Let's Make a Deal

Let's Make a Deal
Also known as The All New Let's Make a Deal (1984–86)
Genre Game show
Created by Stefan Hatos
Monty Hall
Directed by Joe Behar (1963–77, 1984–85)
Geoff Theobald (1980–81)
Hank Behar (1985–86)
Barry Glazer (1990–91)
James Marcione (1990–91)
Morris Abraham (2003)
Lenn Goodside (2009–present)
Presented by
Starring Assistant:
Carol Merrill (1963–77)
Maggie Brown (1980–81)
Julie Hall (1980–81)
Karen LaPierre (1984–86)
Melanie Vincz (1984–86)
Diane Klimaszewski (1990–91)
Elaine Klimaszewski (1990–91)
Georgia Satelle (1990–91)
Alison Fiori (2009–10)
Tiffany Coyne (2010–present)
Danielle Demski (2013–14)
Narrated by Wendell Niles (1963–64)
Jay Stewart (1964–77)
Chuck Chandler (1980–81)
Brian Cummings (1984–85)
Dean Goss (1985–86)
Dean Miuccio (1990–91)
Vance DeGeneres (2003)
Jonathan Mangum (2009–present)
Theme music composer Sheldon Allman (1963–77, 1984–86)
Marilyn Hall (1963–77, 1984–86)
Michel Camilo for Score Productions, Inc. (1984–86)
Composer(s) Ivan Ditmars and his band (1963–76)
Stan Worth (1976–77, 1980–81)
Sheldon Allman (1976–77, 1984–85)
Todd Thicke (1985–86)
Jerry Ray (1990–91)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes NBC/ABC (1963–76): ≈3,200
Syndicated (1971–77): 234
Syndicated (1981): 195
Syndicated (1984–86): 390
NBC (1990–91): 128
NBC (2003): 3
CBS (2009–present): 1,000+ (as of December 2014)
Production
Executive producer(s) Stefan Hatos (1980–81, 1984–86)
Dick Clark (1990–91)
Ron Greenberg (1990–91)
Monty Hall (2003)
Sharon Hall (2003)
David Garfinkle (2003)
Jay Renfroe (2003)
Jeff Mirkin (2003)
Mike Richards (2009–present)
Producer(s) Stefan Hatos (1963–77)
Monty Hall (1980–81)
Ian MacClennan (1980–81)
Bob Synes (1984–86)
Alan Gilbert (1984–86)
Bruce Starin (1990–91)
Paul Pieratt (1990–91)
Ross Kaiman (2003)
Gloria Fujita-O'Brien (2003)
Location(s) NBC Studios, Burbank, California (1963–68, 1984–85, 2003)
ABC Television Center, Hollywood, California (1968–76)
Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada (1976–77)
Panorama Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia (1980–81)
Hollywood Center Studios, Hollywood (1985–86)
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida (1990–91)
Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (2009–10)
Sunset Bronson Studios, Hollywood (2010–2014)
Raleigh Studios Hollywood (2015–present)
Running time 22–26 minutes (1963–77, 1980–81, 1984–86, 1990–91)
44–52 minutes (2003, 2009–present)
Production company(s) Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions (1963–77, 1980–81, 1984–86, 2009–present)
Catalena Productions(1980–81)
Dick Clark Productions (1990–91)
Ron Greenberg Productions (1990–91)
Monty Hall Enterprises, Inc. (2003)
FremantleMedia North America (2009–present)
Distributor ABC Films/Worldvision Enterprises (1971–77)
Rhodes Productions (1980–81)
Telepictures Corporation (1984–86)
FremantleMedia Enterprises (2009–present)
Release
Original network NBC (1963–68, 1990–91, 2003)
ABC (1968–76)
Syndicated (1971–77, 1980–81, 1984–86)
CBS (2009–present)
Picture format SDTV (480i) (1963–2014)
HDTV (1080i) (2014–)
Original release December 30, 1963 (1963-12-30) – present
External links
Website

Let's Make a Deal is a television game show which originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The program was created and produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall, the latter serving as its host for many years.

