#Prank me comedy full#

#Prank me comedy full#

NBC has been nice enough to give me the opportunity to do it full time as a real show rather than just a hobby,' Mandel says. A lot of it has ended up on 'The Tonight Show' and 'Regis' and various other HBO specials. 'I've always done this and have been doing it for 30 years or so. As a 10th grader, he contacted local contractors about placing bids to build an addition to the school library. This whole idea of pulling pranks on real people is nothing new for Mandel. He will only go to a restaurant that has been given a grade A by the state health inspector. The comic watches every move the waiter makes.

He says the way most people react to someone putting fingers in their food is the way he feels when he shakes a hand.Īlex says a trip to a restaurant with his father is an experience. Mandel admits the idea for that sequence came from his own battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder about shaking hands and cleanliness. For example, in one show Mandel plays a waiter who puts his fingers in others' food. These people will be put in odd and embarrassing situations while cameras roll. In the series, Mandel targets real people. But that was the first time where something was really funny because it was real like I was in on this joke and I was watching real people in these awkward situations,' Mandel says during a telephone interview. I have never been one to be entertained so much by a joke or even by an act. That's the first time I actually ever saw anything on TV and was inspired as far as comedy is concerned. The 'Candid Camera' style show also stars Mandel's son, Alex. His new series, 'Howie Do It,' debuts at 8 p.m. That's when he agreed to host the NBC game show 'Deal or No Deal.' Last year, he added a syndicated 30-minute version of the game show to his workload.Īnd now, Mandel is starring on a third television series. Things changed in 2005 for the stand-up comedian.