Gordon: This is Gorodn Pepper, and you know usually we have t ladies weeks. This week, it's all about the men.
Chico: *plays "You Give Love a Bad Name"*
Josh: Wasn't that the case for a Betty White game show?
Gordon: Yes, Josh, it was.
Chico: So what do the MEN have to do this week?
Gordon: What haven't they done this week? It's time for some equal rights, you know.
Chico: Some equal props as it were.
Josh: Let's get it goin then!
Gordon: And with that, from somewhere in Chico's Man Cave, this week's edition of WLTI...is...on!
Josh: Yeah!
Gordon: Gordon and Chico here, along with special guest Agent Josh
Josh: It's nice to be back home.
Chico: How was Hollywood?
Josh: More like Holly-Weird!



Josh: Exactly.
Chico: It's the Hollywood Round all over again, and the same rules hold true: sing like you mean it, because each time you could be your last.
Gordon: And play nice with others
Chico: Ice queen bitch cop?
Josh: Frosty knickers herself.
Gordon: Who went away, yes. But don't forget, even if you get past this round, you still have to deal with America, who frowns upon these things
Josh: No one really likes dealing with those types of people, even if they are one of the best singers out there.
Chico: Remember, Idol is the biggest focus group on television.
Gordon: Right. Now as we're doing men's week, is there any woman out there that looks like they can do anything this season? Because I haven't seen it.
Chico: Well...Nope. Sorry. Right now, David Leathers is the biggest thing out of Fayetteville since J. Cole.
Josh: Well, then you should be proud of your home-stater
Gordon: He teamed with Jessica Sanchez, Philip Phillips and Shannon Magrane for the group sing.
Chico: Nice little tight ensemble.
Josh: I heard that they did songs from the 50's and 60's for the group sings.
Gordon: David is a singing version of Astro - with a little less ego..but not that much
Chico: But he also has a bit of an edge... the next stage is the Las Vegas Round.. and Michael Jackson.
Gordon: Notice David's pairing with Reed Grimm
Chico: Noticing.
Gordon: I think once we get the Final 24, we'll see what the pairings look like in terms of genre breakdown. We'll have the traditional spread next week.
Chico: Can't wait.
Gordon: Could you wait for Survivor on Wednesday?
Chico: Let's go right into it with the first round of...



Josh: Ooh. Pretty new sign.
Gordon: Come one, come all. Admittance is still free
Josh: But watch your valuables.
Chico: Or else a banker named Michael is going to steal them and try and trade them for your chickens. And THEN who's the moron.
Josh: Chickens are the animals. Turkeys are the dummies in the game.
Chico: Anyway, we start with 18 - nine men, nine women. They were sent to the SAME beach to live as separate tribes.
Gordon: Now this, of course, opens the doors for people on different tribes to start scheming
Chico: And we already have what looks to be a three laned highway. On one lane... the fratboy alliance on the Manononononononononoooo. In lane 2... the Salani as-of-yet-unnamed-tough chick alliance.
Josh: And In lane three?
Chico: Colton and whoever He's teamed with. Sabrina of lane 2 gave him a Hidden Immunity Idol. So for the moment, he's safe. but he's willing to cut a deal.
Gordon: Colton and Sabrina are playing smart here. They just need to make sure to keep this on the down low.
Chico: I don't think Sab will have a problem with this. Colton, on the other hand, may have to use his idol early.
Chico: Because as we've seen, he's not just a friend of Dorothy, he's Dorothy's BFF. And in a tribe of manly men...
Josh: He sticks out like a sore thumb.
Gordon: As I said, this has to be on the down low. Colton's on the up and high
Chico: Precisely.
Gordon: However, none of the guys have to worry about it in Week #1, as Kourtney causes a women's disqualification
Chico: Yep.
Josh: Awkward ruling, I think
Gordon: I don't think so.
Chico: Let's set the stage here... In the Reward Challenge, Jeff told everyone to jump into a net hands crossed over your chest, and land on your back. He was VERY SPECIFIC about that. Kourtney landed flush on her wrist and broke it.
Josh: Owch.
Gordon: This is a SOCIAL game as well as a physical game. And here's the social dilemma. Do you play nice and risk booting yourself off? Or do you take the win?
Chico: Jeff Probst, in playing his role as Dungeon Master said... "It is the single biggest mistake of this game to make a decision early on that no one will forgive you for in the end. But it is YOUR CALL."
Josh: If you take the win, you are looking out for yourself. If you take the continue, you're seen as the morally right person. You may be out of the game, but your morals are intact, unlike others who have played this game in the past.
Chico: Yeah, but last I checked, the moral right didn't win ANYONE ANYTHING.
Gordon: I think as long as it is a group decision and as long as everyone realizes that, you can skate around it that way. No gloating though.
Josh: Yes, that would be poor sportsmanship for the gloating.
Chico: Yeah... they totally gloat about that. And when the ladies cry foul, they gloat even more.
Gordon: Survivor is just as much social game as anything else. And it turns out the decision would be academic, as Kourtney, due to breaking her wrist, gets booted out of the game via the producers.
Chico: The good news is, the ladies have fire and at least one man in the pocket thanks to Sabrina.
Gordon: This is the first time that the first perason has been booted due to injury
Josh: Then in a bad way, History has been made.
Chico: Correct.
Gordon: Now the manly men have won round #1. We'll see if they can win the war.
Chico: Right. Now... let's crown a champion.

