Didja ever think Howie Mandel could give away twelve gifts to every member of the studio audience and somehow become obnoxious in the process?

• RE: ...and a giant smirk on the face of the host.,vince3, 11:47 AM, 12-26-07
  • RE: ...and a giant smirk on the face of the host.,Estee, 01:14 PM, 12-26-07
    • RE: ...and a giant smirk on the face of the host.,Sues, 11:05 PM, 12-26-07
      • RE: ...and a giant smirk on the face of the host.,Puffy, 10:26 PM, 01-10-08

I take it, this is from last night's Deal or No Deal Christmas special? The one with supposedly only 25 cases.........?

Yep: one model and the $25 case got the night off, so the odds of getting the million went up to an even 4%. (Not that it ever helps.) Three money cases were also swapped for ones containing coal, eggnog, and fruitcake.

But Howie giving away the gifts was the joke of the night -- even more so than the way the game normally plays out. Admittedly, some of them were good gifts: I wouldn't have been complaining about being in that audience. But he had a bargain basement 'I am Oprah!' smirk on his face every time they passed something new out: ain't he generous? He's as generous as his game is stupid: how's that for a double-edged compliment? And since everything given out had a sponsor, none of this largesse hurt him financially...

Included on the gift list:

A talking Howie bobblehead doll (Whee!)
Two hundred dollars and a free pass to The Spiderwick Chronicles
A robot vacuum
A $100 gas card
New mobile phone
Bluetooth headset
Roundtrip ticket to anywhere JetBlue flies

I'm pretty sure the contestants didn't get any of it.

Can't watch the show anymore...everytime I do I become obsessed with wether or not a contestant will touch him and if they do, if I can see him silently freeking out....

Me, too!

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