Rest in peace, Monty Hall. You made it all look so easy. You will be remembered, not only for Let's Make a Deal but also for your charity contributions. All of your many fans here in Canada are proud to claim you as ours!
@@sean2015 CBS and ABC didn't go *FULL* color until 1965. RCA (owners of NBC at the time) made and sold color TV sets. They could have made NBC *FULL* color anytime before then.
Zachary Dunlap-Tunnage that’s the reason why CBS and ABC were so slow to adopt color programming - because they didn’t want to promote their competitor (NBC)’s product. Color TVs were very uncommon up until 1965 (the year you mentioned) and up until that point they were prohibitively expensive for most households. Adjusted for inflation, in 1962-1963 color TV sets were far more expensive than even a new top-of-the-line desktop computer would be today.
@@sean2015 That's what I meant by my earlier comments with everything NOT on NBC. Also, adjusted for inflation? I would never be able to own a color TV then. I didn't know that.
Just learned about Monty Hall's passing on this evening. I had not viewed this pilot episode in a few years (and forgot Let's Make A Deal was first on NBC) and I just went back to a simpler time in life (childhood) when parents and grandparents were living. I am also enjoying seeing folks who like my parents/grandparents LOOKED like classy men and women by the way they dressed (I am quite Old School myself now in my late 50's age-wise). I realize the thought patterns about life back then are considered out-dated now but I am enjoying seeing and hearing it all. My brother (now also deceased) LOVED this show for the new cars featured as prizes. It was a treat to see the classic NBC Peacock prior to the show as well. Thanks for the trip back in time and R.I.P. Mr. Monty Hall ♥♥
13:54 - That 17" COLOR TV cost $899 in 1963. I was at CostCo today and saw a Sony 65" OLED TV for the same price. No inflation on TVs...that's for sure....
This show was my favorite back in the early 70's, I was in grade school. This first episode is classy and good clean fun. Would be nice if we had some that now.
Monty Hall just died today, but he can't get into heaven yet because he has to choose his fate between door number 2 or the curtain Carol Merill is standing beside (psst, take the door, Monty!) Godspeed, Monty, you filled millions with some great memories!
@@brianarbenz1329In the 1960s people had hope for the future; granted ,things weren't perfect in terms of equality for African Americans and women, yet people believed things would be better in the future. There was a dirty little war in a place called South Vietnam, and a President admired for his charisma, and leadership. In this dystopian United States of today, you have active teen shooters, homelessness, and a maniac , idiot, who wants to seize presidential power by appealing to the rabble's baser emotions.
@@jacksonhart5961 Haha! Sounds horrible, along with the violent crime rate being 40% of what it is today, 5% of children born to single mothers vs 40% today, a fertility rate of 3 in 1963 vs 1.8 today (well below the replacement rate of 2.1). Yeah, we are doing so much better today as a society!
Wow! What a rare TV classic, the original 1963 pilot of "Let's Make a Deal"!!! So good to see everything still there, the original NBC Peacock, the opening and closing credits, etc., etc., etc., etc. Yup, they don't make TV like that anymore.
I miss the golden age of television, but just give me a big break. I'm not gonna trash everything new and I will not be forced into this crap by those lifeless, grown-a** nostalgically-blind hypocrites like you!
This is fun, watching the very first broadcast of "Let's Make A Deal," from 1963-hosted by the legendary and multi-talented Monty Hall. It is my understanding that-after the first two weeks in which the audience members dressed "conservatively"-one of the audience members dressed up in a creative, wacky costume to get Monty's attention. In a very short period of time-ALL the audience members were doing that! Funny and endlessly entertaining!
It's not weird at all. It's just like the first few episodes of the New Price is Right (1972) without the wild cheering and clapping going on. It's the way the show originally began, and it is a treat to see how these shows really began.
Bob Barker's "Truth or Consequences" was also taped in NBC Studio 1 in the early 1960s. Studio 1 later became the home of "The Tonight Show Staring Johnny Carson" from 1972 to 1992.
Sad news to report. The Legendary host and co-creator Monty Hall passed away today at age 96. R.I.P. to the original Big Dealer. You are a true legend.
