President George Bush to Appear on “Deal or No Deal”

18 Apr

Posted by Alex Davis as Deal or No Deal, NBC

I was at a party on Wednesday and not feeling too well on Thursday. I took some NyQuil to hopefully feel better and I thought it was working. I realized it wasn’t working as well as it should when I saw that the current president, George W. Bush, is going to make a taped appearance on NBC’s Deal or No Deal. He’ll show up when army transport officer Captain Joseph Kobes plays for $1,000,000 which may pay for five gallons of gas by the time his show airs on Monday. An ABC report about this is stating that the president will be sending him good luck on the show. If the Captain gets the same good luck from Bush that we got the past few years, he’s screwed.

According to the ABC news report, President Bush has taped the video thanking Kobes for his service in Iraq and wishing him good luck on the program that offers the potential to win $1 million if he chooses the correct briefcase. The video clip will be shown on the show on Monday night. The show’s producers had contacted the White House to let them know that Kobes thought of Bush as “one of his heroes.”

20 Responses

Michael N
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April 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Even if I don’t agree on most of his issues, I have to make an interesting point that the movie ‘American Dreamz’ is sort of similar to what is going to happen when it gets shown, without him actually being there for longer.

I would expect other comments flowing here that will simply name call the president and nothing else. I do respect what the contestant said about Bush and I wouldn’t mind if he was gonna appear as a guest judge on American Idol.
Adam
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April 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Just when I thought DOND couldn’t get any worse.
dropzone5
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April 18th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Funny…I just saw this same thing on MSN.com. Just the thing DoND needs to turn off more viewers.

Link, if anyone’s interested: http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=310164&GT1=7703
Marc Power
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April 18th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

next week, the pope makes a surprise appearance on Duel.
Mark
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April 18th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

I am so tired of the Bush bashing. Does anyone really think they’re making a huge stand anymore by criticizing the president? Look, I’m not a Bush fan but the continued pounding of him and insults are just pointless now. I kind of look at Bush bashers these days as liberal sycophants who can’t speak for themselves anymore.
Kevin G.
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April 19th, 2008 at 12:16 am

I’m just gonna step right past the off-topic political editorializing, both in news post and comments…

How is this any different from Celine Dion making an appearance? Just another “let’s trot out the celebrity” show in the 3-ring Circus Tent that is Deal or No Deal.
David Michael
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April 19th, 2008 at 5:38 am

Why is this any different than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama appearing on David Letterman?

Or Mrs. McCain appearing on the “View” on Monday???

They are major politicians and are trying to get votes for their “party”, and their is more than ONE party.

This is NOT “political” Buzzer-Blog, and if you want to whine and moan about one specific party, please do so elsewhere….
Mike
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April 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am

Wow. Who died and made you a moderator, David? You make one post here and you think you’re king of the castle…

Sometimes delving into politics is the natural discourse of conversation on message boards. As long as it doesn’t get into “All Democrats should die!” or turning the topic into a war zone over politics, it’s fine.
Mark
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April 19th, 2008 at 10:51 am

As someone who has ripped on Buzzer for going off-topic in the past, I have to stand behind Mike. It’s not like we’re going all political on a news post about The Price is Right or something. This topic screams politics, which makes it fair game for discussion here. Just in the same way that we can discuss our personal feelings about Drew Carey or Mike Greenberg in appropriate news posts, I think it is absolutely relevant to discuss personal feelings about George Bush in a news item that links him to a game show.
Alex Davis
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April 19th, 2008 at 10:57 am

First off, to Mark, yes I can speak for myself far beyond bashing Bush so I really didn’t care for that assessment at all.

And honestly, as long as it has some remote connection to game shows, I’ll write about what I want. It’s a blog. I fully wrote this knowing I was going to get back lash and hell from people, and I’m fine with that. It makes for fun conversations. Sometimes getting a bit deeper into topics than minutiae such as which Family Feud host had the best music cues is nice and good. Plus it happens so rarely who gives that big of a shit.
Jordan Hass
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April 19th, 2008 at 11:26 am

Like him or not, you still have to admit, having THE PRESIDENT of the United States on Deal or No Deal is very cool. I don’t remember Bill Clinton showing up on a Game Show, nor Bush Senior.

