"You've seen other prank shows, other hidden camera shows. Wait till you see Howie Do It!" Better yet, wait till you hear the same bad, groan-worthy pun at least 25 times within the span of 60 minutes. Wait until you've seen a pointless, utterly toothless Candid Camera rip-off so unfunny it makes Ashton Kutcher look like Ricky Gervais. Wait, America, please wait until you hear the chorus of the 1995 Montell Jordan hit "This Is How We Do It" played after so many bland jokes you actually start to feel sorry for Montell Jordan because his creation is being so misused and permanently tarnished in this way. (No amount of residuals could be worth that humiliation.) Please, everyone, just wait, and never stop waiting. Believe me, unless you're a masochist, a critic, or a relative of Howie Mandel's, you don't want to see how Howie does it.
In case you're wondering, and to spare you the considerable trauma, here are a few ways that Howie Mandel does the hidden camera prank show:
1. He does it in front of a live studio audience in what looks like a massive auditorium. I don't know where the Howie Do It Thunderdome full of Howie Mandel superfans is located (probably Canada), and I don't know how the Nitrous Oxide was circulated in such a large space so quickly, but the response to the footage of the pre-taped pranks, and everything Howie Mandel said and did was always thunderous applause and waves of laughter. When the show began, the crowd was on their feet, literally chanting, "Howie! Howie!" It was nothing short of eerie, and clearly meant as a lesson for the home viewing audience. "See? Real, live people do find this funny. It does have a reason for being on the air."
2. He does it with the help of an edgy drummer named (I think) DJ Raffy, who played on stage next to Howie in the center of what looked like a giant drum kit made from pieces of the Stomp! set rendered in Lucite.