The format of Let's Make a Deal involves selected members of the studio audience, referred to as "traders," making deals with the host. In most cases, a trader will be offered something of value and given a choice of whether to keep it or exchange it for a different item. The program's defining game mechanism is that the other item is hidden from the trader until that choice is made. The trader thus does not know if he is getting something of greater value or a prize that is referred to as a "zonk," an item purposely chosen to be of little or no value to the trader.

Let's Make a Deal is also known for audience members who dress up in outrageous or crazy costumes in order to increase their chances of being selected as a trader.[1]

The most recent edition of Let's Make a Deal has been airing on CBS since October 5, 2009, when it took over the spot on the network's daytime schedule vacated by the long running soap opera Guiding Light. Wayne Brady is the host of the current series, with Jonathan Mangum as his announcer/assistant and Alison Fiori as the show's prize model. Tiffany Coyne joined the series as Fiori's replacement in 2010 and musician Cat Gray joined the program in 2011. Danielle Demski filled in for Coyne while the latter was on maternity leave for part of the 2013–14 season.

Broadcast history

Let's Make a Deal first aired on NBC in 1963 as part of its daytime schedule. The show moved to ABC in 1968, where it remained until 1976; and on two separate occasions the show was given a weekly nighttime spot on those networks.[2] The first syndicated edition of Let's Make a Deal premiered in 1971. Distributed by ABC Films, and then by its successor Worldvision Enterprises once the fin-syn rules were enacted, the series ran until 1977 and aired weekly.

A revival of the series based in Hall's native Canada was launched in 1980 and aired in syndication on American and Canadian stations for one season. This series was produced by Catalena Productions and distributed in America by Rhodes Productions, Catalena's partner company. In the fall of 1984, the series returned for a third run in syndication as The All-New Let's Make a Deal. Running for two seasons until 1986, this series was distributed by Telepictures.

NBC revived Let's Make a Deal twice in a thirteen-year span. The first was a daytime series in 1990 that was the first to not be produced by Monty Hall. Instead, the show was a production of Ron Greenberg and Dick Clark. A primetime edition was launched in 2003 but drew poor ratings and was cancelled after three of its intended five episodes had aired.

A partial remake called Big Deal, hosted by Mark DeCarlo, was broadcast on Fox in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, Buena Vista Television (now Disney–ABC Domestic Television) was in talks to create a revival hosted by Gordon Elliott, but it was never picked up.[3] The show was one of several used as part of the summer series Gameshow Marathon on CBS in 2006, hosted by Ricki Lake.

Alison Fiori models one of the CBS version's Zonk prizes, a live llama

As noted above, CBS revived Let's Make a Deal in 2009. The revival premiered on October 5, 2009, and CBS airs the show daily at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm Eastern. Like the program that it replaced, the long-running soap opera Guiding Light, affiliates can choose to air it in either time slot; most affiliates, however, prefer the early slot in order to pair the two CBS daytime game shows together.

From September 20 to October 15, 2010, Let's Make a Deal and The Price Is Right aired two episodes a day on alternating weeks. CBS did this to fill a gap between the final episode of As the World Turns, which ended a fifty-four year run on September 17, 2010, and the debut of The Talk. The double-run games aired at 2:00 pm Eastern.

Although the current version of the show debuted in September 2009, long after The Price is Right (which made the switch in February 2008) and the two Sony Pictures Television daytime dramas had made the switch to high definition, Let's Make a Deal was, along with Big Brother, one of only two programs across the five major networks that was still being actively produced in standard definition. For the start of production for its 2014–15 season in June 2014, Let's Make a Deal began being produced in high definition, with Big Brother 16 making the switch later in June. Let's Make a Deal was the last remaining CBS program to make the switch by air date, with the first HD episode airing on September 22, 2014.[4]

Past personnel

As noted above, Monty Hall was the longtime host of his creation. He hosted the original daytime network series for its entire run, and also hosted its accompanying primetime and syndicated series as well as the two 1980s syndicated efforts. After The All New Let's Make a Deal went off the air in 1986, Hall's full-time involvement with the show came to an end. Longtime game show announcer Bob Hilton was the initial host of the 1990 daytime series, but the producers decided to replace him with Hall partway through the run. Access Hollywood host Billy Bush emceed the 2003 series, with Hall making a cameo appearance in one episode.

