Posted on 09/30/2017 3:36:31 PM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon
A man who was born in Canada, became a U.S. citizen, and stayed married to the same woman for almost 70 years died today. A true cultural icon of a better time, Monty Hall is gone now.
96. Wow, are we getting old. RIP Monty, more so than that licentious “icon” the other day.
Amen to that. Mr. Hall was a class act, unlike Mr. Hefner.
Cultural icon, indeed!
I wonder which door he chose?
Around 1967 one of my best friends married a cutie who was his long time girlfriend.
A couple of months later I visited them and they were watching “Lets Make A Deal”. I had never seen before.
Good question. I hope it was the right one.
That is really sad.
The guy’s name was synonymous with game show host.
Hmmmmm.....
Enjoy Video Village only surviving episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisxsT5OF-I
Ouch!
I have to confess that I thought the routine with Stacy Keach was funny: “This is a bust!”
Break the news gently to Ed Grimley.
Only episode with Monty Hall #500.
60609.
My after-school days never let me forget the zip of Let’s Make a Deal.
RIP Monte... a good man...grew up listening to him on the CBC.
My whole life’s waiting behind door number three.....
I see that Carol Merrill is still alive.
I agree with above posters - he was a memory of a much healthier time.
A while back on the BUZZR Game Show channel, they aired a special about “Let’s Make a Deal.” The host of the current version, Wayne Brady, interviewed Monty Hall. They then showed the very first episode from the 1960s. It was nothing like it eventually became. The trading was the same, but everyone in the audience was nicely dressed. Monty Hall went around the audience and picked people at random. Hall explained to Brady that one day, a man in the audience held up a sign to attract his attention, and got picked to make a deal. Soon, others were bringing signs, then someone decided to wear a costume, and it snowballed from there.
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