Proving yet again that we Americans don’t trust ourselves to assess our own reality show contestants, Toronto’s Howie Mandel took his seat at the panel on NBC’s summer talent show, “America’s Got Talent,” completely the now completely foreign-born set of judges.

Howie made a fairly understated debut, but perhaps the most fun was watching him weather the traditional judges’ run through the crowd amid a gauntlet of high-fives. The famously OCD Howie, who does not shake hands for fear of germs, covered up the first time, and the second time he had to run through the crowd, he literally sprinted from the entrance to the judges’ table.