Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and...what are the Dahm Triplets doing in our room?
Chico: ... Don't know. They're #16 or #17 on 1 vs. 100. they were also on Battle Dome and the Feud.
Jason: Ok
Gordon: And I guess they have nothing to do now?
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Probably.
Gordon: They should have been watching CBS
Chico: Ladies... much as we want you here.. we've got a show to do so... Wait outside.
Jason: Make sure they have jackets.
Gordon: Jason, please escort them out.
Jason: (Escorts the Dahm Triplets out)
Chico: Meanwhile, from somewhere in America, the Friday Night's Alright for Fighting edition of WLTI.. is... on!
Jason: Ladies....
Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, who reminds us that all good scripts for this show get thrown out the window when someone wins a million dollars on Friday night.
Chico: And this is Chico Alexander saying it's always a thrill to see someone show the world how it's done.
Jason: And does it in a way that's legit. No * here.
Gordon: I don't know if you can say legit, but it's fun to see. I am going to stick an asterisk by this one, but Chico, please set up the scene.
Chico: Will do. Big board, please.

Chico: The title: TPIR Makes History. 1) It's the first show broadcast in HD.
Jason: No wonder why the floor was black. (slaps head)
Chico: Of course. Now to get to the first Million Dollar Game.
Jason: One Away.
Chico: Bronson Pasquale-Farr gets to play it in round 3.
Jason: A good choice btw.
Chico: The deal is... a perfect five-for-five will get him a million bucks.
Jason: Can be done.
Chico: He's playing for a Ford Explorer, fairly loaded.  The board: 38483. First try: $27,574... THREE right.
Jason: oops.
Chico: Second try: $29,572.... Not it. It was $27,592.
Gordon: And I would not have complained too loudly. It's a VERY rare occasion when someone gets them all right in 1 shot - and it was a very hard price to get them all right with.
Chico: Yeah. Didn't end with 0 or 5. That makes it pretty difficult. Then again, you rarely play with a fully loaded Ford Explorer
Jason: Yeah. Made it a bit on the hard side.
Chico: Fastforward to the Showcase, where Adam Rose gets this Showcase.
Gordon: Now the other way to win it...THIS I have an issue with. Go ahead, Mr. Alexander.
Chico: Swimwear, a catamaran, and a CADILLAC.
Jason: A loaded XLR Convertible.
Chico: Bids?
Jason: I saw...and I overbid by $15,000. :-) I said $100,000.
Chico: Yeah, you would've totally bought it.
Jason: I thought it was an XLR-V, not an XLR.
Chico: Primetime rules state that anything less than $1000 will win BOTH showcases. Adam's bid is $83,475. Actual price: $84,355. Adam wins both showcases AND $1 million.
Jason: Misses by 880...confetti explosions and all that.
Chico: No doubt a historic moment on TPIR... which means that Gordon has a problem with it. :-)
Jason: So what's the problem G?
Gordon: So you're telling me that you have to be within $250 to win both showcases, but within $1,000 for a million?
Jason: And your point?
Gordon: That is my point. It reeked of 'Lets give away a million to spike up ratings'
Jason: No it didn't. Good grief. That was a perfect number.
Gordon: What made Millionaire and what makes Deal or No Deal compelling is that it was actually DIFFICULT to win.
Jason: To get within a grand is difficult...with those prizes?
Chico: It's actually harder when you take into account that primetime prices are higher.
Gordon: There's been a number of times people have come within $1,000. Even on the big money TPIR shows. That's rare, yes. Not everyone does it. But it's certainly not million dollar level hard. $100,000? Sure. 1 Mil? no.
Jason: Sorry G. This is not asterisk level. He did what he was supposed to do.
Gordon: You have a much better chance of winning the million that way than hitting it on the wheel. To me, it's asterisk worthy. So who won the $1,000,000*?
Chico: ... Just said. Adam Rose.
Jason: Gordon, take that off.
Gordon: I will not.
Jason: Why?
Gordon: It's not nearly as bad as Deal Or NO Deal, but it's bad.
Jason: Not even on the same planet.
Gordon: I dont think it's that hard to come within $1,000 of a showcase. Sorry.
Jason: Deal or No Deal REEKS of asterisk.
Chico: All things considered, I'm going to give a qualified *, but I don't see where there's much of a problem to be had. He did do what he had to do, and he did it well... but this was a high-ticket episode of a relatively cheap affair.
Chico: It is hard to win close to 1000, but not impossible.
Jason: You people are crazy. This isn't even close.
Chico: Hey, I said I DIDN'T have a problem with it.
Gordon: I'll reserve the * for Deal or No Deal.
Jason: If you want to say a pastry *, I'll agree. lol
Gordon: He wins $1,000,000~. There. Happy?
Chico: Fine. Pastry *. Tilde! Tilde! Tilde!
Jason: Ole!
Gordon: I invoke the TILDE!
Chico: So congratulations to Adam Rose, now officially the highest winner on TPIR.
Gordon: What's his total?
Chico: With.. we're running down the totals here... a treadmill... swimwear... a catamaran... a Cadillac XLR... Macs and iPods... an HDTV... which I want now more than ever now... a fully loaded Ford Escape Hybrid... and $1,020,000 cash money. Total take: $1,153,908. If you want to make him player of the year in June... the name is Adam Rose.
Gordon: With his total of $1,153,908~
Jason: lol
Gordon: I'll say this, if Adam is reading this. I am not putting down your play at all. You truly deserved to win the money. Just be happy that they decided to shower the bonuses upon thee.
Chico: Agreed.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: That's not all that happened on Friday, though. We also get the season finale of 1 vs. 100...Sara Green, who finishes her game and takes home $250,000 on this one...

