Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and as we hit the second episode of Season 17, I'd like to say that we may see the Superbowl before we see the AMPTP Vs. the WGA.
Chico: This is Chico Alexander, and we may see a lot of things before that... The changing of the seasons... Valentine's Day... Chinese New Year... The crowning of the next American Idol...
Gordon: Easter...
Jason: July 4th....
Chico: My summer vacation in LA....
Gordon: Thanksgiving...
Chico: The Emperor's Birthday...
Jason: Christmas 2008?
Gordon: Christmas 2018?
Chico: Gordon's kid's bar mitzvah. You see where we're going with this. Anywho, it's because of the strike that we have four, count'em, four capsule reviews to get to today...
Gordon: Hey, if the reality ratings continue like this, then we're in for a mixed bag. The AMPTP has no impetus to come to the table (except for those press conferences...I mean awards shows)
Jason: And since the public is still seeing new shows....they have no impetus to complain.
Chico: Game's on, folks. From Somewhere in America, the scaled-back-press-conference edition of We Love to Interrupt... is... ON!
Jason: Yay!
Chico: It's Gordon and Chico along with correspondents in good standing Jason Block, Rob Seidelman, and Josh Halbur. Morning, gents.
Jason: Morning.
Josh: Good morning and happy 17th Season!
Chico: Thanks, Josh. As usual, we've got a lot to get out of the way, so let's get to it with three words... Down goes Pawson!
Jason: Down Goes Pawson!
Chico: Last Wednesday, we saw the amazing run of Dan Pawson come to an end in what was probably the most killer stack to happen to the guy.
Jason: how do you mean?
Chico: Well, and this is something that came up in family conversation... I think we finally saw the depth of the Jeopardy! writers' mastery of minutiae on this Final Jeopardy!... The category is "the Catholic Church." The clue.. Everyone get your whiteboards...

First mentioned in a letter by Clement IV in 1265, this item worn by the Pope featured an image of St. Peter in a boat

