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Let's Make a Deal
2009 · TV series · 18 seasons
Audience members dress up in outlandish costumes to get host Wayne Brady's attention in an attempt to make deals for trips, prizes, cars or cash, while trying to avoid the dreaded Zonks.
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> That he always opens a door that is not the contestant's choice is a necessary implication of saying that he opens "another" door
It really isn't. It's possible Monte Hall always opens the doors in reverse numerical order, so if you picked Door #3, that would get opened first. Or that if Door #3 contained the car, that would be revealed before any goats. The way the scenario was initially described by Ms. Vos Savant is not clear about that.
And no, not everybody knew Let's Make a Deal in great detail. It's always been a daytime tv show, meaning, it airs while most people are at work.
Has anyone gone through old episodes of Let's Make A Deal, and looked at the success rate of those who change their guess, vs those who don't?
Ha, interesting. Yes, well, back when the problem was invented it was assumed that everyone was aware of the TV show "Let's Make a Deal" and how the scenario worked. The host/offeree (a man named Monty Hall) _never_ picked a door that had the prize behind it, implying that he _always_ knew where the prize was.