History Trivia / LetsMakeADeal

*** One individual on YouTube named Sdrawkcab says there's a possibility the season 2 tapes don't exist anymore because The Family Channel messed up the season 2 masters when they hacked them down to fit in their playbreaks, thus the show wouldn't fit in a normal time window.

*** One YouTuber named Sdrawkcab says there's a possibility the season 2 tapes don't exist anymore because The Family Channel messed up the season 2 masters when they hacked them down to fit in their playbreaks, thus the show wouldn't fit in a normal time window.

** The 1969-71 ABC primetime version has four episodes known to circulate: three from 1970 which were put into the package for the first syndicated season (and hence aired by GSN and Buzzr), and the 1969 debut (aired by Buzzr as part of a special "Lost and Found" week in September 2015).

* MilestoneCelebration: The show celebrated its 50th Anniversary (albeit months ahead of the actual anniversary on 12/30/13, and slightly ahead of the anniversary of the pilot's recording on 5/25/13) with a two-week stretch between February 18-March 3, 2013 with deals integrating elements from the 1963-77 run, the return of the $50,000 Super Deal, and the March 1 show featured a deal done by Monty and Carol Merrill.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: For the most part, the animals -- many of them came from local zoos -- cooperated well with Monty, the models and announcers, and others who worked with them. But there were times where someone listening real close could immediately sense a zonk was hiding behind the curtain, just by hearing a honk, growl, bark, etc. At least once, a bear was behind one of the curtains and he decided to growl real loud ... just as a trader was making up her mind; she immediately took the cash buyout that Hall had offered her.

** The 1990s version was originally hosted by Bob Hilton. Hall replaced him as "guest host", with the intention of eventually doing a series of on-air auditions, then picking one of the candidates to host the show on a permanent basis. NBC had other plans (namely, ''Series/WheelOfFortune''), and canned the show outright.

** The 2003 run had an unproven host in Billy Bush and several skits that smacked too hard of trying to be "hip" and "modern". Then, on the last aired episode, a one-deal appearance by the Big Dealer himself made Bush look like a total imbecile. [[note]](Nothing against Bush or any other host, though — Hall is just '''that good''' at making a ''very'' complicated job look easy.)[[/note]]

** [[https://sb2tlopg.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/interview-with-dean-goss/ According to Goss himself]], he had beat out ''Creator/PhilHartman'' for the announcer/sidekick role, and the reason season 3 didn't happen was because Telepictures thought it'd be too hard of a sell without Monty.
** When Monty Hall originally approached [[Creator/{{Lorimar}} Telepictures]] about doing a show for them, he originally wanted to do a ''talk show'', but when Telepictures realized they had ''Monty Hall'' working for them, they just decided to revive ''Deal''- not that Monty minded.

** Gordon Elliott hosted a pilot for the 1998-99 season produced by Buena Vista TV (Creator/{{Disney}}) that appeared to stay closer to the traditional format, but it was never picked up in full- possibly because of the fear of a repeat of ''Big Deal'' (the fact that [[Series/ShopTilYouDrop Stone-Stanley Entertainment]], which co-produced ''Big Deal'' also co-produced that pilot probably didn't help matters).

* InMemoriam: Wayne Brady gives out his tribute to the original host Creator/MontyHall

** The 1968-76 ABC daytime series has a few episodes around: three episodes from 1969, a master copy of a 1974 show (posted by a relative of one of the contestants), and an audio recording of the 1976 finale.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Several 1980s episodes recycled part of the 70s theme to another Hatos-Hall series, ''Series/SplitSecond'', mainly for cars.

** The 1984-86 version has been rerun on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and GSN, although the latter never aired any Season 2 episodes. Buzzr has started to run the show beginning on June 1, 2016.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Several 1980s episodes recycled part of the 70s theme to the above mentioned ''Split Second'', mainly for cars.

