Let's Make a Deal/Episode Guide/1971–1977 (1st Syndicated Run)

Season 1 (1971-1972)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	$8,536	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal of the Night includes a selection of Sears countertop appliances, a selection of Mary Kay Cosmetics, first-class flight for 2 by Pan Am for an Around the World tour (with stops in 4 different cities of trader's choice) and $4,000 in cash. Sadly, the big deal has not been won. The small deal includes a $100 Haggar Doubleknit slacks wardrobe and a Kimball "Country French "Artist Console" Piano, all worth $1,800. The medium deal, consists in a $25 supply of Rich's Non-dairy Coffee Rich and a new Chevy Camaro, all worth $4,262.57.
2	$10,258	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal of the Night includes a ladies' wrdrobe from Happy Legs, a selection of Evening in Paris cosmetics, a $4,500 natural glacial asurene mink coat from Dicker & Dicker of Beverly Hills, first-class flight for 2 by Pan Am for a trip to the French Riviera with a stop in Paris and $3.000 in cash. The Big Deal has been awarded. The small deal worth $1,163.85 (who has been won), consists in a $50 supply of Rice-A-Roni, an electronic organ from Montgomery Ward and an Electrophonic Stereo Console. The medium deal (not won) has a new 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari Station Wagon and 1,000 gallons Phillips 66 gasoline, making the deal worth $6,485.30. Two other cars have been offered on the show: the all-new 1971 Pontiac Grand Ville Coupe worth $6,024 and a 1971 Opel 1900 Sports Coupe $2,876.95. The first deal offered a couple (The Laceys) a chance to win a check for $10,000. They failed on the third item, being ineligible to win the check, but they got $500 for guessing the last item correctly. They took the curtain, turning down an $1,000 offer, getting themselves a new Pontiac Grand Ville. This was a rerun of an ABC Primetime episode, originally airing on December 26, 1970.
3	$7,511
4	$8,582	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal winner chose the winning door after some indecisiveness, going back and forth between Doors 1 and 2. Her final decision rewarded her with a $5,000 chinchilla full-length fur coat from Dicker & Dicker of Beverly Hills, a week's trip to Hawaii ($1,269, with a stay at the Kahala Hilton) and $1,500 in cash, plus some luggage and a $500 American Enka lady's wardrobe. The third-place deal, which was also won, was worth $1,014 and included a White-Westinghouse stacked washer and dryer and a Morse Electrophonic console stereo. The runner-up door (not won) had an Open Road 20-foot travel trailer (the Victoria model, and fully equipped) worth $4,050, to go along with $50 in Taster's Choice coffee. Two Pontiac cars have been offered, and won during the deals. The first car was a Pontiac Ventura II worth $4,113.27 along with 40yd2 of Downs carpeting worth $360, who has been won by a female trader (Suzanne Berger), who kept the curtain, instead of $113 in cash. The second car was a Pontiac LeMans Sport Station Wagon worth $4,533.09, which a couple (Jim & Suzanne Roos) has won it, by lining up 5 items from least to most expensive.
5	$10,171	YES	NO	NO	This was a rerun of an ABC Primetime episode, taped September 23, 1970. The all-new Chevy Vega has been offered twice on the same show (one has been won during the deals, and the second one has been offeed during the big deal, as the small deal), and also, a Chevy Chevelle Malibu convertible as been offered, also during the deals.
6	Unknown
7	$8,746	NO	YES	NO
8	$8,062	NO	NO	YES
9	$7,176	NO	YES	NO	Lowest-known Big Deal value of the syndicated run. The Big Deal included a Wurlitzer baby grand piano ($2,565) and a Teledyne-Packard Bell 25-in. console color TV ($850), plus $3,700 cash. A Chevrolet Vega Kammback wagon worth $3,372 was the centerpice of a $4,081 runner-up deal that also included an Amana Radarange microwave oven, women's beauty accessories and a set of small kitchen appliances. The third-place Big Deal included patio furniture and a Charmglow gas grill worth $1,753. A Chevrolet Malibu convertible valued at $4,540 was offered during a regular deal.
