The television show Deal or No Deal factors heavily in the Federal bailout plan for the financial services industry after news leaked that the silhouetted banker on the television show Deal or No Deal had become the latest victim in the subprime mortgage crisis.

Yes it is parody and satire, which is all we are left with now that the truth is stranger then either.

Government officials urged Congress to bail out the program. “We must act now,” Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said. “Failure to save ‘Deal or No Deal’ will cause a catastrophic rise in unemployment among attractive suitcase models, and that could set off a chain reaction that brings down ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ ‘Jeopardy’ and other game shows that form the bedrock of civilization as we know it.”

[From No Deal]