So this could be considered another event in Politics on Game Shows.

The Banker needs to make some tough offers.
Ryan
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April 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am

Well, Alex…you’re wrong and your comments about Bush are quite ridiculous…but hey, it’s your blog, you get to say what you want, right? After all you DO have freedom of speech in this country…ha ha ha ha…

Anyways, looking forward to Mr. President Bush on DoND. it’s great he’s taking time out of schedule to have some fun and supporting a contestant’s efforts. I’ll be watching and looking forward to his appearance…AND…for demos and libs to get P-O’d about this whole thing… 8-)
Chris Parsley
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April 20th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

he can have his say, at least until a dem does win (bye bye freedoms :) )

Ok, j/k, but I’ll tune back in for that one ep of DonD, ought to be decent watchin fare.
Neville
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April 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

So, I just got back from a vacation (actually, the one I won on Merv Griffin’s Crosswords!) and I met a nice British family on a shuttle into St. John’s, Antigua. They were going on and on about how much they loved the US DoND compared to theirs, as we have all the flashy lights, more money, models, and so forth. I couldn’t believe this! I think there’s a serious case of greener-grass-itis going on here.
Mark
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April 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am

Alex, just so you know, my comment was not directed to you at all. It was to the people who gave pointless “I hate Bush” remarks.
B-W
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April 21st, 2008 at 11:00 am

Without “bashing,” I still wonder a bit at NBC’s extra publicity at Bush’s appearance. Last I was told, he was wildly unpopular.

But, as has been said, perhaps the “coolness” of having the POTUS appear is itself a draw….
EWG Gestalt
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April 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm

Actually, I don’t recall seeing any ads for Deal or No Deal this week–so I don’t know how much (if any) they pimped this.

But, yeah, I don’t think it’s the best strategy for pumping up ratings. However, it doesn’t surprise me that he’d make a “taped” appearance, as he stopped talking to anything but hand-picked “friendly” audiences a couple of years ago.

And, as it turns out, the contestant didn’t too well–he only got about $26K, and would have squandered it if his friends hadn’t stopped him.
MrQuiz
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April 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am

First of all, it’s too bad so many of you weren’t around when Richard Nixon (while running for Prez in ‘68) appeared on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” (a very, very popular show of its day; topical comedy was among its strong suits), and withoput blinking, looked staright into the camera, and as stone-faced as he could get, said, “sock it to me!” - a catchprase of both the show, and the era.

Jimmy Carter, a virtual unknown to nearly the rest of the country, was a contestant on the ’70s version of WHAT’S MY LINE? His line? Governor of Georgia!

As for Dubya appearing on DOND…I think I’ve finally found a reason to watch COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN instead.

Bush, the “Boy Wonder” may be a lame duck, but he’s never going to be exempt from being lit into, for what he’s done while in office. But, don’t take my word for it; history will (likely as not) see to that!

But, what’s really sad, is Howie (a Canadian), was sucking up to that war hero as if HE were from Podunk, USA. And the poor guy could only take the show for what, $70,000-plus? (he deserved at least TRIPLE that!)
DB25
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April 23rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm

I think it was a really bad idea to put Bush on DOND. First of all, he’s got really low approval ratings so most people don’t like him. If you are looking for high ratings, why would you put someone on there that most people do not care for? It doesn’t make sense to me. Whoever came up with that great idea on that show got exactly what they deserved - crappy ratings.
Ms Alice
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April 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 pm

Just when I thought DOND couldn’t arrive with a more tasteless venue. Bad enough middle class Americans with a brain aren’t permitted on the show, or middle aged persons whom are thought of as wasted talents when there are so many deserving twenty year olds to choose from - now, there is the Prez of the U.S., who also disdains middle class Americans and the middle aged, to consign his time to DOND for publicity sake for whom? Too bad I missed the show. One less program to aggravate me. Hate mail accepted. Funny mail welcomed. Mail in agreement - just keep them coming.