When Paul McCartney yells at his famous fashion designer daughter, what does he say?
a) Adrian!
B) Stella!
c) Elaine!

Jason: b) STELLA! :-)
Chico: Gordon, I know you do a great Marlon Brando... Tell us what the answer is.
Gordon: Steeellllllaaaaaaaaaa
Chico: Nice. It was B. She walks with 17 Mobsters remaining.
Gordon: And then, we have one final contestant.
Chico: Eric Smart is next.
Gordon: And apparently, him and Ross the intern go to the same charm school.
Jason: lol
Chico: Oy.
Gordon: Eric gets to be an emotional mess, but he does walk with $100,000
Chico: The final question of season 2, G?
Gordon: In the Greek Tragedy that bears his name with whom, did Oedipus Rex have Oedipus Sex?
Chico: That's EASY. His mum.
Jason: Yup. Mommy dearest.
Gordon: Yes. He walks without seeing the choices. As he used up all of his helps.
Chico: Come on, Eric. Be a man. Go down fighting. You have to know it's easy if Sister Rose knew it.
Jason: Yup.
Chico: Next on NBC is the premiere of Amnesia with host Dennis Miller quizzing people on his specialty.... obscure minutiae.
Gordon: Is that what we are describing what you have to do on the show - or is that describing the show?
Chico: WOuld you accept both?
Jason: Oh my god. This was painful.
Chico: Okay, it's Dennis Miller in his element.. minus the wry retorts we've come to expect from him.
Jason: No there was some wryness there.
Gordon: Denis Miller is the only thing redeeming about this show.
Jason: Agreed. He is very good here.
Chico: I have to agree.
Gordon: The problem here is that mark Burnett did not learn his lesson from watching Michael Davies' My Kind of Town, because the same problems that plagued that show plague this one as well.
Jason: On the Money, G. And I didn't give a rat's rear end about the contestant...so who cares?
Chico: The show plays as one giant inside joke?
Gordon: It's a giant in joke, and ridiculously boring at that. There is no way to play along, and quite frankly no offense to the contestant, I didn't care.
Chico: Now tell me how that's different from this than ... that OTHER show.
Jason: It's not.
Chico: Because said other show also played off as one giant injoke... and yet you watch it religiously.
Gordon: Whatever ills The Moment of Truth has, it makes you care very quickly - either sympathize for the player or wanting you to root for his demise. This...does neither.
Chico: So the difference is in presentation.
Jason: Very much so.
Gordon: Presentation and execution.
Jason: Agreed.
Gordon: And the questions are big.
Chico: Big questions on the Moment of Truth. Amnesia is more or less Friday night fluff.
Jason: While I still can't stand the show, the Moment of Truth is executed well. Sleazy, but well. Fluff on a pillow sandwich.
Chico: Let's just give Dennis Miller an outlet to be Dennis Miller.
Gordon: For example on The moment of Truth, 'Have you ever stolen from a job?' You can play along to guess what he would say - or if you would ever admit that. That's a huge difference than - and this was one of the questions on the show - 'When you had a pedicure, what was painted on your toe?' WHO CARES??!!?!? Why would I care on that?
Chico: "It was the Batman symbol, isn't it?"
Jason: No...it was a flower I think.
Gordon: It was a stupid flower. The show needs to be re-titled Amnezzzzzia.
Chico: So describe the gameplay.
Gordon: Answer questions. Win money,
Jason: Every question right adds money to the Memory Bank.
Gordon: Our contestant Will walks away with $60,000
Chico: And you can win up to $250,000 on it. Right money for Friday night fluff. At least the game's solid enough to warrant a slot (of course that could be said about anything given the Rich List...)
Jason: No it's not, Chico. The gameplay blows. The show blows. Dennis Miller is the only good thing about it.
Gordon: There is no game. There is no fun. There is an hour of torture that unfortunately, I have to recap.
Chico: So what are we grading it?

