Howie Mandel

Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host and voice actor. He is well known as the host of of the NBC game show, Deal or No Deal. Most people do not know that Mandel was also the creator and star of the children's cartoon series, Bobby's World . Howie became a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent replacing David Hasselhoff in the fifth season. Mandel suffers from mysophobia which is an irrational fear of germs. His condition is so extreme that he can't shake hands with anyone including contestants on his game show unless he is wearing latex gloves.