![]() ![]() ![]() A producer for the syndicated comedy game show Make Me Laugh saw him there, and booked Mandel for several appearances during the show's run in 19. On a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel performed a set at The Comedy Store, which resulted in his being hired as a regular performer. When the audience reacted uproariously to that and similar antics, his trademark response was to extend his arms palms up, look incredulous, and say, "It's you." He was a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, and by September 1978 he had a week-long booking as a featured act, which was billed as "a wild and crazy borderline psychotic." His repertoire included placing a latex glove over his head and inflating it by blowing through his nose, the fingers of the glove extending above his head like a cockscomb. Afterwards, Mandel worked as a carpet salesman. Mandel attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, where he was expelled for impersonating a school official and hiring a construction company to build an addition to the school. His father was a lighting manufacturer and a real estate agent. Mandel is a distant cousin of Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman. He is Jewish, and his ancestors emigrated from Romania and Poland. ![]() Mandel was born and raised in the Willowdale area of North York, Ontario. ![]()
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