	AMNESIA - NBC
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	D	D-	D-	D-

Jason: For me, Mark Burnett is losing his touch. Dennis Miller needs a better vehicle than this. D-.
Gordon: So far this week, Burnett is 0 for 1. D-.
Chico: I'll go one step higher with a D. But look at the bright side... You could be recapping My Dad is Better Than Your Dad... which unfortunately is MY baby.
Jason: I didn't see that...was I lucky?
Chico: Yeah.
Jason: Good.
Chico: My Dad is basically a love letter to dads from NBC with a hydraulic air cannon firing newspapers. On the plus side, since there is competition, you want to root for people.
Jason: American Gladiators Dad style?
Chico: Yeah, basically.
Gordon: Take 4 annoying loud kids. Add 4 equally as annoying loud adults. Stir in some forgettable stunts. Make the game play go 2 miles an hour, and toss in Dan Cortese, who looks like he would rather be starring in a porno movie with a goat than doing the show, and we get....dreck.
Chico: ... Gordon just summed up my feelings on the show.
Jason: Is this Burnett too?
Chico: Yes. Winners of said stunts play an end game for $50,000. All they have to do is prove that they know their central-casting kid by answering five questions correctly.
Jason: I will pass since I didn't see it.
Chico: Encore tonight, Bro. You've got homework :-)

