OK, I was late watching the AGT season finale this year, where he was asked who was his most inspiring comedian….. Richard Pryor! Mad respect to Howie! He was definitely inspired by one of the greatest number one number two he did not copy him in any motherfucking way as you can see! I’m MAD “ impressed”!
The most cringe standup I’ve ever seen. The way he waves his arms around and keeps saying “what what what” in so off putting. And the stuff he says just isn’t funny! I feel second hand embarrassment for him. I’m so glad he stopped standup cus that’s stuff is absolute trash.
I remember seeing a tape of him as a kid and I have quoted that tape for my whole life, but I don't think I've ever seen this clip and I promise you I didn't notice the lizard or the handbag until 5 minutes in
All these negative comments people are leaving are so pretentious 😂 Yall don't even know his full story to be judging him. Such babies. Bet yall didn't know that Gene Simmons called him and asked him to open for his gf at the time who just happened to be Diana Ross and that he opened for her for 42 shows in Vegas and he knew he sucked and wanted to get away from it but when the guy from Kiss asks you to open for his gf and both of them would become legendary come on. So sad to see these babies who dont know shit judging ppl who came from nowhere or nothing and busted their ass to be legends.
@@sl4383 Canned laughter, obviously. Howie Mandel was never a successful comedian, he simply wasn't nor is currently funny. This isn't even material... he's just vibrating like a jackhammer while pretending to be a psych ward patient... it's only value is in it's absurdity, which a guy can only cash in on a couple times before the crowd gets wise. Plus he's the most high-strung catty bitch there ever was. Don't believe me? Watch his podcast... yuck.
Not really. I totally forgot I wrote this. I have TH-cam accounts since 2006. So, I am not really interested in attention because my channels is only for fun. I don’t have that many followers and the amount is good to me. I copy pasted so people would be informed about the interview with Bill but then many people here may not like him anyways. I may copy paste some other time in the future. Who knows.
It's a sad time right now, the internet has made everyone a critic and 99% of them don't even know what they're talking about, but they feel compelled to share anyway.
This is cheap, shitty material wrapped in the absurd character he seems to be playing. Pretty sure it's supposed to be a psychiatric patient... which frankly, is incredibly disrespectful of the individuals who were locked up in wards against their will, suffering terrible people doing terrible things to them... IMHO it's like dressing up as a jew in an interment camp while doing a comedy bit...
What? Comedy is an art... people are allowed, and in fact are encouraged, to critique. If you think it's funny, how about explaining why you think it is so, instead of attacking another's critique.
I am likely missing some irony or inside joke, or maybe just the way people were back then but this was almost unwatchable - I love current day Howie but what the hell was this?
Nah it's just cheap material and lacks any depth or wit. You're not alone about this one, but you might be alone in your opinion he's cool today. He sucks today just as much as did back then, if not worse, IMHO.
What a crazy man. And now, he is a bald dude who appears on America's got talent. It's bizarre that this is a snapshot of him almost 40 years ago as of my current timeline in 2021. Wear those masks, people, and look out for Covid. We'll still be doing that in another 40 years, most probably. See you in 2061 to prove my point. You know it makes sense.
That would explain why it was funny back then. But that doesn't make it funny now, considering the different context. So what's your point? P.S. Plenty of disenchanted people existed back then, there simply wasn't any exposure available to them as mainstream media ignored such ilk. We're not more cynical today then we were yesterday, we just have more corruption in politics and therefore have less faith in our government. This is NOT cynicism.
The US has a huge population….more people in California than all of Canada. It is much easier to make it there than here in Canada. I have lived in the States for 8 years then came back to Canada 🇨🇦. Both nice but man I missed being home.
thanks to all the archivers in the world
R.I.P. Merv /Thanks for Your good work.
Came hear after hearing the stories on Tiger Belly podcast. Fucking wild.
5:07 you gotta love that laugh
Intresting... Howie just talked about this with his guest Gene Simmons on Howie's podcast recently 😝👍🏻
I remember him back when 😊
OK, I was late watching the AGT season finale this year, where he was asked who was his most inspiring comedian….. Richard Pryor! Mad respect to Howie! He was definitely inspired by one of the greatest number one number two he did not copy him in any motherfucking way as you can see! I’m MAD “ impressed”!
I came here curious to see if howie was funny because I knew he was a comedian but had never seen any of his stand up. I can see why he stopped.
Well he was somehow pretty successful with this lol
Same.😂
Because he’s almost 70… he’s hilarious then and now. Nobody cares about your opinion.
@@sl4383 and you think people care about yours?
The most cringe standup I’ve ever seen. The way he waves his arms around and keeps saying “what what what” in so off putting. And the stuff he says just isn’t funny! I feel second hand embarrassment for him. I’m so glad he stopped standup cus that’s stuff is absolute trash.
Hes so good.
This feels like Pauly Shore meets Carrot Top.
chairman of the dome
He's funnier than both of them!
