[1] While on Let's Make a Deal, Merrill would model the various prizes, present money to contestants, and perform various other tasks as an assistant to host Monty Hall.

After learning that the contestant traded $1,427 for the zonk, Merrill decided to let him have the $1,427 anyway while Stewart gave him a banana bunch to go with the money.

Merrill has also appeared in 2010 and 2013 on the Wayne Brady version, and for a 60th anniversary (2023) episode broadcast in November 2023.

[citation needed] Carol Lue Hiller's first husband was Richard Thomas "Tom" Merrill, whom she married in Los Angeles County, California, on July 17, 1960, at the age of nineteen.

Hillary appeared as the model for The New Truth or Consequences in 1987, and in the 1983 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

[1][6] Merrill is mentioned by name in lyrics of the song "Door Number Three", written by Steve Goodman and Jimmy Buffett, and featured on Buffett's 1974 album A1A as well as on Goodman's 1975 album Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites.