History YMMV / LetsMakeADeal

** The current version knocked the Big Deal from two players to one, which was derided from all corners. Some have suggested it was done for budgetary reasons, but it really just kills a lot of the excitement factor.

* AwesomeMusic: The 1984-86 run had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76la3NiAhIE pretty cool theme]]- lots of jazz, and a fun, bouncy feel- perfectly in tune with the show.
* GrowingTheBeard: The show was initially a very serious affair until people started showing up carrying signs, and later wearing silly hats, on a whim. Soon, ''everyone'' started showing up in crazy costumes and acting more excited.

* MemeticMutation: The "Door #1, Door #2, or Door #3?" has been used in countless GameShow parodies. This has even carried over to legitimate game shows as well, as the doors on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' were referred to as such in the prize descriptions for Super Ball.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The ''Gameshow Marathon'' episode in 2006 cut out Kathy Najimy's deal before airing, mainly because she only won $200 and never factored into Big Deal player selection.

** The less said about Billy Bush, the better. Or Ricki Lake.

* GrowingTheBeard: The show was initially a very serious affair until people started showing up carrying signs, and later [[http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20355856_20399631_17,00.html wearing silly hats]], on a whim. Soon, ''everyone'' started showing up in crazy costumes and acting more excited.

* ReplacementScrappy: Many die-hard fans hated Bob Hilton as host — so much so that Monty, who was then retired, came back for what was ''intended'' to be a temporary period. Monty's plan was to do on-air auditions, then pick one of the candidates to take over the show permanently. Didn't work - NBC opted to just can the show in January '91 and bring ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' back to the lineup.

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of Monty's behavior during the 1963 {{Pilot}}, especially his sales pitch.
* MemeticMutation: The "Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3?" has been used in countless GameShow parodies. This has even carried over to legitimate game shows as well, as the doors on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' were referred to as such in the prize descriptions for Super Ball.
* NewerThanTheyThink: The 1972-present revival of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' has borrowed many elements from ''Let's Make a Deal'', including contestants being pulled up and interacting directly with the host, and the "pricing games" on the former being along the same lines as the "deals" on the latter.
* ReplacementScrappy: Many die-hard fans hated Bob Hilton as host — so much so that Monty, who was then retired, was brought back as a last-ditch effort to increase ratings on that version. Didn't work.

** The Super Deal, a Bonus-BonusRound used for the 1975-76 season where the contestant could risk the Big Deal for a 1-in-3 chance of winning the Big Deal ''and'' $20,000 cash. Although a few people ''did'' win the big money, the Super Deal was removed by the final season (1976-77).

** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which was a staple of every previous version. Although it's most likely because ''Deal'' shares the schedule with ''The Price Is Right'', the pricing games have been replaced by such out-of-place things as spelling, latitude/longitude, and ''trivia''; you know, there's a ''reason'' why the "guess the car part" deal from the '63 pilot didn't stick around...
*** Despite this, grocery products ''do'' show up, and that's where it gets worse. If they show up, expect Wayne to ask the player something like "Which of these was introduced to the mass market first?" No, seriously.
* TheyJustDidntCare: The ''Gameshow Marathon'' episode in 2006 cut out Kathy Najimy's deal before airing.

* WhatAnIdiot: Any player that tries to throw the balls slowly and carefully in "Car Pong", not realizing that they're under a strict time limit to win something.

** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which was a staple of every previous version. Although it's most likely because ''Deal'' shares the schedule with ''ThePriceIsRight'', the pricing games have been replaced by such out-of-place things as spelling, latitude/longitude, and ''trivia''; you know, there's a ''reason'' why the "guess the car part" deal from the '63 pilot didn't stick around...

* NewerThanTheyThink: The 1972-present revival of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' has borrowed many elements from ''Let's Make a Deal'', most notably picking contestants directly out of the audience and the audience shouting suggestions to the contestant during a game.

* MemeticMutation: The "Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3?" has been used in countless GameShow parodies, and even on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' in the prize descriptions for Super Ball.

* MemeticMutation: The "Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3?" has been used in countless GameShow parodies.

** Alternately, if ''TPIR'' is HTML, then ''LMAD'' is XML; the latter is an "improvised" version of the former, but ''Deal'' had run for almost nine years before ''Price'' returned in 1972, so which show is which on drugs?!

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Anybody who won the Super Deal in either era.
** During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money...oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, ''they found the other Zonk card''. [[note]](If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 and 1984-86 eras, including the alternate way of winning the car.)[[/note]]

*** Despite this, grocery products ''do'' show up, and that's where ItGetsWorse. If they show up, expect Wayne to ask the player something like "Which of these was introduced to the mass market first?" No, seriously.

* InkStainAdaptation: Outright averted with not only the 1990 revival, but also {{FOX}}'s ''Big Deal'' (1996) and the 2003 revival for Creator/{{NBC}}. The former was hosted by the inexperienced Bob Hilton, and failed so badly that Hall returned to host the tail end of it in an attempt at an AuthorsSavingThrow. The latter two lasted six and three episodes, respectively, these revivals had obviously transparent attempts at being "hip" and "edgy". The fact that the Brady version began Season 4 in 2012 shows that the three revivals before it were not detrimental.