	MY DAD IS BETTER THAN YOUR DAD - NBC
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	D	D-	NO GRADE	D-

Gordon: And its not even an end game. Its a Newlywed Game Style how well do you know your kid. What is his favorite meal. Again - no playability factor at all. And why should we care. Burnett is...0 for 2. The less said about this, the better. D-
Chico: I'm going to give this one a D as well. At least there's a game behind it. But the whole package is just precocious bordering on annoying. And not even the good kind with "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" either. With that show... we were in on the joke.
Gordon: How many stunt games were there in the show, Chico?
Chico: Five. They are all for elimination edge purposes.
Gordon: How many do you think you could have put in that show?
Chico: More than five. I can put in eight. Make it vastly more entertaining.
Gordon: I could easily do 8 and play the game Knockout Style.
Jason: Serious question guys...why do you think we have gotten this slow of a pacing? In general?
Chico: Two words.... Ad revenue.
Gordon: There's many things you could have done better, but we're relegated to the age of let's see how little we can put in the show and stretch it out. That's why it gets the additional minus from me.
Chico: Can I explain?
Gordon: Its not even ad revenue. It's just laziness.
Jason: Let's hear both points. Hold on. Deal was padded before the strike...that doesn't count.
Chico: Well anyways, 1) We live in a world where a push of a button means that we don't have to see any commercials, so the white shirts are adding MORE commercials to recoup losses. It's called "losing to win". 2) Laziness. You gotta put up something... and we don't have Heroes to fall back on, so... and 3) Yes, there's a third point... Game shows in this day and age will go out of their way to make you care about the contestants. (Confessionals and all).
Jason: right
Chico: When really... and this is something I've said in the past before...
Jason: But gameplay should do it...not forced drama and stretching.
Chico: IT'S THE GAME, STUPID.
Jason: (stands up, applauds) A-MEN.
Gordon: I'll also add to it that the good games can incorporate both without having to pad. Idol and Survivor have been around for a reason. American Idol doesn't pad the competition because they don't need to. The result show, is another story, but at least they keep you entertained with stuff to do instead of filling it with dramatic pauses.
Jason: yeah
Chico: The best games can do it without resorting to padding. See Jeopardy!. Can we see Jeopardy! for a second?
Jason: Sure.
Chico: This week, we get an interesting story about a girl named Steve.
Jason: A girl named Steve?
Chico: A girl named Steve.
Jason: Please explain
Chico: The finals of the Teen Tournament featured Rachel Horn, Zia Choudhury, and Rachel Cooke.
Jason: I see where this is going now. Who changed their name to Steve?
Chico: This presented a predicament, but J! learned that Rachel C. had a nickname... "Steve". So Rachel C. competed as Steve
Jason: Very cool. But did she win?
Chico: Still didn't help her any as the OTHER Rachel came out of nowhere to take the crown, the coin, and ... HA HA! the BRAGGING RIGHTS! The question now... what happened? I can answer that. One word... Overconfidence.
Gordon: Well, that wasn't overconfidence. Zia was trailing by $8,000 going into the final day. He had to go big.
Jason: Ok.
Chico: Zia had banked about $10,000 on Friday's game when he ran into a Daily Double that he couldn't answer.
Jason: Oops. How much did he bet?
Chico: And this was in game 2 in the Double Jeopardy! round. How much did he bet? Invoking the name of one of Gordon's bowling teams, Zia bet... all you can eat, baby.
Jason: He went for the fences.
Chico: Went for the fences... ended up back on the porch.  But he could've played this out strategically. He still had half a round left. He had to think about the category and whether or not he could afford to wager it all on something. But he just indiscriminately went for it. And then when he saw the answer, you could tell he wished that he could take it back.
Jason: Deer in the lights look?
Chico: More like "Oh Jesus, I wish I didn't say "True Daily Double"" Grimace
Jason: Oops.
Chico: Here's answer. It's in The 20th Century.

In Dec. 1989 this playwright was elected President of Czechoslovakia, the 1st non-Communist since 1948.

Jason: Who is Vaclav Havel?
Chico: Bingo.
Jason: He didn't know it.
Chico: Nope.
Jason: oh boy.
Chico: Meanwhile Rachel Horn, who played slow and steady the whole way through, made the final Final Jeopardy! a non-issue. She wins $75,000 before it's even asked.
Jason: Wow.
Gordon: Great play by Rachel
Jason: Lesson...one mistake can hurt you.
Chico: Yep.
Jason: Tourney play is key.
Chico: Yep. I believe Doyle Brunson has a quote. "It's not about winning or losing, it's about making the right decision."
Gordon: Sure can. But good play can help you. And good play by celebrities is even more impressive
Chico: Good play by celebrities. Do explain. I thought such a thing didn't exist.
Gordon: Well, it did - on Don't Forget the Lyrics, anyways, as Boyz II Men plays the game the way it should be played.
Chico: Dude, they're like my favorite group of the 90s. What happened?
Gordon: They carve through the board, but what's more impressive is that they play the game using strategy, saving the two categories they know until the end - Motown and ...Boyz II Men.
Jason: Damn! So they win the $1M?
Gordon: They get up to $500,000 - and quit
Jason: Very cool.
Chico: It should be mentioned that they have an album out of Motown covers (great album. I suggest it). That certainly helped their knowledge of that.
Jason: lol
Gordon: It sure does. We continue the singing segue to American Idol
Chico: Got rid of four that night.
Jason: No real surprises.
Chico: Colton, Garrett, Joanne and Amy. No real surprises. No matter what anyone says... The Audition Footage Curse... lives on.
Jason: Um....Chico...they all stunk up the joint.
Chico: GETTING THERE...
Gordon: Alaina Whitaker sang very well and had no problem advancing, despite lack of footage
Jason: exactly.
Chico: GETTING THERE!!! Can I get there? CAN... I... GET THERE?
Jason: Ok.
Chico: Okay, the four who were eliminated got scant play time in the prelims. That means they had to deliver or else... Sorry... They did NOT. They did not deliver worth a d(^_^). Alaina Whitaker, on the other hand, beat the curse and showed that yes, she deserves to be on the Idol stage. Okay, I got there. So there you go. Jason Castro also beat the curse. Had a knockout last week. Chikezie needs to stop whatever it is he thinks he's doing, and start THINKING about presentation.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: Because last week was CHEESE-tastic.
Gordon: Cheesy Chikeze
Chico: Points to Gordon :-)
Gordon: I think the fact that he was very close to leaving was a wake up call for him. I think he will produce.
Chico: How about the ladies, G? You're all about the ladies..
Gordon: The women are more interesting of a story. With the guys, you can pencil in 5 of them. The girls, you can pencil in 4, with a mad scramble for the final 2 spots
Jason: Ramiele Malubay, Syesha Mercado, Carly Smithson and.....
Gordon: Big Board please?