(MORONS IN JEOPARDY!: TOURNAMENT EDITION)

Chico: It was Monica Thieu... Sarah Bart... and Zack Terrill. Three wild cards, one winner.
Josh: Yah
Chico: Who would it be? The result would come after this clue in...Countries of the World.

The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam.

Josh: I am Red E
Chico: Okay, Red E. Your response.
Josh: What is Afghanistan, home of my favourite blankets
Chico: Gordon?
Gordon: What is AssistbyLinistan? Jeremy Lin is so famous, they made a country just for him.
Chico: Yeah, and it's in the middle of midtown Manhattan, you idiot. =p
Gordon: And that's stopped anyone before?
Chico: True. Okay, Josh gets the points in that round. Now let's do the math. Zack has $8800 and a bank of $8000. Monica has a bank of $18,000 with $5200 stored.
Sarah had $9800 in game 1 with $4600 now. So the magic number to win for Monica: $2401, because a double up for Sarah would still not catch up with a zero for Monica or Zack.
Gordon: Correct
Josh: Makes sense to me.
Chico: So let's just erase Sarah from the picture. Buh-bye Sarah.
Gordon: Waa waaaaa
Chico: Now it's just Monica against just Zack. Zack does what he has to do... and loses. He says "Bhutan". Buh-bye Zack.
Gordon: Waa waa waaaaa
Chico: Monica's right... and she bets JUST enough.. maybe a little more, $3000.
Josh: Good betting by her.
Gordon: So even if Zack got it right, he loses. So congratulations to Monica, but she is not part of this...



Gordon: Divided by 4.
Chico: We had another double up week on the big money game show.
Josh: Yay
Chico: Actually, call it a half million dollar moment. Two men. two $250,000 questions.
Chico: The first, Daniel Goldman from Teaneck, NJ. not too far from you, G.
Gordon: Not at all
Chico: He gets this for $250,000

Which of these authors has never had one of his books selected for Oprah's Book Club?

A: Mark Twain
B: Leo Tolstoy
C: Charles Dickens
D: William Faulkner

Josh: With no Lifelines, if it was me, I'd be high-stepping out of there. As it stands, I will guess C, Charles Dickens
Chico: Okay, G. Break it down.
Gordon: Not much you can do logically here. This is one of those you either know it or you don't questions.
Josh: True. It looks like a question you can break down logistically, but unless you were a member of Oprah's book club....
Gordon: They used Great Expectations (Dickens), The Sound and the Fury (Falkner) and Anna Karenina (Tolstoy). Hence the answer is Twain. A.
Chico: He would've guessed B... BUT... he walks with his first round wins of $93,500, which I think is a record.
Gordon: I think so also. Nice win
Josh: That's a goodly amount But that's not the rest of the story, is it?
Gordon: Not when we have a second one, no.
Chico: Correct. Thursday, the contestant afterwards Greg Sanduskas of New York... not too far from you, Josh...
Josh: Uh, I'm In West Central PA
Chico: Ah... Not too far from you, G.
Gordon: Not that far from me either, no.
Chico: ... gets THIS for $250,000 and this is the part where it's relevant to who we are and what we do and if y'all don't know this, I pity you.

Eventually revealing the answer GENERAL HOSPITAL, what was the first letter Vanna White ever turned on "Wheel of Fortune"?

A: S
B: R
C: T
D: N

Chico: Audience?
Josh: R!
Chico and Gordon: NO!
Josh: ACK! *runs and hides*
Chico: Five minutes in the penalty box, Josh.
Josh: Great, they're going to bring Augustus out to throw me out.
Gordon: Sounds good to me. Here Augie!



