Pony on Deal or no Deal

[countryrose]

well, I was on the other channel( not an idol fan, sorry).

Did anyone else see the white pony they gave a little girl on Deal or No Deal.

Such a well mannered pony for all the applause and shouting. One very happy little girl.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I think that sort of thing is TOTALLY wrong- of course she was smiling, how many little girls do you know that would not be??

Does she have land??

A barn??

Does she even know how to keep a pony??

Live animals should be kept OUT of game shows. :no:

 

[CKC]

Her father was asked at the beginning what would he do with the money. He said he would buy his daughter a pony that's what she wanted. So with that in mind the show just didn't bring out a pony without full well knowing it's something they wanted.

I liked it and I actually got teary eyed.

Instead of taking the chance on more money he thought of his daughter.

I thought the same thing the pony(Jack?) was so well mannered.

The pony reminded me of my 34" mini named Merri. So of course, I loved it.

 

[AppyLover2]

I was amzed at how good the pony was too. Lotsa racket going on and he didn't move a muscle.

BUT, I thought it was pretty darned unfair of the show to do that. Who could possibly say "No Deal" in a case like that, when their daughter is looking at her dream standing in front of her. Dangling a special prize in front of an adult (like they did with the Hummer) is one thing. Do do it to a child is another. In my opinion, dad had no choice.

 

[Bluerocket]

Appylover - I am in FULL agreement -- the guy had NO CHOICE but to accept that deal. And he had $200k or was it $400k in his case -- oh well. It was a cute pony.

JJay

 

[shminifancier]

Yes it was a neat thing to do and such a nice pony at that. Just fantastically happy little girl. Wow how neat that was. Lucky girl.

 

[countryrose]

Well you can bet if my Dad had done that for me at that age I would have never forgotten it and loved him even more. I dont know of any great father that would not sacrifice for his girl!

It was unfair but then that is showbiz! Yes, I do think they had the plans in place for care of the horse already as that was her dream.

 

[sedeh]

Oh, I TiVo'd it and haven't gotten to see it yet...had to watch Idol! Now I'm glad it's recorded. :bgrin

 

[DakotahMoon_Ranch]

Her father was asked at the beginning what would he do with the money. He said he would buy his daughter a pony that's what she wanted. So with that in mind the show just didn't bring out a pony without full well knowing it's something they wanted.

I liked it and I actually got teary eyed.

Instead of taking the chance on more money he thought of his daughter.

I thought the same thing the pony(Jack?) was so well mannered.

The pony reminded me of my 34" mini named Merri. So of course, I loved it.

I got all weepy eyed too!! My husband just looked at me like I was daft....so what! It was sweet and what Daddy could possibly turn down a deal like that??

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