10 Responses

1. Andrew

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   May 1st, 2007 at 11:58 am

   UGH! when will someone win $500,000 or something like that? there have been three shows like this, and in one (michael wallace’s game with 50k, 100k and 750k left), the contestant dealt and could have made the 750k, while in the other two (peter shine’s game with 75k, 100k, 400k and 750k, and this), the contestant takes off the top two. at least peter won a case never taken home before. the cases that have been taken home are 5, 10 twice, 50, 200 twice, 500, 750 twice, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, 75,000, and look at the only two big cases that have been taken home: 100,000 in peter shine’s game and 750,000 during that special 6,000,000 game. both boards had an adjacent amount accompanying them. at this rate, the only way someone will risk going for a big one is if there are other big ones around. one of the most annoying things about the show is people taking deals just because their safety net is gone.

   anca toderic is one of the biggest losers.

   the banker offered her $299,000 and then the million, 500k, and 300k fell in succesive rounds.

   at least go for the 50,000 to get the best out of a bad situation!

   but NO, she wants to avoid winning that buck, and says DEAL. the 50,000 was sold down the river for half that.

   why take 25,000 when you could have had 299,000?

   they say “it’s a lot of money, that will really help.”

   i say, “but 299,000 would have helped too! i need the 50,000. NO DEAL!”

2. Brian

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   May 1st, 2007 at 1:01 pm

   I believe the final offer was fair but higher than what I would’ve offered. I would’ve said around $60,000 or $75,000 because the last two cases were 50K and 100K and the final offer is always in between the two final cases and a lot of times if the difference between the two cases are really far it’s easy to figure out. Just take the highest amount left and cut it in half. Boom there’s your final offer. But in this case the difference was 50K so I figured 75K would be fiar because it’s an equal difference from 50K and 100K But whatever I don’t really care unless someone walks away with at least 200K. Of course like other fans out there I’m saying when are they gonna have a damn millionaire. DAMN THIS GAME!!

3. Jamal

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   May 1st, 2007 at 1:34 pm

   I wrote this last night in the previous DoND comment section, but it was about last night’s show so I’ll repost most of it…

   The show last night was excruciating with the former tennis player putting herself through college. She was doing incredibly well, and after 25 minutes there were something like 8 cases left. And then out of the blue the pace of the show slowed down and … they … stretched … her … game …… out …. until …… the …..end ……… of …….. the ……. hour. She made every bad decision possible, with the help of her idiotic family of course. It looked like her sister was wearing a shower curtain and the family’s “deal sense” was no better than the sister’s fashion sense. She had a ton of huge offers including 2 that were above what she said her education would cost. When she turned down the $239,000 offer I wanted her to leave with the $75. Too bad she was lucky enough to score $88,000. She sure didn’t get it with her brain.

   When it was over I said to my girlfriend, “Wow, that was the slowest moving DoND I can ever remember watching. They dragged her out for the whole hour!”

   To which my girlfriend replied, “It was worse than that. She was on last week, too.”

   So this lousy game with an annoying contestant and her moronic family lasted OVER AN HOUR, consumed MORE than an entire show, and she blew it in the end. What part of that am I supposed to enjoy? I don’t get it.

   Worst DoND ever. I feel like NBC just bent me over a barrel and let me have it. After the Brooks Leach reprise next week, I think I’m done with this show.

4. David

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   May 1st, 2007 at 4:15 pm

   I really wanted to like her, especially seeing as I’m a college student myself. She just WOULD NOT SHUT UP about how great she was. Oh, she’s paying for college with loans? So are millions of other students.

   She would’ve been a great contestant with a bit more modesty.

5. Mark David

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   May 1st, 2007 at 4:43 pm

   Some general thoughts:
   1. They will never have a millionaire on this show. Ever.
   2. This girl was annoying and was dressed like a Powerpuff Girl. Oddly enough, Powerpuf Girls are also highly annoying creautres. As the above poster said, she should have exercised more modesty in her game, and the eventual result reflected the lack of modesty that she showed.
   3. She should have taken the $239,000, but like the idiot she was, she passed on it. Bad idea, as she only won a fraction of that in the end. I’d have taken the $239,000 in a heartbeat.

