Howie Mandel Is A Crazy Germaphobe | Letterman

Here's a story. In the early 80's, I worked for a while at a carpet store in NW Toronto where Howie had been a salesman a year or two before (all I did was help move big rolls of carpet and cut them). The other guys had stories about him, but the main one was that as a customer was shopping around, Howie would haul out a big fake hand, slap it down, and say "Can I give you a hand?". I figured it was just a cool joke thing, but after learning about the germaphobe thing, I'm not so sure.

Young Howie was so manic! I'll never forget his first TV appearance. With the curly hair and handbag.

He looks like the singer from Disturbed

He ×s good in that medical show....St Elsewhere....I think.

I truly wish the Show Laugh Trax (which he was on) would be released to stream or download, etc. It was a unique sketch show that I loved back when I was a kid.

So how did he managed to have three kids?

Of course, post Covid, fist-bumps are pretty much interchangeable with handshakes, though handshakes are making comeback. OCD. Alas I know it well. I would have crippling OCD, if it didn't require so much extra work. Who would have that laziness is better than therapy?

I dont remember Howie Mandel being this funny

Even through the TV screen he gives off a nervous energy I think he’s weird.

What a caption.

I'm a self diagnosed germaphobe........ constant hand washing. using my clothes to protect my hand from public door knobs & door pushers - - - etc. AND I WOULD NOT BE RUBB8NG MY HANDS ON THE ARMS OF THAT DIRTY CHAIR like Howies been doing for over 5 min. now. . . . who knows who last touched there and where their hands had been?? YUUCK 😝😝 Love my portable hand sanitizer when out in public for sure.😊 I call myself crazy & nuts...no big deal. No over sensitive Snowflake here😄 p.s. love rearranging items on other ppl's flat surffices like MONK.❤ that tvshow

I have Contamination OCD. Thank you for being so open Howie. This title isn't it and these comments are crazy insensitive towards our struggles. I see you.

Today is May 9, HAPPY BOB ROONIE DAY!!!

🤷 I dont want to touch him either. So that works out.

no offense but i wouldn't touch Howie with a rubber glove on (my hand) see what i did Dave?

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Calling him crazy for having a phobia is an incredibly unfair characterization.

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We have to get past mental health/ ableism. Canadas parliament and judiciary (re Mike ward) are off the rails. HM and co have been working too hard at destigmatizing for so many years. Lt gov David onley, and David Lepofsky, Julie McFarlaine the mental health commission of Canada, reporting these issues for decades - describes ableism at Jim crowe proportions. Meanwhile, lawpro, the insurers for judges and lawyers, the Canadian bar association and more- all endorse ableist policies from carol Curtis Dan pinnington and others. Can find all this info on all these public figures…well publicized issues, like Vanessa’s law and mk ultra. That’s what “crazy “ looks like, not this wonderful human being we all love. Stigma.

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