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Monty Hall was the producer and host ("TV's Big Dealer") of this long-running trading [[Game Show]], which is best known for the zany costumes worn by audience members. Many of them also carried hand-lettered signs.
The show originally ran on [[NBC]] daytime and primetime from 1963-68 before [[Channel Hop|Channel Hopping]] to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], where it lasted until 1976. [[Syndication|Syndicated]] runs aired from 1971-77, 1980-81 (taped in Canada), and 1984-86 (as ''The All-New Let's Make A Deal''). The show went back to NBC from 1990-91 with Bob Hilton hosting, but after miserable ratings, Hall unsuccessfully came back. Another revival in 2003, '''again''' on NBC with Billy Bush at the helm, lasted three episodes; this version is deprecated by most of the fandom, and a 2006 one-off for ''Gameshow Marathon'' (hosted by Ricki Lake) didn't help matters. The current incarnation, begun in late 2009, replaced ''[[Guiding Light]]'' on [[CBS]]. This version is an hour long and hosted by Wayne Brady; while nobody can take the place of TV's Big Dealer, the Brady version has been pretty well-received. Hall even returned as a guest for a week and gave his blessing.
Everyone in the [[Studio Audience]] brought something to trade for a prize. In the most basic deals, Hall chose one or two people at random and showed them a prize, with assistance from model Carol Merrill and announcer Jay Stewart. The contestant(s) then had to decide whether to take the known prize or go for a different prize, which was hidden. The hidden prize could be something good, like a new car or a room full of furniture, or it could be a [[Zonk]]. While most deals were a (sometimes elaborate) variant of this, some deals involved pricing various household goods, usually with a car on the line. Even then, Monty would stop the game before revealing whether the final choice was correct and offer the contestant a [[Mystery Box|hidden prize]] to stop the game there.
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This show is the basis for a probability puzzle known as the "[[Monty Hall Problem]]", and the style of [[Tabletop Games|role-playing campaign]] derisively known as the "[[Monty Haul]] dungeon" (sic).
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* [[Bonus Round]]: The Big Deal, though it requires a prospective dealer giving up their previous deal to play. Two people were required to play until the current run, where it has been decreased to one person.
** In the 1975-76 season and for two weeks in 2012, the Super Deal was added after the Big Deal. The risk was that whoever won the Big Deal could trade it in for one of three doors (Hall) or envelopes (Brady). One contained a large sum of cash ($20,000 originally, $50,000 in 2012) and also returned the Big Deal to that contestant.
** The two cothers ontained small cash prizes that changed over time: the 1970s version (in an era where the Big Deal generally hovered between $8,000-$10,000), it started out as $1,000 and $2,000 before changing to two $2,000 and finally $2,000 and an amount ranging between that and $10,000. The 2012 version (in an era where the Big Deal generally hovers between $20,000-$40,000) used the original consolations, which was clearly done to be cheap.
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* [[Consolation Prize]]: On the Wayne Brady version, Wayne may sometimes give a contestant who got a [[Zonk]] a small amount of money (usually $100) as consolation, although Wayne may make the contestant do something to earn it, such as dancing or singing. This was also present in the Hall eras, but typically not on-air (after each show, those who got a Zonk were instead offered some cash or a nice prize; several actually kept their Zonks, which Hatos-Hall had to honor).
* [[Home Game]]: Several, including an electronic version which Hall himself promoted. There was also a 900-number game in the late 1980s that was advertised by Monty in an infomercial that featured clips of classic deals made on the show.
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* [[Whammy]]: In certain games, a [[Zonk]] symbol acts more like this.
* [[Zonk]]: [[Trope Namer]], aka the booby prizes. [[I Thought You Meant|No, not]] ''[[Fan Service|those]]'' [[Gag Boobs|booby]] [[Fan Service|prizes]]...
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Many.
** ''[[Sanford and Son]]'': The 1975 episode "Masquerade Party" has Fred and his cronies dressing in costumes and appearing on a ''Deal''-type show, "Wheel and Deal". The host's name is Harry Monty (John Barbour), and trading deals are very similar to the real show.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Who wants to make a deal?", "It's a(n) (''unappealing item'')!"
* [[Crossover]]: [[The Price Is Right|Drew Carey]] appeared on the Brady version to make a deal with a contestant. Amusingly, Drew came out to the 1972 rendition of the ''Price'' theme, not the 2007 arrangement.
* [[A Day in
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Foreign Remake]]: The Latin American ''Trato Hecho''.
* [[Guest Host]]: Dennis James and Geoff Edwards both filled in for Monty on separate occasions, the latter on both the original series and ''All-New''.
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* [[Monty Hall Problem]]: [[Trope Namer]], sort of.
* [[Obvious Beta]]: The May 25, 1963 pilot. No costumes, a Zonk in the Big Deal, and a ''really'' sexist sales pitch preceding the show.
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* [[Opening Narration]]: "These people, dressed as they are, come from all over the United States to make deals. Here in the marketplace of America, ''[[Title Scream|Let's! Make! A Deal!]]''"
* [[Piggy Bank]]: In the 1984-86 run, the Big Deal had "Monty's Piggy Bank" as well as "Monty's Cookie Jar" and the "''LMAD'' Claim Check". If any of these three was behind the doors, the prize was cash ranging from a few hundred (if shown first), $2,000-$4,000 (if shown second), and in a few rare instances '''was''' the Big Deal (if it was below $10,000).
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* [[Porn Stache]]: Both Brian Cummings and Dean Goss sported these.
* [[Product Displacement]]: They seemed to make a [[Stealth Pun|big deal]] on the Brady version about covering up brand names, sports logos, and the like on contestants' costumes...but averted it with some of the "damaged goods" Zonks (a smashed Mitsubishi TV, a pile of defaced Eveready batteries, and a wrecked Pontiac Trans Sport minivan ''with the badging intact'' come to mind). Exactly ''what'' are they trying to say?
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: The 1980-81 version used several songs by [[wikipedia:MFSB|MFSB]], the group best known for the ''[[
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The theme of the 1980-81 version started out with a re-recording of [[Ear Worm|the original theme tune]] before going into a whole new melody, as did the 1984-86 theme. The theme to [[Follow the Leader|every revival since]] (including the current one) seem to take after the '84 theme.
* [[Running Gag]]: In the Brady version, one of the games that pops up occasionally is a lotto-like scratch off game where the contestant can win something if he or she matches a pair of symbols; two cars gets a car, two Wayne Bradys gets a few thousand dollars, two Tiffanys gets a slightly lesser cash prize, and matching two Jonathans gets the lowest cash prize in an odd amount, like $79.95, to which Jonathan always acts offended that he is considered a low tier prize.
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