Deal or No Deal Returns (NBC)
Comments(7) The rules are simple. Choose a briefcase. Then as each round progresses, you must either stay with your original briefcase choice or make a “deal” with the bank to accept its cash offer in exchange for whatever dollar amount is in your chosen case.
Once you decide to accept or decline the bank’s offer, the decision is final.
Contestants are encouraged to ask friends or family in the audience for advice; however, only the contestant’s answer will be considered binding and final.
[Yes! My favorite game show is back on NBC this week. I do not consider myself a game show fanatic or anything, but I love Deal or No Deal, which trumps Who Wants to Be A Millionaire in my book. I highly recommend watching this absolutely unique game show. Hosted by Howie Mandell. BK]
category: Life, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television
Well, it’s baseball for me! I love baseball. It is second to none. I think the images of violence in superhero comics and movies are really beautiful, and just now, watching the trailer for “Ultraviolet” (video game adaptation?), I figured out why. It’s because I think the human body in action is so beautiful. It’s the same reason I love NFL films, and trust me, I *love* NFL films. And to see those pitches thrown, those batters in action, those astonishing catches in the outfield or at short stop, is to look at sublime beauty. I’m tired, and I’m probably not as clear as I’d like to be. But hey, sometimes we reach out anyway!
Sorry Bobby, but I can’t jump on the Deal bandwagon. A gameshow needs to have some aspect of audience participation. I need to be able to watch and have my participation in the show instantly gratified. I don’t want to wait 30 minutes to see if I picked the right numbers. I imagine it’d be as fun as watching blackjack, which I imagine wouldn’t be very much fun. I mean, you watch the Price is Right, and you get to play along. You get to guess the prices, and then Bob tells you the price, and you feel smart for knowing the price and all that shopping finally pays off. Spinning the big wheel is the only part you just have to sit back and watch. Now, if there were some clues you had to watch for, or if the game were based on some sort of Kaballistic secret, I’d be there with bells.
Interesting, Bob! I believe that audiences are participating in Deal or No Deal, but on a numbers level. Whenever I watch the show, I find myself able to root for the contestant, but I also think it is hilarious when big amounts are taken off of the board. I believe something rhetorical is happening in the show, with the Banker and his offers, but also with Howie Mandell and his connection with the contestants when he recaps the situation for them. The show also masters the art of going to commercial and that often generates a let-down for me, but I am willing to sit through the commercials to learn the outcome.
Bobby, I blame you for the hour and 20 minutes we spent watching “Deal or No Deal” last night! It took so long because we have TiVo and we kept pausing it to talk about it. So, we saw the contestant who took the banker all the way to two remaining suitcases, and she only walked away with $5.00. Cheryl was her name, maybe. And her church choir came with her. She was the best contestant I’ve ever seen on a game show. It really was a blast!
Beth, All riiiiiiiiiight! I watched it that night and remember thinking Cheryl walking away with $5 is sad, but also hilarious because she is the second contestant I have seen “lose” to the Banker. Remember, tomorrow night the top prize goes up to $2.5 million and then on Friday, it goes up again to $3 million.