6. Eric

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   May 1st, 2007 at 5:29 pm

   1.Deal Percentages
   @ 6tg($239k)- 78
   Deal Point-111%
   2. 90 seconds a reveal is way too long
   3. If there will be a millionaire NBC will promote the hell out of it to where I won’t even have to DVR it for my mom
   4. There are greedy people on every game show.

7. Scott Glisson

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   May 2nd, 2007 at 8:30 am

   I think Hayley did great and handled herself extremely well considering she’s standing up in front of millions of people with a goofball like Howie asking her stupid questions. And, you morons that think you would take the $239,000 when there’s still 500k and 1m on the board are just that - morons.
   Great job, Hayley!

8. Jeremy

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   May 3rd, 2007 at 8:47 am

   Being a graduate of the same university where Hayley attends, and being there when she started, I can attest to the costs associated with her education.

   DoND doesn’t bring on people who would otherwise just stand there with their hands in their pockets and meekly emit a case number to open. They look for energetic people that can make the show interesting and entertaining. From previous experience, I would venture to guess that they asked her to repeat the part about paying off loans, because it bolsters her case with the audience, making them think she deserves more money. In return, this drags out the show because it has to go to commercial break more often, and you hear the same thing over and over. It also works for folks just tuning in - you see this cute, spunky girl and wonder why she needs to win $1 million. Yes, it got dragged out longer than it should have, but NBC accomplished their goal.

   Hayley is not annoying in real life, and her family is not moronic. Meet a person off-screen, and then form your opinions. Don’t base them on a producer’s way of running a show.

9. Michael

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   May 3rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm

   I have to agree with Jamal (#3) that this show takes…..way…..too…..(wait for my next word…..after this)…………………………(insert needless commercial time to drag the show even longer here)………………………………………………………………………………………………….(After about a 5 minute wait, I’m back)…….long!

   I forget at what point his game actually started, but I would guess that her game was about…..oh…..70 freakin’ minutes!!! Millionaire didn’t even take this long when a contestant won the $1,000,000! (see the episodes (Regis version) of those who won the million and let NBC know how long there game took.) I look back at 1999 when the game shows came back and I see that the pacing of these shows were much, much better than today. If you’ve got GSN, watch millionaire, greed, and 21 (Winning Lines had a structure game though) and see if you can tell how much better paced these shows were than today’s crop of good shows done bad. (DonD, Smarter than a 5th grader…I do not watch that show, and Identity….what’s that?….Identity is done?…….thank you Jesus!) What’s even worse is that Global here in Canada did the exact same pacing on the Canadian version of DoND. Episode 4: A Montreal woman wins over $200,000….60 minutes later! I mean, a whole episode in which at least 1 or 2 more contestants could have played. And the worst part of it is, she has I think $300,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000 still on the board. And yes you are right, the $1 mil was in her case. Terrible. No wonder Dancing with the stars is beating DoND big time.

   I think that the FCC and the CRTC have to start making rules for game shows in terms of how to make the show go faster and when a show can go to a commercial break. I know that we were not complaing about this at the beggining, but I had a feeling that down the road fans would say “enough is enough” Same on you networks. And shame on you NBC for making 1 vs. 100 go faster but not your other game shows. I am at a point where I just might watch shows that are shown before 8 p.m. EST. At least they are done right.

   As for the top prize on DoND, the top prize should be increased by at least $10,000 per contestant but the other 25 should be left alone and the contestant should have the option to play the game alone or with some support. That would make for a better game.

   Enough said.

   Peace!

10. Jamal

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    May 3rd, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    All we have to judge someone by on TV is their appearance, so it’s very possible Haley Trucker could be a very nice person. Her family didn’t help her out any, though, that’s for sure. Her mother was telling her to keep going long after the odds turned against her, her shower-curtain-wearing sister didn’t say too much, her father was OK, and even Howie was making fun of her brother. Awesome, dude! That was funny.

    And as far as calling a pharmacist “Doctor”, that’s like calling a chiropractor “Doctor”. More for the ego than anything else. Oooh, look at me! I’m a doctor! LOL. OK, sure you are.