I was almost 4 when this aired, we had a 15" diagonal BW TV with rabbit ears and 6 VHF channels abc, nbc, cbs, wortv, and eventually wpix. It had a separate tuner for UHF and a small circular antenna in the back for that. lol We got TWO UHF channels, channel 13 to become PBS and, LMFAO remembering, channel 41 that came in on 22 if you turned the set just right. In the late night when I should have been sleeping, I would listen to wrestling! From a station in Paterson NJ. I will remember till the day I die that announcers opening call, RINSIDE QURANTE UNO PATERSON NEW JERSEY! lol Sweet memory! Monty Hall passed away today 9/30/2017... RIP I hope you make a great deal in heaven!
I feel so sad after Monty Hall passed away at Beverly Hills, California. This first episode has reminded me about Monty's accomplishments for many many years & a very very very long time. RIP Monty Hall 1921-2017
They didn't add that. People came up with that on their own so that Monty would notice them and pick them. The network actually wanted them to put a stop to it, Monty said no.
At 4:54, the 1963 Pontiac Tempest is sometimes confused with the 1964 Buick Slylark, because they both had positraction, and independent rear suspension
Yeah, I don't care for it either. Brady doesn't exude charm and charisma that a game show host needs. He doesn't have showmanship either. His voice is pretty flat in that there's very little inflection in his speaking. Most of my TV watching anymore is reruns of vintage shows from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Just by watching this pilot, you can see why this show was such a howling success!!! Obviously the network executives could tell immediately just from this sample demo show that this program had tremendous appeal, and would probably really catch on in America. Monty Hall had such charm, quick wit, and folksy showmanship that all of the great game hosts had. Wendell Niles was a legendary radio announcer-- especially with Bob Hope; and and had a relaxed grace and poise. Yes this show would evolve with the zany costumes and open up and get wilder with Jay Stewart, who was fantastic; but we have to remember that this was the original show, So, like all first runs, it was rather tame and polite. Still, there was more than enough here to show sponsors or execs to go with it, and that they had a potential winner on their hands!
Monty Hall passed away today. at 96 years old R.I.P. The reason for the costumes is people wanted to get to play and hard to get picked so the next airing somebody wore an outlandish for the time non conforming outfit and Monty went right too them so the next episode more people wore weird looking clothes and that started the trend for lets make a deal. If not it would not have lasted.. Monty Hall said this on a game show tribute years ago. And check Monty Hall on the Odd Couple TV show a Riot when they play lets make a deal in their kitchen!
"You have your reincarnation as a Saudii prince, but I have another deal for you! You can give up that reincarnation for a chance at a key to heaven - you can choose between door 1, door 2, and door 3."
+Robert Lopresti--That price even shocked me, too. I was a little kid growing up at that time, and it was common knowledge that if someone had a color TV they had to have a lot of money. I was under the impression in the mid to late 60s that color sets were in the $500 to $600 range. Our family didn't get a color TV until 1973 when our old black and white 25" console bit the dust. I don't remember the cost of that new set, but it was less than $500. Ah, the memories!
Yes elegant. They are really polite and even shy. Wow in 1963 my mom was 14 years old. How things changed right? Times were better for a lot of reasons
Looks like a Church Audience..... I am used to the insane people with toasters on their heads.... Still awesome to see the greatest Game Show and Game Show host so early on. Monty ROOLs 4ever.
Well as the legend goes someone from this clean cut audience one day brought a sign saying “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m here to make a deal with you”. Of course Monty picked the lady. Next thing you know, everyone is bringing in signs. Then someone brought in a wacky hat. Then everyone brought in wacky hats. And as a result for the last 50 plus years tens of thousands of traders “dressed as they are”, come to make deals with the big dealer Wayne Brady, Monty Hall’s rightful heir.
I happened to come by this video. I remember Monty Hall in an interview saying when the show started people came dressed in regular attire for the time. It quickly evolved into people coming dressed as crazily as they could. That stuck for this entire show's airing and subsequent versions of the show. "I'll give you $500 for a hairpin." ;)
Everyone makes fun of June Cleaver wearing pearls and dressing up. By the look of the women contestants that was how you dressed going out in 1963. A different era in America. No wonder the hippies were such a shock in a few yrs.
+Anti thug Society These same people all dressed in pearls and skinny ties probably thought they were 100 yrs in the future and an alternate universe when the hippies showed up. America of 1963 and America of 1968-1970 were very different places. Something changed that is for sure.
