It was hosted by Monty Hall, joined by Sylvie Garant as assistant very early on in the run, with Sandy Hoyt as the show's announcer.
Hall accepted the offer as he noted that NBC had repeatedly contacted him with interest in reviving Let's Make a Deal, of which he was both creator and host, but he refused as he thought that show's format was dated.
[1] The show debuted in September 1983 with Nipsey Russell, Jack Carter, Marty Allen, and Maurice LaMarche as the first guests.
The player with the most points at the end of this round won the game and $250; in the event of a tie, a tie-breaker was played in the same way as a high-low question on Card Sharks.
An uncredited review in The Toronto Star found the show lacking in humor and criticized the obscurity of some of the guests.
[4] Waterloo Region Record writer Bonnie Malleck called the show "long on whiskered old shtick and short on everthing else".