24 Jan
Posted by Alex Davis as Deal or No Deal, Host, NBC
According to NBC documents, on Monday, February 5th at 8PM ET, NBC will be visited via the video monitor by the Italian “Deal or No Deal” host Flavio Insinna. The contestant is Giuseppe Iannello, and I have no idea why they brought the host on beyond the obvious Italian connection, but it’s pretty cool I must say. I’ve always thought it would be really cool and/or interesting if we switched hosts with the UK’s Noel Edmonds or Australia’s Andrew O’Keefe. There is one more surprise on “Deal or No Deal”, and that’s for tonight’s episode. We won’t spoil it directly because we might break down with fear and disgust, but it involves a horrible horrible boy band visiting the set. We’re sorry you have to see it too. But hey, at least our Banker is finally getting the idea of being mean in both an emotional and financial sense. He’s been getting rather stingy on some offers recently, which is welcomed wholeheartedly.
5 Responses
Mre
1January 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Actually, the boy band, Hanson, was announced monday, and I do agree. Disgusting
Jordan S.
2January 24th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I hope there was someone who thought of this exchange:
“If you could have any woman in the world, who would it be?”
“Taylor Hanson.”
“…. Taylor Hanson’s a guy.”
“…. you guys are yankin’ me. Hey, let’s put one over on old Quagmire.”
“No, he’s actually a guy, Quagmire.”
“What? That’s insane. That’s impossible. … Oh God. Oh my God. I’ve got all those magazines. Oh God.”
To their benefit, I was pleasantly surprised to see they’d grown up a bit from their heyday in the 90s. I honestly didn’t think anyone didn’t care about them anymore - but it seemed to work for tonight’s contestant who profited from the generosity of the Banker IMO.
Alex Davis
3January 24th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Little explanation about me not saying Hanson. I didn’t watch on Monday, I just saw pictures from NBC press. My mistake, sorry.
I do welcome open criticism as long as it’s thought out and not petty, as people like Jack have been doing.
I was a bit shocked too, they’ve turned into decent young men. The Banker was far too generous near the end, and he got bit in the end by it. But wow, did she have awful luck? It’s strange that she played the perfect game, so good for her.
KP
4January 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Dear hell I hope the presence of the Italian host is the only thing they carry over. If the Banker knows where the money is - as he does in Italy - that’s the death of the show surely? (I’d fervently hope so, anyway.)
And if last night’s game was an ugly one, it’s quite normal for the offers to be above the mean at the end. That was how the Dutch formula was set up, people still No Deal them a lot of the time, and as far as I’m aware both the formula and the loss-chasing tendency has made it to the US show.
I believe that you have to exploit the one-case-to-open finish to provide at least one very difficult decision in every game. By slowly building the offers up and up (in terms of generosity anyway) that’s precisely what you’re doing - the tipping point will vary depending upon the player and the board, and frankly that’s as it should be IMHO.
I’m not surprised they’re decent young men, btw. I heard one of their comeback singles on the radio last year or the year before (yes, here in England) and quite liked it…
Adam
5February 1st, 2007 at 8:37 pm
yo that italian ur talking about is my father and i was on that show and it was the craziest time ever and you all wish that u were on it too.
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