Sympathy for Howie

A couple posts ago I mentioned that Howie Mandel proved to be a surprisingly good game show host on Deal or No Deal. Apparently, my appreciation of Howie is not universally shared. A poster on the GSN board dissed the folically challenged host.

Other poster: NBC respects Howie even though he's washed up...Tell me, what other show does he do than his summer show America's Got Talent?

Well, let's see. Howie's IMDb page lists these shows he's done in 2012...

Primetime: What Would You Do?
Take It All
The History of Canadian Humour
D.L. Hughley: The Endangered List
The Big Bang Theory
Today
Weekend Today
Live with Kelly and Michael
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Comics Unleashed 
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Conan
Mobbed
The Wendy Williams Show
Piers Morgan Tonight
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Plus he's done a lot of live standup appearances this year. The poor guy can't get a gig. He just doesn't have a thing to do.

Other poster: Yes, but tell me, are those all his shows, besides that trash Mobbed which doesn't air much? I guess that's all he's good for, guest appearances.

In fact, that makes three shows of Howie's own in 2012: Mobbed, America's Got Talent, and Take It All. He ain't just good for guest appearances, though he makes a ton of them, and he ain't washed up. A lot of TV performers would like to be "washed up" like Howie.