Gordon: The Subject - Who's in, Who's Out. As of right now, of course. Let's start with said guys
Jason: Ok.
Gordon: David Archuleta, Michael Johns and David Cook are all in. Robbie Carrico probably gets in, as does Jason Castro. That's 5.
Jason: There you go.
Chico: That works.
Jason: So who fights for the 6 slot.
Gordon: Danny Noriega does have the inside track to the 6th spot, with David Hernandez, Jason Yeager, Luke Menard and Chikezie Jacuzzi all trailing
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: And for the ladies, Ramiele, Syesha, and Carly are locks.
Gordon: Ramiele and Syesha are locks. Add Asia'h and Alexandrea to the mix, and that's 2.
Jason: 3 Divas - 2008 style.
Chico: Carly has an inside track, which leaves one.
Gordon: I think Carly has the inside track on #5, so lets put her in as well.
Chico: I think it's going to go to Kady. Because you have to have at least one good solid country voice who can do anything else if need be. Amy wasn't it. Kristy ain't it.
Jason: And Kristi Lee Cook needs to show it or else.
Chico: One trick ponies tend to go to the glue factory early.
Gordon: Cook is on the verge of becoming the person with the most amount of screen time who didn't get in since David Brown in Idol 4
Jason: Ok.
Chico: Could be history in the making.
Gordon: Amanda Overmyer really needs to get it in gear, or she'll be joining Cook. That would be some major upsets.
Jason: And then all the writers will beat their chests going see! See! we got one!
Gordon: So I think it's Kady Vs. Alaina Whitaker for the last spot
Chico: This oughta be fun to watch.
Jason: Yup.
Gordon: Going back the the men for a second, Simon wanted to see Kyle get in and disagreed with 2 of Randy and Paula's choices.
Jason: and they were?
Gordon: The 2 he disagreed with - Colton Berry and Garrett Haley, who both crashed and burned. Yet another reason why Simon knows more than Paula and Randy.
Jason: Simon does rule.
Chico: Word.
Gordon: When Simon decides to leave the program, you may as well pack up the show.
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Yep.
Jason: He wont though anytime soon.
Gordon: Because if we're leaving the selections to be done by Randy and Paula...(shudder)
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: Errgh.
Gordon: Now we move from selections of contestants to selections of cases. And now I bring back my trusty friend, Mr *.
Chico: Already there. Katie Henslen's got a 50/50 shot at a million * When all is said and done. She STILL has a shot at a million.
Gordon: 13 Million Dollar cases, right?
Jason: Right. *************
Chico: Monday, we're down to two still remaining when Katie gets an offer of $327,000. the board: 25 / 200 / * / *
Jason: I saw this. This was great.
Chico: Decides not to take it.
Jason: Goes and picks....
Chico: Opens up 25!
Jason: One away from the *
Chico: So we have an offer of $491,000. Says no deal. Can end the game with this final pick... Sara... blubbers... and opens her case, $1 million.
Jason: Oh boy. One * to go.
Gordon: Waa waaaaa
Chico: Final offer of the night... $449,000. That's walking money. And Katie... walks.  She had the million.
Jason: She has the *
Gordon: Waa waa waa waaaaaaaaa
Chico: Could've ended it right here and now! But she was "one of the needy contestants".
Gordon: So instead of ending the mission, we have to have another asinine Million Dollar Mission this week
Jason: (shudder)
Chico: You know what we were talking about last week, about needy contestants?
Gordon: Yep
Chico: Came into play today.
Jason: How?
Chico: She wasn't playing for herself, more than she was playing for the kids she was working with.
Jason: Ah.
Chico: NBC.. would it hurt you to just have a born gamer on the show? Perhaps we should just rename it "Charity case", because that's all we've been seeing.
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Not to take anything away from that. But come on... it takes all kinds.
Gordon: Well if you look at it this way - they save a lot of money, because no one will ever go for the million
Chico: ... That's true. And NBC, if you're reading... Prove him wrong.
Jason: We dare you.
Chico: I challenge you to prove this man, a man who's right about 94% of the time... WRONG.
Gordon: What about 26 suitcases, with a hamster in each one?
Chico: That's a lot of rodents. But they're safely loaded into our little contraption waiting for the cue.
Gordon: Open the Hamster!
Chico: ... close enough.
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: With Gordon, Chico, and a menagerie of animals... our lead story, Gordon?
Gordon: I have a bunch of dates. You want 'em?
Chico: ya