Each Let's Make a Deal announcer also served as a de facto assistant host, as many times the announcer would be called upon to carry props across the trading floor. The original announcer for the series was Wendell Niles, who was replaced by Jay Stewart in 1964. Stewart remained with Let's Make a Deal until the end of the syndicated series in 1977. The 1980 Canadian-produced syndicated series was announced by Chuck Chandler. The All New Let's Make a Deal employed voice actor Brian Cummings in the announcer/assistant role for its first season, with disc jockey Dean Goss taking the position for the following season. The 1990 NBC revival series was announced by Dean Miuccio, with the 2003 edition featuring Vance DeGeneres in that role.

The longest tenured prize model on Let's Make a Deal was Carol Merrill, who stayed with the series from its debut until 1977. The models on the 1980s series were Maggie Brown, Julie Hall (1980), Karen LaPierre, and Melanie Vincz (1984). For the 1990 series, the show featured Georgia Satelle and identical twins Elaine and Diane Klimaszewski, who later gained fame as the Coors Light Twins.

Production locations

The original daytime series was recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, California and then at ABC Television Center in Los Angeles once the program switched networks in 1969. The weekly syndicated series also taped at ABC Television Center, doing so for its first five seasons. After ABC cancelled the daytime series in 1976, production of the syndicated series ceased there as well and the sixth and final season was recorded in the ballroom of the Las Vegas Hilton hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 1980 Canadian series taped at Panorama Studios in Vancouver, BC, which production company Catalena Productions used as its base of operations. The All-New Let's Make a Deal taped its first season of episodes in Burbank at NBC Studios, then moved to Hollywood Center Studios in Hollywood, California for the second and final season. The 1990 NBC daytime series was recorded at Disney-MGM Studios on the grounds of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The 2003 revival returned production to Burbank.

The current edition of the series originally emanated from the Tropicana in Las Vegas. The show returned to Hollywood in 2010, first at Sunset Bronson Studios and later at Raleigh Studios.

Format

Game play

Jay Stewart and Monty Hall on the original version of the show

Each episode of Let's Make a Deal consists of several "deals" between the host and a member (or members, generally a married couple) of the audience, referred to as "traders." Audience members are picked at the host's whim as the show moves along, and couples are often selected to play together as traders. The deals are mini-games within the show that take several formats.

In the simplest format, a trader is given a prize of medium value (such as a television set or a few hundred dollars in cash), and the host offers them the opportunity to trade for another prize. However, the offered prize is unknown. It might be concealed on the stage behind one of three curtains, or behind "boxes" onstage (large panels painted to look like boxes), within smaller boxes brought out to the audience, or occasionally in other formats. The initial prize given to the trader may also be concealed, such as in a box, wallet or purse, or the trader might be initially given a box, envelope or curtain. The format varies widely.

Technically, traders are supposed to bring something to trade in, but this rule has seldom been enforced. On several occasions, a trader is actually asked to trade in an item such as their shoes or purse, only to receive the item back at the end of the deal as a "prize". On at least one occasion, the purse was taken backstage and a high-valued prize was placed inside of it.

Prizes generally are either a legitimate prize, cash, or a Zonk. Legitimate prizes run the gamut of what is typically given away on game shows, including trips, electronics, furniture, appliances, and cars. Zonks are unwanted booby prizes (e.g., live animals, large amounts of food, fake money, fake trips or something outlandish such as a giant article of clothing, a room full of junked furniture, etc.). Sometimes Zonks are legitimate prizes but of a low value (e.g., Matchbox cars, wheelbarrows, T-shirts, grocery prizes, etc.). On rare occasions, a trader appears to get Zonked, but the Zonk is a cover-up for a legitimate prize.