I remember seeing a tape of him as a kid and I have quoted that tape for my whole life, but I don't think I've ever seen this clip and I promise you I didn't notice the lizard or the handbag until 5 minutes in
good times
wow, omg!! the first part especially... could have been people I went to high school with.... LOLOL...
he's crazy!!! funny too.... :))
Hahaha love Howie! Love his podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff on TH-cam as well…his comedy has changed over the years but he is pretty cool guy!
This is just exhausting to watch
Aweeee… nobody cares Delilah!
SCTV did a wicked spoof on Howie's act🤣
I never, ever expected this clip to be from "The Merv Griffin Show." Those have never popped up on this channel before.
Hilarious 🤣
If this wasn't Howie Mandel. . . think Canada, think Possum Lodge
What what I love it
4:43-The moment Bobby Generic was born!🤣😂😅😅😂🤣
Saw one of his shows when I was a kid, "It's my potty" and the glove on the head were the two things I remembered.
All these negative comments people are leaving are so pretentious 😂 Yall don't even know his full story to be judging him. Such babies. Bet yall didn't know that Gene Simmons called him and asked him to open for his gf at the time who just happened to be Diana Ross and that he opened for her for 42 shows in Vegas and he knew he sucked and wanted to get away from it but when the guy from Kiss asks you to open for his gf and both of them would become legendary come on. So sad to see these babies who dont know shit judging ppl who came from nowhere or nothing and busted their ass to be legends.
It's okay, they definitely don't have many friends or much fun in their lives, they're online all day leaving hate comments on happy videos
Both you probably are just as funny as this terrible set.
Probably during their time
Shutup man. This is just pure cringe.
Howie Mandel is hilarious so funny.
DAAAAAANG! Drugs are baaaad kids! 🤣🤣😂
it was an act
@@oscarthagrouchsome people have no humor
He's on speed
More than half of his material bombed. Who would want to do that for a living? What What.
What? He’s hilarious, everyone is laughing.
@@sl4383 Canned laughter, obviously. Howie Mandel was never a successful comedian, he simply wasn't nor is currently funny. This isn't even material... he's just vibrating like a jackhammer while pretending to be a psych ward patient... it's only value is in it's absurdity, which a guy can only cash in on a couple times before the crowd gets wise.
Plus he's the most high-strung catty bitch there ever was. Don't believe me? Watch his podcast... yuck.
@ 😂😂 are you done your manic rant? Jesus, get help dude. You need it.
Jeff Goldblum! 1, 2, 3, 4! :D
I came here to watch him shake hands; I wasn't disappointed.
almost didnt watch the whole thing... then when he did the bobby voice he brought me bac to being 5 years old
and Skeeter in Muppet Babies
Who cares
Wow, I didn't think it would be that bad but yes, yes it's that bad.
EVERTHING was funnier in the 80"s
Thats bc we had a sense of humor unlike these poor slobs nowadays
What Show Did Howie Mandel Perform In?
St. Elsewhere
cocaine was insane back then i guess lmao
See bobcat goltwait
Wait a minnut, that's Oogie!
Humour is moving with the times. I find it funny as I can place it in the time it was done. You can't say well this guy isn't as funny as Matt Rife...
Irritating then, irritating today, irritating tomorrow.
Yes. Hes a tool
but you still came here to watch
Josie looked like a completely different person back then
Howie confessed to Bill Maher on his podcast Club Random why his act was like this when he started. Very reviling. Still very funny.
Do you actually just copy paste this exact comment on every old howie video? That desperate for attention?
Not really. I totally forgot I wrote this. I have TH-cam accounts since 2006. So, I am not really interested in attention because my channels is only for fun. I don’t have that many followers and the amount is good to me. I copy pasted so people would be informed about the interview with Bill but then many people here may not like him anyways. I may copy paste some other time in the future. Who knows.
@@GuayoyoAzucaradothanks bill
What fun! Howie was terrific and unique. Love him! 👏👍👌♥️
Yep, he was very off-the-wall!
Not for me. Artificial Unintelligence.
What the hell is wrong with people bashing this!?!? Dude was hilarious back in the day. This country, this world, has become just plain stupid.
It's a sad time right now, the internet has made everyone a critic and 99% of them don't even know what they're talking about, but they feel compelled to share anyway.
Yes, and mean!
This is cheap, shitty material wrapped in the absurd character he seems to be playing. Pretty sure it's supposed to be a psychiatric patient... which frankly, is incredibly disrespectful of the individuals who were locked up in wards against their will, suffering terrible people doing terrible things to them... IMHO it's like dressing up as a jew in an interment camp while doing a comedy bit...
I'd have walked out. Seriously.
Me too
Me too my friend. Me too.
as you could have. but I enjoy old howie. perfectly awkward
@@bobbyjones7609I would have helped them all to the door and bought us a round of drinks 😂😂
You sound like tons of fun
What........what?
The courage,that's what I see.i would love to be gifted.. :5:mins
This was excruciating.
He shook his hand at the end.
Way before his heath issue.
Howie was amazingly funny, what a talented comedian!
This is high-school level B-rated comedy at best.
Sad how things and paths some of us take in life that destroys our reputation.
