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Paragraph: But I do n't know that they considered me right away as the host of the syndicated version [ because the first thought was to keep the primetime separate from the syndicated version ] . But they came to me and I ' m more than happy to be a part of it because I did n't want anyone else riding my pony . " Mandel is himself quite the work horse . He says he still does about a 100 live comedy dates a year , outside of punching in 10 hours a day over at NBC . But paradoxically , he says the extra time with Deal means more time at home with his brood .

Question: What does Mandel do as part of his living
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Mandel does about 100 live comedy dates a year and works 10 hours a day at NBC.