Though usually considered joke prizes, traders legally win the Zonks.[5] However, after the taping of the show, any trader who had been Zonked is offered a consolation prize (currently $100) instead of having to take home the actual Zonk. This is partly because some of the Zonks are impractical or physically impossible to receive or deliver to the traders (such as live animals or the guy in an animal costume), or the props are owned by the studio. A disclaimer at the end of the credits of later 1970s episodes read "Some traders accept reasonable duplicates of Zonk prizes." Starting in the 2012–13 season, CBS invited viewers to provide Zonk ideas to producers. At the end of the season, the Zonk declared the most creative was worth $2,500 to the winner, and other viewers' Zonk ideas were also used. For every viewer-developed Zonk, the host announced the viewer who provided the Zonk. The contest has been renewed for its second season in 2013.

Quickie Deals

As the end credits of the show roll, it is typical for the host to ask random members of the studio audience to participate in fast deals. In the current Wayne Brady version, these are often referred on the CBS version as "quickie deals", and are conducted by the host, announcer, and model each. CBS will post information on the show's Twitter address (@LetsMakeADeal) days before taping to encourage audience members to carry certain items in their pockets in order to win additional cash when one of the hosts approaches them at the end of the show and asks to see such items.[6] The deals are usually in the form of the following:

Other deal formats

Deals were often more complicated than the basic format described above. Additionally, some deals took the form of games of chance, and others in the form of pricing games.

Trading deals

Games of chance

A wide variety of chance-based games have been used on the show. Examples:

Depending on the game, the trader is given the opportunity to stop the game at various points and take a "sure thing" deal or cash/prizes already accumulated or continue on and risk possibly losing.

Beat the Dealer

"Beat the Dealer" is a game played with three traders. The three traders choose a card from a board of nine cards (or after the show changed to high-definition, a board with nine "chips") to begin the game. The trader selecting the lowest number is eliminated (and wins $100), while the other two receive $500. In the second round, a prize package is shown to the traders. The two advancing traders select two more cards. The same elimination rules apply, with the trader having the higher number winning the prize package in addition to advancing to the final round. The remaining trader can quit with their winnings so far or risk them in an attempt to add a car. If the trader chooses to play, he or she selects a chip for himself or herself, and one for the host. Before the draw, the trader is given the option to keep the card first selected or pass it to the host. If the trader again chooses the higher number, he or she wins all the prizes announced, but choosing the lower number forfeits all prizes won to that point.

Prior to 2011, the three traders each choose an envelope which contained cash (two each of $500 or $1,000, depending on the version; with the third containing $50 or $100). The trader who found the smaller amount was eliminated, while the other two advanced to the second round.

Pricing games

Other deals related to pricing merchandise are featured in order to win a larger prize or cash amounts. Sometimes traders are required to price individual items (either grocery products or smaller prizes generally valued less than $100) within a certain range to win successively larger prizes or a car. Other times traders must choose an item that a pre-announced price, order grocery items or small prizes from least to most expensive, or two items with prices that total a certain amount to win a larger prize. These games are not used on the CBS version because of their similarities to The Price is Right.

Quiz games

On the CBS version, in order to prevent similarities to The Price is Right, quiz games are used instead of pricing games. These deals involve products in the form of when they were introduced to the market, general knowledge quizzes, currency exchange rates (at the time of taping), or knowledge of geography of trips to certain locales used as prizes.

Door #4/Go for a Spin

Played every few days on the 1984–86 version, a trader was chosen at random by a computer based on a number (from 1 to 36) which appeared on the trader's name tag. The rules were revised several times early on, with the rules most associated with the game going into effect by later in the fall of 1984.

Those most common rules saw Hall give the trader a check for $1,000 and then offer him or her an opportunity to spin a carnival wheel containing money amounts ranging from $100 to $4,000, plus several spaces marked "Zonk". Two other spaces on the wheel were marked with the word "car". The trader could either keep the $1,000 or exchange it to spin the wheel. If the trader chose to spin the wheel, the trader was awarded the prize associated with the space on which the wheel stopped. If the wheel stopped on a Zonk space, he or she received a T-shirt saying "I was ZONKED by Monty Hall". Even if the trader decided to keep the initial $1,000, he or she was asked to spin the wheel to see how the game would have ended.

