Deal or No Deal: Difference between revisions

{{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 [[Schrodingers Cat|Schrödinger's Cat]]: a sum that exists in a [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|theoretical superposition, being both substantial and meager until I open and observe it, thereby assigning it a quantifiable value in the physical universe]]."''|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]'''}}

On the NBC version, host [[Bobby's World|Howie Mandel]] asked a contestant to choose one of 26 numbered briefcases held by identically-dressed [[Fan Service|sex objec]]-er, models. Each briefcase contained a different amount of money from 1¢ to $1,000,000. The game proceeded as the contestant chose to see the contents of the other briefcases. By process of elimination, the contestant guessed how much money his or her briefcase contained. As briefcases were eliminated, the [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|Banker]] made offers for the contestant's case (more or less the arithmetic mean of the amounts still on the board by the end of the game, less than that early on). Ultimately, the player had to choose between one of the deals offered by the Banker and the value of the case chosen at the beginning. The contestant's time on the show ended when a deal was made, or the contestant stuck it out to the end; in the event a deal was taken, the other cases were opened to see whether the deal made was a good one. Occasional special episodes increased the maximum prize to $2,000,000 or more.