Cast of Deal or No Deal
Howie Mandel
Mandel is known for his frequent appearances as a stand-up comedian and for his hidden camera segments on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has appeared in many television commercials for Boston Pizza as their hired spokesperson. In April 2004, he was selected as number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand up comedians of all time. In October 2005, he was named to be the host of the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, which debuted on December 19, 2005, on NBC and became a popular program in early 2006. Mandel also hosts Deal or No Deal Canada, a version of Deal or No Deal for Canadian viewers; originating from Toronto, Deal or No Deal Canada debuted in January 2007 on Global,[5] which made him one of the few game show hosts (Weakest Link's Anne Robinson, Pyramid's Donny Osmond, and The Singing Bee's Joey Fatone being others) to host both a domestic and an international version of the same game show. Mandel joins Alex Trebek, Jim Perry and Geoff Edwards on the list of game show hosts who emceed one game show simultaneously on both sides of the U.S./Canadian border.
In 2007, Mandel made an appearance in an episode of Sesame Street’Äôs 38th season. That same year, he was parodied on the show as Howie Eatswell, the Muppet host of Sesame’Äôs game show segment "Meal or No Meal." Mandel has hosted the DVD game version of Deal or No Deal, "Fact Or Crap Beat da Bomb" and "Would You Rather" for Imagination Games.
Mandel had a cameo appearance as himself on the NBC show My Name is Earl, in the episode Earl's roommates robbed an Indian Casino that Howie Mandel was performing at. While stealing money, they also kidnapped Howie Mandel. In the episode, Mandel performed his old routine of inflating a rubber glove over his head with his nostrils.
Mandel is a notable alumnus of Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am's Hebrew School located in Toronto, as well as three other Toronto high schools.[6] Mandel is currently performing a variety/comedy act at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Banker
Notionally, the money on the gameboard in Deal or No Deal is The Banker's own. As such, his role is to make cash offers to buy the contestant's chosen box rather than allowing them to continue and risk them winning much more.
The Banker is played by "Himself", as stated on the end credits. He talks to the host Noel Edmonds via the Bakelite telephone on the contestant's desk. He also regularly talks to the daily player.
he Banker's personality is one of the most essential things to the show, and on many occasions has generated good or bad offers, gifts and surprises. On some shows, The Banker has been cheeky, and offered things such as a copy of the rules, 2 weeks of therapy, a book on How To Make Friends and Influence People, a loofa and "a train ticket back to wherever you come from". On other occasions, he has been kind, by offering substantially high offers, chances to double offers and offer increases. On April 15, 2006 The Banker doubled contestants Gabrielle's and Savvas' winnings, after they both revealed they would be donating the money to charity. The Banker has also been cruel, by only offering box swaps, substantially low offers, decreasing offers and threats to other contestants.
On March 26, 2007, contestant Kelsie got to speak to the Banker and excitedly told Noel that the Banker offered her £29,000 and the chance that he would come out of his office and reveal himself to her and everyone in the studio. Kelsie excitedly dealt, but her happiness was turned to tears at the end of the game when her box was opened to contain the £250,000. The Banker had in fact tricked Kelsie into accepting the offer of £29,000. He was never going to come out of his office.
During Easter 2007, the Banker offered contestant Phil ¬£26,000, which he took ’Äî only to discover that his box contained ¬£35,000. Two more unfortunate contestants dealt at the same offer, and both had much larger amounts in their boxes. Other contestants have also dealt at this amount, and have either squandered a much larger sum of money or dealt one or two rounds too early. Since then, the offer of ¬£26,000 has been referred to as the Banker's "Old Faithful".
The "Deal" Girls
- Claudia Jordan
- Stacey Gardner
- Lisa Gleave
- Keltie Martin
- Ursula Mayes
- Megan Abrigo
- Sara Bronson
- Lauren Shiohama
- Patricia Kara
- Anya Monzikova
- Katie Cleary
- Jill Manas
- Leyla Milani
- Pilar Lastra
- Brooke Long
- Krissy Carlson
- Jenelle Moreno
- Marisa Petroro
- Mylinda Tov
- Alikˆ© Boggan
- Tameka Jacobs
- Lianna Grethel
- Aubrie Lemon
- Kelly Brannigan
- Hayley Marie Norman
- Lindsay Clubine
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