Comments for "Deal or No Deal: Queen of Obliviousness" Video at VideoSift.com

By moonsammy

moonsammy (http://www.videosift.com/member/moonsammy) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:47:19 -0700

Some people really need to have their license to breathe taken away. Not permanently, just for... I dunno... a half hour or so.

Wait, we don't have those? Crap. Ok, how about we just whack her in the head with something? Suitcase 21 looks good to me.

By therealblankman

therealblankman (http://www.videosift.com/member/therealblankman) — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:40:43 -0700

Branch... tree.

By Zonbie

Zonbie (http://www.videosift.com/member/Zonbie) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:14:21 -0700

The penny...dropped

By HaricotVert

HaricotVert (http://www.videosift.com/member/HaricotVert) — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:01:04 -0700

More proof that this game is watched by idiots.

By vairetube

vairetube (http://www.videosift.com/member/vairetube) — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:51:14 -0700

doh now we're all idiots too and i was doing so well before i watched THIS video

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:36:10 -0700

Ah, it's so easy to say she's a fool, when many of us would've been just as oblivious... well, perhaps not quite as much, but still; there's no reason contestants would be looking at all of the models' faces throughout the game.

By DrPawn

DrPawn (http://www.videosift.com/member/DrPawn) — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:56:45 -0700

Wise words Xax. Its easy to miss things right before your face when you dont expect them.

By Gimpy8877

Gimpy8877 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Gimpy8877) — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:58:46 -0700

Yeah i'd be way too busy looking at their bewbs

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:17:31 -0700

Deal or No Deal is a totally idiotic game that promotes superstitious bullshit.

I get a kick out of moron guests on that show trying to pray or use ESP to figure out which case to pick instead of picking randomly.

The optimal strategy is to just pick a random case to eliminate every time, and only accept an offer if it exceeds the arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers, unless you prefer the certainty of a small reward to a higher expected value of a random variable reward.

If you want to take tax into the equation, only accept an offer if its after-tax value exceeds the arithmetic mean of the after-tax value of each remaining number.

This no educational value and a trivial optimal strategy, which makes it completely worthless except for the comedy of watching the spastic effusive moron guests. At least people might learn something by watching Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy, Millionaire, or Whose Line. But Deal or No Deal is braindead.

By Rugil

Rugil (http://www.videosift.com/member/Rugil) — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:31:21 -0700

>> ^Gimpy8877:
Yeah i'd be way too busy looking at their bewbs

I'd like to see your reaction(or lack of) when you realize it's your sisters bewbs.

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:19:03 -0700

^ If it were a guy he would have noticed right away. The internal dialog would go something like,

"Whoa, 21 is totally into me, she's always smil... hey... she looks a lot like Brenda... omfg... I have to call Brenda after the show I found some bimbo that totally looks like her."