+Anti thug Society The 60's began with Don Drapers in suits, greased hair and hats and ended with Woodstock. No other time period in history ever changed so quickly that is for certain. It is like when Kennedy died so did the 50's and the Beetles along with drugs and lots of sex filled that void. Most people very willingly jumped in. I was only 8 when Woodstock happened. We tried to recreate the 60's magic a decade later but it just was not the same.
+Anti thug Society You had what I guess would be called a hip happening mom. Very nice to have a time in music that means so much. My mom God rest her soul would put 10 lps on our huge record player Sat morning and they would drop one at a time and play all day. Our music was mostly white country. I ended up a rock fan instead. That phonograph looked like something Monty Hall would have given away. Guess it was what passed for modern electronics then.
But even then, people still dressed way better as a rule when the hippies first came and then through the '70s and early '80s. That really started to change in the '90s.
I remember my wife telling about this show when I came home from work. She watched this on an old 25 inch Zenith black and white television. Enjoyed watching this :-)
13:54 - That 17" COLOR TV cost $899 in 1963. I was at CostCo today and saw a Sony 65" OLED TV for the same price. No inflation on TVs...that's for sure....
@@jaysantos536 You totally got me. 😅 Seriously, though, a LOT of famous and popular shows, from game shows and variety shows to sitcoms, were filmed or taped there. That place should be called a historical landmark by now!
I was a contestant on Let Make a Deal got up for big deal picked door number 3 won a trip to Bahamas Caribbean and 700$ cash someone pls find this dressed like a Angel Monty picked the 3 of us first a cat a skier and the Angel me RIP MONTY HALL
Next year will be the 60th anniversary of Let's Make a Deal. I'm hoping CBS will have a primetime special next season. I would love for the current version will bring back the Super Deal with a $100,000 prize plus the big deal.
This is far funner than the current version of the show, both of them have their moments though. I like the newer one, but, this one really has a kicking charm to it.
Monty knew he was playing a friendly con man. Also the show was faster paced at 30 minutes. The show is slower today but it leverages Wayne’s improv chops very well.
The $900 color TV at 13:20 is equivalent to $8,750 today (2022). That's a lot of money, especially since the color was lousy back then. Of course, in 1963 if you had a color TV, you were the envy of the neighborhood even if everyone you saw on the TV had green and purple skin.
Ah the good old days when you had a 19 inch TV, (a colour one if you were a pricey spender), 10 to 12 channels using rabbit ears or out door antenna, no remotes and you liked it cause that's how it was back then. I was 8 years old in '63
In 1963 UK you had to have a black and white TV (colour came in 1967 but only became popular in 1976) with 2 TV channels and one more coming next year in 625 line high definition!
No costumes. You see, after about one month of the show's debut, a lady came to the show with a sign and Monty picked her and that how the signs started. Later on, a lady came to the show with a crazy hat and Monty picked her and that's really how the costumes started. They almost put a stop to that until a writer pointed out that they were on television and it makes the screen come alive and that there has never been a show like this before.
Wow, i didnt come around until 2 decades later my mother was born in this year and my grandmother had just turned 40. i noticed every female had her legs crossed and her purse in her lap and gloves in the other hand. and everyone seem to have class. A time when they were excited to see a shinny new American Car and having a Fur Coat was exquisite. Now i see what my grandmother was talking about...lol
Well, I think that's Carol Merrill in the pilot. As a matter of fact, I'm certain, but the announcer was Wendell Niles and after the pilot when he had to make the decision on whether to go with the new show (Let's Make A Deal) or the old show (Your First Impression, i think), he decided to stay with the old show and Jay Stewart was brought in to take his place.
Noticeable here is the fact no one was wearing the costumes that would become commonplace relatively quickly. Also, few people realize LMAD was originally on NBC. Most of my generations remembers LMAD from after it moved to ABC.
Walt Gekko LMAD’s move to ABC (along with a new soap called All My Children) helped the network become a serious player in daytime after just General Hospital and years of CBS and NBC dominating the audience.
Rest in peace, Monty Hall. You made it all look so easy. You will be remembered, not only for Let's Make a Deal but also for your charity contributions. All of your many fans here in Canada are proud to claim you as ours!
AMAZING to see such clear color quality for 1963. Almost everything at that time was in B&W.
Everything that wasn't on NBC anyway.