10	$9,317	NO	YES	NO
11	$7,461	NO	YES	NO	A tri-hull Browning Montego sport boat, including engine and trailer, worth $5,011, was the Big Deal's centerpiece; also included was $50 worth of RC Cola. The runner-up door held a Chevrolet Vega hatchback coupe, worth $3,287, and $277 in Z-Brick wall paneling. The third-place door had a 10-day trip to Paradise Island, Bahamas worth $1,476, $250 in women's fashions via Rhodes of California, a $50 Arpege beauty products gift basket, and $600 cash. One of the regular-trading deals included a Chevrolet Blazer (with sport decals) worth $4,571, which Monty promoted as "the new all-purpose car" (in an era where the sport utility vehicle was still relatively novel and years before such vehicles became common).
12	$8,284	NO	YES	NO
13	$9,452	NO	NO	YES
14	$8,221	NO	YES	NO
15	$8,310	NO	YES	NO
16	$9,317	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal included a $5,268 Pontiac LeMans Sport 2-door convertible, plus a $4,000 mink coat with natural sable collar (via Dicker & Dicker). The runner-up Deal's centerpiece price was a $2,648 trip to Rome, plus some luggage and $1,900 cash; and the third-place door included a dishwasher and a Broyhill dining room. The other car was a Pontiac Grand Prix 2-door hardtop coupe worth $6,095; the traders had to find, among a choice of five, the one priced differently from the others to win the car.
17	$10,425	NO	YES	NO	The Big Deal of the Day's centerpiece was a luxuriously appointed 24-foot Royal Coachman travel trailer worth $6,375; plus $4,000 cash and a $50 Big Boy gift certificate. The second-place deal included a $3,648 Plymouth Duster 2-door hardtop coupe and $350 in wall paneling. The third-place door included things for the entire family: a $119 wardrobe of Mother Goose children's shoes, a stereo system ("for Mom"), power and hand tools ("for Dad") and – for the entire family – a Woodward 6-piece patio furniture set worth $1,404. The other cars on the show included a Triumph Stag 2+2 2-door convertible worth $6,935 (in a "3-keys-but-only-1-fits" deal, played by a couple dressed in white, as if on their wedding day) and a Hawaiian green Renault 10 4-door sedan worth $2,192.
18	$8,011	NO	NO	YES
19	$9,566
20	$8,313	NO	NO	YES	The Big Deal of the Day was $7,900 in cash, along with a $100 wardrobe of Haggar men's double-knit slacks and Samsonite ladies' luggage worth $313. The runner-up door had a Mercury Montego MX Brougham 2-door hardtop coupe worth $4,544. The third-place door had a Chromecraft dinette set, dinnerware and stemware (via Pier 1 Imports), a dishwasher and Z-Brick wall paneling, together worth $2,231. The other vehicle on offer was a Mercury Marquis Brougham 4 door hardtop sedan worth $6,131, in the "Big Risk" game. After being shown a curtain, opportunities to trade would include a box of F&F lemon drops hiding $700 cash inside; and the onstage box, concealing a $660 Caloric double-oven range and a $789 Amana side-by-side refrigerator/freezer (stocked with $70 in Rath canned hams), prior to taking the "Big Risk" (the car) or keeping/trading for the curtain (which would be a Zonk).
21	$8,444	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal of the Day was a Pontiac Grand Prix 2-door. hardtop coupe worth $6,094, plus $350 in Phillips 66 gasoline and $2,000 cash. The runner-up Big Deal was a Browning Montego sport boat with 120-horsepower inboard engine and Hosclaw trailer worth $5,011 (to go along with $50 in housepaint).
