with a series titled Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies. Mandel has a signature sign-off on Deal or No Deal

Howie was the first VeeJay to appear on Nickelodeon's music video series, Pop Clips. That 1981 series would go on to provide the genesis of MTV.

Born on November 29, 1955, Howie Mandel is one of the most followed and renowned figures when it comes to standup comedy and acting in Canada. Mandel received mainstream popularity after hosting Deal or No Deal, a show broadcasted on NBC. Mandel also hosted the counterparts of the show apart from the original show as well. Mandel's role in St. Elsewhere, a drama series on NBC, also helped him get most amounts of popularity. It was his role in the series that helped him achieve mainstream stardom all across the nation. A famous cartoon series for children by the name of Bobby's World is also a creation by Howie Mandel. During the fifth season of America's Got Talent, Mandel appeared as one of the judges of the reality TV show, and replaced David Hasselhoff. In 2000, Mandel also landed a supporting role in the Cloud Ten Pictures' movie Tribulation. Mandel also played the host of Game Show Awards in 2009.

Presently Mandel is highly known for his hilarious standup routines. He also performs regularly on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Mandel's standup shows grab the attention of thousands of his loyal fans, who gather at the venue to have a great time. So if you're looking for some great laughs, we recommend that you get your Howie Mandel tickets today.