Zachary Dunlap-Tunnage what are you talking about? Almost all television programming in 1963 was in B&W.
@@sean2015
CBS and ABC didn't go *FULL* color until 1965. RCA (owners of NBC at the time) made and sold color TV sets. They could have made NBC *FULL* color anytime before then.
Zachary Dunlap-Tunnage that’s the reason why CBS and ABC were so slow to adopt color programming - because they didn’t want to promote their competitor (NBC)’s product. Color TVs were very uncommon up until 1965 (the year you mentioned) and up until that point they were prohibitively expensive for most households. Adjusted for inflation, in 1962-1963 color TV sets were far more expensive than even a new top-of-the-line desktop computer would be today.
@@sean2015 That's what I meant by my earlier comments with everything NOT on NBC. Also, adjusted for inflation? I would never be able to own a color TV then. I didn't know that.
What polite, soft-spoken people.
Think it's called being civil and having self-respect and respecting others...
And most talk shows game shows were like that in the 50s 60s
Just learned about Monty Hall's passing on this evening. I had not viewed this pilot episode in a few years (and forgot Let's Make A Deal was first on NBC) and I just went back to a simpler time in life (childhood) when parents and grandparents were living. I am also enjoying seeing folks who like my parents/grandparents LOOKED like classy men and women by the way they dressed (I am quite Old School myself now in my late 50's age-wise). I realize the thought patterns about life back then are considered out-dated now but I am enjoying seeing and hearing it all. My brother (now also deceased) LOVED this show for the new cars featured as prizes. It was a treat to see the classic NBC Peacock prior to the show as well. Thanks for the trip back in time and R.I.P. Mr. Monty Hall ♥♥
13:54 - That 17" COLOR TV cost $899 in 1963. I was at CostCo today and saw a Sony 65" OLED TV for the same price. No inflation on TVs...that's for sure....
This show is one of my favorites today
The lady in the green suit that won the zonk tricycle was a guest on today's episode (2/8/19) of the Let's Make a Deal Legacy Special.
This show was my favorite back in the early 70's, I was in grade school. This first episode is classy and good clean fun. Would be nice if we had some that now.
Monty Hall just died today, but he can't get into heaven yet because he has to choose his fate between door number 2 or the curtain Carol Merill is standing beside (psst, take the door, Monty!)
Godspeed, Monty, you filled millions with some great memories!
LOL when I saw that. It would have been just like Monty to be in that spot too!
He is sorely missed.
ArneYoga lol
He did, indeed!
There will never, ever be a better dealmaker than Mr. Monty Hall, not even Wayne Brady.
Shoot, instead of Heaven he picked the Goat. Greatest of all time!
He was a great host and a great mind, too. RIP, Monty.
My gosh, Monty Hall was a gem! This, even in its infancy, was a GREAT show and he was the best of hosts of any show ever!
What a civil audience. Unlike today's TV programs, people back then had class!
And so well calm
Do not compare today’s reality with yesterday’s TV show. You’re fooling yourself.
@@brianarbenz1329In the 1960s people had hope for the future; granted ,things weren't perfect in terms of equality for African Americans and women, yet people believed things would be better in the future. There was a dirty little war in a place called South Vietnam, and a President admired for his charisma, and leadership. In this dystopian United States of today, you have active teen shooters, homelessness, and a maniac , idiot, who wants to seize presidential power by appealing to the rabble's baser emotions.
Really sad what society has come to now, people back then were so polite and respectful.
Very true.
Oh yeah, so respectful, what with all the sexism in the intro, and most of the audience being straight white women.
This is sarcasm.
@@jacksonhart5961 Haha! Sounds horrible, along with the violent crime rate being 40% of what it is today, 5% of children born to single mothers vs 40% today, a fertility rate of 3 in 1963 vs 1.8 today (well below the replacement rate of 2.1). Yeah, we are doing so much better today as a society!
Not only were they polite and respectful, they were very well dressed!
You sure got that right
Class. This show still makes me smile after all these years. My mom watched this , as the world turns, and bonanza religiously !
Monty Hall was one of the all time great MCs!
I appreciate all the people giving their condolences to the passing of Monty Hall.
Wow! What a rare TV classic, the original 1963 pilot of "Let's Make a Deal"!!! So good to see everything still there, the original NBC Peacock, the opening and closing credits, etc., etc., etc., etc. Yup, they don't make TV like that anymore.
