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Deal or No Deal, we will Survivor

Remember this? A thousand years ago, there was a telly game show called Deal or No Deal. For some inexplicable reason, this was so popular it was franchised in countries around the world. It might have been the most boring game show in the history of game shows –other than the game show that has been the coalition negotiations.

In if a contestant opted for a deal, one of the “briefcase beauties” –all dressed identically in sexy, spangled, cleavage-enhancing frocks –would open her briefcase to reveal whether you had won a measly dollar, or, rarely, a million bucks. In the US, the show catapulted “briefcase beauty” Meghan Markle, now known, usually with derision, as

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