* InkStainAdaptation: Outright averted with not only the 1990 revival, but also {{FOX}}'s ''Big Deal'' (1996) and the 2003 revival for {{NBC}}. The former was hosted by the inexperienced Bob Hilton, and failed so badly that Hall returned to host the tail end of it in an attempt at an AuthorsSavingThrow. The latter two lasted six and three episodes, respectively, these revivals had obviously transparent attempts at being "hip" and "edgy". The fact that the Brady version began Season 4 in 2012 shows that the three revivals before it were not detrimental.

** During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money...oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, ''they found the other Zonk card''. [[hottip:*:(If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 and 1984-86 eras, including the alternate way of winning the car.)]]

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: In mid-March 2010, Hall returned to guest-host with Wayne Brady...and proved that he's still got it [[CoolOldGuy despite being close to 90]].

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: In mid-March 2010, Monty Hall returned to guest-host with Wayne Brady... and proved that he's still got it after all these years [[CoolOldGuy despite being close to 90]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Monty's sales pitch on the 1963 {{Pilot}}.
* InkStainAdaptation: Outright averted with not only the 1990 revival, but also {{FOX}}'s ''Big Deal'' (1996) and the 2003 revival for {{NBC}}. The former was hosted by the inexperienced Bob Hilton, and failed so badly that Hall returned to host the tail end of it in an attempt at an AuthorsSavingThrow. The latter two lasted six and three episodes, respectively, these revivals had obviously transparent attempts at being "hip" and "edgy". The fact that the Brady version began its fourth season in 2012 shows that the three revivals before it were not detrimental.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money... oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, '''they found the other Zonk card'''. [[hottip:*:(If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 and 1984-86 eras, including the alternate way of winning the car.)]]

** Wayne Brady has his detractors as well.

** The Super Deal, a Bonus-BonusRound used during the 1970s where the contestant could risk the Big Deal for a 1-in-3 chance of winning the Big Deal ''and'' $20,000 cash. Although a few people ''did'' win the big money, the Super Deal was removed by the final season (1976-77).
** The current version knocked the Big Deal from two contestants to one, which was derided from all corners. Some have suggested it was done for budgetary reasons.
** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which has been a staple of every previous version. Although it's most likely because it airs before ''ThePriceIsRight'' on most CBS stations, shunning those games brought the side effect of making '''everything''' on the show (minus the spelling, latitude/longitude, and ''trivia'' games) into a LuckBasedMission. ItGetsWorse if any grocery products ''do'' show up, because it's only so the host can ask which was '''introduced to the mass market first'''. No, seriously.
* TheyJustDidntCare: The ''Gameshow Marathon'' episode in 2006 had '''an entire deal''' (Kathy Najimy's) cut out before airing.

** Alternately, if ''TPIR'' is HTML, then ''LMAD'' is XML; the latter is an "improvised" version of the former, but ''Deal'' had run for nearly nine years before the current incarnation of ''Price'' debuted, so which show is which on drugs?!

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: In mid-March 2010, Monty Hall returned to guest-host with Wayne Brady... and proved that he's still got it after all these years [[CoolOldGuy despite being close to 90]]. It helps that Monty is ''also'' an executive producer.

** The current version knocked the Big Deal from two contestants to one, which was derided from all corners. Some have suggested it was done for budgetary reasons, but one could be forgiven for thinking Monty's gotten a bit senile.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money... oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, '''they found the other Zonk card'''. [[hottip:*:(If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 era, including the alternate way of winning the car.)]]

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: In mid-March 2010, Monty Hall returned to guest-host with Wayne Brady...and proved that he's still got it after all these years [[CoolOldGuy despite being close to 90]]. It helps that Monty is ''also'' an executive producer.

* MomentOfAwesome: During the week that Monty guest-hosted, a couple played a game with two Zonk cards. They got a Zonk on their first pick, technically losing, but Monty let the couple pick one more card for some consolation money...oh, and he'd give them the ''car'' if they found the other Zonk card. To his and Wayne's utter astonishment, '''they found the other Zonk card'''. [[hottip:*:(If this sounds familiar, it should — it's an update of the Cash Register Game used in the 1963-77 era, including the alternate way of winning the car.)]]

** Tiffany Coyne, on the current version, in a rare example of a model in this Trope. She replaced Alison Fiori for no apparent reason, and she sounds like a [[ValleyGirl Val]]!

*** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which has been a staple of every previous version. Although it's most likely because it airs before ''ThePriceIsRight'' on most CBS stations, shunning those games brought the side effect of making '''everything''' on the show (minus the spelling, latitude/longitude, and ''trivia'' games) into a LuckBasedMission. ItGetsWorse if any grocery products ''do'' show up, because it's only so the host can ask which was '''introduced to the mass market first'''. No, seriously.