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Michael DeVere

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:13 pm    Author: Michael DeVere    Post subject: If you could change one thing about DOND what would it be?

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If you had the power to change something about the show what would you change and why?


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h2005

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:14 pm    Author: h2005    Post subject:
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I'd get rid of, or at least lessen, the "blue, blue, blue" chanting as I feel that this is often overdone. However, it has been done less in the past few shows... :D


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h2005

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:17 pm    Author: h2005    Post subject:
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Oh, and I'd also get rid of the banker who seems to think he can make up the rules as he goes along... like he did today. I doubt we'd have seen three swap offers at the beginning of the show after the £250k show, had it been won six months ago...


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Billy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:27 pm    Author: Billy    Post subject:
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I'd make sure that they're filmed as close to transmission as possible to prevent spoilers.

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KP

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:41 pm    Author: KP    Post subject:
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What Billy said, but realistically that would mean changing dumping our current 'players on the wings' approach, presumably to a Millionaire-esque straddling format as used in the US.

So failing that; the Banker's offers to always fall within a predetermined range, which would greatly reduce accusations of Endemol manipulation.

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rico7

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:56 pm    Author: rico7    Post subject:
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With Noel there, I'm sorry but I'd have to introduce you know who:

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rico7

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:59 pm    Author: rico7    Post subject:
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Seriously, it might be nice to actually hear the banker talking to Noel sometimes though not when he makes the offers. Quite frequently you see Noel on the phone being amused by something the banker said. Let's hear him occasionally, the banter could prove to be hilarious and increase the ratings still further! :D


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TicTac

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:03 pm    Author: TicTac    Post subject:

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A few ideas:

Subtitles for the Banker's conversation

Show filmed closer to transmission so we aren't watching a game in late February where the contestants haven't even got to christmas.

Have the 'previous offers' graphic for every offer.

Add another box displaying some simple odds for a bit off 'educational value'

Increase the top prize £50,000 every time it is won.

In The £250,000 box, add a little gold round the inside of the box or something so it looks a little more special.

No squashdown.



I'm not sure some of those would work, but they were some random ideas I had.


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KP

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:38 pm    Author: KP    Post subject:
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Different colour for the jackpot? Interesting, they do that for the jackpot in the US when they bump it beyond a million. I honestly thought that would happen for the £500,000 shows.

Closer to transmission? HELL YES, but see the caveat I mentioned earlier.

Previous offers graphic? Hell yes again. Another thing the US gets right.

Ditto the odds, would work better here than on the US with its one-case-to-open finishes in honesty.

Each new jackpot win producing a bigger top prize? Not a bad way of bumping it up beyond £250k, actually. I think there'd need to be a second six-figure safety net added though.

You could replace the £15k with £150k, and that in turn would be bumped up to £200k at a £400k jackpot and to £250k at a £500k jackpot (at which point, of course, you have the Christmas board).

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"The Banker"

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:32 pm    Author: "The Banker"    Post subject:

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Not so much a change, but I'd love to see Marcus and Conor both in tuxedos standing either side of the board, like bodyguards, and wearing sunglasses as well...

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Jimmy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:57 pm    Author: Jimmy    Post subject:
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The timing. Later is better

Also discipline the audience and contestants and get them out of the Blue Chanting Phase...

Change colour of red boxes... Permanently. Something more neutral... I'm thinking green


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rico7

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:01 am    Author: rico7    Post subject:
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JimmyB wrote:
The timing. Later is better
Regardless of whether they increased the jackpot on Fridays they could put the show on at primetime then.


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willtheywinbig

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:39 pm    Author: willtheywinbig    Post subject:

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Anyone who starts the blue blue chant to be replaced on the show


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Cazza

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:06 pm    Author: Cazza    Post subject:

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.... Have more caring contestants like Nicola on! :-D


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Sassy Steph

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:10 pm    Author: Sassy Steph    Post subject:
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I wouldn't change it for the world!! :-D :-D :-D

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"The Banker"

PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:40 pm    Author: "The Banker"    Post subject:

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I'd also like to change the opening titles. I have it all planned out in my head...