Laramie Peacock, that is. :p
They sure don't, Joey. Sad but true 😢
I hate it when people say they don't make everything good anymore. It ruins everything for me.
I miss the golden age of television, but just give me a big break. I'm not gonna trash everything new and I will not be forced into this crap by those lifeless, grown-a** nostalgically-blind hypocrites like you!
This is fun, watching the very first broadcast of "Let's Make A Deal," from 1963-hosted by the legendary and multi-talented Monty Hall. It is my understanding that-after the first two weeks in which the audience members dressed "conservatively"-one of the audience members dressed up in a creative, wacky costume to get Monty's attention. In a very short period of time-ALL the audience members were doing that! Funny and endlessly entertaining!
It's not weird at all. It's just like the first few episodes of the New Price is Right (1972) without the wild cheering and clapping going on. It's the way the show originally began, and it is a treat to see how these shows really began.
Monty is still with us in 2016 at the age of 94 . . . and still married to his first wife since 1947!
He likely has outlived the vast majority of people in that audience.
Not anymore, Monty Hall passed away at the age of 96. RIP to TV's original big dealer and thanks for the memories.
RIP . . . and his wife Marilyn died in June.
MooPotPie My jaw dropped when I saw the news story about Monty's death.What a shock to me when I saw it.
@@entertainment150 About half the people that were alive when i was bon are dead and i was born 1976.
Bob Barker's "Truth or Consequences" was also taped in NBC Studio 1 in the early 1960s. Studio 1 later became the home of "The Tonight Show Staring Johnny Carson" from 1972 to 1992.
Sad news to report. The Legendary host and co-creator Monty Hall passed away today at age 96. R.I.P. to the original Big Dealer. You are a true legend.
I was almost 4 when this aired, we had a 15" diagonal BW TV with rabbit ears and 6 VHF channels abc, nbc, cbs, wortv, and eventually wpix. It had a separate tuner for UHF and a small circular antenna in the back for that. lol We got TWO UHF channels, channel 13 to become PBS and, LMFAO remembering, channel 41 that came in on 22 if you turned the set just right. In the late night when I should have been sleeping, I would listen to wrestling! From a station in Paterson NJ. I will remember till the day I die that announcers opening call, RINSIDE QURANTE UNO PATERSON NEW JERSEY! lol Sweet memory!
Monty Hall passed away today 9/30/2017... RIP I hope you make a great deal in heaven!
I had a great great great great great great grandson who was around 40 when this first aired.
R.I.P. Monty Hall ~ 1921 - 2017 :'-(
I feel so sad after Monty Hall passed away at Beverly Hills, California. This first episode has reminded me about Monty's accomplishments for many many years & a very very very long time. RIP Monty Hall 1921-2017
Don't feel bad. 96 is a pretty long life.
It was a good idea that they added the audience costumes later, those really amped up the visual appeal and the energy of the crowd!
They didn't add that. People came up with that on their own so that Monty would notice them and pick them. The network actually wanted them to put a stop to it, Monty said no.
NOTE: RIP Monty Hall
1921-2017
He died in his house in California.
in loving memory of monty hall 1921-2017
He had a pretty good run.
RIP Monty Hall. This was a great show
This was the pilot but watching Monty, it was as if he'd always been doing that show.
At 4:54, the 1963 Pontiac Tempest is sometimes confused with the 1964 Buick Slylark, because they both had positraction, and independent rear suspension
My cousin Vinny lol
Was this Tempest mint green? lol
@@christophergolas9930 I don’t think so, but the woman contestant’s outfit may have been.
Wow! Monty has it nailed down tight right from the very beginning.
Monty Hall will always be THE LMAD host. R.I.P. Monty.
GSN will be rerunning this show Sunday as part of the tribute to Monty Hall. I hope they run the 1977 finale and the 1986 finale.
This is one of the first daytime programs to be televised in color.
This is better than the modern version of lets make a deal.
Carrie Lestyk agree. I refuse to watch let's make a deal with Wayne Brady
Benjamin Wallace
Yeah, I don't care for it either. Brady doesn't exude charm and charisma that a game show host needs. He doesn't have showmanship either. His voice is pretty flat in that there's very little inflection in his speaking. Most of my TV watching anymore is reruns of vintage shows from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Simple deals were so much better $500 or the curtain where carol merill was standing
Boy, has the times changed
No kidding. People were more articulate and better dressed.
