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Bob Juch · #1 Post by **Bob Juch** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:18 am

Just saw an ad for tonight's "Deal or No Deal": They're having a Star Wars themed show, complete with storm troopers instead of models holding the suitcases. There are guest appearances from R2D2 and Chewbacca as well.

I will not be watching.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:22 am

I wouldn't be watching anyway.

MarleysGh0st · #3 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:25 am

I wonder if the storm troopers are going to do "the walk"?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #4 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:27 am

I've walked those steps and they are surprisingly steep.

MarleysGh0st · #5 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:29 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I've walked those steps and they are surprisingly steep.

When did you get the chance to do that?

Did you go to an audition and not tell us?

ulysses5019 · #6 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:41 am

Are they going to show a lot of cleavage?

takinover · #7 Post by **takinover** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:51 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I wouldn't be watching anyway.

x2

earendel · #8 Post by **earendel** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:02 am

ulysses5019 wrote:Are they going to show a lot of cleavage?

One of the previews showed the models in Princess Leia costumes from "Return of the Jedi" - the one where she's being held prisoner by Jabba the Hutt and clad in a bikini top and a wraparound skirt.

MarleysGh0st · #9 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:28 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:I wonder if the storm troopers are going to do "the walk"?

There was nothing else I wanted to watch at 8 pm, so I left this on until House started at 9.

The storm troopers appeared to have some difficulty handling the steps, so they weren't nearly as synchronized or seductive as the models. The cameras changed angles a lot to try to make this less noticeable.

This was a "winner take all" competition with two different contestants playing the game; the one who won the most money would keep it all and the other would get nothing.

The first contestant was a woman who had been a refugee from Vietnam. She said watching Carrie Fisher in Star Wars completely transformed her life. Carrie showed up at the studio to lend her support. Darth Vader took over the Banker's role, with the help of a lot of sound clips from the movies.

And in the first hour, the Dark Side was victorious. With two cases left, the contestant took a $13K offer, even though her case ended up having $25K.

Did anyone watch the second hour?

Bob Juch · #10 Post by **Bob Juch** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:38 am

Marley has gone over to the Dark Side.

earendel · #11 Post by **earendel** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:43 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I wonder if the storm troopers are going to do "the walk"?
There was nothing else I wanted to watch at 8 pm, so I left this on until House started at 9.

The storm troopers appeared to have some difficulty handling the steps, so they weren't nearly as synchronized or seductive as the models. The cameras changed angles a lot to try to make this less noticeable.

This was a "winner take all" competition with two different contestants playing the game; the one who won the most money would keep it all and the other would get nothing.

The first contestant was a woman who had been a refugee from Vietnam. She said watching Carrie Fisher in Star Wars completely transformed her life. Carrie showed up at the studio to lend her support. Darth Vader took over the Banker's role, with the help of a lot of sound clips from the movies.

I'm not sure those were all sound clips - the contestants' names were used, for instance. I suspect it may have been a JEJ imitator doing the voiceovers. elwing pointed out that the person in the DV costume was probably a woman because of the slight build. Poor Carrie looked as if she had had too much Botox - her face seemed frozen and her mouth somewhat distorted (sort of like Priscilla Presley on "Dancing with the Stars").

MarleysGh0st wrote:And in the first hour, the Dark Side was victorious. With two cases left, the contestant took a $13K offer, even though her case ended up having $25K.

Did anyone watch the second hour?

Yes. The contestant was male, so the models wore the slave girl Leia costumes from Return of the Jedi. He ended up as the overall winner for the night, although I can't remember exactly what his total was (I seem to recall it was a 6-figure offer but I could be wrong). His "support" was Chewbacca and R2-D2, neither of whom could communicate with him!

MarleysGh0st · #12 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:48 am

Bob Juch wrote:Marley has gone over to the Dark Side.

Vader was my favorite movie villain until he wimped out in Return of the Jedi.

And let's not even think about the "Yippee!" quote from The Phantom Menace.

nitrah55 · #13 Post by **nitrah55** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:50 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I wonder if the storm troopers are going to do "the walk"?
There was nothing else I wanted to watch at 8 pm, so I left this on until House started at 9.

The storm troopers appeared to have some difficulty handling the steps, so they weren't nearly as synchronized or seductive as the models. The cameras changed angles a lot to try to make this less noticeable.

This was a "winner take all" competition with two different contestants playing the game; the one who won the most money would keep it all and the other would get nothing.

The first contestant was a woman who had been a refugee from Vietnam. She said watching Carrie Fisher in Star Wars completely transformed her life. Carrie showed up at the studio to lend her support. Darth Vader took over the Banker's role, with the help of a lot of sound clips from the movies.

And in the first hour, the Dark Side was victorious. With two cases left, the contestant took a $13K offer, even though her case ended up having $25K.

Did anyone watch the second hour?

The second guy took an offer of $196K, so he won $209.

Howie made a point of saying that there were different audiences for each hour, and even the models were not in the studio the first hour.

MarleysGh0st · #14 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:51 am

earendel wrote: Yes. The contestant was male, so the models wore the slave girl Leia costumes from Return of the Jedi. He ended up as the overall winner for the night, although I can't remember exactly what his total was (I seem to recall it was a 6-figure offer but I could be wrong). His "support" was Chewbacca and R2-D2, neither of whom could communicate with him!

Where was C-3PO to translate?

Did they say how Star Wars transformed this guy's life?

MarleysGh0st · #15 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:53 am

nitrah55 wrote: Howie made a point of saying that there were different audiences for each hour, and even the models were not in the studio the first hour.

I was wondering about the audience. It wouldn't have done any good keeping the second contestant in isolation if somebody gave away what happened first.

I thought they'd dress the models in the storm trooper suits instead of hiring some other actors to wear them.

earendel · #16 Post by **earendel** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:04 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
earendel wrote: Yes. The contestant was male, so the models wore the slave girl Leia costumes from Return of the Jedi. He ended up as the overall winner for the night, although I can't remember exactly what his total was (I seem to recall it was a 6-figure offer but I could be wrong). His "support" was Chewbacca and R2-D2, neither of whom could communicate with him!
Where was C-3PO to translate?

Yeah - after all, he is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, as he never tires of telling whoever will listen.

MarleysGh0st wrote:Did they say how Star Wars transformed this guy's life?

No, he's a typical ST geek - lots of collectibles. He wanted to use some of the money to build a room to house his collection. He also said he'd seen all of the movies 200 times. Even "The Phantom Menace"?? :shudder: