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Episode 23.11 - Three Days of Snow
March 22

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and if you're on the East Coast, this is what you got to see on TV this week.

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Chico: Not much.
Gordon: If you were me, you got NOTHING, thank to this little thing called a power outage.
Jason: Because of the major "in like a lion" storm last weekend
Chico: A nor'easter in the nor'east.
Gordon: Fortunately, they have this thing called the internets, where I got to catch up on my tv viewing
Chico: And you have friends to help you out.
Gordon: We'll see what was worth watching and what my TV set purposely shut down trying to avoid, as from somewhere in a New Jersey stormcloud, this week's edition of WLTI...is...ON!
Chico: Alongside our good friend Jason Block and my brother Gordon, I'm Chico Alexander... and I have good news...
Jason: You got the call?
Chico: No.
Jason: Rats.
Chico: ... but spring is around the corner. In fact, it starts this afternoon.
Jason: If you are certain parts of the USA, yes. It's going to be 70 degrees and AWESOME.
Chico: That was YESTERDAY. Today... more of the same.
Gordon: And with the newness of seasons comes the newness of shows. We have 3 to review this week. We start with the one a lot of people have been pining for (Not me, per se, but a lot) Minute to Win it.
Chico: Guy Fieri. Chef. Guy with spiky hair. Our generation's Bud Collyer?
Jason: He was the BEST thing about the show. He was organic, natural and pretty fun.
Chico: I was worried about it, really. I mean, "Here we go, a ripoff of a show that I've seen before." But strangely... it works.
Gordon: Really?
Jason: You are kidding, right?
Chico: ...Here's how it works. Ten games, each 60 seconds... Do it all, you win $1 million. Players have been allowed to practice, but can they do it with the big money is on the line?
Jason: Can I tell you what's wrong with this mess?
Chico: Sure.
Jason: 1. You can tell that this show is a mess because the production values are SO cheap, you can tell that the top of the audience is a TARP. 2. The show is so much of a steal of the Cube, that I wish ITV and the CUBE would sue them for copyright infringement. 3. You had elements of Beat the Clock, Deal or No Deal (the audience), and a money tree. There is NOTHING original here. 4. I was BORED. The pacing was terrible.
Chico: ... So that's everything that was bad. Not original by any means... Kinda cheap looking...
Jason: I will give you some good, though. Kudos to NBC to putting the stunts online for the play along factor.
Gordon: I did like the play-along factor. Unfortunately, that has nothing to do with the show itself.
Chico: No, it's just a way to get the show out there.
Jason: And Guy Fieri was awesome. I LOVED his energy and enthusiasm. He WILL be a huge game show host someday.
Chico: I mean, anyone who can think of such things can do this sort of thing.
Gordon: I like Guy Fieri as a host much better than I though I would. he plays the role well without going too over the top.
Chico: You can tell he's genuinely excited.
Gordon: I wish he'd be more of a conduit and less of a personality, but that will come over time. As for what I don't like. 1. This was done on the cheap, and it shows. Forget the tarp for one second. Part of the reason why this got picked up is because these are stunts with household items and not in a big cube.
Jason: Right. Candies, Pencils, decks of cards, etc
Gordon: As much as the play at home element is there...#2. It's a carbon copy game show.
Chico: Strictly play by numbers.
Gordon: Forget about The Cube for a moment. The whole feel is like any other big money game show out there.
Chico: With a set that looks and feels like Millionaire and DOND had a kid.
Jason: Exactly
Gordon: Right. #3. They stole the wrong stuff. You know what would have been fun to see?
Chico: Tell me what would've been fun to see.
Jason: Sure.
Gordon: instead of stealing from the new shows, it would have been fun to steal from the old shows. Remember the really old Beat the Clock, when you had the 'impossible' challenge, which kept on building a jackpot until someone did it? THAT would have been fun to see.
Jason: Exactly! if you are going to steal. Steal from THAT show.
Chico: Betcha they're saving that for Level 10.
Gordon: Maybe yes, and maybe no.
Chico: But yeah, I watch, and it's a good way to kill an hour... but nothing I would make a minute for. Better than expected, but not as good as hoped. Most of that is on Guy, but... whatever.
Gordon: #4. The pacing is simply atrocious and ennui-inducing. #5. Semi-play at home stuff. Am I really going to buy a tissue box just to empty out its contents in 60 seconds?
Chico: No. And a bunch of rubber bands and soda cans?

