It was an emotional reunion in the works on "Mobbed" (Wed., 9 p.m. EST on Fox) when 37-year old Art asked Howie Mandel and his team to help him meet his father for the first time. But Mandel decided to try and do things a little differently. Especially as Art not only had never met his father, he had no idea where he was or how to find him.
So the show hired a private investigator and tracked down Art's father James in Indiana. There, Howie surprised him at the crack of dawn with a camera crew at his front door. Mandel's idea was to flip the mob. Art wanted to mob his father and introduce himself. Mandel suggested that maybe they mob Art instead and surprise him with his father.
With James on board, it was time to break Art's heart before the big reveal. So Howie invited him to a bowling alley to break the news to him that he hadn't made the show. He then left Art there for a moment, faking a phone call, so the mob could erupt around him. Art's face immediately lit up as he realized what was happening, and what was likely about to happen.
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