Jason: (writes down)
Rob: (Writes down)
Chico: *hums theme*
Josh: *stares blankly into the camera*
Chico: And that's time.
Jason: What is a ring?
Rob: What is a ring?
Josh: 0 + 0 - 0 = 0...I don't know!
Gordon: I'll go with ring
Chico Everyone (except Josh) goes with ring... Everyone's right.
Jason: Yes! Everyone kisses the ring.
Chico: Of course.
Jason: I am assuming Dan missed.
Chico: Dan made a pretty good guess with "the miter", but Kristen Welsh is the only one right to win. So the game is again won on the final. It was a great game, really close, really challenging (I never would've gotten the cordwainers Daily Double), but it came down to the Final... and it was just a good guess that wasn't right.
Jason: So where do you rank Dan as a player?
Gordon: I'd put Pawson in the second echelon. He's a good player. The next Tournament of Champions is starting to look really good.
Chico: Well, if I were to put Brad Rutter at the top... then David Madden... then Ken Jennings... Then Dan Pawson. Your thoughts?
Jason: You put Madden OVER Jennings?
Chico: Yes I put Madden over Jennings, and I'll tell you why. It's not just knowledge base, but strategy.
Jason: Madden was vicious I will give you. But Jennings was as dominant.
Chico: I put viciousness over dominance.
Jason: Noted.
Gordon: It depends on your style. Jennings is the encyclopedia of knowledge. Madden was definitely the better strategist.
Chico: Madden was a war machine.
Rob: I would put Pawson as your next Tournament of Champions Winner, but he falls short of the big 3 of Rutter, Jennings and Madden.
Chico: And it looked like Pawson was also going for war machine, but he didn't have the knowledge needed.
Jason: He was trying for a strategy.
Chico: And it looked like it worked out for him. Unfortunately, there's that darn final. So we all agree... 2008.. Dan Pawson is THE man to beat until someone else can prove otherwise.
Rob: Agreed.
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: As of right now - though I feel that he will definitely be tested.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: Yup. And for the record, Kristen Welch did fall prey to the Giant Killer's Curse.
Jason: The Zerg's Curse.
Chico: She was one and done.
Jason: Usually happens that way.
Chico: Yeah.
Jason: It's like "I beat the big guy/gal"...now what do I do?
Chico: Get beat.
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Funny you should mention "Beating the big guy."
Jason: Oh?
Chico: It's time for the first overview of four this week... Remember 19 years ago and American Gladiators on the weekends?
Jason: Sure I do.
Rob: Yes I do.
Chico: Well, they're back. And NBC's got'em. Starting with the good news..
Jason: There was good news?
Chico: Oh yeah. First off, the events are just as you remember. Nothing drastic was changed.
Josh: That's a definite good sign, from a nostalgic standpoint.
Rob: I think they got quite a few things right on this show.
Chico: Totally.
Jason: And a gameplay stand point.
Chico: Again, totally.
Gordon: They didn't screw around with the gameplay, which is what everyone was worried about.
Chico: So in that respect, they got things right.
Gordon: And they brought back the cool games - though loading up the weapons in Assault is a lame idea.
Chico: Agreed. Finding the arrow in a sand pit + loading it at a different station = not good.
Rob: Makes it impossible to win unless you nail the target with the slingshot or Turret Gun.
Josh: Too much Double Dare, not enough Rambo.
Chico: One thing that surprised me, though... Hit & Run. I was not expecting them to import that UK event. Seems like they were taking a lot of cues from the UK version, now that I think about it.
Rob: It does feel more like a revival of the UK Version over the US Version. All the way down to the presentation. Pyro, the off-stage Play-by-Play guy, the music playing when the contender lost, the list goes on.
Chico: Oh yeah. And the referee counting. Okay, we've covered the good... now to the bad...Seems more to me that the show is more show, less game (literally).
Gordon: Only 4 events instead of 6 = lots of dead boring air time.
Jason: Which is the problem with all shows...too f'n slow.
Chico: I can even deal with five events and the Eliminator. Just as it was during season 1. Between all that talking to the players and all the Gladiator antics, you can squeeze in another event.
Rob: I must comment on the way Hang Tough is done.
Chico: Comment away.
Rob: It's like only 5 rows of rings, where as you get contact earlier. It completely takes away the strategy element that was in the old version. So, you get the ending in about 15-20 seconds.
Chico: I thought it was a bit smallish.
Jason: Again...pacing.
Chico: Something that wasn't as small... the Eliminator. Seems like they were taking a lot of cues from a) Viking, b) Sasuke, and c) the original Eliminator.... and I mean A LOT of cues. A lot of people had issue with the final round taking 3 minutes.
Rob: That's because it is way too long.
Jason: I like the long obstacle courses.
Chico: And it's gotten to be that by the time they get to the Travellator... They're already wiped.
Rob: I also don't like the part where they have to swim under fire. That is a bit too extreme, especially when they jump a little bit too far and bust their head wide open, or in a worse effect, get burned.
Gordon: I don't mind the obstacle course. I do mind the fact that it doesn't feel like a sporting event. I hate the announcing style. It feels more like a documentary and that someone's reading something from a script than an actual play-by-play.
Chico: It's done in post, you mean. Oh yeah, and there's music to go along with it.
Rob: Another UK idea.
Chico: Because that's the way you run a game show in 2008.
Rob: Not only that, the play by play guy, whoever does that, is just so generic it's painful.
Gordon: It's very Mark Burnett Contender-ish in feel. That's not a compliment. People want to make it a drama, not a game show. You don't hear background sweltering theme music after every football play, do you? It's incredibly annoying,
Chico: Hence my earlier remark, it feel more like a show and less like a game. And that's what it is, at its heart. It's a game. Treat it as such. Interesting we haven't mentioned Hulk and Laila yet.
Gordon: Do we have to mention them, daddy?
Chico: I think they're growing on me, dude.
Josh: I'm surprised at both of their jobs so far, actually.
Chico: They match the timbre of the show, at least.
Rob: Because Hulk is actually quite adept at hosting this kind of show.
Gordon: Laila is growing on me. She has talent. Hulk is doing what he does, which I guess is good, but it doesn't work for me.
Jason: Sorry, I can't support a show that basically allows a known steroid user to host this type of show. From day one, this irked me.
Chico: Depends. He clean up?
Jason: Unknown. He says he did.
Rob: He's not as bulked up as he was back when he was in WCW
Gordon: I don't judge shows on what people did in it's past. I judge them by the content.
Jason: Gordon I have to respectfully disagree.
Chico: Okay, folks. Time to grade. And I've got a board... new year, new board. Sleek.