MINUTE TO WIN IT
NBC
CHICO GORDON JASON AVERAGE
C C- C C

Gordon: Not a chance.
Jason: My grade: C. And its on Guy for most of it.
Gordon: This clearly feels like a show that was created to beat The Cube to the airwaves. It did that, but the could have and should have been so much more than Cube 1.5. C-.
Chico: It does what it says on the box. It's high stakes Beat the Clock. C. It can do so much more. BTW, to recap what happened Sunday night, I need a Big Board.


Stupid Human Tricks for Fun and Profit

- Steve Collier: $50,000 for punching lights out
- Rachel Adams: $50,000 for blowing the joker
- Mark Staniec: plays for $5000 next time
 

Chico: This one's called "Stupid Human Tricks for Fun and Profit." Stephen "Big Steve" Collier won the $50,000 milestone when he literally punched his lights out. But he lost his lives on $100,000 when he couldn't play with his nuts on a table.
Jason: Excuse me?
Chico: ... that sounds wrong. The game was Nutstacker, and he had to stack nuts...  Ten of them with a chopstick. Couldn't do it.
Gordon: So he was stacking someone else's nuts.
Chico: He was stacking someone else's nuts.
Gordon: But Jason is allergic to nuts, so Steve wasn't playing with Jay's nuts.
Jason: No, thank goodness.
Gordon: Next player?
Chico: Rachel Adams risks $25,000 on a $125,000 game of Don't Blow the Joker... and... she fails. So she leaves with $50,000.
Chico: Blew the joker three times.
Gordon: Did she have to blow on the Jokers nuts?
Chico: No.
Jason: You know the rating is going out the window? ROFL
Chico: Mark Staniec has $2500 and he'll return next week to complete his stack of happy fun. Hopefully, driving will not be involved, because we have a game for that as well.
Gordon: Well, sort of somewhat
Chico: It's called "America's Worst Driver", and it's on the Travel Channel. Coast to coast search for the worst driver in the country... and said person will win a car. And if you're selected through a series of challenged to be the worst driver in a city/episode, we do America a favor ... and destroy your car.
Gordon: Sort of like sending the person allergic to beef to McDonalds cow farm, no?
Chico: Yeah.
Jason: Can I ask one question here? How can you root for people who are threats to public safety?
Chico: A little bit of motivation to win.
Gordon: So in essence, we're celebrating ineptitude.
Chico: don't you love it?
Jason: NO!
Chico: ... didn't think so. Let's start with the good... the host: Last Comic Standing season 3 champion Alonzo Bodden. Joining him: film critic Jill Simonian of KTLA.
Chico: They treat this less like Crash Course, and I for one think it's a good thing. Granted, there is an obstacle course, but it breaks out of the whole play-by-play mastery set forth by Wipeout.
Gordon: Yeah, but we've seen this before. And we've seen it done better.
Chico: I didn't say they were good at it, just different.
Jason: The biggest problem with this show is the concept. How do you even greenlight a show that celebrates people who are lethal weapons?
Chico: In a perfect world... you don't.
Gordon: I mean world's worst hairstylist or fashion designer? Sure. Person most likely to get charged with reckless manslaughter or attempted murder? Not so much.
Chico: And you would hope that, like Worst Cooks in America before it, you would have them learn something. So much for that.
Jason: What are you trying to do is make people ROOT for these people. Outside of the car destruction...is there schadenfreude there?
Chico: ... did we mention that these folks were actually on the road? as in... ON... the road? With other people?

AMERICA'S WORST DRIVER
Travel
CHICO GORDON JASON AVERAGE
F F F EPIC
FAIL

Gordon: Yeah. This is just not good. It's a bad idea to glorify the worst in human behavior, and then just compound it by giving them a mouthpiece for it. The show isn't as bad as the grade I'm going to give it, but F on principle.
Jason: I can't grade it because I didn't watch it....but the F for the concept.
Chico: If there is any good news to come from this... the best of the worst got prizes. Still... it doesn't save this show from making Minute to Win It look inspired by comparison. F. So... EPIC FAIL. (Losing Horns)
Jason: And who is the production company of this monstrosity? Besides Travel Channel? A. Smith and Co. is behind the show, along with Mentorn USA, which holds the rights to the format. A. Smith's Arthur Smith and Kent Weed will exec produce, along with Frank Sinton, Rick Tellis, David Leach and Dan Goldsack.
Jason: Shame on you all.
Gordon: We have had morons behind the wheel. Who's up for Morons in the Boardroom?