@@MCO18
People were more polite, not hung up on stupid things. Just real in general.
The original poster says times “has” changed, then you mourn the loss of articulateness. This is a classic!
RIP Monty Hall, 96 yo, 9/30/2017.
Karen Williams RN wow 9/30 is my birthday
He was definitely America's greatest dealmaker!
Just by watching this pilot, you can see why this show was such a howling success!!! Obviously the network executives could tell immediately just from this sample demo show that this program had tremendous appeal, and would probably really catch on in America. Monty Hall had such charm, quick wit, and folksy showmanship that all of the great game hosts had. Wendell Niles was a legendary radio announcer-- especially with Bob Hope; and and had a relaxed grace and poise. Yes this show would evolve with the zany costumes and open up and get wilder with Jay Stewart, who was fantastic; but we have to remember that this was the original show, So, like all first runs, it was rather tame and polite. Still, there was more than enough here to show sponsors or execs to go with it, and that they had a potential winner on their hands!
Let's face it. Wendell Niles is *NO* Jay Stewart.
From what I heard, the head honchos at first were like, "Yeah, that was great! But what do you do the next day?"
Thank you Monty for all of the fun!!! You were a great guy.
Monty Hall passed away today. at 96 years old R.I.P. The reason for the costumes is people wanted to get to play and hard to get picked so the next airing somebody wore an outlandish for the time non conforming outfit and Monty went right too them so the next episode more people wore weird looking clothes and that started the trend for lets make a deal. If not it would not have lasted.. Monty Hall said this on a game show tribute years ago. And check Monty Hall on the Odd Couple TV show a Riot when they play lets make a deal in their kitchen!
Few people today know that before LMAD, Monty Hall was for one season the play-by-play voice of the New York Rangers of the then-six team NHL.
Thanks for sharing this episode!
Happy 95th birthday, Monty Hall.
He's dead dude,wake up!
@@josephmancuso9695 This comment was made when he was alive, wake up!
@@josephmancuso9695 you wake up check the year he said happy birthday you dumb
I hope you're continuing Let's Make A Deal in Heaven, Mr. Hall!!
"You have your reincarnation as a Saudii prince, but I have another deal for you! You can give up that reincarnation for a chance at a key to heaven - you can choose between door 1, door 2, and door 3."
A color TV set was a big deal in 1963 (no pun intended) as color programming did not become common until the 1965-66 TV season.
Right U are!
+Max Power $899 for a roundie color TV?!
+Robert Lopresti It was the Deauxville!
+Robert Lopresti--That price even shocked me, too. I was a little kid growing up at that time, and it was common knowledge that if someone had a color TV they had to have a lot of money. I was under the impression in the mid to late 60s that color sets were in the $500 to $600 range. Our family didn't get a color TV until 1973 when our old black and white 25" console bit the dust. I don't remember the cost of that new set, but it was less than $500. Ah, the memories!
Max Power RCA still owned NBC at the time, and a few of their shows (including Bonanza, of course) were in color.
Wow....real ladies and gentlemen. So different from today.
JFK was still alive and kickin' when this episode was taped. How innocent things were back then. sigh.....
first thing I thought!
wtf66611 But not for long (Lee Harvey Oswald would take care of that).
Funny, I was thinking the same thing - America was still very innocent
Gerry Cooney Yeah right. Fuck outta here with that conspiracy bullshit!!!
JFK was doin' a lot more than kickin', I guarantee!
These early shows were very sneaky, hard to predict, and clever! 👍👍👏👏
Yes elegant. They are really polite and even shy. Wow in 1963 my mom was 14 years old. How things changed right? Times were better for a lot of reasons
happy 60th anniversary let's make a deal congratulations keep that milestone going
Looks like a Church Audience..... I am used to the insane people with toasters on their heads.... Still awesome to see the greatest Game Show and Game Show host so early on. Monty ROOLs 4ever.
The audience was definitely a lot more quiet and reserved in this era and episode.
Well as the legend goes someone from this clean cut audience one day brought a sign saying “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m here to make a deal with you”. Of course Monty picked the lady.
Next thing you know, everyone is bringing in signs.
Then someone brought in a wacky hat.
Then everyone brought in wacky hats.
