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Let's Make A Deal with Monty Hall | $10,000 Car in a Little Box! | FULL EPISODE
Added:- It's time for the all new "Let's Make a Deal."
Starring TV's big dealer, Monty Hall.
- Thank you. Thank you for coming.
Welcome to the show. Thank you, friends.
Thank you very much. Welcome to Let's Make a Deal.
We're gonna start off today by giving away some cash.
I'm sure there's somebody on the trading floor who would like some.
We'll look down with it.
So I tell you what I'll do.
I will give you one, my dear.
I've come from Maui to make a wowee of a deal.
All right. - I'll give you this.
- And wait, what's this that you gave me?
- That's a picture of you. - A picture of me?
- But you're sitting playing golf.
- Oh, stand up and tell everybody about it, yes.
- It was the- - All right.
I went over there to play golf.
- I forgot the name. - For the Cancer Society.
- The Cancer Society. The AKU Cancer Society.
- And so is there a picture of me in here?
- A picture of you and- - Hold this.
I got to see the picture. - And Rose.
- Oh, isn't that great. - The lady that helped you out.
- Oh, my goodness. - I had to bring it.
- Oh, Oh. - It came out good.
- Oh. Kissy, kissy, kissy.
- I work for her. She told me to bring it.
- That's very, very nice. Thank you so very much.
- You're welcome. - I'm- I'm so- you can even have that just for that. - Thanks.
- Don't open it up. - Okay.
- I'll be back. - Okay.
- What's your name? - Sandy.
- That's nice.
- I- did- did Rose tell you how bad a golfer I was?
- She said you did good. - She said I did good.
Well, bless her heart. Louis, here's one for you.
Don't open it up. I'll be back for just a moment.
You stand up over there, young lady.
I have one of these gift certificates for you.
And where do these certificates come from, Dean?
- Jelly Belly, the original gourmet jelly bean.
In 40 mouthwatering flavors, in finer department stores, gourmet gift and candy shops worldwide.
Your most adult response to the blemish is Clearasil Adult Care.
It treats blemishes with strength, Adult Skin Care.
Your Life Daily Paks.
They're more than vitamin supplements.
They're total vitamin systems. Your Life Daily Paks, the no guesswork vitamin system.
- So this young lady over here-- this young lady is Robin Lopez. Hi, Robin.
- Hi. - You have a gift certificate.
Each of you has one and it's redeemable in cash.
And I'm not gonna tell you how much money there is there, but I can guarantee you, there's money in each one.
You can buy something with your gift certificate.
Uh, curtain number three, in your case.
You wanna give up the dough for the curtain or do you wanna hang onto it?
- I'll go for the curtain.
- You'll go for the curtain. I open up the gift certificate.
This is what you turned down. You turned down exactly $166, And that leads me to believe there's something better back there.
So let's take a look and see.
Behind curtain number three, look at this lovely.
- A Tappan side-by-side, two-door refrigerator freezer with chilled water dispenser, automatic ice maker and no frost feature in both refrigerator and freezer from Tappan.
It sells for $1189.95.
And for easy trash cleanup, a Tappan trash compactor featuring simple safety key operation.
The easy way to handle trash.
Neat, handy, and easy to operate.
Compresses trash to one fourth its normal volume, from Tappan.
It sells for two $299.
This deal is worth $1488.95.
- Congratulations.
Louis, do you play this thing? - Sure do.
- Don't so- don't do it. - Oh.
- I just want to tell you that ukuleles go well in Hawaii.
But do you really play? - Sure.
- Uh, can I play- let him play it?
- Sure. - Go ahead.
Play anything for me. - I made a song for you.
- Your song for me? - Sure.
- What the heck? Let's hear it.
Let's make a deal. Let's make a deal.
Let's make a deal. Let's do it for real.
Let's make a deal.
Let's make a deal. Let's make a deal.
Let's do it for real.
- Wait a minute.
I- I got a hunch there's another verse.
- Okay, here we go. I'm a real big deal, boy.
I came in from no- uh, somewhere.
- Does that- does that rhyme?
Yes, I think-- I think you are.
Louis, we'll quit right there while we're ahead.
All right. Thanks, Louis.
Man, where's your gift certificate?
- Right here. - All right.
You have cash in here.
These are the royalties for the song that you just sang for us.
All right. I'm so thrilled.
I haven't had a song written for me since What's behind door number three?
Remember that song? Uh, do you wanna keep this or do you want to go for the box on the display floor?
- I'll take the money.
You could have had for yourself a whole pack of these stuffed bears They're cuddly and they're nice, but they're not going home with you because you elected to hang on to the money.
and you're gonna do a lot better.
Buy yourself more sheet music, write a full song with $999.
- Now, let's make a deal. Let's make it for real, ra ta ta.
And, and Rose sends me pictures.