	AMERICAN GLADIATORS - NBC
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	ROB	JOSH	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	B-	C	C	A-	B+	B-

Rob: Huzzay for that.
Jason: Cool.
Chico: Okay, your grades.
Jason: From what I saw of it...it was a lot of hurry up and wait. Too much show, not enough game. C.
Chico: I have to agree. Too much show, not enough game, but the game from what I saw is solid, so it's a B- from me.
Rob: With all of the negatives here, it's still a great show, it's done great, the gladiators show personality which is a good thing to see. I'm a huge fan of the old gladiators, still am with this version. I'm giving it a A-. It's still gladiators, it's still fun.
Josh: The events haven't changed, keeping fans of old happy, but the overall feel of the show has. I give it a solid B+.
Gordon: The problem is they don't match. This show doesn't know what it wants to be. The commentators say they want to be lighthearted. The music says it wants to be a drama. The narration says it wants to be a documentary. 'And here's the ball, swinging down to make its way to the contestant.' The content is great. We don't get enough of it. The problem is that the bells and whistles more than drag the show down. Needs more show, less fluff. C.
Chico: Nice job, gents.
Jason: Thanks.
Chico: Time to do it again with Dance War. If you like dancing or are a woman, you probably watched this instead of AG.
Jason: Didn't see it.
Josh: Luckily(?) I didn't watch this yet.
Gordon: I did. It's the auditions. Replace Paula, Randy and Simon with Bruno and Carrie Ann. Make it fluffy, and focus more on the good people, and there
you go.
Chico: Not surprisingly, it's based on a British format.
Jason: I am shocked and stunned.
Gordon: I really can't put a grade on this yet until I actually see the format next week. Make this an incomplete until next week. I must say I'm not too impressed yet though.
Chico: Now that dancers have been chosen, it's time for schoolyard picks. Best dance/song crew wins. I'm going to also hold off on reviewing this until next week, because a) of what Gordon said, and b) if the show does succeed, it won't be because of the dancers.
Gordon: I did like the fact that the auditions were live in front of a crowd
though - nice touch there.
Chico: Oh yeah. Reminded me of America's Got Talent. A good use of presentation. And I will say.. as I have before.. Drew Lachey... underrated.
Gordon: Drew did a solid job.
Chico: You may have a future in the business yet, boy.
Jason: We saw that when he covered for Samantha last season on DWTS, no?
Chico: Oh yeah.
Jason: The man has skills.
Chico: Totally. So you all have homework. Watch next week's Dance War... so we can review it next week.
Josh: Yes, teacher.
Jason: Yes sir.
Gordon: Drew Lachey has skills... but does Corbin Bernsen?
Chico: Corbin Bernsen is on GSN asking one key question... How Much Is Enough? The game... it's almost painfully simple... or simply painful, but we'll get to that.
Gordon: Emphasis on painful.
Chico: It's one step up from "Hit the buzzer, win a cookie."
Jason: Oreo or Nutter Butter?
Chico: Mrs. Fields, dude. Only instead of the Mrs. Fields, it's thousands of dollars, and you have to time the hit so you're not the one with the most money (or in round 5, the most and the least). Not the best idea to lend itself to a game show, I think.
Gordon: This is one of those shows where they really needed to play test it before handing out a bunch of money to create a show for it.
Chico: But it does actually have one thing going for it... No need for writers.
Jason: Strike Proof.
Gordon: It's an interesting concept for sure - how much is enough - but it's flimsy in execution with a whole lot of dead time in between playing. It's strike proof. It's also entertainment proof.
Chico: And Corbin Bernsen... geez, smarmy much?
Jason: Sounds like sleep inducing to me.
Gordon: Definitely sleep inducing. They need to put this on later at night so I can nod off without using Nyquil.
Rob: Corbin was fine. He would be a better fit for The Mole than this show.
Gordon: I wouldn't mind see Corbin host The Mole. He does have chops and he's the only thing salvaging this show from an F. That being said, there's not much he could have done here, and when most of the first show is based on having people twitch and dance around as part of filler, that's a problem.
Chico: It's all filler... and about five minutes worth of game. Got to like the tension of the final, though.
Gordon: What he should have been doing is to try to get people into talking on how much they would stop at, to try to get some semblance of strategy going on. This suffers along with Friend or Foe as games with no strategic value.
Chico: Or the appearance of one with no real meat.
Rob: Yes, this is like a revival of Friend or Foe, but with no questions whatsoever.
Chico: Everyone says "They have a strategy." Care to tell us what it is?
Rob: And I don't like Friend or Foe at all.
Chico: That's the peril of the strike proof show.
Jason: I am playing the online version and I am bored already. The clock is way too slow. I didn't watch, but the game concept sucks from the online version.
Gordon: The tension of the final doesn't do it for me either. Ooh. Let's see who's less greedy. you don't care about these people enough to make that emotional investment and you certainly can't play it at home except screaming 'Now!' at your TV set. I was screaming at my TV set alright, but it was with words that I can't print here.
Chico: Oh, Gordon... Okay, folks. Grade time.

	HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? - GSN
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	ROB	JOSH	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	D	D-	NO GRADE	D	NO GRADE	D

Rob: It's just a petty exercise of pressing a buzzer to win cash before the others do in order to win money. Corbin is the only saving grace.
Chico: Rob's right.
Rob: I give it a D, Must try harder.
Chico: Sounds about right. Arnie Becker saves show from failure. Again. D.
Gordon: Mind-numbingly bad. No strategy except for the 5th and final round, where you figure out based on the money amounts when to stop the clock. That's not enough to save the concept, and neither is Corbin. D- for Dreck.
Josh: I haven't seen it yet, but I'm glad you warned me of what's ahead of my first episode...if I watch now.
Jason: You seem like a braver man than I.
Rob: I must comment, I still would watch this over Chain Reaction.
Chico: Dunno. I like Chain Reaction. I'd watch another season of that over this. Going on... Gordon, did you see Make Me a Supermodel?
Gordon: I did. I did indeed. I'm guessing I'm the only one who saw it?
Jason: Nods.
Chico: I can't, and you know why. Tried calling TWC to get them to listen to reason. you'd think they'd listen. Maybe I should threaten to switch to satellite.
Jason: You need your DirecTV.
Gordon: Here's my thought. Bravo has created another solid show. What I like is that these people are not just out of the streets - these are people who know what they are doing, and the judges show us a part of the industry that America's Next Top Model doesn't let us see. On the other side, I don't like the fact that the audience votes on who leaves, but at the same time, unlike Chefs or Fashion designers, the likeability of someone DOES come into play in the model industry, as they are a representative of your product and whether or not you'd buy something is based on said reaction of the model. This is a good start. B.

	MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL - Bravo
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	ROB	JOSH	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	NO GRADE	B	NO GRADE	NO GRADE	NO GRADE	B

Jason: Sounds like the best show of the week.
Gordon: It is the best show of the week. But one thing that some models and Billy Bush has in common. Want to know what that is, Chico?
Jason: No talent?
Gordon: Close.
Chico: I know. They're not smarter than a 5th grader.