22	$8,909
23	$8,140	YES	NO	NO
24	$9,064	NO	YES	NO	A 19-foot Open Road motorhome, worth $9,039, plus a supply of Lindsay olives, was the Big Deal of the Day. The runner-up deal was a Pontiac LeMans Sport Safari station wagon worth $4,533, plus a $100 wardrobe of Haggar men's double-knit slacks. The third-place deal included two women's suede coats, one pink and the other lynx-trimmed gold, worth $620, plus $100 of Mary Kay beauty and skin care products and a 6-piece set of Samsonite women's luggage for a total of $1,033. The other car on the show was a Pontiac Ventura II 2-door coupe worth $3,926, the final prize in the "two bills plus a mystery bill" game. The second deal – pricing items within limits for a $2,374 trip to Paris (plus $1,500 cash, for $3,874) – saw a couple lose out on the first item, a box of cough drops; Monty sang in response, "When you don't light up the 4, you don't go anymore ... ." A second couple was picked to continue the game with the remaining three items. Prior to the first couple's guess on the cough drops, several members in the audience audibly were yelling out their own guesses, prompting Monty to remind the audience to not yell out any guesses, or "I'm gonna dispatch Jay with a club!"
25	$9,119
26	$9,599	NO	NO	YES
27	$8,550
28	$9,156
29	$9,428
30	$8,764
31	$8,348
32	$9,432
33	$10,989
34	$10,608
35	$10,058
36	$9,895
37	$9,304
38	$9,166
39	$8,361	NO	YES	NO	Taped March 2, 1972; Season 1 finale.

Season 2 (1972-1973)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	$9,350	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal's grand prize was a trip to Brussels, Belgium, along with four additional stops anywhere in the world of the contestant's choice worth $4,350, plus $5,000 cash. The runner-up deal was a $5,571 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate station wagon, plus $50 in Orange Crush soft drinks. The third-place deal included a pair of casual fur coats – one Chinese fox and the other blue shadow mink – via Dicker & Dicker worth $2,000, along with $60 worth of Vanda beauty and skin care products and a three-piece Samsonite lightweight luggage set worth $88. The other car on the show was a Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2-door hardtop coupe worth $4,549, the top prize in a game where two contestants had to find which item sold for 47 cents, or trade for a Teledyne/Packard-Bell 25-inch color TV and Stratolounger recliner package worth $908. A zonk in the third trading deal – mystery cash envelopes – was an oversized photo of a 1-year-old Monty Hall.
2	$9,599
3	$10,344	NO	NO	YES
4	$8,959
5	$9,260	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal included a $5,000 fur coat from Dicker & Dicker, plus $3,500 cash, a 5-piece luggage set and $500 in fashions from American Enka. A 1973 Plymouth Duster (worth $3,823) and a $50 gift certificate from A&W Root Beer Stands was in the runner-up Deal. The third-place deal was a complete Tappan kitchen and a Speed Queen washer-dryer, worth $2,016. The "9 Bills" game played in the opening deal included a $5,000 bill. Some prints of this episode had a pre-taped comment from Monty hyping that said bill would be available as a prize during the show, and he noted later that Hatos-Hall Productions had to get special permission to display the bill on TV, since the bill was non-negotiable, and that a check would have been awarded to the winner had it been chosen and not traded it away. A very early Season 2 episode featuring 1973 model-year cars, including the aforementioned Plymouth Duster and, in a regular trading deal, a Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4 dr. sedan that cost $6,939.
6	$14,313	YES	NO	NO
7	$10,301	NO	YES	NO
8	$10,503
9	$9,358
10	$9,988
11	$12,872	NO	YES	NO
12	$9,479	NO	NO	YES	The Big Deal of the Day included $8,750 in cash (via the LMAD gift certificate); the deal was rounded out with a microwave oven, leather accessories and a pair of Hoover vacuums. A sports car – the Triumph TR-6 roadster worth $4,495 – was in the runner-up deal, along with $75 in champagne. The third-place door held a Gandy "Big G" billiard table worth $1,695, plus a $369 stereo from Arthur Fullmer and $200 in wall paneling. The other car available was a 1973 AMC Hornet station wagon, which fully-equipped (including AMC's Buyer Protection Plan) was $5,291. Jay's announcement of the price was edited from the broadcast, but Monty mentioned the cost when polling traders for the Big Deal.
