Bobby's World

Howie Mandel stated that he accidentally created the voice that would be later used to voice Bobby when he was choking on a piece of cake.

Two of Mandel's friends, Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl, signed an agreement with the Fox Broadcasting Company's then newly-created children's division in 1989.

Fisher and Staahl asked Mandel to join them in creating a show based on Mandel's Bobby character and voice.

Specifically, Uncle Ted was based on Fisher and Staahl's former comedy partner in a comedy trio formed by the three after leaving Chicago's Second City, called The Graduates.

Bobby's character design was based on Schauer's then-4-year-old son.

On February 12, 2007, the character Bobby made a surprise appearance on an episode of Deal or No Deal.