Monty Hall

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... was on the air, and there's a song called Door Number Three that Jimmy Buffett sings about Carol Merrill and Monty Hall and the whole show.

If...

Look it up.

And I can tell you that epidemiology is basically applied probability, and probability as a mathematical science is very subtle.

Uh, you know, if you know the Monty Hall problem, the, the, the, you know, the per- the contestant standing in front of three doors, a prize behind one, and Monty Hall- Uh, and chooses one, and then Monty Hall shows you w- w- one of the other doors where the prize isn't, and you're supposed to either stay with your door or switch to the one vacant one.

And people don't understand that you double your, your chance of winning by switching.

It's not 50/50.

Trump responded to Zelensky's remark by saying, "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president." He went on to say, "I s- suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal, because he could have made many deals, and for some reason he never does," unquote.

Really? He can't make a deal, and you're Monty Hall.

Trump made this announcement that he was buying Russian diesel just weeks after signing into law the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which gave the president authority to impose severe economic sanctions on any country that purchases fuel from Russia.

So Trump's rehabilitating Putin.

But these guys, yeah, these are the classic DJs.

game show hosts and uh yeah let's dive into the list number one Monty Hall now uh I don't know if you know uh that name he uh he hosted a he hosted a show that uh well it's back again it was revived uh I think it was 2009, something like that.

But Monty Hall, he was one of the last of the great game show hosts.

I mean, just saying his name, I mean, it sounded fun.

Of course, again, we're back to someone who has changed their name.

And, uh, most recently, uh, she's appeared in the, uh, in the show Elspeth.

Uh, there you go.

Monty Hall or, or Monty Halperin.

Yes.

I think that's in relation to Monty Hall.

Oh, I don't think so, no.

I don't

What? What?

Monty Hall.

Monty Hall.

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The old game show host? Monty Hall.

Fireball.

Look at that.

Fuck.

So he, he Monty Hall's himself right onto the front lines.

Um-

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