13	$10,112
14	$14,375	NO	NO	YES
15	$9,303
16	$10,195
17	$9,273
18	$8,912
19	$9,593
20	$8,757	YES	NO	NO	A trader exchanges a 59-cent Zonk for a chance at the Big Deal Of the Day. She gets the runner-up deal: a $50 Big Boy Restaurants gift certificate and an Opel Manta Luxus 2 dr. coupe worth $2,925. The Big Deal held a trip to Brussels, Belgium and any additional destination in Europe, worth $3,200, plus $4,700, his-her luggage, and a 35-mm camera and slide projector (via Alden's).
21	$9,143
22	$10,648	NO	NO	YES
23	$8,664
24	$8,949
25	$10,786	NO	YES	NO
26	$13,889
27	$9,201
28	$9,952
29	$9,045	NO	NO	YES
30	$11,047
31	$10,269
32	$9,498
33	$8,775	NO	YES	NO
34	$11,137	NO	NO	YES	What a way to bring home a $25 case of Creamettes macaroni: A 1973 Cadillac Eldorado convertible worth $11,112 in the Big Deal. The second-place deal was a complete Hotpoint kitchen – refrigerator/freezer, dishwasher, trash compactor, double-oven range, washer/dryer and room air conditioner – worth $2,399, plus $61 worth of vinyl floor tile; while the third-place deal contained a $555 Kroehler seating group, a $1,030 stereo outfit from Radio Shack and a $250 Freiderich room air conditioner. There were plenty of cars available. In the opening deal – traders were shown a curtain, and left the deal once they accepted a box or curtain beforehand – was a Buick Apollo 2-door coupe, worth $4,223. The second deal had a Buick Century Luxus Estate station wagon worth $5,649, where the traders had to find $1 worth of grocery items among a choice of five items.
35	$9,631	YES	NO	NO
36	$10,830
37	$8,524
38	$9,992
39	$9,952	NO	YES	NO	Two cars were won in the Big Deal round, both station wagons. The runner-up door had a Chevrolet Vega Kammback Estate wagon worth $3,756, along with a $39 case of first-aid spray. The Big Deal door held a Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon at $6,123, plus a 15-foot Travel Mate camping trailer worth $2,080 and $1,700 cash, with $50 in Dorman's cheese rounding out the package.

Season 3 (1973-1974)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	$8,671
2	Unknown
3	$9,247	NO	YES	NO
4	$14,230	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal held a 51-day South American cruise (via Prudential-Grace Lines) worth $10,730, plus $3,500 cash to spend on the cruise. The runner-up deal included a Chevrolet Caprice Classic 2 dr. hardtop coupe worth $6,064, plus a weekend three-suiter case, stereo equipment and personal care appliances to make the deal worth $6,528. The third-place door included Jorges game carpeting, recreation room furniture and a console color TV, valued at $2,256. The opening deal offered a Cadillac Eldorado 2 dr. hardtop coupe worth $11,294. The traders, after being given two Mallo Cup wrappers, had to find three additional wrappers, the final one concealed in one of three Mallo Cup cases (with the others concealing a cash prize), to exchange for the car. (The "sure thing" included a complete Hotpoint kitchen ($2,460) and a GTE-Sylvania color TV-stereo console worth $1,100.)
5	$8,877	NO	NO	YES	The Big Deal's centerpiece had a "Let's Make a Deal" gift certificate, redeemable for $7,530 (which the winners said would be used to help open a new business), plus an Amana Radarage microwave oven, a sterling silver coffee and tea set and some small appliances. The runner-up deal offered a Chevrolet Malibu Estate station wagon worth $5,036, plus a $100 Tastee-Freez gift certificate. The third-place deal included a La-Z-Boy chair and desk, a Lava Lite lava lamp and a portable color TV (via Spiegel), all worth $1,208.
6	$9,716
7	$9,332	NO	YES	NO
8	$8,673	YES	NO	NO	The Big Deal consisted of an MGB roadster worth $4,300, a mink coat (via Dicker & Dicker) worth $4,000, and a $373 set of General tires. At least two prizes were also offered on a syndicated "Price Is Right" episode that aired in the fall of 1973: an Akai video camera and video tape player (worth $1,360), during a regular trading deal; and a Far East tour (stops in Hong Kong and Tokyo) worth $2,592, as part of the runner-up Big Deal door. First episode to offer 1974 model year cars.
