February 19, 2007

Chico:  There goes our PG rating... again.
Gordon: What PG rating?
Chico: Heh. Earlier this month, Travis Eberle gave everyone a few nuggets of wisdom. It was a brilliant idea...
Gordon: We heart Travis.
Chico:  And he's a brilliant writer for doing so, but we being us wanted to take it one step further. So combine that... and a bit from Ace & TJ and you get... The Six Things We Think You Should Know. Here's the deal. One person will give you the what, the other will give you the why.
Gordon: Start us off, Chico. What do you got for me?
Chico:  First thing we think you should know...

1) Reality has begun to eat itself.

Chico:  Okay, Gordon. Why do you think people should know that?
Gordon: Too many of the same people passing off the same recycled concepts. Most old shows aren't reinventing themselves enough.
Chico:  and "Gay, Straight or Taken" and "America's Next Producer".... I kid you not.
Gordon: Way too much overexposure on the same genres. Awful, awful clone shows, and maybe the most important one - The networks are letting this dreck on the air instead of trying to censor itself.
Chico:  See how easy that was?
Gordon: Ready for yours, Chico?
Chico:  I'm ready

2) American Idol betting pools are now turning into the rage at office parties.

Chico:  Of course. You have betting pools for the Super Bowl, the Final Four, the World Series, the Stanley Cup, and every time there's a pregnant woman in the office. So why NOT American Idol? Any excuse for me to win other people's money.
Gordon: No lie - a friend of mine got into an Office Pool - and got Taylor Hicks.
Chico:  No way...
Gordon: Yep.
Chico:  Next one. The third thing you should know...

3) If you're ever caught in a Jeopardy! tournament, remember to play every single damn minute of it.

Chico:  Why should you play every single damn minute of it?
Gordon: Because you never know when someone is going to erase a $26,000 lead on you.
Chico:  Or conversely, you never know when you have $99... and amazingly enough, it's good for a wild-card.
Gordon: Remember the Jeopardy Tournament when $1 would have been good for a Wild Card?
Gordon: A Tournament of Champions, believe it or not
Chico:  Wow. Going back in my day on me.
Gordon: Next one -

4) If you're going to be on a reality show competition, NEVER play the role of the bitch.

Chico:  Two words. Oma. Rosa.
Gordon: The latest victim of this - Cecile, as once again, the better team loses because of personality and a vote from your peers.
Chico:  Sure it'll give you attention and you'll become a media ho, and we'll all laugh at your expens...err, laugh with your crazy misadventures... but really, eventually, you're going to come to a time in your life where you'll say..."Hey... that's not me." And no one will believe you.
Gordon: Nope. I personally and getting disappointer with the shows that stress personality isn't an issue when it actually is. She trashed each team as they left the house, knowing that the teams don't come back and vote - until this season. That, in my mind, cheapens the show, and turns it from a social experiment to a peer experiment.
Chico:  Ay. It's all coming back now, isn't it?
Gordon: It shouldn't. A competition that lists the rules should play by THOSE RULES, not change in midstream. Ok, Next one?
Chico:  The fifth thing you should know.

5) Rossi Moreale, if the Wikipedia article is indeed true, is being thrown to the lions.

Gordon: MMM Dinner! Do tell.
Chico:  According to said article, Rossi has been tapped as the host of "Temptation." Rossi, as you know was the former host of G4's Sweat.
Gordon: Well at least he gets some exposure before he gets eaten.
Chico:  I tell you.
Gordon: I don't think the problem is Rossi as much as where the show is going to be airing - the MyNetwork Wasteland. The execution BETTER be very very tight, or the only temptation there's going to be is going to yank the show after 1 week.
Chico:  Nicholas Parsons... Jim Perry... Jack Clark... Ed Phillips... Joe Garagiola... to a point. I'm all for new entries into the brotherhood (secret handshakes and all).... but my friend, you have a mountain to climb.
Gordon: Ok. Final one...

6) Old celebrities are not the only things recyclable. Old hosts are.

Chico:  Of course! Everyone knows the body of work of Monty Hall, Wink Martindale, Bob Eubanks... and everyone loves to exploit! And why? Because it's relatable! Remember when Bob and Wink were on 1 vs. 100?
Gordon: Bob Saget - hit. Regis Philbin - hit. Robin Leach - Hit.
Chico:  Howie Mandel... BIG hit.
Gordon: And there you go. 6 things you should know.
Chico:  And another thing you should know... is that it's time for another break.
Gordon: When we come back. We give you an Idol History rundown.
Chico:  Not more history! I suck at those categories!
Gordon: MOOOOORE!

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