Chico: Celebrity Apprentice is back in your face, baby.
Gordon: We'll make this quick, since I'm still not over The Donald awarding the winner of season 2 of the show to the wrong person.
Jason: I watched it. So I can give a quick recap. Our teams are given the tasks of running two Burger Heavens. The men pick Cyndi Lauper to be the project manager
Chico: ... of the other team?
Jason: Yes :-) The first twist of the show.
Chico: Because it's men vs. women.
Jason: And the women pick Bret Michaels, because he just flew in from Mexico and has 1 hour of sleep. The men = Rock Solid The Women = Tenacity
Chico: Rocksolid (the men) beat the women by $20,000.
Jason: Even with an appearance by Joan Rivers awarding $10,000 to the women's cafe for better service. Because Blago couldnt STFU and stay out of campaign mode.
Gordon: The strategy was price point. The men sold their items for more money than the women.
Jason: $100,000 went to the American Diabetes Association in Bret Michaels name.
Gordon: During Season #2, Jay and I split up $20 for a winning cupcake. We would have had to split $100 for a winning burger.
Jason: But it's a Chef Stone burger. I would have been happy :-)
Chico: Was that the best cupcake you ever had?
Jason: Actually no, I got sick.
Gordon: It was all sort of nutty.
Chico: Paid $20 and got sick. Wonderful.
Jason: Anyway, back to the show. The women couldn't decide who to throw out.
Chico: Now on normal people Apprentice... that would've resulted in CYNDI's departure. But this is not normal people Apprentice. And instead of firing Cyndi, Donald took a headcount of the entire team, who wanted CAROL to go.
Gordon: I actually (ugh) agreed with The Donald here. Carol did the least amount of work, and she couldn't decide who was worse than she was. And if it's because she didn't want to throw anyone under the bus, then she's not fit for the show, because that's what this show is all about.
Chico: "It's not personal, it's just business."
Jason: But she got $10,000 to the North Shore Animal League out of him as the wheels rolled over her.
Chico: I still think if this was not a celeb version, then the outcome would've gone down differently. Because how simple is it to name two people... TWO people... to bring into the boardroom with you for the loss?
Gordon: I don't think so. I think it would have been the same.
Jason: Cyndi could have brought in Carol and Holly
Gordon: If you can't figure out who is worse than you, then you're the worst.
Chico: And I would've been cool with that. Bring in Carol & Holly. Then get Carol fired. Simple. If you can't do that... you don't belong here. Simple.
Jason: But you know what, it was cool. It was fun. I enjoyed myself.
Gordon: I bet you enjoyed yourself more than Lacey Brown did.



Chico: As predicted, Lacey's constant warbling got her a first-class one-way ticket to Loserville.
Gordon: Lots of reasons here. #1. She was off-pitch.
Chico: 2) She was forgettable.
Gordon: #3. She completely wrecked the song's arrangement. #4. She put everyone to sleep.
Jason: 5) And she sang the song happily. Bad interpretation.
Chico: This is what you call a no-brainer. As far as performing, Lacey pretty much did everything wrong here.
Jason: And next week it's wide open as we have Teen song week.
Gordon: So it really doesn't help or hurt anyone.
Chico: No, not really
Jason: Not really.
Gordon: But we can still do some judging here. I'll tell you right now that you have the safe group of Crystal, Michael, Siobhan, Casey and Lee. That leaves us the fivesome of Tim, Aaron, Didi, Andrew and Katie. We have a lot of pop people left.
Gordon: The question comes; who do the people who vote for Tim ALSO vote for? To me, they vote for Aaron. If TIm actually puts up a good performance and Aaron doesn't. that could spell trouble for him.
Chico: Katie and Aaron did some good things this week... I think Andrew may have some trouble.
Gordon: I think. however, that Didi could also have some problems this week. I think Didi, Paige, Tim, Paige and Aaron all could have issues.
Chico: So you think Paige is going to have TWICE the issues.
Gordon: I still haven't heard anything good out of her. Now what about hearing some trivia geniuses?
Chico: I can totally go for that.
Jason: Me too :-)
Gordon: Let's start with some Celebrity Jeopardy. We have 3 celebrity veterans this month: Aisha Tyler, Anderson Cooper and Cheech Marin.
Chico: Very tight match going into the final. Anderson has $8,000, Aisha has $8000, and Cheech has $13,400.
Gordon: Anyone can win.
Chico: The Final Jeopardy! is Authors...The clue...