9	$8,882	NO	NO	YES	The Big Deal's centerpiece was the 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate station wagon worth $6,122. In addition to $1,000 cash, other gifts in the prize package included a $1,200 lady's watch, a set of lady's luggage and a microwave oven.
10	$9,547	NO	YES	NO	The Big Deal – which included $6,500 in cash, plus a Gandy "Big G" pool table (worth $1,695), a game table and spectator stools for $1,102, and $250 in wood paneling – was won by a single father of four kids (12, 10-year-old twins and 7). The runner-up deal included a trip to Lima, Peru worth $1,882, plus $2,000 cash and a $175 rental car voucher from Econo-Car. The only car offered was during a trading deal: a Pontiac Catalina 2 dr. coupe worth $5,036.
11	$9,420	NO	YES	NO
12	$9,706	NO	NO	YES
13	$10,170	YES	NO	NO
14	$10,163
15	$9,056
16	$8,976
17	$9,199
18	$11,124
19	$11,066
20	$9,309	NO	YES	NO
21	$10,085	NO	YES	NO
22	$8,907
23	$9,442
24	$9,818
25	$9,445	YES	NO	NO
26	$11,677
27	$9,469
28	$10,173
29	$10,561	NO	YES	NO
30	$9,584	NO	NO	YES
31	$8,992	YES	NO	NO
32	$9,488	NO	YES	NO
33	$10,173
34	$9,323	YES	NO	NO
35	$10,418
36	$10,034
37	$9,386
38	$10,527
39	$12,879	YES	NO	NO

Season 4 (1974-1975)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	Unknown
2	$9,600	NO	NO	YES
3	$11,064
4	$9,578
5	$11,152
6	$9,335	NO	NO	YES
7	$10,434
8	$11,613	YES	NO	NO
9	$9,515
10	$9,360
11	$8,863
12	$10,159
13	$9,069
14	$10,589
15	Unknown
16	$10,233
17	$9,146
18	$13,184
19	$11,491
20	$9,149
21	$10,250
22	$10,934
23	$9,470
24	Unknown
25	$9,068	NO	YES	NO
26	$9,057	YES	NO	NO
27	$11,950
28	$13,770	NO	YES	NO
29	$9,150
30	$9,310
31	$10,683
32	$11,681	NO	NO	YES	A Cadillac Coupe DeVille, valued at $11,656, was the Big Deal of the Day's grand prize (along with a $25 Big Boy Restaurants gift certificate); it was a honeymoon present for its winners, as Monty noted they were getting married in a month. The runner-up deal was a $374 set of General tires and the Datsun 710 2-door hardtop coupe worth $4,382, while the third-place Deal was an Athens Home Decor bedroom suite ($1,420) and King Koil mattress, plus 40-square yards of Masland carpeting and a 13-inch color TV worth $2,389. There is an abrupt edit between the end of the Big Deal win celebration and Monty going back to Harmony, a trader who held a box of candy that concealed a cash prize the entire show. After passing up several deals and a chance at the Big Deal, Harmony eventually settled for a $2,000 buyout ... when she could have had $5,000. The other car available was a $4,639 Datsun 710 station wagon.
33	$12,130
34	$9,859
35	$10,452
36	$10,013
37	$9,025
38	$9,025
39	$8,426
40	Unknown
41	$11,023	YES	NO	NO
42	$9,696
43	$12,951
44	$9,279
45	$14,094
46	$10,870
47	$11,180
48	$10,572
49	$9,149
50	$10,063
51	$9,336
52	$10,245	NO	YES	NO
53	$11,376
54	$12,589	NO	YES	NO
55	Unknown
56	$11,151	YES	NO	NO
57	$11,569	YES	NO	NO
58	$13,326	YES	NO	NO
59	$12,316
60	$11,152
61	$9,481	NO	NO	YES	An expecting couple, dressed in train engineer's outfits, traded a box of Mallo Cups holding an $88 bonus, for the runner-up door in the Big Deal of the Day, which was a new Chevrolet Monza 2+2 sport coupe worth $5,576 (plus $25 in Accent food flavoring). The third-place door included patio furniture, an electric grill and $700 in beef from the Iowa Beef Council. The Big Deal was not won; it included a $2,151 Kirk flatware service, sheets and pillowcases, cookware and a set of Frigidaire kitchen appliances worth $2,105, plus $4,350 in cash. One of the prizes is Lomma's miniature golf course (also seen on "The Price Is Right" later in 1975) worth $399.
