February 12, 2007

Chico: The pitch is... it's like Lazer Tag... on meth.
Joe: Let's Go Voltron Force!
Gordon: Can the robot incinerate the contestant with it's laser eyes?
Chico: It could... but then we couldn't put it on air
Gordon: Awww....
Joe: lol
Chico: Sorry. 
Gordon: But...we could put higher or Lower on the air
Chico: Yes we could. Let's play Higher/Lower.
Joe: Cue the Card Sharks theme!
Chico: Okay, Gordon. You have the first.

Reveille, Ben Silverman's company that has created hits such as The Biggest Loser, reups with NBC. How many more hit game shows will it make? Higher or Lower than...3.

Chico: I say he's got at least three more in him. Higher. Look at the track record... Biggest Loser... Identity.... Nashville Star.
Don: I'm feeling optimistic. Quite higher.
Gordon: I agree with Chico. I think we have a string of hits from Reveille and game shows are on the upswing. Higher.
Joe: I'll go Higher.
Gordon: Klauss?
Mike: I'm sorry. I'll go lower.
Chico: Okay, next question gets us pondering these words:

"It's not the amount of money we give away, it's how we do it." Monty Hall... Seems like most Australian legends are saying the same thing nowadays. The question... What percentage of the fandom agree with that statement? Higher or lower than... 50%

Don: Hmm.
Joe: Higher. By far. One word...LINGO.
Don: Higher seems to make sense to me.
Gordon: I'll have to say lower. Us geeks know the difference, but if you want to judge it by the ratings numbers, the money is a big selling point.
Mike: Higher for sure.
Chico: If you're talking all geeks, then yeah, lower. But I'll hand it to ya... some people like to hear the stories behind the win. I'm going higher. Next?
Gordon: Next one –

Randy Jackson says that a musical songwriting competition is hard, because getting a good song is hard. How many 'good' songs will there be in the American Idol Songwriting competition once we hear them? Higher or lower than...5?

Chico: lower. More than likely it'll be radio-friendly crap that anyone can end up singing.
Joe: Gotta be lower..
Don: I think we might get some good ones, but not enough. Lower.
Mike: I'd almost venture to say zero. Lower.
Gordon: I'll agree. With lower. I just hope that you don't doom a singer because they get stuck with a bad song.
Chico: Don't hold your breath. Okay, next...

How many episodes will Fox give "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" before they decide to pull it? Or will they go the full ride? Higher or Lower than... 4.

Don: Lower.
Joe: Lower.
Mike: I'll go higher--5.
Gordon: Higher. Not because it's good, but because they simply have nothing else to put there.
Chico: Snap. I'm going higher, simply because of what's on before it. And, IIRC, Unan1mous went the full-ride even though it did end up sucking.
Gordon: Chico, when exactly did it ever not suck?
Don: It sucked the whole way, didn't it?
Joe: Yeppers.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Gordon: Next one...

Let's talk Sweeps. 1 Vs. 100 has someone up to $253,000. What's the biggest DOND winner going to be during sweeps? Higher or Lower than $250,000?

Chico: Higher
Don: I bet we'll see a big one sometime this month. Higher.
Chico: If only because they're going to play your Double Deal boards and your Double or Nothings.
Joe: I'm surprised we didn't see higher already.
Mike: Higher for sure
Gordon: Yeah, even if they don't win the million, there will be enough goodies to jack up the regular board. Higher.
Chico: And finally...

When the heck are we going to see Set for Life? Go higher or lower than six months.

Mike: Can I go off the board with never?
Chico: Judges?

(Ding)

Chico: They'll allow it.
Don: The way they've been treating it, it wouldn't surprise me to see it be higher.
Joe: I'm with Mike. I'm saying never.
Gordon: I won't go with never. I think it will be higher, though.
Chico: I agree with Pepper... But it's a big higher. Seems like ever since Super Millionaire, ABC couldn't put on a decent game to save their skins. Or they could, but they'd end up sitting on it for a while.
Gordon: I think its the right idea to sit on it, but the problem is that it still feels like a DOND clone.
Chico: That's because in essence... it is. Okay, it's getting round time to end the show, so we'll do that... after the break.