(DING)

Chico: The lost Celebrity episode aired this week. And up to play, Access Hollywood's Billy Bush.
Jason: Oh boy. Did he say Europe was a country?
Chico: No, he didn't. He was surprisingly good up until the $300K question.
Jason: uh oh
Chico: The question... 5th Grade US History.

What was the real first name of Civil War General "Stonewall" Jackson?

Chico: Billy Bush said Andrew.
Jason: It wasn't Andrew. But I don't know.
Rob: Thomas?
Josh: A ring? I'm clueless.
Gordon: Technically, there are 2 right answers. Andrew is not either of them. Andrew is the president. Thomas would be one correct answer. Johnathan would be the other.
Chico: Rob was right. But it wasn't Andrew. So the Lollipop Foundation wins
$25,000, and Billy Bush swears to make it up to them somehow. And so, as I often say after 5th Grader synops... "the search continues".
Gordon: That's a tricky question, but it's a fair one.
Rob: Yes.
Jason: Yes.
Josh: Can 5th Grader just have a Million Dollar Mission of sorts? Maybe, a smarter contestant mission? :p
Chico: No! We all know what happened the last time something like that happened...
Rob: I abhor the Million Dollar Mission.
Chico: See what I mean?
Gordon: Why don't you start them at a higher level and give them 2 million dollar questions to ask, and keep doing that till you have a winner.
Jason: Pretty much.
Rob: Or give them a choice between 2 subjects for the Million Dollar Question. If they don't like either, then they could walk. Because more often than not when they get that far, they get a category where they are not that great at. That would make it a bit easier for the contestants to at least attempt the question.
Chico: We can only hope. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that we're going to have to go through half a season before something like that happens, and when it does, it's not going to be pretty. Because let's face it. Network execs are dumb.
Gordon: You think? As we start into the BrainVision news segment, as you know Chico, the hamsters have decided to strike.
Chico: Right. And as I was getting the Hyper Doppler, too.
Gordon: And last week, Chairman and Gordon Jr. brought in a strike pig. He's still there. However, the hamsters are bringing in more help. The hamsters are bringing in scab animals to keep the Doppler going. We're adding to the pig. This week, they brought in....a mole.
Jason: A mole?
Chico: We named him Cooper.
Jason: How ironic?
Chico: Very ironic. *loads Cooper into a dark hole in the machine* It has to be dark because moles can't see in the light.
Gordon: So right now, we have The Chairman, Gordon Jr. Hans the Pig and Cooper the Mole running BrainVision.
Jason: Oh boy
Chico: That's gonna make a lot of cleanup.
Gordon: True, but we have to do what we can do.
Chico: Okay, Gordon, fire away.
Gordon: Roll That Beautiful Brain Footage.

(Doug: Live, local, and latebreaking... From the four corners of the globe to your frontal lobe, this is WLTI Brainvision News, and now here's Gordon Pepper, Chico Alexander, and the award-winning Brainvision News Team)

Chico: Thanks, Doug. First up... A big entry in the datebook. How big is it?
Gordon: Its so big that we need 4 recappers to run it.
Jason: Are we talking January 15th?
Gordon: Maybe...

January 15th. Idol. You WILL Watch.

Jason: I will tape and then watch
Gordon: But wait! We have more!
Josh: Bingo Night?
Chico: Hell no.
Josh: Yay!

Top Model and Girlicious show up on February 20th. The next Beauty and the Geek shows up March 11th. Also coming up is Trivial Pursuit in the Fall

Jason: 2 syndie game shows in 2008. Cool.

Also showing up in the Spring...The Mole.

Josh: I am not the Mole...
Chico: I am. 6.022 x 10^23.
Rob: I wish Scott Stone could give Corbin a call for The Mole. Corbin would be a nice fit for The Mole.

February 17th is the Ultimate Recipe Showdown

Chico: Tasty.

