Back in the Monty days, it was based totally on how much of a cross-section of the public was waiting to get in--a mixture of old, young, black, white, etc. The costume was often more of a "you won't get on the show" indication (no men in drag unless the wife was with the man, no clergy costumes at all). The producers would just point and say "you, you, you and you." They did try to catch the personalities during the Standards and Practices briefing, while they were filling out the release forms and when they were in the studio. There was a number on the floor in front of each contestant on the "trading floor" and Monty was told before each spot what number to point to, so it was never as random as it looked on the air.
I"ve heard that the current incarnation now has a costume rental stand for those who forget to come in costume (something Monty's people would not want back in the day--in fact, they loved picking the people who weren't in costume, because they were so few and far between). They also put on their Twitter feed what they'll be asking for in the end-of-show "quickie deals," which seems to me goes against the whole luck value of those bits--that you had actually had with you what Monty was asking for. Also, they do the "quickie deals" without the credits running and the theme playing, which added a little more, since "Deal" was the show that never really ended every day--it just stopped when their time ran out.. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:14 PM Pete Ahles <pete.ah...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't they judge you on your costume on "Let's Make a Deal"? Do they still > dress up on this version? > > Pete > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
