Mazel Tov: Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories by Jill Rappaport

Author:Jill Rappaport [Rappaport, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature, Actors & Entertainers, Leaders & Notable People, Religious, Humor & Entertainment, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Jewish Life
Amazon: B000SH433A
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2007-11-06T08:00:00+00:00

Howie Mandel

Turning fifty was fabulous for Howie Mandel; he really made the right deal when he agreed to host the megahit game show Deal or No Deal on NBC. Millions now know him as the man who can help them make a million, or not. After more than thirty years in show business, funnyman Howie Mandel is now laughing all the way to the bank.

Born on November 29, 1955, Howie Mandel grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and attended Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am’s Hebrew school. As a young man, he had a carpet business before making the career move that would change his life. One night in 1979, while on vacation, Mandel attended an amateur event at L.A.’s Comedy Store club. Unable to resist his prescient friends’ daring him to try out, Mandel did, and impressed a producer, who got him a spot on the game show Make Me Laugh. Howie Mandel made them laugh and went on to work in a wide variety of entertainment venues: network and cable television, movies and theater. In 1982, he became a doctor, on TV. For the next six years, he was Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the Emmy Award–winning St. Elsewhere. Then, in 1990, he became creator, executive producer and voice of the cartoon children’s series Bobby’s World. Also an Emmy Award–winner, the show was on Fox for eight seasons and is now in syndication, appearing six days a week in sixty-five countries. Mandel says that the show’s continuing success is because the stories are believable, because they’re inspired by real life. He had already proved his appeal to children as the voice of the character Gizmo in the 1984 film Gremlins.

Howie Mandel continues to be seen in comedy specials on television and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, showing the hidden camera segments that he’s known for. In 1998 and 1999, he hosted The Howie Mandel Show talk show and is who Regis Philbin first thinks of when it’s time to go on vacation. Mandel frequently steps in as a guest host on Live with Regis and Kelly. Live performances are a big part of the Mandel’s long career as a performer, and every year he does some two hundred concerts in the U.S. and Canada.

Residing in Los Angeles, Howie Mandel and his wife, Terry, have three children.

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