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{{quote|''"Ladies, please..."''|'''Howie Mandel'''}}
{{quote|''"We've had game shows based on card games. We've had game shows based on pub quizzes. But never have we had a game show based on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Until now... In other words, my suitcase contains the financial equivalent of [[
Popular [[Game Show]], from a Dutch format. The original version debuted in 2000. The American version achieved near-instant popularity after its debut on [[NBC]] in December 2005, while other versions — which some have compared to the Geoff Edwards versions of ''[[Treasure Hunt US|Treasure Hunt]]'' — air pretty much everywhere.
On the NBC version, host [[
Unfortunately, to make up for the variable length of each game, the NBC version employed [[Padding]]. Lots and lots of [[Padding]]. The hour-long ''Deal'' was put out of its misery on May 18, 2009.
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Banker.
* [[Filler]]: The NBC run had two-hour episodes during sweeps consisting of '''one game''' with so much filler (celebrity cameos, gimmick-deals the contestant would never take, lengthened pauses, even field pieces!) that it was obviously done to keep NBC from airing a bomb drama or sitcom. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|They ended up airing a bomb game show, instead.]]
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called ''[[Set for Life]]'' in Summer 2007. It was terrible and got canned after seven episodes.
** Some casinos use their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Banker rarely appears on-screen in any version.
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[[Category:Deal or No Deal]]
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