Saw him a few years ago in concert. What an a-hole. First the advertised opening act didn’t play, which someone told us was because he didn’t want to have to follow anyone. Then he mocked people who request songs, “don’t ask for “Leroy Boy”, that’s not even the name of the song”. Next he played a bunch of jazz-rock fusion for the first half of the show. By then half the audience had left when he started playing actual songs, but never did do his two biggest hits, We Gotta Get You a Woman and Beat on the Drum. I never saw a performer who seemed to hold people who paid to see him in such contempt.
Best thing Todd ever did was to produce XTC’s Skylarking.
I saw Howie Mandell about 15-20 years ago, and I assure you it was worse. Not funny at all, made fun of us for buying tickets.