The first few times Door #4 was featured, the trader was offered a sure-thing prize package or going for Door #4, which hid a cash amount of anywhere from $1 to $5,000. When the carnival wheel was initially introduced, the wheel contained cash amounts from $100 to $5,000. The trader spun the wheel and could keep the cash amount on which the wheel stopped, or risk their winnings for another spin. However, if the amount of the second spin was less than the first amount spun, the trader won nothing. Also on the wheel was a space marked "Double Deal", which doubled the trader's spin, for a possible total of $10,000. If the trader spun Double Deal with both spins, he or she also won $10,000. When the permanent rules were first introduced, the initial cash prize was $750, with the wheel's top cash prize at $3,000.

A revamped version, titled "Go for a Spin", was first played on the December 20, 2011 episode.[7] A trader is selected and shown a sixteen-space wheel, with various cash amounts, five Zonk spaces and one car space. The trader is then asked three questions with two choices each, and attempts to choose the option preferred by the audience in an earlier poll. For each correct choice selected, the trader wins $500 and one Zonk space of the trader's choice is converted to a car space. The trader can keep the money earned or trade it in for one spin of the wheel. If the trader chooses to spin, the trader wins whatever is indicated in the space on which the wheel stops.

Big Deal

The Big Deal serves as the final segment of the show and offers a chance at a significantly larger prize for a lucky trader. Before the round, the value of the day's Big Deal is announced to the audience.

The process for choosing traders was the same for every series through the 2003 NBC primetime series. Monty Hall (or his successors) would begin asking the day's traders, usually starting with the highest winner, if they wanted to give back what they had managed to win earlier in the show for a chance to choose one of three numbered doors on the stage. The process continued until two traders agreed to play, and the biggest winner of the two got first choice of Door #1, Door #2, or Door #3. The other trader then chose from the remaining two doors. Since the 2009 series, the Big Deal has been played with just one trader.

Each of the doors conceals a prize package of some sort. Other times, a door could conceal an all cash prize hidden inside "Monty's Piggy Bank" or "Monty's Cookie Jar", or even behind a "Let's Make a Deal Claim Check" or some other prop. The doors are opened in ascending order, with the Big Deal always revealed last no matter if it was selected or not. The Big Deal prize was usually the most extravagant of the night, and was often a car or a vacation with first-class accommodations. On rare occasions, the Big Deal involves one of the all cash prize props mentioned above; in most cases, such as when a car is not part of the package, a cash prize is awarded as part of the Big Deal.

The Big Deal is the one time in the show where a trader is guaranteed to not walk away with a Zonk. However, it is possible for traders to trade their prizes from earlier in the show and have the prize package behind their chosen door be worth somewhat less than the original prize was.

Super Deal

During the 1975–76 syndicated season, winners of the Big Deal were offered a chance to win the "Super Deal". At this point, Big Deals were limited to a range of $8,000 to $10,000. The trader could risk their Big Deal winnings on a shot at adding a $20,000 cash prize, which hidden behind only one of three mini doors onstage. The other two doors contained cash amounts of $1,000 or $2,000; however, the $1,000 value was later replaced with a "mystery" amount between $1,000 and $9,000. A trader who decided to play risked their Big Deal winnings and selected one of the mini doors. If the $20,000 prize was behind the door, the trader kept the Big Deal and added the $20,000 prize, for a potential maximum total of $30,000. However, if a trader selected one of the other two doors, he or she forfeited the Big Deal prizes but kept the cash amount behind the door. The Super Deal was discontinued when the show permanently moved to Las Vegas for the final season (1976–77), and Big Deal values returned to the previous range of $10,000 to $15,000.

Since 2012, the Super Deal is offered as a limited event and is not played regularly. The show will designate one or two weeks of episodes, typically airing during a special event (e.g., the 500th episode, 50th anniversary of franchise, etc.), each season for the Super Deal. If a trader wins the Big Deal, he or she can risk their Big Deal winnings for the same 1-in-3 chance at a cash prize of $50,000. Rather than choosing mini doors, the trader selects one of three envelopes labelled ruby, emerald, and sapphire. Similar to the 1975 format, the trader keeps the Big Deal in addition to the cash prize if he or she selects the envelope containing $50,000.

