Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal

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The central game of Deal or No Deal involves a contestant, a banker, and a host/presenter who emcees the game. The game revolves around the opening of a set of numbered briefcases (or boxes), each of which contains a different prize (cash or otherwise). The contents of all of the briefcases are known at the start of the game, but the specific location of any prize is unknown. The value of each of the boxes or briefcases is indicated by a label or card sealed within it. The contestant claims (or is assigned) a briefcase to begin the game. The case's value is not revealed until the conclusion of the game. The contestant then begins choosing cases to be removed from play. The amount inside each choice is immediately revealed; by process of elimination, the amount revealed cannot be inside the player's chosen case. Throughout the game, after a predetermined number of cases have been opened, the banker offers the contestant an amount of money and/or prizes to quit the game, the offer based roughly on the amounts remaining in play and the contestant's demeanor. The player then answers the titular question, choosing: "Deal", accepting the offer presented and ending the game, or "No Deal", rejecting the offer and continuing the game. This process of removing cases and receiving offers continues, until either the player accepts an offer to 'deal', or all offers have been rejected and the values of all unselected cases are revealed. The player wins the value of the deal taken, or if no deal is taken, the contents of the player's case. Should a player end the game by taking a deal, a pseudo-game is continued from that point to see how much the player could have won by remaining in the game. Depending on subsequent choices and offers, it is determined whether or not the contestant made a "good deal", i.e. won more than if the game were allowed to continue.

Pop Culture Connections - Incoming

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How I Met Your Mother:
Season:  2  / Episode:  8 
Atlantic City

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
The name of Barney's complicated Chinese game, when translated to English, is Deal or No Deal. Deal or No Deal is a game show and, like the game Barney plays, involved contestants randomly guessing which attractive woman holds the item that will make them win the game.

30 Rock:
Season:  3  / Episode:  2 
Believe in the Stars

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
Jack tries to make a deal with Olympic athlete Tyler Brody a deal to keep quiet about the tetherball scandal, offering him a chance to host Deal or No Deal from the privacy of his own home.

Orange is the New Black:
Season:  5  / Episode:  7 
Full Bush, Half Snickers

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Parks and Recreation:
Season:  6  / Episode:  17 
Galentine's Day

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal

Fargo:
Season:  1  / Episode:  10 
Morton's Fork

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
Gus, Molly and Greta are watching 'Deal or No Deal' on TV at both the beginning and end of the episode.

Parks and Recreation:
Season:  2  / Episode:  8 
Ron and Tammy

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
Ann says that the only job Andy had while she was dating him, was making audition tapes for 'Survivor' and 'Deal or No Deal'.

30 Rock:
Season:  2  / Episode:  1 
SeinfeldVision

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
Jack has been using Jerry Seinfeld's image without Seinfeld's permission. Jack is digitally inserting Seinfeld into various NBC shows, one of the shows being 'Deal or No Deal'.

30 Rock:
Season:  1  / Episode:  14 
The C Word

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
In the writers meeting, the guys are trying to come up with sketch ideas about Hobos. One of the ideas is a sketch called 'Deal or No Hobo', a parody of the game show 'Deal or No Deal'.

The Middle:
Season:  4  / Episode:  7 
The Safe

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
After taking their garage sale treasure to a pawn shop, Sue and Brick discuss the deal they've gotten from the store owner. Sue is worried about giving up the $40 offer in exchange for a better offer, citing the show 'Deal or No Deal' as a reference for how badly the deal could end up for them.

Weeds:
Season:  4  / Episode:  4 
The Three Coolers

This Television Episode refers to Deal or No Deal
Guillermo tells Nancy to choose one of the two coolers sitting on the table, telling her it's just like the show 'Deal or No Deal'.

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