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December 21, 2005
Cha-ching
Christy was raving about this show Deal or No Deal the other day. Today, while flipping channels, I came across it on NBC. Let me say, I am addicted. It's a sumptious mix of gambling and strategy (but mostly gambling.) Explaining it, sadly, would probably take a 5,000 word dissertation.
The banker who offers to buy your briefcase is a charlatan indeed. For some reason, I am guessing he is not actually making the decision about how much to offer for the case. Instead, he surely is some mystical figure who gets his information from the producers, who determine the offer based on some mathematical formula.
Like most every other popular American game/reality show of the past few years, of course, it's cribbed from another country. But wherever they got it from, it was definitely entertaining. I imagine NBC will run it into the ground in a few months, though.
Posted by oz115 at December 21, 2005 08:14 PM
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I saw bits and pieces of the show at a holiday get-together last night, and had two impressions: 1) it's even more tediously paced than Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; and 2) Howie Mandel is even more annoying than Regis Philbin.
Won't be wasting my time on this one.
Posted by: Pete at December 22, 2005 09:07 AM
NBC is owned by GE... remember that, my love!
Posted by: Christy Your Love! at December 24, 2005 03:49 PM