62	$9,514
63	$15,595	NO	NO	YES	The Big Deal offered the most expensive car to this point in the series: the new 1976 Cadillac Seville, worth $14,801. Some stoneware, AstroTurf door mats and a paint kit were also part of the package. The runner-up deal, behind Door 2, was an Opel Manta GT coupe worth $4,652. Door 1 was not shown.
64	$15,858	NO	YES	NO	The most expensive Big Deal in the 1971-1977 version; a fully-equipped $15,078 Open Road 20-ft. motorhome was the centerpiece of that deal. The other gifts in the package included a set of General tires and a Lear car stereo. A Chevrolet Camaro, worth $5,238, was part of the runner-up deal (behind Door 1).
65	$10,285
66	$12,877

Season 5 (1975-1976)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Super Deal Played?	Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	$12,242
2	$12,106
3	$10,359
4	$10,684
5	$11,640
6	$9,087
7	$9,918
8	$10,729	NO	YES	NO
9	$8,967
10	Unknown
11	$10,000
12	$9,038
13	$9,778
14	$9,793
15	$9,820
16	Unknown
17	$10,000
18	$9,509
19	$9,211
20	Unknown
21	Unknown
22	Unknown
23	$9,923
24	Unknown
25	Unknown
26	Unknown
27	$9,690
28	$9,518
29	$9,865
30	$8,664
31	$9,667
32	$9,900
33	$9,527
34	Unknown
35	Unknown
36	$9,741
37	$9,785
38	Unknown
39	$9,616	NO	YES	NO
40	$9,230	YES	NO	NO
41	$9,567
42	$9,968	NO	NO	YES
43	$9,433
44	Unknown
45	$9,322
46	$9,803
47	$9,616
48	$9,815
49	$9,594	NO	YES	NO
50	$9,847
51	$9,493
52	$9,918
53	Unknown
54	$9,580
55	$9,834
56	$9,613	NO	YES	NO
57	$9,630
58	$9,410
59	Unknown
60	Unknown
61	$9,337	NO	YES	NO
62	$9,665
63	$9,591
64	$9,429
65	Unknown
66	$10,000

Season 6: The Las Vegas Season (1976-1977)

Ep. #	Big Deal of the Day				Notes
	Value	Door 1	Door 2	Door 3
1	$13,605				This was the first show to be taped in Las Vegas permanently. Production moves to the Las Vegas Hilton for the final season.
2	$11,699
3	$12,075
4	$11,040	YES	NO	NO
5	$11,695
6	$12,432
7	Unknown
8	$11,234	YES	NO	NO
9	$13,508
10	$12,304	NO	YES	NO
11	$15,725	NO	NO	YES	Second-highest Big Deal value in the syndicated series' run, and highest of all Vegas-based episodes. The deal, which was won, was – in addition to $25 in Orange Crush soft drinks – a 1977 Cadillac Seville worth $15,700, the most expensive car ever offered on the syndicated series. The low-valued door had a red fox fur from Dicker & Dicker worth $2,500. The runner-up door included a Chevrolet Vega 2 dr. coupe worth $5,334.
12	$11,531
13	$10,354
14	$11,675	NO	YES	NO
15	$10,806
16	$10,744
17	$11,378
18	$10,982
19	$10,904
20	$11,663
21	Unknown
22	$12,680
23	$12,264	NO	NO	YES
24	$11,376				Taped December 16, 1976
25	$11,227	NO	NO	YES
26	$10,750
27	$10,596
28	$11,240
29	$11,816
30	$10,715
31	$11,054
32	$12,000	NO	YES	NO