What is Mandies?
1.
Shorthand term for
"Wanna buy some mandies, Bob?" - Frank Zappa, "Flakes"
2.
a generation of male television journalists that care less about answers and more about exposing personality in their reports. They were inspired into "journalism" by the person who asked President Clinton, "Boxers or briefs?" Comes from the phrase "Man Candy."
Carson Daly, Billy Bush and Ryan Seacrest are the Mandies who want their name to be part of their subject's answer.