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Deal or No Deal is just stupid, there is absolutely no skill involved. It is just simple propability and risk. Are you willing to gamble on your chances of getting a higher value from your box than what the banker is offering based upon what values you know are left? Simple as that.

The US version may be different, but in the UK they spend ages deciding which box they're gonna open as if it makes any difference at all! They could go left to right and it wouldn't matter since the boxes are supposedly random. They also seem to make decisions based upon who is holding each box, as if they chose the value inside or have any ability to affect the contents. Then once a box has been chosen they spend ages pontificating about how it ended up being good for them or bad as if there next selection could be improved in some fashion - which it can't since the boxes are random!

What also annoys me is that the list the values on the screen with so called low values on the left and high values on the right then call of each removed value as good or bad. Now ultimately the aim is to come away with as high an amount as you can, but in reality the remaining values can only be considered good or bad in relation to what the banker is offering.

Basically, there is about 5 minutes of show without the padding and that would just be people opening boxes.

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my parents love this show, i mean, its nothing special, but if your bored and looking for a little amusment, its fine. were not all freakin' critics, a show doesnt have to be perfect, thought this show is far from it. overall, a somewhat decent show, you dont hvae to watch it.

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I've only seen one episode of Deal or No Deal, and that was enough. Really. I respect Howie Mandel's ability to work the crowd and increase the tension, and the show itself is a great example of how with enough drama you can make dumb luck feel like skill, but other than that, it's worthless. The contestants delude themselves into thinking they've got a strategy, when really you'd be better off at a craps table.

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I faithfully watched the first couple weeks of the show, but the contestants have become increasingly annoying and Howie no longer fresh and new. I don't watch any more. I'd rather read the newspaper, a second time.

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I have watched the show from the beginning and have really enjoyed it from. I can understand why they do it because Iam not a gambler but when is somebody go to the end, you know they will stop right before then.you get built up for a letdown.

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I agree with you. I watched it last night and was cringing at the utter stupidity of it all. We should start a Deal or No Deal boycott!

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They are all greedy. Show is annoying now

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I agree with Tara. This show is stupid. WHERE IS THERE ANY ACTUAL SKILL? They should try a version similar to the old CONCENTRATION.

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THIS SHOW IS STARTING TO GET ANNOYING....HOWIE (A NICE GUY) REALLY HAS TO SPEED THINGS UP. I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO DELAY,FOR EFFECT BUT ITS BECOMING MORE OF AN ANNOYAANCE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I PREDICT THAT THIS SHOW WILL COLLAPSE WITHIN 4-6 MONTHS IF CHANGES ARE NOT MADE TO IT .....

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The ad for that episode was a dumb move because it did show that she gets pretty far. So i just skipped the first 20 minutes but it did ruin the drama part of a game show.

Now question is if they get a Million dollar winner will they ruin it like ABC did with "Who Want to be a Millionaire" and blab it all over the news the day of the episode.

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Someone, somewhere, will piece together nothing but the last ten seconds (or less) of every Deal Or No Deal, put it to music, load it to YouTube and it will look like genius.

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I too watched the original couple of weeks cuz I'm a nut about game shows, especially in primetime. But the surprise appearances of family that "couldn't be here" and the "stragety" talk with the friends and family that are there not to mention just the dragging out of the game just got to me. Recently, I've caught commericals of Howie driving out in tractors and monkeys walking in for some reason. Wow, I'm glad I stopped watching.

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I don't understand why anyone watches this show. Maybe it's just because I dislike Howie Mandel, or I don't care about a bunch of women in dresses, but it's no more exciting than watching someone flip a coin twenty times. Having a lot of excited screaming, flashing lights and sparkly things does not change the premise.

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I have a solution.

DON'T WATCH!!!

simple isn't it.

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Who decided that this show needed to be on the air? Did a television executive suddenly decide that Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was just way too cerebral? I've seen mini-games on The Price Is Right that had more depth than Deal or No Deal... and that includes Superball and Plinko!.

JR

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I watch it for the agony.

You should have seen the 11/27 show -- my god, what an example of pathologically irresponsible behavior, a beautiful demonstration of the inability of the contestant to make the right decision, of how his adherence to the image in his head overrides his perception of reality. What an amazing display - it should be shown to every psychology class.

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