Howie (please don't) Do It!

posted by Rikki Tikki Tavi

fresh of the Josten's ring tour, Howie Mandel poses for his yearbook photo

Far be it for us to take pleasure in someone else's pain, but when we heard NBC had plans to launch Howie Do It!, the watered-down Punk'd rip off show, we were ready to throw in the towel with this whole 'entertainment career thing.' I mean, didn't this guy already get a shot at this? Remember? Back in the '80s? Oh, you probably didn't recognize him cause he had hair then. And talent.

In any event, and according to a yahoo.com tv article posted earlier today:

Mandel was in Toronto taping his new show "Howie Do It!" Monday when he was taken to the hospital, said Lewis Kay, publicist for the 53-year-old comedian and game show host.

"Howie is in the hospital being monitored for an irregular heartbeat but doctors expect him to be released and back to work tomorrow," Kay said in a statement.

Now, I'm no television executive, but when an actor has a heart attack doing his own material, maybe it's time to call it quits. Of course, Mandel's people were quick to cite that he,


"...did not have a heart attack."

but I can see why he would though. After all, if you take Montel Jordan's greatest song ever, "This is HOW WE do it," and bastardize the likeness AND title for a TV show, God's going to come down with a vengeance. Hell, even Montel Jordan is probably rolling over in his RV right now, residuals or no residuals. And keep in mind, we aren't even taking into consideration how terrible the show is (a fact which may or may not be true. We here at Heart Attack Hollywood refuse to find out.), but it's safe to say that it's one of the worst things to ever come out of Tinseltown.

Heart Attack Rating: 4 - Coronary