Nor-Cal comic wins big with Comedy Central.

by Gordon Downs

Comedian Mo Mandel has come along way from the back roads of his youth in Northern California. Honing his chops in the open mics of London, Mandel quickly developed his stand up act by often being the only American in the room. Returning to California, he moved to San Francisco where be began working various day jobs while pursuing his dreams of becoming a full-time stand up comic at night.

His number was soon called when Comedy Central declared him the winner of their 2007 Open Mic Fight; an open casting call for comics across the country to submit clips of their performances and compete against one another for a shot at a deal with Comedy Central. Mandel was selected out of thousands of comics and was soon given his own half hour comedy special--which quickly kick-started his now burgeoning career in television. We managed to catch up with Mo at his home in Los Angeles, and got him to answer a few questions about his formative years in Nor-Cal and what it was like to work with the classic TV icon, Al Bundy.

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