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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: sick@home on December 15, 2011, 03:08:32 PM
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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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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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Whoever it was that called Dan the "Andy Rooney of GSF" or something to that effect was really apt.
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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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'Cept Andy Rooney often said something that was worth listening to.
Touche. :)
/Are we being rewarded Mr. Ottinger?
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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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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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Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
Either you're new here or you forgot who you're talking to.
/there, that's some real smartassery.
//biggest risk I took this year was forty bucks on American Airlines.
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Nothing really worth over-analyzing.
Either you're new here or you forgot who you're talking to.
Touche'.
/Didn't forget
//It was worth a shot
///No it wasn't
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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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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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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.
The Inquisitive One
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I'd cast my lot with $50,000.
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It should be $50K given the end of this recent taping report (http://"http://hollywoodjunket.com/2011/12/06/lets-make-a-deal-not-so-fast-getting-selected-and-what-to-expect/").
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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.
The Inquisitive One
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Keep in mind, the Super Deal isn't even going to come into play as often as it did in the Monty days. The potential to play it will only be available for ten episodes. And since now, only one contestant attempts to find the Big Deal at the end of the show, we'll likely only see the Super Deal offered in roughly three, maybe four episodes.
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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.
The Inquisitive One
Eh..I would think that if this was only going to be part of this special set of episodes, the stakes would be at least $75K or $100K.
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Merely spitballing, but assuming about 20 episodes a month, and 190 in a year, I'd say 500 is going to be somewhere around February. Just in time for sweeps.
Keep in mind, the Super Deal isn't even going to come into play as often as it did in the Monty days. The potential to play it will only be available for ten episodes. And since now, only one contestant attempts to find the Big Deal at the end of the show, we'll likely only see the Super Deal offered in roughly three, maybe four episodes.
That's assuming it'll be presented in the same way as the 70's. If this is going to be a limited engagement, I wouldn't want to risk players going cold and my Genius Stunt to not get used.
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$50,000 is logical. You want to shoot for twice the value of the Big Deal to make the carrot enticing enough.
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$50,000 is logical. You want to shoot for twice the value of the Big Deal to make the carrot enticing enough.
And for the other two slots, I'd suggest maybe $10,000 and $5,000 (or even $5,000 and $2,500). Not as much as the Big Deal, but it softens the blow of losing that prize package. And if you're someone like me who already has a perfectly fine ride, I wouldn't mind the consolation dough...as much. ;-)
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Clever: The Super Deal gameboard is shaped like a horseshoe.
Not so clever: The horseshoe's open end is at the bottom. The superstition is that when a horseshoe is hung with the open end on the bottom, luck runs out.
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Eh. I wouldn't so much nitpick that one. I've never heard that superstition, and I'm guessing the producers haven't either, nor would they even think it makes a difference. Not to say it's not an interesting point, but they can't even bother to set up the Big Deal without halfassing it up, and that's a daily thing. I hardly expect them to shape a horseshoe correctly for a two-week stunt. ;-)
/It does explain the Indianapolis Colts logo though
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I think the horseshoe hanging superstition is pretty commonly known among those who would stumble across horseshoes. This wouldn't, I suppose, include LA producers.
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So apparently the show edits out a deal if someone wins The Big Deal so they have enough time to do the Super Deal. The Big Deal starts about 5 minutes early to accommodate this. Very telling sign if you happen to be paying attention to a clock at the time, or the last twenty minutes of the show.
Note, nothing is exactly wrong with this. I still see the suspense, especially if someone decides to go for it.