GAME SHOW HOST AN INCREASINGLY COVETED POSITION "So you want to be a game show host? Get in line. These days it seems as if every B-list actor is angling for the job. … For the networks, game shows are winners because they are inexpensive to produce, appealing to viewers and can be sold in the same format around the world. For actors, the job can be a good way to revive a flagging career — think of Howie Mandel, who had a failed talk show and a stalled acting career before starring in 'Deal or No Deal' on NBC during prime time. In the last year, Kevin Belinkoff, vice president for original programming at the Game Show Network, has been peppered with résumés from performers, some of them well known. Barely a day goes by without an agent or talent manager suggesting that he hire a client."
While the leading candidates for president squared off last night in taped messages aired on WWE's Monday Night Raw, the commander-in-chief himself appeared on an episode of Deal or No Deal to wish luck to Joe Kobes, a contestant who had done three tours of duty in Iraq. After making a joke about how everyone hates him because he's pissed on the world, President Bush went back to brainstorming ways to stop Kobes' peers from killing themselves.
Video of both shows after the jump.
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IT'S HARD OUT THERE FOR A MODEL "For the 26 women who take the stage each week on [Deal or No Deal], life is not all glamour and sequins and witty repartee with the host, Howie Mandel. At this taping in mid-January, for instance, there was the 14-hour workday, 8 ½ hours of which involved some or all of the models standing on an Arctic-like soundstage in short, short sleeveless dresses and four-inch heels." How can they even stand it?
Remember when someone decided to re-introduce Howie Mandel into our lives? Yes, I try to forget that day as well, but at least we got Deal Or No Deal out of it. These lovely ladies, the models who have the weighty task of holding their designated suitcase containing a placard with a number on it, and whose names I'm convinced Howie messes up on a constant basis are just a few of the reasons that you should probably try to get on DOND. That and I like the show and would really enjoy it if someone remotely connected to me was a contestant. Well, if you're in or around Vegas, here's your shot. Thanks to MeeVee, the information for this weekend's casting:
DEAL OR NO DEAL
Ever wonder what YOU would do with one million dollars?
Are you a risk taker?
Do you feel lucky?
Now's your big chance to try to find out…OPEN CASTING CALL IN LAS VEGAS!
REMEMBER: If you've already submitted a tape, it is not necessary to attend an open casting call.
Keep checking back for specific times and locations for the city nearest you.LAS VEGAS, NV
When:
Saturday, June 3rd 2006
10:00am - 1:00pmWhere:
Las Vegas Hilton
3000 Paradise Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Check out the site for anything else you need to bring. Those of you outside of Sin City, just send in a tape like the rest of the desperates. Send in a video looking as spastic as possible. You should probably also demonstrate your nauseatingly enthusiastic family and a sick devotion to something marketable, like the Steelers. And please, for the love of god, if you make it to that mecca of Deal Or No Deal, send me some sort of recap of your experience, or at least try to bed Nancy (above) the model I voted most likely to kill you in your sleep.
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