IN 1890, HE WITNESSED A MILD CYCLONE IN ABERDEEN, SD, FODDER FRO HIS MOST FAMOUS NOVEL.

Chico: Jason?
Jason: Who is John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath)
Chico: Gordon?
Gordon: I had a junk answer, but I'm scrapping it to yell at Jason. John Steinbeck??!!?!?
Chico: HA!
Gordon: WHA?
Chico: This is even funnier than the "junk answer" gag.
Gordon: Since when does a cyclone have anything to do with The Grapes of Wrath? See, what's funny is that Jason didn't play that answer for laughs.
Jason: Dust Bowl...was it L. Frank Baum?
Chico: ... Yes it was.
Jason: Darn it.
Gordon: As it Tornado. As in WIZARD OF OZ!
Jason: It just hit me. There were Cyclones in the Dust bowl, you know.
Chico: For the record, what was your junk answer?
Gordon: My junk answer was; Who are the question writers of Text2WIn, who give us lovely books such as Razzwid Fo Zo.
Chico: If it helps any, J... everyone missed it.
Gordon: (Tosses a dunce cap to Jason)
Jason: (puts it on) I feel silly
Chico: Now let's go over what should and what did happen.
Gordon: Actually, Cheech Marin did what he should have done.
Chico: This is what we call in the J! book "The Prisoner's Dilemma". There's one and only one strategy here.
Jason: Anderson and Aisha have to bet it all. Cheech bets $1,801.
Chico: Congrats, J. You got something right.
Gordon: Yes and yes. You can't play Venus, because Cheech doesn't have to cover a wrong bet.
Chico: Meaning if that he got it wrong and someone got it right... they won. Instead, Cheech bet $4000.
Gordon: Still not a bad bet. Weird, but not bad.
Chico: Took a mighty big - and if you ask me needless - gamble.
Gordon: Not really. He can't add, but it would have been the same scenario. He had to get it wrong and one of the other 2 would have to get it right.
Gordon: Now if he bet more than $6,200, THEN it's a bad bet.
Chico: I have to disagree. If either Anderson or Aisha get it right, that's $16,000. He wagers to cover and is right... that's a win.
Gordon: Yes, BUT if he wagers more, and for someone reason, one of the players bets nothing, then it's a loss. So that's Jeopardy, and...oh by the way, did you know that it's St. Patrick's Day this week?
Jason: It was :-)
Chico: I wore my green "GO TO JAIL" shirt to work
Jason: Didn't have my corned beef and cabbage though :-(
Gordon: We have a few St. Patrick's Day shows. Let's start with the The Price is Right.
Chico: Yet another special episode.
Gordon: How do we do on Special episodes again?
Chico: Fair to middling. This Wednesday... No exception. 1 for 6. But I tell ya something... what an ending.
Jason: Yup :-)
Gordon: Let's go green to the showcases. What do you got?
Chico: I got this... First up, trips to Chicago & Boston and a Mini Cooper. Gordon, you're the co-host, do you want to bid on it or pass?
Gordon: I'll pass it. Since I roll bigger than a mini-cooper.
Chico: Giggity.
Jason: ROFL
Chico: Jason, this is your Showcase.
Jason: $27,000
Chico: Jennifer Rohlmann bids $30,000. Gordon, you get things that are green...
Gordon: Give me some green.
Chico: $2000 bankable American money... emerald jewelry... and a tour of Ireland.
Gordon: Ugh. $23,069. You know that $69 is $23 * 3, right?
Chico: I did know. I also knew you were going to bid that. Don't ask me how, I just knew. Kendra Cross bid $23,000. Jason's Showcase is... $40,986. Wow. Jason's off by $13,986.
Gordon: Aw. Poor Jason.
Chico: Gordon, your Showcase is... $23,... 216!
Jason: WOW!
Chico: Kendra Cross wins BOTH Showcases... You, because I know you peeked, get nothing. =p
Gordon: Even if I didn't peek, you wouldn't give me anything either.
Chico: True. But we will give Kendra this...



