Ellen On Deal Or No Deal!

I've already mentioned that I am fond of NBC's "Deal Or No Deal." Tonight the producers are introducing their first "celebrity model." It's Ellen Degeneres. Good choice since she's a funny woman. With her, er, uh, sexual orientation - this could be interesting on several levels.
For those of you who may be new to this blog, last March I identified the Banker. You can read that post by entering "banker" in the search window at the top/left of this page.
This post is also the best excuse that I can think of to add a picture of my favorite Deal Or No Deal model, Ursula Mayes (#5). Click here to see her commercial for the Juiced 2 Video Game.
Her bio says that she enjoys cooking.
That's nice. Very nice.

Deal Or No Deal Banker - Revealed! (Maybe)

I think I have this figured out! The banker on the TV quiz show Deal Or No Deal is a native New Yorker (just like me, your hero). He's also a part-time actor and the head bartender at a fancy West Hollywood watering hole. (Golly, he might know Paris Hilton!)
Most soursces say that his name is Peter Abbay, a 46 year old Brooklyn, N.Y. native. He's listed as an actor on the Internet Movie Data Base. That's where the "dead end" comes. I see that there's a 43 year old bartender at The Belmont in West Hollywood named Peter Abbay who is also an actor. This bartender is 43 and from Long Island, N.Y. Coincidence? I don't think so. I also saw that Peter Abbay, the bartender, was ranked byThe Beverage Network as one of the top 10 bartenders "to watch" in the USA! So there you have it.
If I am correct and if you are NBC, don't be too upset.
Nobody reads this blog!

Deal Or No Deal

Deal Or No Deal - I love this show! It's perfect! They giveaway obscene amounts of money. You don't have to be intelligent to do well, and the cast of characters.....
Howie Mandell is brilliant! Yeah, sure, he's a wise ass - but if you do it with class - it works! Besides, anyone who is on a first name basis with all those models, can't be all bad! And the models, my my. What other TV show has 26 stunning young women dressed in evening gowns? The banker also has a personality, even though we never hear from him. It's basically a fantasy, reality, quiz show There is, however, one thing that can bring the show's popularity to a screeching halt and send its ratings into a nose dive. That one thing is if NBC does what ABC did with "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" - put it on 3, 4, 5 nights a week - it'll over saturate the market. An important part of the TV entertainment business is "always leave the audience wanting more!"
Twice a week is enough.