Lately my husband and I started watching this little game show called Deal or No Deal? It is THE MOST ridiculous game show ever made! I kid you not. A five-year-old could go on that game show and win $1 million. All the contestant has to do is guess numbers. There are 26 cases with amounts of money from $0.01 to $1 million. The contestant first picks his or her case. Then the contestant eliminates cases, with the logic that whatever amount is in those cases is not in your case.It's a simple numbers game. After each round a banker calls the host, Howie Mandell, and offers the contestant an amount based on the probability of the $1 million being in the contestant's case. And then Howie gets to say the magic words: "Deal, or No Deal?" What a dumb game!
But I still watch it every night it is on. If I wasn't home, I would Tivo it. What's the deal?!
It's the suspense. Each time a contestant picks a case there is a slight pause and suspenseful music before the case is opened. Will it be a high or low amount? And then the banker poses an amount and my husband and I always end up yelling at the screen. "No deal! No deal!" And then it gets down to 4 cases and the contestant has a 75% chance of not picking the $1 million that is still on the board. Man, we are at the edge of our seats.
The worst part is when the game is over and the contestant has his or her money, Howie makes the contestant choose the case s/he would have chosen if the game hadn't ended. And tells the banker's offers as well. The last contestant that we watched actually had the $1 million in her case. We were yelling at her "No deal! No deal!" but she didn't listen. She took the $265,000 and my husband was jumping up and down and yelling for 5 minutes. At the end Howie made her play out the rest of her moves and the banker's offers and opened her $1 million case. Way to crush her spirit! She walked out of there with $265,000. That's a chunk of change. I wouldn't want to know how good or bad my deal was. I would be much more satisfied walking out with my money and the knowledge that I just made a lot of money! Cest la vi!
This is an addictive show. Beware if you are thinking about starting to watch it. It will grab you and suck you in. I am a grown woman with a husband, a home and my master's degree and I love Deal or No Deal? Craziness.