And resurrecting itself, Chico's faaaaaaaavorite spawned show...The Bachelorette.

Chico: Whoopie.
Rob: Ugh. Another show that should have been cancelled 2 years ago.
Chico: I'm so excited.
Gordon: Now Chico, I have padded the wall, if you would like to run into it.
Chico: Thank you. You're a true friend. Excuse me... *runs into wall*
Jason: Good padding.
Chico: I'm aight.
Rob: I give it a 8
Chico: I got an 8! YEAH!
Josh: But the Russian judges don't look all that pleased.
Chico: Hard to please, they are. Okay, maybe I should try ... baseball. And
unfortunately, you know what a black bat means...: As opposed to the usual
wooden ones we use on this show.
Rob: I have the strange feeling we got some sad news with a black bat coming
out of this.

This week, we salute Honorary Mayor of Hollywood & "Stop the Clock" host Johnny Grant as well as Moog legend and Gambit composer Mort Garson. Both of whom now belong to the ages.

Chico: Johnny died of natural causes at age 84. Mort died of renal failure at age 83. They will both be missed. Okay... Moment of silence... now. *removes hat*

(silence)

Chico: Thank you. And now, Gordon with the Haterade and the chalkboard.
Gordon: The chalkboard is ready for this...

Are you Smarter Than...David Luday, who has the record for the highest Contestant's Row Bid in the history of The Price is Right.

Jason: Which is?
Gordon: How much do you bid for...a Spa in the Box?
Chico: $1450.
Josh: $999
Jason: I would have bid $2000
Gordon: The item is ..$1,499. David's bid...$10,900.
Chico: Let's point out all the things that are wrong with that bid...
Gordon: Let's
Chico: First off, it's five digits long. Second... It's a spa... in a box. Not that darn expensive. Third... the board only holds four digits. This is elementary TPIR here, folks.
Gordon: Yes, but if the podium is only 4 digits long, you would think that people would know this.
Chico: It's one of the first things you learn watching.
Gordon: Again, you would think
Chico: Oh well. So who do we drink to this week, G?
Gordon: Well, we've had this as a running theme for a few weeks. Now I'm sure all of you were wondering, with her in jail and pregnant. Things can't get any worse for Jessica Sierra, right?
Rob: It definitely can't get much worse for her.
Jason: Right...but they can, right?
Gordon: They can...
Chico: I'm guessing can and did.

Look on the market for the Porn Star Tape 'Jessica Sierra, Superstar' coming to XXX Video Stores near you.

Rob: I was wrong, it got worse.
Gordon: and while were at it, Debbie just lost $100,000 to the mob last night
on 1 vs. 100 on this question...
Chico: Painful.

Which of these numbers is not a real number?
A. Dubrillion
B. Nonillion
C. Sextillion

Gordon: Mob, Answer...now
Chico: Dubrillion.
Rob: Dubrillion
Josh: A
Jason: A
Gordon: Right answer - A. Debbie's answer - B
Josh: She had none of her helps on this question, nor the one before that...
Another case of greed gone bad?
Rob: Greed gone terribly bad. But the Mob got a nice little payday.
Chico: Oh yeah. I'd say so.
Josh: 20 Mobsters survived the Dubrillion question, if I remember correctly.
Rob: They each get $5,000. Not bad.
Gordon: Not bad at all
Chico: Nope.
Jason: Not at all.
Chico: That's enough to take a nice vacation.
Gordon: Or enough to travel the globe. What do we got?
Chico Who wants to go to China?
Gordon: Ooooh
Josh: Sounds fun. Let's go!
Rob: What's in store for us in China?
Jason: Good food.

China is prepping versions of "America's Next Top Model" and "Saturday Night Takeaway".

