WHO IS HE: Canadian-born comedian Howie Mandel began his life in show business as the result of a dare. His friends coaxed him into getting up on stage at a Los Angeles comedy club and, as fate would ...

Long before Howie Mandel became one of the most recognizable faces on Deal or No Deal and America’s Got Talent, the comedian’s love story with his wife of over four decades was well underway. The AGT ...

Howie Mandel’s first standup show was at Yuks Yuk’s comedy club in Toronto, on April 19, 1977. “It was on a dare,” he recalled. “And I’ve been trying to recapture that moment every single day of my ...