And as a result for the last 50 plus years tens of thousands of traders “dressed as they are”, come to make deals with the big dealer Wayne Brady, Monty Hall’s rightful heir.
Indeed, Monty and Stefan Hatos tested LMAD with church groups and many other gatherings of people. Everyone loved the concept.
Thanks for posting!
OH MY GOODNESS!! This was before the costumes!!!
The tire tracks on this stage were made by a 1963 Pontiac Tempest.
Michael Lipinski my cousin Vinny!
Some of the greatest game shows started on NBC such as Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right.
I happened to come by this video. I remember Monty Hall in an interview saying when the show started people came dressed in regular attire for the time. It quickly evolved into people coming dressed as crazily as they could. That stuck for this entire show's airing and subsequent versions of the show. "I'll give you $500 for a hairpin." ;)
They show modesty in their actions
Taped at Studio 1 at the NBC Studios in Burbank where the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson taped for 20 years. LMAD taped here from 1963-68 on NBC.
Everyone makes fun of June Cleaver wearing pearls and dressing up. By the look of the women contestants that was how you dressed going out in 1963.
A different era in America. No wonder the hippies were such a shock in a few yrs.
+Anti thug Society These same people all dressed in pearls and skinny ties probably thought they were 100 yrs in the future and an alternate universe when the hippies showed up. America of 1963 and America of 1968-1970 were very different places. Something changed that is for sure.
+Anti thug Society The 60's began with Don Drapers in suits, greased hair and hats and ended with Woodstock. No other time period in history ever changed so quickly that is for certain. It is like when Kennedy died so did the 50's and the Beetles along with drugs and lots of sex filled that void. Most people very willingly jumped in. I was only 8 when Woodstock happened. We tried to recreate the 60's magic a decade later but it just was not the same.
+Anti thug Society You had what I guess would be called a hip happening mom. Very nice to have a time in music that means so much. My mom God rest her soul would put 10 lps on our huge record player Sat morning and they would drop one at a time and play all day. Our music was mostly white country. I ended up a rock fan instead. That phonograph looked like something Monty Hall would have given away. Guess it was what passed for modern electronics then.
June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) wore pearls to conceal a blemish that was prominent on camera.
But even then, people still dressed way better as a rule when the hippies first came and then through the '70s and early '80s. That really started to change in the '90s.
I remember my wife telling about this show when I came home from work. She watched this on an old 25 inch Zenith black and white television. Enjoyed watching this :-)
13:54 - That 17" COLOR TV cost $899 in 1963. I was at CostCo today and saw a Sony 65" OLED TV for the same price. No inflation on TVs...that's for sure....
I was 3 years old in 1963.
My mother, was Maggie Guth, who was the very first "trader" on Let's Make a Deal. Only video of her in existence.
Old television game shows are the best !
Yes, I agree.
This was taped in Studio One at NBC in Burbank. This is the same studio where Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show from 1972 to 1992.
Now we know the place as *The* *Burbank* *Studios* .
@@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220 Torn down last month.
@@jaysantos536 Torn down?! This is terrible! What happened? ☹
@@zacharydunlap-tunnage2220 Just kidding.....Surprised anyone really cares though....
@@jaysantos536 You totally got me. 😅
Seriously, though, a LOT of famous and popular shows, from game shows and variety shows to sitcoms, were filmed or taped there. That place should be called a historical landmark by now!
This show was always so fun. :)
So weird to see video tape, let alone in color from 1963! Great that they saved it. Most tapes from that era were reused or destroyed.
Could you imagine Wayne Brady coming into a studio with 39 anxious traders dressed in 1963-style clothing?
Um…no. Not then (for sadly obvious reasons) or now (for sadly obvious reasons).
@@jasonnstegallenough said, MLK jr and the X made it easier for us to check those who step out of line
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Fact. The "Peacock" voice over was done by Mel Brandt, one of the iconic NBC Staff Announers.
Up there right next to Don Pardo. They *both* are greatly missed.
Dedicated to the memory of Monte Halparin (aka Monty Hall,1921-2017)
No wonder this show was a success ...on many levels, it pulls you in 😎🗣
I was a contestant on Let Make a Deal got up for big deal picked door number 3 won a trip to Bahamas Caribbean and 700$ cash someone pls find this dressed like a Angel Monty picked the 3 of us first a cat a skier and the Angel me RIP MONTY HALL
Do you remember what month and year?