Josh: *marches to the box, throwing his helmet and breaks the in-box camera, and starts to angrily punch the glass*
Gordon: I believe it would be a T. Which would be 'C'.
Josh: Well, is he right or is Chico going to do the show on his own for a bit?
Chico: He's RIGHT!
Josh: *punches the glass again*
Chico: Don't doubt Gordon on matters of Wheel of Fortune. He's HARDCORE.
Gordon: Damn skippy.
Josh: A five minute minor for not knowing the most common letter in the world....
Chico: He leaves with $73,500. That's enough for a nice truck.
Josh: *the buzzer sounds, the door clicks open and he steps out*
Gordon: Nice. now those are manly men. What do you think about manly truckers?
Josh: Yee-hah *imitates the trucker horn*
Chico: *does the "blow horn" motion*
Gordon: We're talking about the new show World's Toughest Trucker.
Chico: It's on Discovery Mondays. And it searches for... get this... the World's Toughest Trucker.
Josh: Shocker!
Chico: A new-to-the-US series, this UK/US production draws riggers from the US, the UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, and Australia to navigate the world's most treacherous roads. At the end of the series, we'll be down to one trucker who wins $150,000.
Josh: A game show version of IRT Dangerous Roads.
Chico: More or less, yes.
Gordon: The good - I like the premise. and Some of the tasks are...wait for it...ORIGINAL.
Chico: They are original. So originality and a good premise. I don't see it catching on to people who aren't awesome like us, but if you're a fan of IRT and the Amazing Race... this is your show.
Josh: What are you looking at me for?
Chico: ...this is your show right here.
Gordon: It certainly isn't for a mainstream audience, but it's a nice target fit for the audience the channel is looking for. I liked this.
Chico: Four teams of two will race all over the world in their rigs...

	INK MASTER Spike - 10p ET Tuesdays
	GORDON	CHICO	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	B+	B	B+

Gordon: The format isn't original, but it's done brilliantly well. A dark horse candidate for best new show of the year. B+
Chico: And the best part about it is it's not just about the competition. Like in the opener, we had the truckers stop and play good Samaritan with an overturned car.
Josh: No grade. Did not see it. In fact, this is the first I've HEARD of it.
Chico: I'm going to go B on this. Good stuff from Discovery. Discovery makes some good stuff...
Gordon: This is as much about showing us what the life is as it is about the competition
Chico: Agreed.
Josh: I'll have to give it a try.
Chico: It's on Discovery, Mondays. Meanwhile, it's that time of the year where we go back and look at our 5-Good-questions from the summer... it's... the midseason syndication report.



Gordon: And the person who will break it all down, Mr. Chico Alexander
Chico: Thank you, Mr. Gordon Pepper. Last summer we gauged how we thought the four big syndicated games would do... and none of them are disappointing here. Last year, Wheel of Fortune... T, by the way, Josh... T...
Josh: yeah, yeah, yeah
Chico: ... averaged a 6.9 last year. We thought it was going to go higher... it did. a 7.2 The show is renewed until 2014.. as is Jeopardy!. Last year, Watson bumped it to 5.9.
Josh: Elementary.
Chico: This year... not too far from that, a 6.0.
Josh: It's nice to see an intelligent show still has a shot at being popular.
Chico: Yep. And again, renewed until 2014. Keep cranking the high velocity tournaments out, folks... Next.. Family Feud, which has been as good as it has ever been thanks to Steve Harvey. Last year, it averaged a 2.8. We said higher. We got a 3.0
Josh: One of the Original Kings of Comedy has become one of the Kings of the Feud. He ranks up there with Dawson and Combs as hosts in my book.
Gordon: I'll put him under Combs, but he certainly did improve the show. However...what about Millionaire?
Chico: It's actually doing better. Last year a 2.3.. This year... a 2.5.
Josh: On the upswing too.
Gordon: The Hamsters seem to approve it as well.
Josh: I haven't seen those guys for a while. They've grown a bit, haven't they?
Chico: Soon they'll be having little hamsters of their own... and then what?
Josh: Uhhh....Can't have them at my apartment. My landlord has something about pets.
Gordon: And they can write in script now. I think it's cute. It makes 'Roll That Beautiful Brain Footage' that much fancier.
Chico: Yay.

(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)

Josh: Something about Doug's voice doing that....Pretty darn good.
Chico: Yes it is. Also good... Gordon with the week's game show action in the datebook.

February 24 has CAR Warriors Season 2, and of course this week we find out who the Top 24 are in American Idol.

Josh: Yay for Car Warriors!
Chico: Yay indeed.
Gordon: And yay for bats (Gives Chico a bat)
Chico: Thank you

NBC has reupped Love in the Wild for a second season with a new host. Stop at.... JENNY McCARTHY.

