No Deal.

So, the other night, I was in my room and I heard arguing in the living room. Thankfully, it wasn't violent or angry arguing that existed during my childhood. Instead, it was bickering between my mom and her boyfriend, Tom, over what show to watch. Tom does not watch TV that much while my mom likes her educational New York shows in addition to the reality show guilty pleasures like many other Americans. That night, she was trying to convince Tom to watch Deal or No Deal?, because she thought he'd like the issues with proportions and taking chances. But he would not have any of that; he didn't want to lose any IQ points that day. Somehow, she won and I heard Howie Mandel's disgusting voice throughout the house. I proceeded to make my music louder.

For those of you who have never heard of Deal or No Deal, it is a show featured on NBC that presents female models holding briefcases with a unknown amount of money in each case. The contestant has to choose and eliminate cases in order to get the largest amount of money awarded on the show, usually one million dollars. The contestant chooses cases in order to get rid of low amount, basically anything under $1000 (which is a lot of money in my book) and trying to keep large amounts of money in the game. Depending on the amount that the contestant chooses, the banker presents an amount of money, usually a substantial amount. The contestant has the choice to take the amount of money the banker presents, then and there; or to stay in the game with the possibility to win more money or lose more money--Deal or No Deal?

This game show is a complete waste of time to me. This is the worst dragged out game--it can take fifteen minutes between commercials and Howie Mandel talking incessantly for the contestant to open one case. To me, this game show is not based on intellect or anything; the casting crew chooses Americans that act crazy when they win, as if this is MTV's Real World. My sister told me that in order to compete, you have to send in a video of yourself and what you would do if you won. The crazier you act, the greater chance you have to play. For example, I watched an episode that took place in Africa for some reason, but featured Africans playing on the drums which was cool. The contestant was this dumb blonde bimbo who paraded around the stage, flailing her arms the entire time. The best part about this girl is that the case she reserved on the side had a penny in it, and the first case she knocked out had a million. Epic fail. But it gets better--in Africa they decided to incorportate "Fear Factor" into the game and if she ate bugs or something, the banker would give her an extra ten thousand dollars. I found this disgusting, because it showed the Americans are willing to do anything to get money. Absolutely anything.

So, whenever I see this show on, I get angry. Partly because part of me wants to watch it and see how ridiculous the contestants act. Therefore, I get angry because I want to watch this dumb show and if the contestant loses when I see it.

CLICK HERE TO PLAY DEAL OR NO DEAL! This game only takes five minutes. Somehow, they stretch it out to an hour and a half.