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"I've had it. I did 4,700 episodes. Isn't that enough?"

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There is a particular kind of exhaustion that only comes from being endlessly recognizable for one thing, and Monty Hall puts it in four blunt sentences. "I've had it" is not polite fatigue; it's the snapped elastic of a man whose public persona has been stretched into a permanent costume. Then comes the pivot: numbers. "I did 4,700 episodes". Not "years", not "a long time" - an almost absurdly precise tally that sounds like both proof and indictment. The specificity functions like a receipt slapped on the counter: look what I paid, and tell me why I'm still being asked for more.

The subtext is about the bargain of mass entertainment. Daytime TV doesn't just reward repetition; it runs on it. A host becomes a metronome for the audience's routine, a human clock that reassures you the world is still operating on schedule. Hall's question - "Isn't that enough?" - punctures that comforting loop by asking for an end point in a culture built to avoid them. It's also a quiet protest against the way celebrity compresses a person's life into a single gig, as if the man behind the microphone is less real than the catchphrases.

Coming from an actor best known as a genial game-show ringmaster, the line lands because it breaks character. The charm is still there, but it's edged with something rarer on television: boundaries.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hall, Monty. (2026, January 15). I've had it. I did 4,700 episodes. Isn't that enough? FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-it-i-did-4700-episodes-isnt-that-enough-170486/

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Hall, Monty. "I've had it. I did 4,700 episodes. Isn't that enough?" FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-it-i-did-4700-episodes-isnt-that-enough-170486/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've had it. I did 4,700 episodes. Isn't that enough?" FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-had-it-i-did-4700-episodes-isnt-that-enough-170486/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Monty Hall

Monty Hall (August 25, 1921 - September 30, 2017) was a Actor from Canada.

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