It starts off with a shot of Troy (remember her? Bike girl) whistling whilst on her bike riding through the streets of Bristol in the summer with birds singing in the trees, then she stops at a red light, and looks at her watch which reads 4.15pm then a close up of her face in total shock "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

Then Noel comes flying through the sky in a hot-air balloon and does his spaz "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUYAAAAAAA! YOU'RE DIM! YOU BETTER GET HOME NOW, DEAL OR NO DEAL IS ON!!!!" Then a car pulls up next to Troy and Linda sticks her her head out and shouts to Noel "She's far from dim!" "But he has got a point Troy, you better get home, quick!"

So as soon as the green light comes on Troy whizzes past and gets faster and faster, as sweat drips from her face, the Deal or No Deal tension music starts to play in the background.

"Must. Get. Home. Missing. Deal. Or. No. Deal."

Then a few seconds later, she makes a tight turn around the corner with smoke coming from her wheels, "There's my house!" But, unfortunately she's riding so fast she doesn't break in time so she crashes straight through her brickwall into her living room, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COMING THROUGH!!" Then leaves her bike where it is, jumps over the sofa and switches on the telly. "Ah, just in time!"

Then it zooms into her telly, where the studio lights are out and all you can see is a silhouette of Pat G sitting on a chair in the middle of the walk of wealth staring at the floor, then a spotlight appears and a mysterious person starts to play a tune on a black piano, she lifts her head and puts the microphone to her mouth and sings in a very sombre mood "Lucky...Lucky...me..." Then Pat M pokes her head around the camera "HIT IT!!" And the studio lights start flashing different colours. Then all the contestants past and present run on the set dressed as cheerleaders and start dancing and Pat G springs into action! "Lucky! Lucky! Deal or No Deal! I'm playing! Lucky, lucky me! Lucky, lucky me!" then her song carries on throughout the titles whilst JT and Marilyn take centre stage and do their dance and the easter chick crew do their dance and then all the contestants get their poms poms out and do a little routine and start chanting "GIVE ME A D!" "GIVE ME AN E!" etc etc

Then Noel comes bouncing on stage on a spacehopper wearing tight leather trousers with his hair in platts and ends the opening titles by jumping on the pound table and screeching in a really high pitch voice "DEAL OR NO DEAL!!" whilst doing some air guitar!!!!

...ok, I think my imagination ran away with me a bit there, sorry... :oops:

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:47 pm    Author: Tom22    Post subject:

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"The Banker" wrote:
I'd also like to change the opening titles. I have it all planned out in my head...

It starts off with a shot of Troy (remember her? Bike girl) whistling whilst on her bike riding through the streets of Bristol in the summer with birds singing in the trees, then she stops at a red light, and looks at her watch which reads 4.15pm then a close up of her face in total shock "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

Then Noel comes flying through the sky in a hot-air balloon and does his spaz "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUYAAAAAAA! YOU'RE DIM! YOU BETTER GET HOME NOW, DEAL OR NO DEAL IS ON!!!!" Then a car pulls up next to Troy and Linda sticks her her head out and shouts to Noel "She's far from dim!" "But he has got a point Troy, you better get home, quick!"

So as soon as the green light comes on Troy whizzes past and gets faster and faster, as sweat drips from her face, the Deal or No Deal tension music starts to play in the background.

"Must. Get. Home. Missing. Deal. Or. No. Deal."

Then a few seconds later, she makes a tight turn around the corner with smoke coming from her wheels, "There's my house!" But, unfortunately she's riding so fast she doesn't break in time so she crashes straight through her brickwall into her living room, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COMING THROUGH!!" Then leaves her bike where it is, jumps over the sofa and switches on the telly. "Ah, just in time!"

