# Monty Hall dies, he was 96 years old. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681 "2017-09-30T22:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/1 "2017-09-30T22:21:57Z")
I guess the Grim Reaper lost interest in anymore deals. I watched Let’s Make a Deal for many years. Monty could always fool people into picking the wrong card or Door. RIP > **[Former ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Host and Co-Creator Monty Hall Dies in Beverly...](https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/former-lets-make-a-deal-host-and-co-creator-monty-hall-dies-in-beverly-hills-at-age-96/amp/)** > > Monty Hall, best known as the cheerful and friendly host of the game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’ died Saturday morning in Los Angeles, his daughter Sharon Hall said. He was 96 and h… > [@](#): > > The Game Show Network ranked Hall fourth on its list of the “Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time,” according to IMDB. > > Hall was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/2 "2017-09-30T22:27:06Z")
Zonked. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/3 "2017-09-30T22:31:30Z")
Should have switched doors when offered the chance. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/4 "2017-09-30T22:31:41Z")
Is Carol Merrill going to point to his coffin at his funeral? Can the mourners trade the coffin for what Jay has on his table? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/5 "2017-09-30T22:32:17Z")
Was he buried in coffin 1, 2 or 3? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/6 "2017-09-30T22:37:09Z")
So I guess that we’ve settled that: He does NOT always give the contestant the option to switch. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/7 "2017-09-30T22:42:48Z")
I really hope his will has instructions to stop in the middle of the funeral service and give 10000 bucks to anybody with a brass bottle opener, or something, in their pocket. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/8 "2017-09-30T22:44:07Z")
Hey, Monty, come on down!! Memories from childhood. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/9 "2017-09-30T23:03:44Z")
Note: I should acknowledge that he was great at what he did and seemed nice enough. I feel bad posting only a joke. My Mother used to turn on their black-and-white TV early so it would warm up enough and come on for Let’s Make a Deal. She loved that show when she was home alone and my Dad was working to get his degree so he could be a computer programmer. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/10 "2017-09-30T23:10:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I watched Let’s Make a Deal for many years. Monty could always fool people into picking the wrong card or Door. I watch this crap as part of my morning constitutional. You think Monty was bad? You should see this bastard Wayne Brady! He is the _Devil!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/11 "2017-09-30T23:53:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I watch this crap as part of my morning constitutional. You think Monty was bad? You should see this bastard Wayne Brady! > > He is the _Devil!_ [He’s a pretty scary guy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujtZlKLL7Y) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/12 "2017-10-01T00:20:59Z")
Everyone dress like Porky Pig or Raggedy Ann tomorrow _in memoriam_. :o RIP, Monty! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/13 "2017-10-01T00:28:52Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Hey, Monty, come on down!! > > Memories from childhood. RIP. Check your memories, that was Bob Barker. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/14 "2017-10-01T00:35:24Z")
I’d attend the funeral if I could be sure of which door to enter. RIP, Monty. Another childhood icon gone. ☹ EDIT: For some reason, I’ve always thought of his guest appearance as a dentist on _That Girl_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/15 "2017-10-01T00:42:39Z")
In the early days of D&D, a Monty Hall dungeon was one where you gained an inordinate amount of treasure for the effort required. My best friend was famous for it. He’d dump massive amounts of treasure in places and put what he thought were unbeatable monsters guarding it. Then seriously underestimate our ingenuity in cracking that nut. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/16 "2017-10-01T00:46:16Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > In the early days of D&D, a Monty Hall dungeon was one where you gained an inordinate amount of treasure for the effort required. Often spelled “Monty Haul”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/17 "2017-10-01T01:17:47Z")
It’s amazing how many people instantly remember a host of a show that went off the air over thirty years ago. I guess people still watch on the game show network. I’d hate to be immortalized forever in some of those wacky costumes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/18 "2017-10-01T01:32:53Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Was he buried in coffin 1, 2 or 3? And, if we switch our choice, what’s the odds of finding him, vs. a dead goat? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/19 "2017-10-01T02:06:07Z")
I loved the way he simply navigated his way through that show despite the incredible wackiness of what was going on around him. And yes, his ability to make you re-think a good choice was amazing. Of course, I’m shocked no one has yet linked to The Perfect Master’s columns regarding the famous Monty Hall question. So I will. [Monte Hall and Marylin Vos Savant lick Cecil!](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/916/on-lets-make-a-deal-you-pick-door-1-monty-opens-door-2-no-prize-do-you-stay-with-door-1-or-switch-to-3) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-hall-dies-he-was-96-years-old/797681/20 "2017-10-01T02:52:06Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Check your memories, that was Bob Barker. Whoopsie! You’re right. Faulty kid memory. I do remember his silky voice saying, “Will it be Door Number One, Door Number Two, or Door Number Three?” I’m glad he had a long life and had a fun job making people giddy with excitement.