It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.

In April 2004 he was selected as number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand up comedians of all time. S. Elsewhere.

Before his career as a game show host Mandel was best known for his role as rowdy ER intern Dr. Mandel became a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent replacing David Hasselhoff in the fifth season of the reality talent contest.