I love this show. It's the best game show to air since the original Millionaire. It is so simple and that is what makes it so brilliant. Howie is the perfect game show host and his personality and quick wit combined with the greed of the contestants make the show the most fun hour on TV.
How frustrating is it to see greedy people making 40 grand a year turn down a years salary because there might be 300,000 in the case. Why turn down 40, 50, 70 thousand when this is free money? What did you have to do to make this money? You were there for 60 minutes and someone is handing you a check for 60 grand and you have the audacity to say no? Unreal!
I remember watching one train wreck of a contestant who had an offer of $75,000 with three small amounts left and one large amount $250,000. She had to open one case at a time but her small amounts remaining were $1000.00, $50.00 and something else. All she had to do was accept the $75,000 and she just made a years salary, if not more. What does she do? She goes on and the next case she knocks out the $250,000. Everyone ooohed and awed and shed a tear for her. Me? I yelled at the TV..."IDIOT!! GREEDY MORON!!!! TOOL!!! WHAT A STUPID DORK!!!" I was angry that she hit it but glad at the same time. How can someone be that greedy when you are being given a gift that you didn't have to work for?
This is the strength of the show and it's what keeps it in the top ten each week. I enjoy this show and as I said, Howie Mandel is the perfect personality for the film but the idiot, greedy, avaricious contestants keep me frustrated but entertained. After all, the only thing more fun than watching people win tons of money is watching them lose it.
How frustrating is it to see greedy people making 40 grand a year turn down a years salary because there might be 300,000 in the case. Why turn down 40, 50, 70 thousand when this is free money? What did you have to do to make this money? You were there for 60 minutes and someone is handing you a check for 60 grand and you have the audacity to say no? Unreal!
I remember watching one train wreck of a contestant who had an offer of $75,000 with three small amounts left and one large amount $250,000. She had to open one case at a time but her small amounts remaining were $1000.00, $50.00 and something else. All she had to do was accept the $75,000 and she just made a years salary, if not more. What does she do? She goes on and the next case she knocks out the $250,000. Everyone ooohed and awed and shed a tear for her. Me? I yelled at the TV..."IDIOT!! GREEDY MORON!!!! TOOL!!! WHAT A STUPID DORK!!!" I was angry that she hit it but glad at the same time. How can someone be that greedy when you are being given a gift that you didn't have to work for?
This is the strength of the show and it's what keeps it in the top ten each week. I enjoy this show and as I said, Howie Mandel is the perfect personality for the film but the idiot, greedy, avaricious contestants keep me frustrated but entertained. After all, the only thing more fun than watching people win tons of money is watching them lose it.