FP Series #904 - Carol Merrill Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/23/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Nine Hundred Four in the Famous People (FP) Series - Carol Merrill


Carol Merrill (born Carol Lue Hiller; 1941) was the model for the television game show Let's Make a Deal during the show's original run between 1963-77. She was born in Frederic, Wisconsin.

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. On Let's Make a Deal, Merrill was frequently referred to by Monty Hall by her full name, and thus became one of the first game show models to be known as such, rather than the customary first-name-only naming convention used by such shows as The Price Is Right.

This allowed Merrill to gain wider recognition than other game show models of the time, and her celebrity status has led to many guest appearances on talk shows such as the Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, and Geraldo. As Hall once put it,
"I never said 'door' without saying 'Carol Merrill.' 'Let's see what Carol Merrill has behind door No. 2.' 'What Carol Merrill has in the box.' So she and Jay Stewart, my announcer, became stars. Everywhere we went, people would say, 'How's Carol?' 'How's Jay?'"


Merrill, along with original Let's Make a Deal announcer Jay Stewart, made an appearance in 1986 on the finale of The All-New Let's Make a Deal, modeling a zonk (200 pounds of bananas) along with Stewart. 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.

Carol's cache can be found at the edge of the foliage along the old rail bed. Be advised to use the parking coordinates and just walk to this hide. Neighbors get *very* concerned about non-resident vehicles back there.

GPSr Accuracy 6.5'
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