This week, we see Celebrity Says (February 25) and Your Mama Don't Dance (February 29) as we approach the bottom of the barrel.

Chico: Nice to see Dave Holmes working again.
Gordon: True - now it would be nice to see his show work
Chico: Let's hope. It's on TV Guide Network of all places.
Gordon: We can only hope. You got a bat?
Chico: I got a bat.
Gordon: You got a story to go with the bat?
Chico: I got a story.

Five months in, and Bob Barker's giving his mark of approval on Drew Carey, saying that he's doing exactly what he told him to do... Don't be him. In a slap to haters everywhere!

Gordon: Hey now, nothing wrong with a little Haterade
Chico: Yeah, when it's warranted. I think you have a warranted case, don't you?
Gordon: I do actually. Along with some smart juice
Chico: I'll take the smart juice first.
Gordon: Are you Smarter than...

Tailor Made, who decided that it would be fun to flip off a cop in NYC.

Chico: You don't flip off a cop. You ESPECIALLY don't flip off one of New York's Finest.
Gordon: He's now got a court date set for later in February. If he's not careful, they could be filming Flavor of Tailor Made's new Boyfriend.
Chico: And so the cycle continues. Speaking of, Haterade me.
Gordon: Meanwhile, we have some Model Haterade
Chico: Paulina Porizkova?
Gordon: Yep.

This is what she said about America's Next Top Model last year... "[Top Model is] completely unrealistic. They obviously don't take girls based on who can actually be a model," Porizkova told The New York Post last year. "I look at the girls and think, 'How are you gonna make a model out of that?'"

By the way, did we mention that she is the new judge this year?

Chico: Yeah. And that's why they wanted her. To lend an air of legitimacy. And for Tyra to make said air all about her for an unknown reason. I for one welcome it. She's Janice Dickinson without the ego trip.
Gordon: I think it will be a very good addition to the show
Chico: Agreed.
Gordon: I think she will inject more of a personality than Twiggy did
Chico: Agreed. Twiggy had a personality problem. She was just there to do a job and earn a paycheck. Paulina's got some bite on her.
Gordon: Weee. BTW. I need to add someone for Haterade - I completely forgot
Chico: Add away
Gordon: Remember last year, when we heard all this ruckus about Jews?
Chico: yep.

Last year, the kids in the Big Brother house bashed the Jews. This year, we get to pick on the special Ed Kids... Well, at least Adam Jasinski did. As a result, advertisers, such as Lowe's are pulling out.

