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This is the ONLY episode I have.

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

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If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

It's probably not for most people, but for me I recognized his voice instantly, then I put the face together with the voice, I loved the Three Stooges since I was a kid, and Sitka was my favorite character next to the Stooges themselves.@@adamnedeff3102

This is actually kind of a neat story. Even by 1986, $500 and $1000 bills had long been removed from circulation. Co-executive producer Stefan Hatos thought $500 and $1000 bills were more exciting to see than a stack of $100s, and he had a friend in the banking industry. The friend arranged to salvage several $500 and $1000 bills and give them to "Let's Make a Deal." The show would give out the $500 and $1000 bills as prizes. NO game show actually gives away literal money as prizes; physical cash is returned at the end of the show and the contestants get a check instead. So when the contestants returned the $500 and $1000 bills at the end of the show, they were taken to the wardrobe department, and the wardrobe person would lay a sheet of wax paper over the bills and iron them. This caused a little bit of the wax to seep into each bill, which meant they would stay crisp and they wouldn't wear out, and "Let's Make a Deal" was able to keep giving out those bills for years as a result.

I'm not saying Monty did or didn't know who Emil was, but in interviewing "Let's Make a Deal" staffers for my upcoming book about Monty, I learned one of the secrets of the show--Monty's writers decided in advance who he should pick for each deal. The seats were numbered and the contestants had numbers on their name tags. Before each segment, a writer would tell Monty "Go to #4, then go to #13, then go to #22."

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

@@adamnedeff3102 When you explain it in that light, then I understand perfectly the strategy for not revealing their identities. Thanks for letting us in on that info because it makes a world of difference. 👍

@@adamnedeff3102 My cousin appeared on the Voice and what you say is absolutely true. She found out later after not being chosen that the studio execs had already picked out the contestants and the judges divvied them up among themselves. But hey, it's a big break for the contestants so who's to complain about the politics.

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

That’s not correct in any way.

SNME came on in lieu of SNL. They’d run it on nights that SNL was a repeat.

If Monty knew, it was probably for the best that he didn't say anything. I work in game shows for a living, and when actors appear as contestants, we explicitly tell them not to say that they're actors. So much of the general public assumes that actors are multimillionaires, and nobody likes watching multimillionaires win cash and prizes. So actors on game shows never mention their line of work. If they're actors who work at a department store in their off-hours, they say "I work at a department store" and nothing more. It's surprising at first to think they wouldn't acknowledge something like that, but it makes more sense if you take 30 seconds to try to picture what it would actually look like if Monty recognized him and acknowledged it. "Oh my gosh, you're Emil Sitka, legendary supporting actor whose movies I've loved and enjoyed for decades! I'm going to give YOU a chance to win prizes instead of the other 30 people on the trading floor!"

He was in the horror film "Intruder" produced by Lawrence Bender before Bender produced "Reservoir Dogs". His one line in the film was "Hold hands you lovebirds". Bender also stuck him in "Pulp Fiction" on a video clip of "Brideless Groom" where he says the exact same line.

But it's on the weekend though! Why?!

I am an expert on height. 99 percent of all actors add 2 to 5 inches to their height. 4 inches is the norm. First of all a lot of people don't know, your height is bare feet to skull. Not cowboy boots to your hat. John Wayne was between 6 ft and 6'1... Not even close to 6'4 as written. Moe and Larry were 5'0. Not 5'4 as written. List is endless. Charles Bronson barely 5'5. McQueen and Newman 5'6 and a half. Curly and Shemp 5'3. I couldn't believe Monty Hall didn't recognize Emil. I mean Hall grew up in the business. And he is so recognizable. What class that he didn't throw in who he was . Vernon Dent was my fave

Don’t have it. The opening promo bed from the original SNME was taken from the soundtrack of a 1985 movie called “American Flyer.” The name of the piece is “Traveling Music” and the promo bed is just four seconds of that piece playing in a loop. Once I learned that, I just edited this together from the track. I suspect the 2006 promo bed was an in-house composition to avoid royalties.