Then it zooms into her telly, where the studio lights are out and all you can see is a silhouette of Pat G sitting on a chair in the middle of the walk of wealth staring at the floor, then a spotlight appears and a mysterious person starts to play a tune on a black piano, she lifts her head and puts the microphone to her mouth and sings in a very sombre mood "Lucky...Lucky...me..." Then Pat M pokes her head around the camera "HIT IT!!" And the studio lights start flashing different colours. Then all the contestants past and present run on the set dressed as cheerleaders and start dancing and Pat G springs into action! "Lucky! Lucky! Deal or No Deal! I'm playing! Lucky, lucky me! Lucky, lucky me!" then her song carries on throughout the titles whilst JT and Marilyn take centre stage and do their dance and the easter chick crew do their dance and then all the contestants get their poms poms out and do a little routine and start chanting "GIVE ME A D!" "GIVE ME AN E!" etc etc

Then Noel comes bouncing on stage on a spacehopper wearing tight leather trousers with his hair in platts and ends the opening titles by jumping on the pound table and screeching in a really high pitch voice "DEAL OR NO DEAL!!" whilst doing some air guitar!!!!

...ok, I think my imagination ran away with me a bit there, sorry... :oops:



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What a post!!!!!!!

That would be the opening to any programme in the world!

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:53 pm    Author: cookie_monster    Post subject:
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I would get Noel opening absent players boxes :) because you have double the responsibility if you have to open 2 boxes.

To be able to let someone down once is bad enough, but a chance of doing it twice!!

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:15 pm    Author: little_monster    Post subject:

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"The Banker" wrote:
I'd also like to change the opening titles. I have it all planned out in my head...

It starts off with a shot of Troy (remember her? Bike girl) whistling whilst on her bike riding through the streets of Bristol in the summer with birds singing in the trees, then she stops at a red light, and looks at her watch which reads 4.15pm then a close up of her face in total shock "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

Then Noel comes flying through the sky in a hot-air balloon and does his spaz "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUYAAAAAAA! YOU'RE DIM! YOU BETTER GET HOME NOW, DEAL OR NO DEAL IS ON!!!!" Then a car pulls up next to Troy and Linda sticks her her head out and shouts to Noel "She's far from dim!" "But he has got a point Troy, you better get home, quick!"

So as soon as the green light comes on Troy whizzes past and gets faster and faster, as sweat drips from her face, the Deal or No Deal tension music starts to play in the background.

"Must. Get. Home. Missing. Deal. Or. No. Deal."

Then a few seconds later, she makes a tight turn around the corner with smoke coming from her wheels, "There's my house!" But, unfortunately she's riding so fast she doesn't break in time so she crashes straight through her brickwall into her living room, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COMING THROUGH!!" Then leaves her bike where it is, jumps over the sofa and switches on the telly. "Ah, just in time!"

Then it zooms into her telly, where the studio lights are out and all you can see is a silhouette of Pat G sitting on a chair in the middle of the walk of wealth staring at the floor, then a spotlight appears and a mysterious person starts to play a tune on a black piano, she lifts her head and puts the microphone to her mouth and sings in a very sombre mood "Lucky...Lucky...me..." Then Pat M pokes her head around the camera "HIT IT!!" And the studio lights start flashing different colours. Then all the contestants past and present run on the set dressed as cheerleaders and start dancing and Pat G springs into action! "Lucky! Lucky! Deal or No Deal! I'm playing! Lucky, lucky me! Lucky, lucky me!" then her song carries on throughout the titles whilst JT and Marilyn take centre stage and do their dance and the easter chick crew do their dance and then all the contestants get their poms poms out and do a little routine and start chanting "GIVE ME A D!" "GIVE ME AN E!" etc etc

Then Noel comes bouncing on stage on a spacehopper wearing tight leather trousers with his hair in platts and ends the opening titles by jumping on the pound table and screeching in a really high pitch voice "DEAL OR NO DEAL!!" whilst doing some air guitar!!!!

...ok, I think my imagination ran away with me a bit there, sorry... :oops:


Good God that had me in stitches.


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KP

PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:17 pm    Author: KP    Post subject:
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The Banker: your comedy introduction is just insane. The bicycle bit is brilliant, I actually imagined the Dutch introduction with a huge truckload of money driving into the studio for some reason. (Now there's another idea...) The rest is just mental.

It has, however, reminded me that the music needs changing. Exploit the Endemol synergy and get Martijn Schimmer (who wrote the Dutch music) to provide some for our version. You know, music is a universal language... :)

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