IT'S NO JOKE - A Comedy Benefit for Mental Health

Other recent projects include his documentary Howie Mandel: But Enough About Me, currently streaming on Peacock, his annual CW special Howie Mandel & Friends: Don’t Sneeze on Me, now streaming on FuboTV, NBC’s America’s Got Talent: The Champions, CNBC’s Deal or No Deal, co-hosting Nat Geo Wild’s Animals Doing Things with his son Alex. He also executive produced the Quibi series Kirby Jenner. In 2019 he released his first solo special in 20 years Howie Mandel Presents Howie Mandel at the Howie Mandel Comedy Club.

In Summer 2021 Howie launched his own eyewear capsule collection in collaboration with SEE, the “go to” locale for eyewear aficionados looking for an eclectic selection of fashion forward eyewear. The collection is available for purchase on SEE’s website and a portion of sales from the collection will be donated to HFC, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen’s national non-profit organization whose mission is to care for families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease. In 2020 Howie teamed up with ePlay Digital Inc. and launched the charity, Breakout the Masks, and mobile game campaign to give back to those involved in the fight against COVID-19. Via Howies’ Games the first challenge is Outbreak where players’ points translate to donations of N95 face masks, portable ventilators, gloves and other Personal Protective Equipment to doctors, nurses and more front line workers. The second game SwishAR has users looking for America’s Got Talent’s, Howie Mandel, to join in a backyard basketball game to shoot hoops.

Both games are available on the Apple App store and Google Play.

His additional projects as a host, actor, and/or executive producer include Take It All and Howie Do It for NBC, Deal With It for TBS and Mobbed for Fox. Previously, Mandel received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program for Deal or No Deal and a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host for the syndicated version of the show. Mandel’s versatile career has encompassed virtually all aspects of the entertainment spectrum, including television, film and stage. From his work on the Emmy Award-winning St. Elsewhere, to the international animated children’s series Bobby’s World, Mandel has become a mainstay of the American comedy scene. In 2009, Mandel added author

to his resume when he released his frank, funny and no-holds-barred memoir, “Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me.” The memoir revealed his ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD, and how it has shaped his life and career. It made The New York Times bestseller list on its first week and remained on the list for several consecutive weeks. Mandel has done countless comedy specials both on cable and network television. He has also hosted his own syndicated talk show, The Howie Mandel Show and continues to be a mainstay on the talk show circuit. He also continues to perform as many as 200 stand up comedy shows each year throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Maria is often recognized for her prolific voiceover work. She stars as Tilly Mulch in Team Coco’s scripted podcast Frontier Tween, and in the past played DeBrie Bardeaux on Arrested Development and recurred on the ABC hit series Fresh off the Boat.

Maria is the 2014 winner of the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic. Maria’s late-night appearances include CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Her 2019 interview series What’s Your Ailment? deals with the various mental struggles of celebrities. Maria recently released the Audible Original You Are (A Comedy) Special, a semi-mock instructional book for both standup and life. Currently, she can be seen in Judd Apatow’s feature The Bubble and performing starring voice roles on the Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources (Netflix) and Santa, Inc. (HBO Max).

In early 2015, Yamaneika co-starred in Oxygen’s Funny Girls, a docu-series following six female comedians through their everyday lives. Prior to that, Yamaneika was a series regular on Comedy Central’s animated online series In Security. Yamaneika has been a guest star on shows including The Jim Gaffigan Show, Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and TruTV shows Comedy Knockout and Friends of the People.

Yamaneika’s voiceover work can be heard on Inside Amy Schumer. A former panelist on The Meredith Vieira Show, her stand-up has been featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, with a half-hour special on Comedy Central released in 2017. You can also hear her on her weekly podcast Rantin’ and Ravin’.