Mandel in Las Vegas, May 2007 Birth name Howard Michael Mandel Born ( 1955-11-29) November 29, 1955 (age 62), Ontario, Canada Medium Stand-up, television, film, books Years active 1978–present, Subject(s) Everyday life, self-deprecation Spouse Terry Soil ( m. 1980) Children 3 Notable works and roles Host (2005–08, 2018–present) and Executive Producer (2018–present) of, Dr. Wayne Fiscus on, Bunsen Honeydew, Animal, and Skeeter (Season 1–2) on, Bobby Generic and Howard Generic on, Longest judge on, Gizmo in and, Host of, Host of Website Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian, actor and television host. He is known as host of the game show, as well as the show's and counterparts. In 1987, Mandel starred alongside in the comedy film. 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. Recycled Percussion was a percussion group act from Season 4 of America's Got. Recycled Percussion's audition in Episode 410 consisted of drumming on two adjacent. He is also well known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon, as well as a judge on 's. Contents • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Mandel was born and lived in the area of, Ontario. Mandel is (his ancestors emigrated from Romania and Poland) and a distant cousin to violinist. His father was a lighting manufacturer and a real estate agent. Mandel was expelled from his high school ( [ ]) for impersonating a school official and hiring a construction company to build an addition to his school. Afterwards, Mandel worked as a carpet salesman. He was a stand-up comedian at in Toronto and by September 1978 had a week-long booking as featured act, billed as 'a wild and crazy borderline.' His repertoire included placing a latex glove over his head and inflating it by blowing through his nose, the fingers of the glove extending above his head like a. When the audience reacted uproariously to that and similar antics, his trademark response was to extend his arms palms up, look incredulous, and say, 'it's you.' His manager during the Yuk Yuk years was Canadian David Holiff who Mandel later fired. On a trip to, Mandel performed a set at, which resulted in his becoming a regular performer there. A producer for the comedic game show saw him and booked Mandel for several appearances during the show's run in 1979. He was booked to open for at shows in the summer of 1979. '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, co-starring and. Mandel was one of the first 'VeeJays' to appear on music video series,. TV and film career [ ]. Mandel at the 39th Emmy Awards in 1987 Mandel came to national attention in the US during a six-year run on, starting in 1982 and playing the role of Dr. Wayne Fiscus, opposite the late, and, with whom he remains good friends as of 2015. While working as Dr. Fiscus, and continuing to work as a comedian, he also did movies, including his role as the voice of Gizmo in the 1984 hit and its 1990 sequel. In 1985, Mandel made a cameo in the directed short 'The Iceman Hummeth' which was subsequently broadcast on in November 1985. In 1986, he starred in alongside. He performed his stand-up comedy act in several cities (the Watusi Tour), which was followed by his Watusi music video in 1987. For the first two seasons of, he voiced,, and. He starred alongside in the 1987 comedy film. He was also 'Maurice' in the 1989 movie. In 1990, he starred in the short-lived sitcom on. He was also the creator and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated children's (1990–1998), to which he supplied the voices of the title character and his father (using Howie's 'normal' voice for Bobby's dad). Bobby's World ran for eight seasons on Fox and was later. Mandel also plays his alter-ego, Phil Skorjanc, in most of his comedy shows and these are a fan favorite. Bobby also made a cameo appearance in a February 2007 episode of. On a special 2-hour Christmas episode, first aired on December 25, 2007, Mandel delivered one line with Bobby's voice, as per request of the contestant. Also he was the voice of Jack in the movie. In 1994, Mandel voiced the lead character, Little Howie, of the video game. He starred in the sketch comedy series in 1995 on. Mandel appeared in the 1995 video '. He played the lead role of the professor in the short-lived TV series, and guest-starred on a 1996 episode of the TV series as. In 1998, he hosted his own syndicated talk show,, which was cancelled after one season. In 1999/2000, Mandel played 'Jason' in the film, and in 2002 played the Sand Man in the movie. In 2006, he appeared as himself as a guest host in a of Deal or No Deal in the of the TV series. In 2007, he guest-starred as himself in an episode of NBC's, making a dream cameo of himself on Deal or No Deal. In that episode, he booted off the nighttime drama's protagonist for 'cheating', since in the show he is a medium and appeared to 'know' the contents of the cases. Mandel's signature stunt as a stand-up comedian (besides his Bobby alter-ego) was stretching a over his head and inflating it with his nostrils, filling it until it suddenly propelled itself off his head.
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