** The 1984-86 version has been rerun on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and GSN, although the latter has never aired any Season 2 episodes. Clips have also appeared in various Buzzr promos, although the network has yet to air any episodes of it.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Averted with Monty Hall, as this is pretty much the only thing he's known for. While the man did host several other games (''It's Anybody's Guess'', the 1979-80 ''Series/BeatTheClock'', the 1986-87 ''Series/SplitSecond'' (his company produced the 70s version), and various unsold pilots), none were nearly as prolific.
** Dennis James would later become famous for a nighttime syndicated version of ''Price'', which was both his longest-running game and his last. Despite this. the effect it had on the show's popularity, and the fact that it was in development months before Creator/{{CBS}} became interested, James' ''Price'' has become rather obscure.
** Geoff Edwards hosted the Creator/ChuckBarris versions of ''[[Series/TreasureHuntUS Treasure Hunt]]'', as well as ''Series/{{Starcade}}'', which helped turn him into a video game fan.
** Bob Hilton was being considered to replace Johnny Olson on ''Price'', but turned down that opportunity to host two pilots. [[note]](''Fun For The Money'' and ''Bamboozle'', the latter of which was an {{Expy}} of ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' to the point where Creator/MarkGoodson slapped Creator/ChuckBarris with a lawsuit.)[[/note]] He also announced a bunch of short-lived games, including the Cullen run of ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' and ''[[Series/StrikeItLucky Strike It Rich]]'' (oddly enough, both shows went on to become huge successes in the UK).
** Mark [=DeCarlo=] is a noted actor and game show contestant, having won the lot on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985, hosted the Fox-produced dating game show ''Studs'' in the early 90s, and would later voice [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Hugh Neutron]] (really).
** Billy Bush is the host of ''Access Hollywood'' and a cousin of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.
** Ricki Lake had a self-titled talk show.
** Wayne Brady is best known as a regular on the American ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', which was hosted by Drew Carey (who currently hosts ''Price'').
* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of the announcers.
** Wendell Niles, announcer from 1963-64, had a career dating back to 1930s radio (''The Milton Berle Show'').
** Jay Stewart had a career dating back to the golden age of radio (''It Pays To Be Married''), and was the first host of KTLA's ''Series/ByTheNumbers''. ''Deal'' was his first announcing role, and he would later announce games such as ''Series/TicTacDough'', ''Series/TheJokersWild'', ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'', and ''Series/{{Scrabble}}''.
** Voice actor Creator/BrianCummings ([[WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles Bumblelion]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSnorks Dimmy Finster]], [[Literature/TheBerenstainBears Papa Bear]]) was the announcer for the 1984-85 season.
** Disc jockey Dean Goss, in his first announcing role, replaced Cummings for the 1985-86 season and would later go on to announce a handful of other games, including the Wink Martindale version of ''Series/HighRollers''.
** Dean Miuccio, also known mainly as a disc jockey, announced the 1990 version. He was later heard on [[Creator/ABCFamily Family Channel]]'s ''Series/ThatsMyDog''.
** Vance [=DeGeneres=], correspondent on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and older brother of comedienne Creator/EllenDeGeneres, announced the 2003 version.
** Rich Fields was announcer on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' from 2004-10.
** Jonathan Mangum, a cast member on Wayne Brady's self-titled show, is the current announcer.

** The 1984-86 version has been rerun on FAM and GSN, although the latter has never aired any Season 2 episodes. Clips have also appeared in various Buzzr promos, although the network has yet to air any episodes of it.

** Dean Miuccio, also known mainly as a disc jockey, announced the 1990 version. He was later heard on [[Creator/ABCFamily Family Channel]]'s ''That's My Dog''.

** When Monty Hall originally approached [[Creator/{{Lorimar}} Telepictures]] about doing a show for them, he originally wanted to do a ''talk show'', but then Telepictures realized they had ''Monty Hall'', they just decided to revive ''Deal'', not that Monty minded.

** Bob Hilton was being considered to replace Johnny Olson on ''Price'', but turned down that opportunity to host two pilots. [[note]](''Fun For The Money'' and ''Bamboozle'', the latter of which was an {{Expy}} of ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' to the point where Creator/MarkGoodson slapped Creator/ChuckBarris with a lawsuit.)[[/note]]

** Averted with Monty Hall, as this is pretty much the only thing he's known for. While the man did host several other games (''It's Anybody's Guess'', the 1979-80 ''Series/BeatTheClock'', the 1986-87 ''Series/SplitSecond'', and various unsold pilots), none were nearly as prolific.

** Gordon Elliott hosted a pilot for the 1998-99 season produced by Buena Vista TV (Disney) that appeared to stay closer to the traditional format, but it was never picked up.

** Mark [=DeCarlo=] is a noted actor and game show contestant, having won the lot on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985, and would later voice [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Hugh Neutron]] (really).

* Mark [=DeCarlo=] is a noted actor and game show contestant, having won the lot on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985, and would later voice [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Hugh Neutron]] (really).

** Disc jockey Dean Goss, in his first announcing role, replaced Cummings for the 1985-86 season and would later go on to announce a handful of other games.

** Gordon Elliott hosted a pilot for the 1998-99 season that appeared to stay closer to the traditional format, but it was never picked up.

** Geoff Edwards hosted the Creator/ChuckBarris versions of ''[[Series/TreasureHuntUS Treasure Hunt]]''.