(Brought to you by Wild'N Trout. What better fun it would be than to tell jokes while fishing? The bait won't be the only thing that's biting)

Chico: And if it's whack, we throw fish at you.
Don: That fish is so small, a guppy could swallow it.
Gordon: That joke lacked sole, Don
Joe: Booooooo.
Don: Oh well, I tried...
Chico: *throws fish at Don* See?
Gordon: But we'll move on to the Big Finish for the Halibut.
Chico: *throws fish at Gordon*
Gordon: (fwap). Hmmm...Clownfish
Mike: Who took Wink's pun book?
Chico: Amazing Race All-Stars next Sunday. Who's looking forward?
Mike: Sure. The Amazing Race is always good to watch.
Joe: Blah.
Don: Should be interesting.
Gordon: I'm looking forward. Who's leaving first?
Mike: If I had my way, Amber and Rob
Chico: Whoever is last at the Pit Stop. Duh. Seriously, it's too early to say what kind of dynamic the Race is on right now.
Joe: If I had my way Rob and Amber would be living in a trailer park somewhere in Podunk, Arkansas never to be heard from again.
Chico: What Joe said.
Gordon: Works for me. Do we see a big Millionaire winner during sweeps?
Chico: I'm going to hope for one THIS week... Not next, with Million Dollar Movie week.
Joe: Sure hope so. WWTBAM is in desperate need of a Millionaire.
Don: I haven't heard anything about a big win coming ahead of time like with Ogi's run, but I'm hoping for a big one.
Chico: 1 vs. 100, does Raul go all the way? And if not, how close does he get?
Mike: $253,000 and no more. NBC is not good at hiding results.
Joe: We noticed.
Gordon: We're also bad at hiding our e-mails, so lets read some, shall we?
Mike: No Klauss mail. I don't like having to give Gordon and Chico $20 each time one is read.
Chico: Sorry, dude. My bag's empty.
Joe: Awwwww. )tpirlose
Gordon: I don't have any Klauss mail - but - I do have mail from Bobby McBride. Thanks Bobby!

Gordon: Thanks Bobby for the e-mail. I happen to agree with it. Usually the couples do well, not the collegians
Chico: Yep. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Joe: Very strange.
Don: Yeah. I certainly wasn't expecting something like that to happen beforehand.
Mike: As I said earlier, I saw at least two couples fritter away the Switch the Question lifeline. If they weren't close to 100% sure on the answer for the first question, they should've switched and had no worse than a 1 in 4 shot at the second question.
Gordon: True
Chico: Yep
Joe: Anything else?
Gordon: This one from Margaret Messer Quick. Thanks, Margaret!

Joe: I'm sure they aren't...especially since there's no such channel. It's called Game SHOW Network or GSN.
Gordon: But seriously and quite frankly Margaret, your guess is as good as mine.
Mike: The promotion's so good that nobody's heard about the date change. Catminster will air on April 1.
Don: lol
Chico: Point, Mike.
Gordon: April Fool's Day, to be exact. And unfortunately, Mike's not joking. That's actually correct.
Joe: An appropriate day for it. The same day as my wedding to Amy Jo Johnson. :P
Mike: I never knew a person could legally marry a poster. :-P
Joe: I'm not marrying a poster. I'm marrying a shirt.
Chico: On that note, I think it's time we call it a night.
Mike: Yes, let's end this thing.
Joe: Agreed. It's time.
Don: Fair enough.
Gordon: Thanks again to Don Harpwood, Joe Van Ginkel and Mike Klauss for hanging out with us this evening.
Joe: Glad to be back.
Mike: Same here.
Don: Always a good time here.
Chico: For Gordon and everyone at Game Show Newsnet, I'm Chico Alexander... Valentines are currently being accepted at wlti@gameshownewsnet.com. Spread the love everyone!
Joe: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME OVERRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Mike: Spread some Valentine's Day love this way, ladies.
Joe: Word.
Mike: (Big Daddy needs some lovin'.)