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abba

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« on: April 30, 2008, 11:57:50 PM »
Does anyone know who he really is?

Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2008, 04:38:12 PM »
Yes.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2008, 04:42:02 PM »
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 11:57 PM\']
Does anyone know who he really is?
[/quote]
He's Darth Tater.
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2008, 05:04:47 PM »
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 11:57 PM\']
Does anyone know who he really is?
[/quote]
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2008, 05:21:09 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'185193\' date=\'May 1 2008, 04:04 PM\']
Howie Mandel. Scott St. John. The 26 models.
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People who have never been in my kitchen?
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2008, 07:41:49 PM »
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 10:57 PM\'] Does anyone know who he really is? [/quote]
*singing* I do, I do, I do, I do, I doooooooo.
(actually, I don't, but given your username, I couldn't resist.)
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2008, 08:24:15 PM »
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'185200\' date=\'May 1 2008, 07:41 PM\']
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 10:57 PM\'] Does anyone know who he really is? [/quote]
*singing* I do, I do, I do, I do, I doooooooo.
(actually, I don't, but given your username, I couldn't resist.)
[/quote]

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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2008, 09:17:47 PM »
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 08:57 PM\']
Does anyone know who he really is?[/quote]
Yes. I had lunch with him when I worked the show. He's an actor, enjoying the steady work.

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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2008, 09:25:36 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'185203\' date=\'May 1 2008, 09:17 PM\']Yes. I had lunch with him when I worked the show. He's an actor, enjoying the steady work.[/quote]
And to be totally clear (and fair) to the original question, while actor Peter Abbay is the person you see in the booth when the camera is pointed at "the banker", he doesn't really make the decisions that determine the bank offers.  Those decisions are made by producers, so in that sense, they're really "the banker".
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2008, 10:01:45 PM »
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'185194\' date=\'May 1 2008, 05:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'185193\' date=\'May 1 2008, 04:04 PM\']
Howie Mandel. Scott St. John. The 26 models.
[/quote]
People who have never been in my kitchen?
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DING!

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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2008, 08:09:18 AM »
A useless bit of trivia...

The Last time I was at Deal waiting for the electronics guys to wrap up, he was leaving his booth. I was apparently blocking the way for him and he said "Excuse me".
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2008, 11:44:17 AM »
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'185223\' date=\'May 2 2008, 08:09 AM\']A useless bit of trivia...

The Last time I was at Deal waiting for the electronics guys to wrap up, he was leaving his booth. I was apparently blocking the way for him and he said "Excuse me".[/quote]
Must have been someone else.  The Banker would never be that polite. :)

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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2008, 02:41:05 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'185203\' date=\'May 1 2008, 08:17 PM\']
[quote name=\'abba\' post=\'185154\' date=\'Apr 30 2008, 08:57 PM\']
Does anyone know who he really is?[/quote]
Yes. I had lunch with him when I worked the show. He's an actor, enjoying the steady work.

Randy
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[/quote]

One would hope he bought. Or that he's self-financing young peoples' performances of Shakespeare or something noble.