Josh: Stop at *BIG BOOBS*!
Gordon: $4,000 dollars worth of surgery...and a spin!
Chico: Filthy McNastys.
Gordon: :)
Josh: This is Jenny's first game show since "Singled Out" right?
Chico: Not counting TPIR, yes. As for the greenlighs, I got a triple for ya.

Ink Master, Sweet Genius and the Voice will all be back next season, in addition to a spinoff of Undercover Boss, "Be the Boss", in which two employees are competing for, follow me here, their own franchise of a company.

Josh: Any ideas as to what companies have jumped on board?
Chico: No sir
Gordon: Its a smart move to jump over there though
Josh: I would agree. 30-60 minutes of exposure. That's almost an Infomercial there.
Chico: Almost.
Gordon: But I have stupid also
Chico: (wheels in smartboard)
Josh: Hey, what happened to the chalkboard? Has it been that long?
Gordon: ...yes.
Josh: *grabs a yardstick*

Are YOU Smarter than...Kourtney, who doesn't listen to the rules, breaks her wrist and loses out on a shot at a million bucks.

Josh: *sighs* The rules are in place to make sure you don't get hurt! *slaps the desk with the yardstick* SCHTUPIT!
Gordon: Now because Josh hasn't been here for awhile, I have a few glasses of Haterade.
Chico: You're gonna love this, J.
Josh: I saw the new logo.
Gordon: Nice

Glass #1: The Nick Cannon health issue may be worse than thought - Cannon has to quit his radio job and stay home to take care of his kidneys. Feel better Nick!

Chico: Feel better Nick!
Josh: One round with haterade....what's next?

Glass #2: Apparently the relationship between Ben...and the person who he selected (which most people think is Courtney) is over...already.



Josh: *picks up the glass and downs it quickly, before spitting it out* YEECH! Tastes worse than before...
Chico: Raise your hand if you didn't see that one coming... really, anyone?



Augustus: BRAINS!

The Fashion Show, apparently, is out of style.

Josh: *sips another glass, not spitting it out*
Gordon: Ben needs to get fully loaded.
Josh: *HIC, then imitating Jar-Jar Binks* scuseme
Chico: Again, who's surprised..
Josh: Not me. Ben would probably have better luck on Baggage.

Regis Philbin is going online to chat with you, February 28

Josh: Oooh! Would love to know if he has another project in the works.

You can leave your question for him here:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/ask-regis-philbin-a-quest_n_1274309.html

Josh: Ah, good!
Gordon: Cause Regis is a media ho
Josh: Nice segue
Chico: (plays "Pimpin all Over the World")

In this week's Media Ho Report, Michelle Bachmann is not going Dancing With the Stars, Pat Baker goes on 3 game shows and loses in all 3, Janet Jackson is being courted by The X Factor...

Josh: Janet, I am going to give you the same advice as I gave Eminem.....RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY FROM THE X FACTOR!

Khloe Kardashain is happy that she's welcome in Dallas, Bobby Brown WAS invited to Whitney Houston's funeral, Chris Harrison is 'surprised' that people don't like Ben.

Gordon: I'm not and your producers are morons for thinking he's likable.
Chico: YES.
Gordon: but none of them are your hoes of the week.
Josh: WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IS IT?
Gordon: Your Ho is Jordis Unga, who was re-seen on The Voice. However, you saw her before on Rock Star: INXS.
Josh: This makes her second appearance on a Mark Burnett Music-type show?
Chico: Correct.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, let's go around the world..
Josh: First stop?
Chico: Well, it's one stop this week, and it goes back to one of the hoes mentioned by Gordon...

Pat Baker is a 69-year-old British grandmother who managed to appear on three of our favorites in the span of two weeks. She was on "Pointless"... and lost.

Josh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk
Chico: thank YOU.

She later appeared on Mastermind... and lost.

Josh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk

And finally she ended up on "Perfection"... and lost.

Josh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvv5uQndc8&feature=related

Chico: This was not at all preplanned, this was just airdates colliding
Josh: I guess you could say she is.....Wait for it.....THE BIGGEST LOSER!
Chico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o
Gordon: And that's BrainVision, Shut it down
Josh: *flicks the switch*
Chico: Still to come... I am the judge... but first, Gordon?
Gordon: First up, we go Beatnik. you're reading WLTi. You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you 22 female singers that need to go on American Idol who'd be better than what they currently have. Like Paris Hilton.
Chico: .... ANYTHING BUT THAT!
Gordon: I'll let you come up with the other 21 :)

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