Mega-Deal week

In the fall 2015 season premiere week, the show offered Big Deal of the Day winners an opportunity to win every non-Zonk, non-cash prize from that day's episode as a "Mega-Deal". Although played several times during the course of the week, the Mega-Deal was not won.

Reception

Upon the original Let's Make a Deal's debut, journalist Charles Witbeck was skeptical of the show's chances of success, noting that the previous four NBC programs to compete with CBS' Password had failed.[8] Some critics described the show as "mindless" and "demeaning to traders and audiences alike".[9]

By 1974, however, the show had spent more than a decade at or near the top of daytime ratings, and became the highest-rated syndicated primetime program.[9] At the time, the show held the world's record for the longest waiting list for tickets in show-business history[9][10] – there were 350 seats available for each show, and a wait time of two-to-three years after requesting a ticket.[9][10]

In 2001, Let's Make a Deal was ranked as #18 on TV Guide's list of "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time".[11] In 2006, GSN aired a series of specials counting down its own list of the "50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time", on which Let's Make a Deal was #7.[12]

In 2014, the American series won a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for "30,000 Reasons to Love Me", composed by Cat Gray and sung by Wayne Brady.[13]

Episode status

Many of the show's estimated five thousand plus episodes exist:

International versions

RTL Group holds international (and as of February 2009, American) rights to the show, and has licensed the show to 14 countries.

Region or country Local name Host Network Dates
Australia Australia Let's Make A Deal Mike Dyer
John Laws
Jimmy Hannan
Garry Meadows		 Nine Network 1968–69
1976–77
Vince Sorrenti Network Ten 1990–91
Brazil Brazil Topa um Acordo? Rodrigo Faro Rede Record April 26, 2014 – December 2014
Canada Canada (English) Let's Make A Deal Monty Hall Syndication 1980–81*
Egypt Egypt لعبة الحياة – ليتس ميك آي ديل
Lebet el hayat		 Moutaz Al-Demirdash Al Hayat 1 2013–present
France France Le Bigdil Vincent Lagaf' and Bill TF1 1998–2004
Germany Germany Geh aufs Ganze! Jörg Draeger
Elmar Hörig		 Sat.1 (1992–97)
tm3 (1997–98)
kabel eins (1999–2003)		 1992–2003
Greece Greece Τo Μεyάλo Παζάρi
To Megalo Pazari		 Andreas Mikroutsikos Mega Channel 1992–93
Parta Ola 1997
Τα σουτιέν και ο Αντρέας – Το πιο Μεγάλο Παζάρι
Ta soutien kai o Antreas – To pio Megalo Pazari		 Alpha TV 2006–07
Hungary Hungary Zsákbamacska Rozsa Gyorgy MTV 1 1994–98
India India Khullja Sim Sim Aman Verma
Hussain Kuwajerwala		 Star Plus
BIG Magic		 2001–04
2012–13
Indonesia Indonesia Super Deal 2 Milyar Nico Siahaan
Aditya Herpavi Rachman
Indra Bekti and Indy Barends		 antv 2006–07
April 29 – December 31, 2010
July 25 – November 21, 2011
Super Deal Uya Kuya 2014–2015
Israel Israel עשינו עסק
Asinu eseq		 Avri Gilad
Zvika Hadar		 Channel 2 1994–95
1996
Italy Italy Facciamo un affare Iva Zanicchi Canale 5 1985–86
Lebanon Lebanon قصة كبيرة
Ossa kbireh		 Michel Kazi Future TV 2002
Mexico Mexico Trato Hecho 1999
Poland Poland Idź na całość Zygmunt Chajzer
Krzysztof Tyniec		 Polsat 1997–2001
Portugal Portugal Negócio Fechado Henrique Mendes SIC 1999–2000
Spain Spain Fem Un Pacte Joan Monleón Canal Nou 1996
Trato Hecho Bertín Osborne Antena 3 1998–2000, 2002
¿Hay Trato? Carlos Sobera 2004
Turkey Turkey Seç Bakalim Erhan Yazicioglu Kanal 6
ATV		 1992–95
1995–98
United Kingdom United Kingdom Trick or Treat Mike Smith and Julian Clary LWT 7 January–25 March 1989
United States U.S. (English) Let's Make a Deal Monty Hall NBC 1963–67
ABC Daytime 1968–76
Primetime 1969–71
Syndication 1971–77
Syndication 1980–81*
The All-New Let's Make a Deal Syndication 1984–86
Let's Make a Deal Bob Hilton NBC 1990–91
Big Deal Mark DeCarlo FOX 1996
Let's Make a Deal Billy Bush NBC 2003
Wayne Brady CBS 2009–present
United States U.S. (Spanish) Trato Hecho Guillermo Huesca Univision January 10 – December 9, 2005
Vietnam Vietnam Ô cửa bí mật Tran Ngoc VTV3 2008–12