Chico: They're hitting the network where it hurts. That is NEVER good... for the network Ad revenue you will never see again.
Gordon: Nope. Now it may be inflammatory, but airing that sort of stuff doesn't serve anyone any good. Didn't you learn your lesson with the Jew remarks last year?
Chico: Obviously no. But you let people be themselves in a house where they are filmed 24/7... and you live with the result. Because once you say it... it's out there.
Gordon: What happens when people stop being polite and start playing like there's a half-million at stake - because there is.
Chico: See what I mean?
Gordon: True, so it should be fun. Are we traveling to where either Paula or Twiggy lived?
Chico: Twiggy lived in England, right?
Gordon: Why yes. Yes she did.
Chico: If so... then... yeah.

Des Lynam has been tapped to host a sports-themed version of Mastermind, called, of course, "Sport Mastermind"

Gordon: Appropriate, yes

Meanwhile on the other side of the Channel, RTL in Germany is facing a fine of $150,000 for broadcasting a teenager on the verge of a breakdown on "Deutschland sucht den Superstar". Which, of course, is the German counterpart of "American Idol".

Gordon: Ouch. Thats' a line the US version dare not cross.
Chico: The Cultural Council accused RTL of "malicious disregard" for humanity on the show, arguing that the manner in which contestants are humiliated on the show could have detrimental effects on young viewers. ... welcome to starved-for-ratings, folks. This isn't the first time RTL was warned, but it is the first time that they'd be penalized for it.
Gordon: And they should be. There is a time where privacy is privacy
Chico: But yeah, do something like that in the US, and you'd never hear the end of it.
Gordon: Do something in the U.S., and it's all over. I have something to span the globe with
Chico: Oooh really?

We'll be wallpapering this for the next month, but mark it down. March 15th. Transatlantic Quiz. You want to match wits with the best in the U.S., London and Canada? Well now's your chance. Go to www.transatlanticquiz.com for details

Chico: I'm so there. And it makes an excellent segue to the couch.
Gordon: Hope to see you at the NY station
Chico: First up...

CBS is ordering a pilot of Splitsville... and it needs to be cast. You and your non-significant other must be 21 or over, must have a discernible personality, and must live in SoCal.
http://www.realitywanted.com/call/2216-splitsville-casting-divorcing-couples-for-new-game-show

Chico: It's essentially Divorce Court meets Let's Make a Deal. No word on who's playing the role of Judge Lynn Toler yet.
Gordon: Who here sees a train wreck in the making on that show?
Chico: *raises hand*
Gordon: (raises hand) Next?
Chico: That's all I got.
Gordon: Oh. Ok. I got some hoes.
Chico: I hear at least 12 of them dance *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Flavor Flav says he's done after Flavor of Love 3 (Which is what you said after Flavor of Love 2), Regis Philbin becomes a granddaddy, Maksim Chmerkovskiy says that he's just taking the season off of DWTS (sure, you are), Bruce Gowers may be done directing American Idol after this season, Bruce Forsyth turns 80... Neil Garcia mysteriously leaves Big Brother, Bruno's team wins Dance Yawns..I mean Wars, and Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson unleash Paula's new single

Chico: And Dance War serves as a launching point for the 12 starts in this next season's dancing with the Stars, but they're not the hoes of the week, I don't think.
Gordon: Actually...They are.
Chico: They are?
Gordon: They are. The hoes have been announced.
Chico: Well shut me up.
Gordon: It would be a boring show if I did that, but they are all the hoes of the week.
Chico: Are we going to handicap them next week, daddy?
Gordon: We'll be breaking it down next week. You know the drill
Chico: And finally... Let's get loaded.

American Idol performances are now on iTunes. Go to the iTunes store and search for them.

Chico: Okay, that's it for Brainvision...  Shut it down. We were going to give you the response for last week's YLTI question... but Friday made it a moot point =p So instead we'll just ask you a new one. This week....

Chico: Results next week. Meanwhile we've got a new game in our playtime, but first, what's next, G?
Gordon: Next, we do some more debating, when we come back. We love debating,
Chico: Wee.. This is Weeee Love to Interrupt, spitting on the art of intelligent debate since 2002.
Gordon: Ptooey

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