That WHAT WHAT bit was ok
Wayne Fiscus after too many nights in the ER.
He reminds me of Rick glassman
Some good gems in there.
Another 70's/80's routine brought to you by cocaine
Everyone is sooo flabbergasted... Claiming "how stupid" and "not funny". But you arent telling jokes, and we still laugh at you.
What? Comedy is an art... people are allowed, and in fact are encouraged, to critique. If you think it's funny, how about explaining why you think it is so, instead of attacking another's critique.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
I am likely missing some irony or inside joke, or maybe just the way people were back then but this was almost unwatchable - I love current day Howie but what the hell was this?
Nah it's just cheap material and lacks any depth or wit. You're not alone about this one, but you might be alone in your opinion he's cool today. He sucks today just as much as did back then, if not worse, IMHO.
How is he qualified to be a judge on a show with the word “talent “ in the title?
Because he’s hilarious and most of his jokes when over your head.
@@Highkingofgondor your right, the Bobby voice is pure genius. Thanks for pointing it out!!
It's just funny to see how the drugs effected different people back then
What a crazy man. And now, he is a bald dude who appears on America's got talent. It's bizarre that this is a snapshot of him almost 40 years ago as of my current timeline in 2021. Wear those masks, people, and look out for Covid. We'll still be doing that in another 40 years, most probably. See you in 2061 to prove my point. You know it makes sense.
And he had ocd since the 90s.
Oh, yes totally I was way off there. @@idklol-cw5fl
Point proven yet?
Ian Hunter, You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic
Casey Rocket vibes
I wanted to like it, but I just find this super annoying.
Its like watchin a kid from special ed got let out, and the hairs awful hows he a judge for talent this has no talent
Yeah, who cares
I'm embarrassed for him.
The cringe is truly unbearable.....
You don’t understand comedy. He became world famous and wealthy from doing this.
You work a dead end job.
I feel embarrassed for you.
make an impression then adapt
@@DIYTFY l thought some of the jokes were good for his time
Why he’s done quite well
Howie Mandel would have been a great voice for Tommy Pickles.
Or even...Bobby Generic?
He was never ez to watch for very long.
red buzzer
You gotta understand that people werent as cynical back then and access to just about every recorded act in history wasnt a thing.
That would explain why it was funny back then. But that doesn't make it funny now, considering the different context. So what's your point?
P.S. Plenty of disenchanted people existed back then, there simply wasn't any exposure available to them as mainstream media ignored such ilk. We're not more cynical today then we were yesterday, we just have more corruption in politics and therefore have less faith in our government. This is NOT cynicism.
what a hoser, eh?
Why is he allowed to be famous
Because… your mom 😂😂😂 it funny, get it?
I was thinking the same thing. Howie Mandel seems like a high-strung and catty prick who had an arrogance about him his whole career.
Man, some thing’s just don’t age well…
I started the day watching 'deal or no deal' reruns. Man, he's a good game show host but a terrible comedian
I am shocked
Omg
Amazing that people laugh at this. This is not humor, just sick.
He fr is some ass
This isn’t funny at all
100%
Had to be there
And there are people who have gotten famous for less. Go figure.
what part was funny?
I knew I was never a Howie fan and had to come back and see why - now he has a podcast and his guest walked off.
God this act is irritating🙄
👍👍👍👍100%
Before he could avoid shaking hands.
He's funnier without hair.
Wrong
I would have never guessed in 1000 years he was a germaphobe
Wtf? I guess drugs were stronger in the 80s.
A lot of the GOAT comedians from the 70s and 80s were really bizarre…..like tommy cooper he’s considered on of the best ever but I just don’t see it
Howie was unique and teenagers and young adults absolutely loved him. His comedy evolved. He's one of the quickest wits out there.
Brutally annoying
it is an act people, a very funny act.
Very funny act lol
I had no idea howie mandel has never been funny. This is absolutely terrible.
Not funny then or now him and bocat overrated
Gotta love how the Canadians always ditch Canada to come to the states, and the people who say they're moving to Canada never do.
The US has a huge population….more people in California than all of Canada. It is much easier to make it there than here in Canada. I have lived in the States for 8 years then came back to Canada 🇨🇦. Both nice but man I missed being home.
Geoff Tate anybody?
lol how do you get Geoff Tate from any of this?
@@MegaWumbaright lol
Went from Shaking hands to now he is in solitary confinement in his house being a germaphobe. 🙄
So true
Him and Howard Stern...
Boooooooooooo 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
Didn't think he was funny then. Still don't. Obnoxious.
I agree 100%
but you still came here
Wow, you and Howie have a lot in common then, I'm certain no one's ever thought you were funny.
Yet here you are. Makes sense. Wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve seen all of his videos at least twice.
This is…bad.
This is terrible!
Instantly funnier than any female comedian 😂
Living unfunniness. Made it solely by being a member of the tribe.
This really isn’t funny. I forgot how unfunny it was. Weird.
Jesus, he's awful!
When you mock the jews , os better to go out of the scene . That was rude.
God bless Israel forever