Monday, October 15, 2018

Origin of a Classic: Let's Make a Deal pilot (1963)

Let's Make a Deal is marking its 55th anniversary this year. In its various itinerations, including a short-lived primetime incarnation on Fox, it has aired on four networks, CBS being the current home.

Let's turn the clock back to the beginning, back to 1963, and a 37 minute pilot, prefaced with a pitch by host-executive producer Monty Hall (ex-Video Village).



Announcer-sidekick Wendell Niles was gone after a short while. Most of us remember the late Jay Stewart as Hall's partner.

Rating: A.

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