History YMMV / LetsMakeADeal

* MisaimedMarketing: Invoked with the various Zonks, with the crowner being the cactus-themed toys and ''pacifiers''. The latter even had Wayne note how violent it is for a Zonk.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The 1984-86 run had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhG3-n0oqcc pretty cool theme]]- lots of jazz, and a fun, bouncy feel- perfectly in tune with the show.

** In the Wayne Brady revival, things seem to be turning the other way — the costumes seem to be less and less gaudy, but the excitement remains.

** 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.

* SugarWiki/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.

* WidgetSeries: Invoked with the Wayne Brady version; the audience and contestants all wear various costumes, Zonks are sillier than ever before, and people break out into song every so often, among other things. Wayne's improv experience helps with adjusting to the offbeat nature of it all.

** Wayne Brady had his detractors as well, mostly because he lacks the authoritarian hosting style of Hall. As a result, he came off as not knowing where anything was. It didn't help that the show was slightly retooled to be a lot more reliant upon improvisational comedy, as Wayne and Jonathan were regulars on ''Whose Line''. These complaints faded once Brady grew comfortable in the role.

** Wayne Brady had his detractors as well, mostly because he lacks the authoritarian hosting style of Hall. As a result, he came off as not knowing where anything is. It doesn't help that the show became a lot more reliant upon improvisational comedy, as Wayne and Jonathan were regulars on ''Whose Line''. These complaints faded once Brady grew comfortable in the role.

** Wayne Brady has his detractors as well, mostly because he lacks the authoritarian hosting style of Hall and as a result comes off as not knowing where anything is. It doesn't help that the show is a lot more reliant upon improvisation comedy. Yes, Wayne and Jonathan were (and still are) regulars on ''Whose Line'', but still.

** The current version has never used games where pricing products is a key factor, which was a staple of every previous version. According to [[WordofGod then-showrunner Mike Richards]], the producers want to differentiate the show from ''Price'', which also airs on CBS. In any case, the pricing games have been replaced by things such as spelling, latitude/longitude, survey questions, and ''trivia''.[[note]]The 1963 pilot had a "guess the car part" deal, but it quickly fell by the wayside.[[/note]] Many longtime fans believe that trivia questions feel out of place on a show like this.

** Most of Monty's behavior during the 1963 {{Pilot}}, especially his sales pitch before the show.

** The less said about Billy Bush, the better. Or Ricki Lake. Or Mark [=DeCarlo=] (though he at least had prior experience- he was a lot winner on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in 1985 and hosted a dating series called ''Studs'' in the early 90s).

* ValuesDissonance: Most of Monty's behavior during the 1963 {{Pilot}}, especially his sales pitch before the show.

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

* ValuesDissonance: Most of Monty's behavior during the 1963 {{Pilot}}, especially his sales pitch before the show.

* HarsherInHindsight: Most of Monty's behavior during the 1963 {{Pilot}}, especially his sales pitch before the show.

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

** Wayne Brady has his detractors as well, mostly because he lacks the authoritarian hosting style of Hall and as a result comes off as not knowing where anything is.
*** Doesn't help that the show is a lot more reliant upon improvisation comedy. Yes, Wayne and Jonathan were (and still are) regulars on ''Whose Line'', but still.

** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which was a staple of every previous version. According to [[WordOfGod then-showrunner Mike Richards]], they don't want to look like they're stealing from ''Price''...a show which was ''also'' run by Richards. In any case, 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 1963 pilot didn't stick around...
*** Still, grocery products ''do'' show up, and that's where it gets worse - expect Wayne to ask the player something like "Which of these was introduced to the mass market first?" No, seriously, this actually happened at least once.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: ''The Price Is Right'' on LSD?
** 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 (and judging by Goodson's pitch film, was directly inspired by ''LMAD''), so which show is which on drugs?!
** How dare you imply either of them are on drugs!

** The current version has never used games where pricing products was a key factor, which was a staple of every previous version. According to [[WordOfGod showrunner Mike Richards]], they don't want to look like they're stealing from ''Price''...a show which is ''also'' run by Richards. In any case, 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 1963 pilot didn't stick around...

** Any player who takes a prize behind a curtain, expecting it to be a car (well, a car that doesn't belong in the scrapyard). It's pretty well established by now that outside of the Big Deal, the host won't give away a car without having the player complete some kind of game or puzzle.

* OldShame: On a 1969 episode, while doing the end of episode "Quickie Deals", Hall approached a woman in the audience holding a baby bottle and attempted to make a deal with her. He noted that the bottle had a removable rubber nipple and offered her $100 if she showed him "another kind of nipple", which she declined. Hall later regarded this attempted deal as the most embarrassing moment of his career.

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