Howie Mandel's Audience Is His Muse

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🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Howie Mandel talks about making his first comedy special in 20 years, his childhood growing up in Toronto, and how the show Candid Camera inspired him to pull an elaborate prank that got him expelled form high school. He shares how "winging it" the first time he want on stage turned into his signature improvisational style, and how he still finds much of his comedic inspiration from interacting with his audience. He recalls opening for Diana Ross in Vegas, his very first TONIGHT SHOW appearance, how the HBO YOUNG COMEDIANS SPECIAL changed his life, and the time when a sitcom audition led to his getting cast in the serious TV medical drama SAINT ELSEWHERE. Howie reveals why he originally turned down the offer to host DEAL OR NO DEAL and the anxiety he gets whenever he sees contestants making bad decisions on the show. He opens up about his struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder, and how he went from fearing that it might be a career killer to using his fame to raise awareness of mental health issues. Plus Howie Mandel gives the secret to winning the golden buzzer on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. Howie's new comedy special HOWIE MANDEL PRESENTS HOWIE MANDEL AT THE HOWIE MANDEL COMEDY CLUB this Friday Jan 18 at 10PM E/P on Showtime. DEAL OR NO DEAL airs Wednesdays at 9AM ET on CNBC and AGT: CHAMPIONS airs Mondays on NBC at 8PM ET. Follow Howie on Twitter at @HowieMandel. Today's episode is sponsored by Flatiron School and Hackable podcast. Subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, visit our website at www.kickassnews.com, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.3	In the casinos, they have the deal or no deal slot machines.
1:31.9	And I was in another casino, not this casino, a couple of weeks back.
1:35.1	This is a true story, talk about awkward.
1:37.4	My wife is with me, and we have another couple, Louis and Kathy.
1:42.0	And Louis and Kathy go down to the casino.
1:43.4	My wife calls me in a couple of minutes in my room and says,
1:46.4	Kathy just hit the jackpot on the deal or no deal machine.
1:50.5	She just won $10,000.
1:54.8	And this will change her life.
1:56.3	She's crying, I can hear the screaming.
1:57.8	She says, Howie, you got to come down and see this.
1:59.9	I put on my coat, I run out of the room, I run down the hall, down the elevator, across
2:03.5	the casino.
2:04.5	I see the lights going off on the machine.
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