Howie Mandel arriving to Nobu restaurant in L.A. (7/3)

Howie Mandel is a weird dude . . . and not because he drives a $12k Smart car. Hey, you know what's smart about my car? When I get into a fender bender at 7 mph, my knees don't end up in my throat. From Mike Walker at the National Enquirer:

In years of cataloguing Howie Mandels' germaphobic quirks, here's one I've never heard: The "Americas Got Talent" judge admits that whenever he checks into a hotel, he closes the drapes, kills all lights to make the room pitch-dark -- then switches on a portable black-light device and scans every inch of upholstery and bedsheets to check for nasty stains.

Sorry Howie, you're never going to find a spot in a hotel room that doesn't have some sort of stain -- those places are almost as dirty as Hugh Hefner's imagination. The only place to sleep in a hotel that hasn't been defiled by other slovenly guests is the one place where none of them ever go: the workout room. Besides, black lights aren't supposed to be used to check for germs. They're supposed to be used at dance clubs to check who has fake front teeth.

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[WENN]