This is like an old family show today, right?
Uh, we have a gift certificate for you in there, too.
Uh, so you didn't tell me your second name?
- Miller. - Sandy Miller, all right.
- Oh, I see. Yes, thank you, Sandy.
Uh, do you wanna keep your gift certificate-- you've seen, uh, 166, 999.
And we don't know how much is in here.
But you could trade away for curtain number two right now.
- I'll keep it. - She wants to keep the money.
What was behind curtain number two?
This time you passed up a king-size tricycle.
And you're not going to take it home.
Oh, look at that shy little girl.
Look at the little girl on the tricycle.
Don't believe her for a moment.
She's a terror. She's a mean little kid.
That's what she is.
So that's what happens back there.
Inside here. Boy, are you gonna go home to Hawaii with something nice, because you can tell Rose that you made $1275 on Let's Make a Deal. There you are.
- Thank you. - Congratulations to you.
My best regards so Rose. And thank you, all three.
We'll be right back with more action on Let's Make a Deal.
Uh, could you stand, please.
Are you all right? - Yes.
- Okay. Uh, this is Donna Parker?
- Yes. - All right, Donna, then I'm going to have a deal and I have something in my hand for you. Uh, it's money.
You can either have, uh, this money.
I'll tell you right now. I have $700 dollars in cash.
Would you like to have seven hundred in cash?
- Yes.
- Or my melted microphone?
Or the box- or the box on the display floor. What would you like to have?
- The money. The money.
- Here you are. We have $700 there.
You have $700.
What was in the box that she could have had?
And back of the box there was a recliner and a stereo.
- Oh.
- The east wing, keeping the cushion back and seat graceful curves and shaped for tan.
Add the sophisticated beauty in this Action recliner from Lane.
It retails for $890 and for restful listening, the Sanyo stereo component system with 25 watts per channel and Dolby system with cassette deck.
This outfit sells for $499.95.
Total value of this deal, $1389.95.
- But you don't care because you have $700.
Did I get your name all right? Donna Parker.
Oh, Donna, don't sit down just yet.
No, no because Dean is coming down the aisle with the box on his tray, and that means that you have another choice right now.
Do you wanna to keep the $700, or go for the box on the tray?
Let's take this feather duster down.
- The money.
- You still want to keep the money.
Well, you could had what was in the box?
Was there anything good back there?
Nothing but just a brand new car, that's all.
- Oh, no.
- Oh, yes, cars are not always behind curtains.
Sometimes big things in little boxes, right Dean?
- Yes, indeed. It's the Volkswagen Golf four-door sedan featuring four cylinder overhead cam engine, reclining front bucket seats, and spacious interior with room for five adults.
Furnished by Bob Smith Volkswagen.
With tax and license, it sells for $10,056.
- Oh, dear.
Well, that's a little lesson to remember that big things come in little packages.
But you still have $700, and I thank you very much, Donna Parker.
Thank you for making that deal with me.
Now, I'll introduce for my next dealer-- Because that signals the time for door number four.
All right. Hold everything.
Door number four popping up right now.
You know what that means?
That means that if you take a look over there, you'll see that our people picking computers, flashing numbers from one to 36.
The audience are wearing numbers from one to 36.
Wherever that stops, that person gets $1,000 in cash and a chance to go for a lot, lot more.
We'll explain that the more.
Right now. Karen, hit the button.
Find out who gets the 1,000.
Seat number three. Seat number three.
Right here in front of me.
Lupe De La Cruz.
Well, Lupe, congratulations to you.
Somewhere in my pocket here, I have a check for $1,000 which I'm going to get. Is that all right with you?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Lupe, Lupe, Lupe, gets $1,000.
Take a look now. Here come the Dealer Wheel.
And that Dealer Wheel means that if you wanna take a chance and risk your $1,000, you can spin the wheel and hopefully come up with what's behind curtain number one.
Take a look at that sports car.
- It's the Chevrolet Camaro Sports Coupe.
Features an AM FM stereo radio, automatic transmission, air conditioning, great looks, performance, and a lot more.
Furnished by Sapp Chevrolet.
With tax and license, it sells for $11,574.94.
- Now, take a look at this wheel.
On this wheel, you see two places where a car comes up, and you see double your money, and triple your money, and quadruple your money.
But there's also Zonks, and $100 and $200.
Do you wanna risk $1,000?
- I wanna keep it. - You wanna keep your $1,000.
Lope Sanchez keeps her 1,000.
Just for the fun of it, give the wheel a spin.
See what would have happened. Go on, give it a little spin.
Would it have been your lucky day?
She decides to keep the $1,000 and this is what would have happened to Lope Sanchez as she spins the wheel just for fun and there it passes the car.
The other one is coming up at double your money.
A $200, she would only have had add $200.
It was a good thing you picked. It rolled all the way to 200.
