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sick@home

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The Super Deal is coming back on LMAD
« on: December 15, 2011, 03:08:32 PM »
http://www.cbs.com/shows/lets_make_a_deal/insiders_blog/70654/

Good to see they are continuing to bring back things from the Monty days!

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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 06:06:21 PM »
It's only for two weeks, beginning with the 500th show. If you're going to reintroduce the Super Deal, at least make it permanent; it's not like everyone who won the Big Deal during that era actually went for it.

But really...why? I know Monty introduced it in the 1970s, but I'm pretty sure it only lasted about a season or two and wasn't there for the final year (1976-77); I also recall reading that Monty didn't like it because it undermined the entire buildup of the show -- that is, the Big Deal of the Day -- and involved risking what used to be the big thing at the end. I'm sure he loved it when the $20,000 was won, though.

Considering how the current-era Big Deal is usually nothing more than a single car or two trips (i.e., no lavish prize packages), I can see the lack of real risk. I'm curious as to what the Super Deal prize will be, though -- during the old Super Deal era, the Big Deal generally hovered just under $10,000.
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2011, 07:45:15 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2011, 07:48:52 PM »
Whoever it was that called Dan the "Andy Rooney of GSF" or something to that effect was really apt.
'Cept Andy Rooney often said something that was worth listening to.
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2011, 07:51:16 PM »
'Cept Andy Rooney often said something that was worth listening to.
Touche. :)

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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2011, 08:01:34 PM »
I can see the lack of real risk.
Lolwhat? Tell us, Mr. Benefiber, what is "real risk" to you?
 
(And this was approaching your most coherent, Dan. That is not a good thing.)
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2011, 08:03:36 PM »
But really...why?
Honestly...because.

And I'm not trying to be a smartass...it's just a special feature the producers want to trot out for a limited time. Kinda like the McRib. Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2011, 08:07:56 PM »
Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
Either you're new here or you forgot who you're talking to.

/there, that's some real smartassery.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 08:11:49 PM »
Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
Either you're new here or you forgot who you're talking to.
Touche'.

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« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 08:20:34 PM »
But really...why?
Honestly...because. And I'm not trying to be a smartass...it's just a special feature the producers want to trot out for a limited time. Kinda like the McRib. Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
I disagree. Figuring out why the McRib keeps coming back requires serious analysis.   (It has been speculated that it's due to arbitrage in the pork market. )
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2011, 08:54:59 PM »
I'm more intrigued by the Family episode they're doing next week....should be fun seeing how the kids play...

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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2011, 09:20:14 PM »
A legit question...

What would be the top cash value of the Super Deal? I know they're not saying as of yet, but is it going to be $20,000 like old times, or are they going for something bigger? Just a curious question...nothing more.

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« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2011, 09:29:56 PM »
I'd cast my lot with $50,000.
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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2011, 09:50:39 PM »
It should be $50K given the end of this recent taping report.

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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2011, 11:33:54 PM »
I'd cast my lot with $50,000.

Which is understandable, seeing that (at least) one game is played for $20,000 cash.

$50K is as high as I would go. $30K or $35K is reasonable enough.

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