Chico: Top Model, as you know, comes from the CW, whilst Takeaway is a UK import. Top Model is special in that it will air in late night due to their prime time restrictions.
Jason: content I bet.
Chico: Yeah. It's basically the same show we see at 8, but they're getting it at 10:30 due to the content.
Jason: right
Gordon: Will there be media hoes in said content?
Jason: Don't know if they allow them in China.
Gordon: They should
Chico: But before they can become hoes, they gots to get on the shows.
Jason: ok
Chico: We have a couch for that. Who wants to be on Jeopardy!? Jason, don't answer.
Gordon: Me!
Jason: lol... hey!
Rob: I'm game.

Online registration for online qualification is now OPEN. Go to Jeopardy.com and click "Be a contestant". Look for the online testing info, and begin your quest for greatness.

Jason: Very cool stuff.
Chico: Dates for "The Test" are January 29-31.
Gordon: Good luck to everyone
Jason: BTW...this is a very cool way to test for people who can't make it to CA.
Gordon: Now let's say you prefer dancing and you want to date a Schwimmer.

Check this out for the open dates -
http://www.realitywanted.com/index.php/latest/1969

Chico: Or maybe you'd like to deal in hair artistry.
Gordon: I have my weed whacker right here, Chico

Good, because you're going to need it if you want to be on Shear Genius 2.
http://www.realitywanted.com/index.php/latest/2017

Gordon: And now, for the hoes...
Chico: *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Tila Tequila gets another season, Eddie McGuire gets a new biography, Denise Martin deals with more flack, the World Poker Tour opens up a ladies division, Sonja Christopher has enough to finance a church through donations...

Rob: The bigger the WPT gets, the better.

Laila Ali grabs an Early Show gig, and Kimberly Locke may be going out with Celebrity Fit Club trainer Harvey Walden IV

Gordon: But none of them are the ho of the week
Chico: Do tell.
Gordon: The ho of the week is Chris Daughtry, who wins a People's Choice
Award for 'Home'. Congratulations, Chris!
Chico: Woo! Native son.
Rob: Nice going, Chris.
Jason: I wonder what happened to the people who beat them....hmmmm
Gordon: We'll get to them later on in the show
Jason: lol
Chico: "Dancing with the Stars" and "Deal or No Deal" also took home People's
Choice
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, who wants to get fully loaded?
Rob: Sure, I got nothing else to do.
Jason: Why not...hic?
Chico: Today, if you love Iron Chef (and are not a fanboy... Kotaku users,
I'm looking at you)... and you have a Wii... I've got good news.
Jason: Wii and the Iron Chef?

Food Network has partnered with Destineer to develop an "Iron Chef America" game for the Wii.

Chico: It was probably a given due to the success of Cooking Mama, but I'll take it.
Jason: I like the Wiimote possibilities of cutting, stirring and all that.
Josh: Like Cooking Mama, only commercial.
Rob: And we get Alton Brown on commentary. Who doesn't love Alton Brown?
Jason: I heart Alton.
Chico: Alton's my hero. If you don't get it by now, you're just not gonna get it.
Josh: Give us some "Good Eats" with some Haterade, and I'm good to go.
Gordon: I like the idea. I'm hoping we get real recipes and stuff to try on at a real kitchen
Chico: That'd be killer. Okay, that's Brainvision. Shut it down...
Gordon: (BOOOOoooop)
Chico: Let's take Hans and Cooper and the hamsters out. Jason, handle please.
Jason: That plastic lining in the choppler was a darn good idea. My idea.
Chico: Totally.
Jason: (slips plastic gloves on) I'll be a minute.
Chico: Okay, we'll get to more fun time in a sec, but first, last week, we asked if 4 hours of Deal or No Deal per week was too much or not enough. 75% of you said... TOO MUCH.
Josh : A stern "No Deal!" to Deal.
Chico: We need some variety if you're going to put on strike programming.
Jason: Sure you do.
Chico: What do you have for our viewers this week, G?
Gordon: Here's what I got for you this week...

Gordon: Results next week. Break right now.
Chico: This is WLTI. This is who we are. This is what we do.

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