Congratulations to Lupe for her $1,000 and we'll be right back with a deal worth over $8,000 right after this.
- Say, we have a lot of money in this deal, we have a possible $8,100 payoff for you, and you, and you.
Lupe, I kept calling you Lupe Sanchez.
But then I just remembered it's De La Cruz, isn't it?
Yeah, well, that's all right. I get so excited when I see that wheel spinning. I don't know- don't you wanna join your husband over here?
Good. Do you wanna leave her at home?
This is Hassan and Sandra Merza, right?
- That's right. Perfect.
- Perfect? Oh, no, Merza.
Now, listen, I'm just teasing.
All right. I'm gonna make a great offer for you.
Come with me down to our trading floor right over here, and we're going to play some pricing games.
And there's a possible eight grand in cash waiting for you.
Just back up a little bit so the camera can pick up these items, very good.
Now, here's what happens.
We have four items here, and every time you price them for me within limits that I set for you, I'll give you some money.
Now it only starts off with $300, but I'll triple your money every time you're right.
So if you're right, the first time is $300.
I will triple it if you're right to $900, to $2,700, to $8,100 if you're right each time.
Each time you move, you risk what you won.
You can quit any time that you want, okay?
Here we go with the first item.
Listen, and think about the manufacturer's suggested retail selling price on the West Coast.
- Van Melle mentos, a delicious candy coated shell with a chewy center that lasts for a long time.
It's available in seven sensational flavors.
- For your first $300, price that for me within $0.35.
Who's gonna give me the price?
- Seventy-five. - Seventy-five.
The price is $0.35, and you missed it.
You missed it by $0.40. Do you know what that means?
- We lost. - You lost everything.
It's all bye-bye.
So everybody say goodbye, goodbye to the Merzas.
I will give you $100 to go out and have dinner on me, but you blew it on the very first step.
And I want the Myers to step forward right now.
Come over here and take over.
Oh, that's terrible, very first step.
All right, in your case, you have a chance to win $2,700 because there are three steps left.
So we started off with $300, to $900, to $2,700. Okay with you?
- Okay. - All right.
Here we go with the first item.
and if you make a mistake, I'll send you back and I'll bring the Merzas back.
All right, here we go for $300. Let's listen.
- Two hundred and sixty super soft puffs from Curity.
When your family hurts they need a lot of TLC.
Tender, love and Curity, the ultimate first aid product.
- Price that for me within $0.80 for $300.
- Ninety-nine cents. - The price actually is $1.01, She knows something about pricing.
Elaine and Garth Myers.
Okay, now it's yours to go all the way.
There will be no more substitutions here.
You're the only couple up at bat.
You have $300 going for $900 on this item.
Let's listen.
- The Mother Goose Bambi shoes for infants.
Overlaid vamp before [inaudible] with red-white, blue-white, and brown-white leather.
From Mother Goose shoes.
- Price them for me within six dollars, high or low, and I'll triple your money.
- Twenty-five dollars. - The price actually is $21.99 and you got it.
Now, you have $900.
At this point, you could quit or you could try to triple your money by going all the way and pricing this next item.
Let's listen to this description.
- Here's the Presto FryDaddy deep fryer.
The family-sized easy fryer. Easy to use, easy to clean.
Easy to store, the FryDaddy deep fryer from Presto.
- Now the- here's the question. Don't turn over any prices.
If you can price this for me within five dollars, high or low, I'll triple your money to $2,700.
Or you could say no, or you could even have what's behind curtain number 2.
And what's back there has four wheels.
Now, you wanna keep your $900, do you wanna go all the way, or do you want to go for curtain number 2?
- Let's- - Let's- - -try- we're gonna try the pricing.
- They're going to try and go all the way.
I said I want you to price this within five dollars.
What is your price?
- Thirty-six dollars. - Thirty-six dollars.
The price actually is $41.98, and I said within how much?
I said within five, they missed it by $5.98.
So close, so near- - So close.
- And yet so far.
So first the Merzas went up the bat, struck out.
The Myers came up, got a couple of hits and then struck out.
So what am I gonna do for you?
I want you to go and have dinner with the same people over there.
- Oh my God. - Oh, wait a minute.
Wait, I'll tell you what I'll do.
You come out back over here, Merzas.
Come back over here. You have $100.
I'll triple your money to $300 or you can have what's behind curtain number 2 that nobody took.
The same deal for you, $100, triple to $300 or the curtain number 2?
- Curtain. - They want the curtain.
- Two. - Nobody wants $300.
You both get what's behind curtain number 2.
Take a look at what all of you are gonna receive.
You see. They all got wheelbarrows, $300 was not bad.
So now the two couples can talk about it over dinner because now there's gonna be up to their hips in wheelbarrows.
Thank you very much to both couples for making that deal with me.
How many wheelbarrows is the Big Deal worth today, Dean?