* The 1980–81 version aired in both the U.S. and Canada.

Merchandise

In 1964, Milton Bradley released a home version of Let's Make a Deal featuring gameplay somewhat different from the television show. In 1974, Ideal Toys released an updated version of the game featuring Hall on the box cover, which was also given to all traders on the syndicated version in the 1974–75 season. An electronic tabletop version by Tiger Electronics was released in 1998. In the late summer of 2006, an interactive DVD version of Let's Make a Deal was released by Imagination Games, which also features classic clips from the Monty Hall years of the show. In 2010, Pressman Toy Corporation released an updated version of the box game, with gameplay more similar to the 1974 version, featuring Brady on the box cover.[21]

Various U.S. lotteries have included instant lottery tickets based on Let's Make a Deal.[22]

In 1999, Shuffle Master teamed up with Bally's to do a video slot machine game based on the show with the voice and likeness of Monty Hall.

In 2004, IGT (International Gaming Technology) did a new video slot game based on the show still featuring Monty Hall.

In 2013, Aristocrat Technology did an all-new video slot machine game based on the Wayne Brady version.

The Monty Hall Problem

Main article: Monty Hall problem

The Monty Hall Problem, also called the Monty Hall paradox, is a veridical paradox because the result appears impossible but is demonstrably true. The Monty Hall problem, in its usual interpretation, is mathematically equivalent to the earlier Three Prisoners problem, and both bear some similarity to the much older Bertrand's box paradox. The problem examines the counterintuitive effect of switching one's choice of doors, one of which hides a "prize".

The problem has been analyzed many times, in books, articles and online.[23][24] In an interview with The New York Times reporter John Tierney in 1991, Hall gave an explanation of the solution to that problem, stating that he played on the psychology of the trader, and why the solution did not apply to the case of the actual show.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "LetsMakeADeal.com—Show Info". Retrieved 2009-12-20. Wearing costumes was the audience’s idea. To attract Monty’s attention, the traders got creative to out-do each other.
  2. ↑ "New Let's Make a Deal gets Zonked". CNN. 2003-03-19. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  3. ↑ Petrozzello, Donna (4 April 1999). "The secret words are: game show". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Adalian, Josef (5 June 2014). "Big Brother 16 Twist Revealed: The Show Will (Finally) Be Seen in HD". Vulture (New York). Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Monty Hall". Archive of American Television. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  6. ↑ On Camera Audiences http://on-camera-audiences.com/shows/lets_make_a_deal. Retrieved 3 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Let's Make a Deal. 20 December 2011. 37:24 minutes in. CBS.
  8. ↑ Witbeck, Charles (1964-01-26). "Two New Daytime Shows Aired". The Blade (The Toledo Blade Company): 10H. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Monty Hall's "Let's Make a Deal" Most Successful Television Program". Boca Raton News (South Florida Media Company): 9B. 1974-04-28. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  10. 1 2 Buck, Jerry (1974-04-30). "Monty Hall Deals in Entertainment". St. Petersburg Times: 10D. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  11. ↑ "TV Guide Names the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time". Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  12. ↑ "GSN's list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time slideshow". YouTube. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  13. ↑ "'Sesame Street,' 'Ellen DeGeneres' Lead Daytime Emmy Creative Arts Winners". Variety. Penske Business Media. June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
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