Chico: ... But WAIT! There's more! We continue with a....



Chico: ... divided by 10.
Jason: I will take this! There were two of them this week! The first one happened on Monday's Wheel of Fortune. Jaime Smith had this bonus puzzle - a THING. With the RSTLNE and her choices of C P D I we have:

P _ N C _ _ _ _ L

Jason: Guesses?
Chico: PUNCH BOWL?
Jason: Yes. Unfortunately she didn't get it. And she was the first $100,000 loser of the season.
Chico: Ow.
Gordon: Waaa waaaaa.
Jason: And it took over half the season for it to be even seen. Now...flash forward to Thursday. Barry Williams wins the game with $11,250 in cash. He lands on the * wedge. He is dealing with PHRASE. With the RSTLNE and his choices of P F C O we have:

S C _ O O L  O F  T _ O _ _ _ T

Chico: School of Thought
Jason: Yes.
Jason: And Pat asks him what he wants to win, he says $100,000. And Pat Obliges. First $100,000 WINNAH of the season.
Gordon: Whoo hoo!
Chico: Money!
Jason: He collapses, confetti explodes. He wins $111,250 in cash! BTW...the odds of that happening twice in one week: 625-1.
Jason: 25-1(2)
Gordon: What about the odds of giving up a car?
Jason: huh?
Gordon: We have one more green moment.
Chico: My god, how much green can we have?
Gordon: We go to Let's Make a Deal, where Stacy feels like she had the luck of the Irish. She wins a car worth $15,520, and gives it up for a shot at $20,912. Now what does the Big Game Show Book say about this?
Jason: Are you nuts?
Chico: No.
Jason: BAD Stacy
Gordon: You don't risk $15,520 for an additional $5,392.
Chico: Very ballsy move, but did it work?
Gordon: No. In this case, she loses, big time. She wins a fitness center worth $1,810, losing $13,710 in the process.
Jason: OUCH.
Gordon: It's a good thing the set includes dumbbells. The Big Deal, by the way, was a trip to Ireland, which Stacy isn't getting. As far as the hamsters, The Chairman, Amanda and Ken Jen have dyed themselves in green.
Chico: That's cute.
Gordon: While Goodman and House are the leprechauns.
Jason: Very cute.
Gordon: The Chairman tells me that he's trying it out for Halloween. He wants his costume in October to be a moldy burger.
Chico: ... Ew.
Gordon: Hey Chico, he's your hamster.
Chico: ... I'll have a talk.
Gordon: Meanwhile, 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... Gordon... Monday's circled.
Jason: I have my tuxedo ready.
Chico: But do you have your dancing shoes?
Gordon: I do, and a Datebook.

We have Monty Hall on Let's Make a Deal this week. This Monday is also Dancing With the Stars, where we can see Jake's array of new possible girlfriends and Kate Gosselin's hair extensions. Chico I'm sure, is really excited for this.

Chico: I'm more excited about seeing Brooke Burke again. Arrrrr.
Jason: You naughty boy.
Chico: The heart wants what it wants.
Gordon: You know what my heart wants? It wants to break things with a big bat.
Chico: Allow me.
Jason: (hands Chico the bat)

Silent Library just got its papers for season 3. Catch it June 21.

Jason: This is a guilty pleasure show. I love it.

Also, let's talk food... Bobby Flay signs on with "America's Next Great Restaurant", while CBS greenlights "Beat the Chefs".

Chico: It reads as the Recipe Challenge segment from "The F Word".

We also have NBC reinstating a civilian version of The Apprentice, as well as a SyFy show featuring make up artists going against each other called 'Face Off'

Chico: Good stuff, good stuff.

Not so good... VH1 giving the greenlight to "What Chilli Wants", a dating show that features TLC's Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas.

Chico: It launches April 11. I know you're all excited about that.
Jason: Um...no.
Gordon: What about this; Taking on Tyson, a show about Mike Tyson challenging bird owners to race against his pigeons?
Chico: Umm... no.
Gordon: I'm serious.
Gordon: That's going to be a real show.
Chico: Oh.. dear.
Gordon: And this is a real blackboard.