- The Big Deal today is worth $9,010.
- All right, let's see if there's somebody out there who'd like to trade what they've got for a chance at the Big Deal.
Uh, Robin, where's Robin sitting?
Robin, let me see.
You started right off at the very first deal of the show when you ended up with $15,000 worth of appliances.
Do you want to trade them in? - Yeah.
- She wants to go for the Big Deal.
Sandy, from Maui, you have $1,275.
Do you wanna go for the Big Deal or hang on to the dough?
Sandy keeps the money, Lupe has $1,000 that she won on door number 4.
I think she's gonna keep her money, is she?
She's gonna keep her money. Louis has $1,000.
What are you gonna do?
Ukulele, play it. He's gonna go.
The Big Deal right after these words.
All right, the value of the Big Deal is $9,010.
It could it be behind door number 1.
And door number 1 shows us a little bit to begin with, nail polish remover.
- Only Cutex remover has moisture guard to protect nails against drying and breaking.
No wonder it's America's number 1 remover.
- There's something behind that, of course, and we have two other doors, two and three.
Robin Lopez, you have first choice.
- Three. - Door number 3, and our ukulele player, Lou Nobleman.
- Two. - Wants door number 2, Door number 3 is the one we show first to Robin Lopez.
Trades in $1,300 worth of merchandise, ends up with door number 3, and there, we have, lots of little gifts for the home.
- For cooking and baking magic, a Whirlpool microwave oven with microcomputer push button control that lets you program all cooking cycles, time, power with the touch of your finger.
Convenient defrost guide, bi-level cooking rack from Whirlpool.
It retails for $549.
And wake up with a smile with Mr. Coffee electronics system.
Space age technology for the most perfect cup of coffee on this planet or any other.
It sells for $69.95.
Then organize your recipes and household business with the Brother Electronic 50 Electronic Daisy Real Typewriter.
Features full line correction memory, triple pitch typing and can interface with a computer to serve as a letter-quality printer.
It retails for $499.95.
Finally, keep your carpets looking new with Thermax, the UL-approved thermostatically controlled hot water unit with a vibrating power brush for ultimate cleaning of your carpets from Thermax.
It sells for $995.
Total value of this deal is $2,113.90.
- The value is up to $2,113. Robin, congratulations to you.
And Lou, you took door number 2 for your $999.
What's behind door number 2 for Lewis?
And some carpeting for your home to start you off.
- Luxurious carpet from Benchmark carpet mills.
It's the miraculous collection, the third generation nylon is available in a number of brilliant colors from Benchmark carpet mills.
80-square yards, retails for $1,000, and dream the impossible dream in comfort with a beautiful new bedroom set.
Colonial square by Bassett features a triple-dresser base with Piedmont Mirror plus six-door chests and Cannonball Bed, night stands, and a pine finish from Bassett.
It sets- it set- this set sells for $1,660.89.
Then rest your weary bones on this, the dream maker from Bassett.
Just the right combination of firm, support, and soothing softness.
Covered with golden glow fabric for exotic elegance from Bassett.
The mattress and box spring sell for $799.95.
And to complete your look in style, a fashionable Dakota bedroom ensemble.
Beautiful bedspread, pillow shams and decorative pillows designed in contemporary appliquéd graphics, uniquely Dakota.
The ensemble retails for $710.
Finally, watch Let's Make a Deal on this.
It's a color TV.
Sharp's contemporary 19-inch color TV features Linatron Plus 1 gun-in-line picture tube, automatic fine tuning and color system plus 105 channel cable compatible tuner from Sharp.
With remote control and stand, it sells for $660.
Total value of this deal, $4,830.84 - Four thousand eight hundred dollars.
Congratulations to you, Lou. and that must leave Big Deal.
The Big Deal was behind the Cutex, the America's number one remover.
And it was the piggy bank, and the cash in the piggy bank today was the grand total of, in cash, let's see it.
$8,985, making that Big Deal worth $9,010, But you're happy and you're happy and we're all happy.
Thank you very much from Let's Make a Deal.
Do you have a purse with you? Do you have a purse?
No, show me the purse. Your name is Dimitri Weathers.
You're wearing a blue jersey, you're wearing a blue dress, you're wearing blue stockings.
Pull something out of your purse that's blue and I will give you $200.
[inaudible] he just has green, he has red, And there, a blue, a blue tissue.
Can you imagine, a blue tissue? What are the odds against finding a blue tissue in the purse?
And, oh, she also had a blue pen.
You- you are the lady in blue, aren't you?
Two hundred dollars.
- The all-new Let's Make a Deal is a Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall production, in association with Telepictures.
- You give me a silver dollar, I give you $200 for a silver dollar.
And she's looking, and looking, and you don't have that.
Oh, you have a silver dollar? I don't want a silver dollar--
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