$700.00 in 1963 had the same buying power as $5,676.54 in 2018
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And the Bahamas were worth going to.
Next year will be the 60th anniversary of Let's Make a Deal. I'm hoping CBS will have a primetime special next season. I would love for the current version will bring back the Super Deal with a $100,000 prize plus the big deal.
Monty Hall passed away on the same day as my 50th birthday. Requiescat in pace, Monty!
They really had fun in those days !
I wish they made flat screen TVs like that. I could so use what looks like a drawer
So this was before the "These people dressed as they are" idea came up, right?
They should do the feather duster one again.
This is far funner than the current version of the show, both of them have their moments though. I like the newer one, but, this one really has a kicking charm to it.
Monty knew he was playing a friendly con man. Also the show was faster paced at 30 minutes. The show is slower today but it leverages Wayne’s improv chops very well.
When it was shown on GameShow marathon in 2005 (which led to it's eventual return in 2009) it became the only game show to air on all four networks.
James Klatt If you count Big Deal (Fox’s lame attempt at LMAD), yes.
Big deal
@jaysantos536 - YES. YES IT WAS.
I wish I could look at all of the old episodes from when I was really little because my grandma was on the show it would have to be the early 70s
They took away the zonk, as a possibility, in the final Big Deal. This show has changed, a lot! Some better, some worse. I love it all! 😍❤
12:45. The other lady probably stood up and yelled “A raccoon???!!!!!!” and threw the coat on the floor.
It would be cool if we could come across the NBC finale from 1968.
The $900 color TV at 13:20 is equivalent to $8,750 today (2022). That's a lot of money, especially since the color was lousy back then. Of course, in 1963 if you had a color TV, you were the envy of the neighborhood even if everyone you saw on the TV had green and purple skin.
REST IN HEAVEN MONTY HALL
The NBC peacock logo was a bonus to add in the re-airing.
back then, Monty Hall looked similar to Alan Young (he was Wilbur Post in Mister Ed)
"Let's Make a Deal" is a Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall production in association with the National Broadcasting Company.
Ah the good old days when you had a 19 inch TV, (a colour one if you were a pricey spender), 10 to 12 channels using rabbit ears or out door antenna, no remotes and you liked it cause that's how it was back then. I was 8 years old in '63
In 1963 UK you had to have a black and white TV (colour came in 1967 but only became popular in 1976) with 2 TV channels and one more coming next year in 625 line high definition!
Oh yeah, this was the episode where all the contestants dressed like there were at a early 60s cocktail party !
No costumes. You see, after about one month of the show's debut, a lady came to the show with a sign and Monty picked her and that how the signs started. Later on, a lady came to the show with a crazy hat and Monty picked her and that's really how the costumes started. They almost put a stop to that until a writer pointed out that they were on television and it makes the screen come alive and that there has never been a show like this before.
Wow, i didnt come around until 2 decades later my mother was born in this year and my grandmother had just turned 40. i noticed every female had her legs crossed and her purse in her lap and gloves in the other hand. and everyone seem to have class. A time when they were excited to see a shinny new American Car and having a Fur Coat was exquisite. Now i see what my grandmother was talking about...lol
Wow! That was exciting TV!
R.I.P. Monty
I want those pink Westinghouse appliances!
I would have liked to have seen the commercials too.
Back when television was tender and mild. No talkshows bombarding the television no news propaganda
Everything new starts out tender and mild (so to speak), then as it grows, it turns into a greedy monster. Sad, but true.
It's weird to not see people in costumes or Tiffany as the model.. It's just so odd yet classic to see
Well, I think that's Carol Merrill in the pilot. As a matter of fact, I'm certain, but the announcer was Wendell Niles and after the pilot when he had to make the decision on whether to go with the new show (Let's Make A Deal) or the old show (Your First Impression, i think), he decided to stay with the old show and Jay Stewart was brought in to take his place.
Noticeable here is the fact no one was wearing the costumes that would become commonplace relatively quickly.
Also, few people realize LMAD was originally on NBC. Most of my generations remembers LMAD from after it moved to ABC.
Walt Gekko LMAD’s move to ABC (along with a new soap called All My Children) helped the network become a serious player in daytime after just General Hospital and years of CBS and NBC dominating the audience.