Are YOU Smarter than...Ex-Celebrity Apprentice player (and I mean player) Jesse James, who may be fired from his relationship with Sandra Bullock for cheating.

Chico: Booo.
Jason: Ouch.
Gordon: We got more....

Are YOU Smarter Than... Ryan Seacrest, who tweeted the results of Wednesday's AI BEFORE the West Coast feed aired.

Jason: Not cool.
Chico: Geez, spoilers much?
Gordon: He needed to sign off before singing on.
Chico: Woops.
Gordon: Haterade?
Chico: Make mine a double.
Jason: My glass is ready

Michelle McGee, the person who blabbed on Jesse, was paid 30K to do so. Meanwhile, Carrie Ann Inaba was caught on a plane ride from LA to NYC, and got stuck in a plane for 16 hours.

Chico: That's no fun.
Jason: Hell no. Been there at least on a train. Not cool
Gordon: Fortunately, she didn't get stuck with him...



Chico: Yo.

Augustus has More to Eat as More to Love gets canned. The Toughest Cowboys get to join him.

Chico: Nom nom nom...
Gordon: Where do cowboys go to get fully loaded?
Jason: At the saloon y'all
Chico: Good one, J.
Jason: With the swinging doors.

Do you like Wipeout? Do you have a DS or a Wii? Get ready for "Wipeout: The Game".

Jason: Interesting
Chico: Expect it to drop in time for season 3.
Jason: I see a balance board use there for the Wii
Chico: I think so.
Gordon: Maybe one of the challenges will be sofa surfing.
Chico: Maybe so. Oh doctor, I got loads for you.
Gordon: Let's start with this.

The Donald wants to employ America! If you want to be a contestant for The Apprentice, Season 10, go here: http://www.realitywanted.com/call/6922-the-apprentice-season-10-now-casting

Chico:
Or maybe you like singing...

The Syndie/VH1 "Don't Forget the Lyrics" is now casting. Mail your name/age/contact/picture to twinenginecasting@gmail.com

Chico: I did.
Jason: Good!
Gordon: Then maybe Chico will be the next great media ho
Chico: I got one more, though.
Gordon: Lay it on us.

Family Feud is casting for season 12 at the Morongo Casino Resort in California, March 24 & 25. You can call 323-762-8467 or e-mail morongo@familytryouts.com for more info.

Gordon: And now, for a family of hoes. And yes, we have those.
Chico: *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Betty White joins 'Hot in Cleveland', John Anderson wins a high school award, Top Chef goes on tour...Drew Carey gives hosting pointers to Ellen DeGeneres, Nigel Lythgoe promises change to So You Think You Can Dance, Paula Abdul says no to the new Star Search...

Chico:
After allegedly saying yes.

Heidi Montag fires her new psychic manager Aiden Chase after 1 week, Peter Graves passes, and so does the wife of producer/mogul Chuck Barris.

Chico: Fellas...

*silence*

Chico: (removes hat)
Gordon: But none of them are the ho of the week.
Chico: Who you got?
Gordon: Your ho is...Adam Dell.
Jason: Who?
Chico: Don't know him.
Gordon: He is the daddy of Padma Lakshmi's baby, In a relationship that ended a few months ago.
Chico: Ah.
Jason: A ha.
Gordon: We need a new baby daddy for Padma Mama.
Chico: Aww.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, let's go Global. Where to this week?
Gordon: I was going to ask you that.
Chico: How about... China?
Gordon: You know, my heart races when you talk China.
Chico: I bet it does.

Disney/ABC and Shanghai Media are teaming up to bring Amazing Race to China.

Chico: It'll premiere in August 2010.
Jason: Interesting to say the least
Chico: Very. Amazing Race: China Rush will be broadcast in English with Chinese subtitles.
Gordon: This is one of those shows where you could watch, not understand what they are saying, and still enjoy yourself.
Chico: Only you will understand what they're saying. =p But still enjoyable. Okay, Brainvision's done.
Gordon: Shut it Down
Jason: Shutting Down.
Chico: Still to come, a game for the whole WLTI family... well, at least the three of us. But first, Gordon?
Gordon: First, we get topical and tropical. You're reading WLTI. You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 household objects to make fun of.

(Brainvision has been brought to you by Top Yuppie. Who can be the best personification of a Yuppie? Do you need hush puppies or bell bottoms? Only a real yuppie knows for sure...)

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