Howie Mandel | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Billy Corgan welcomes Howie Mandel for a revealing conversation that looks beyond the spotlight. Howie candidly discusses living with ADHD, OCD, and germophobia—often mistaken for comedic quirks—and explains why stand-up remains his most honest outlet, despite its nerve-wracking edge. They explore how childhood experiences drove Howie’s need for control, prompting him to build his own studio and work with family. He admits medication helps him function but sometimes numbs his emotions, and while hosting “Deal or No Deal” revived his career, it also overshadowed his identity as a comedian. Ultimately, he emphasizes that comedy and tragedy share the same roots, and that true fulfillment comes from embracing the present moment. Watch The Magnificent Others on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyCorganTMO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Most comedians say if I could just make one person laugh, I'm doing my job. That is so true. And that one person needs to be you. It really needs to be you. There was this comic book shop. And every Friday night, I'd see. There they are. And they're Doctor Who scarves. Yes. It's kind of a... Right? Yes. You're very funny. You are. Well, as Bill's half brother, I got half. Welcome.
0:27.8	Thanks for having me, buddy. Thank you. I've been on your show. Now you're on my show. I want to start with, let's call it the elephants in the room.
0:38.3	Okay?
0:40.3	You don't have to agree.
0:42.3	I'm going to say the elephants and then you tell me if you want to talk about the elephants in the room.
0:46.3	All right.
0:47.3	Okay.
0:48.3	ADHD, OCD, germophobia.
0:52.3	They're all connected.
0:55.0	Understood.
0:56.2	So the reason I want to start there is not to do a comedy bit.
1:00.7	It's because it's become part of your story.
1:05.0	Do you feel that way?
1:06.8	I don't know if it's part of my story or just it's who it's who I am and it's interpreted,
1:13.9	um, mostly misinterpreted by people who, uh, know me as, uh, my schick, my bit. Um, to be, to be
1:26.1	fair, because you and I just got to know each other a little bit recently.
1:29.5	Although we met years ago, I don't know if you remember that, we met somewhere like the Regis and Cathalitia or something.
1:33.4	Probably, yes.
1:34.6	You were very nice.
1:36.2	It was nice to meet you then.
1:37.1	I'm still nice.
1:38.8	But I'm still nice.
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