Episode 29.10 - GSN = Going South Now
March 26

Chico: Hey Gordon! Remember when GSN used to be good? The halcyon days of Russian Roulette... Whammy... that show with the letters and the numbers, Lingo?
Gordon: Well, I think those days may be back...or not. But regardless, we always have theese - (points to VCR tapes)
Chico: and this... *points to YouTube*
Gordon: Yay, you tube
Chico: And now you have THIS... From Somewhere in America... WLTI... IS... ON!
Gordon: Yay!
Chico: Alongside Gordon Pepper, it's your boy Chico Alexander. Great to have you with us once again. We're going to talk about GSN in depth later in the show, and believe me, we have a LOT to say about it.
Gordon: And we always have this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJY3eYVx79w

Gordon: And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkZvm8vZ1Y

Gordon: Ah, the good old days
Chico: Okay, before Gordon gets all weird about looking at Rebecca Grant... AGAIN...
Gordon: What?
Chico: ... let's talk about another crazy pair of villains. Colton & Alicia
Gordon: They are ca-rayyyyzay



Chico: Now let's go over the chain of events. First of all Colton goes down with what is ultimately used as dehydrative gastroenteritis.
Gordon: Which sounds nasty
Chico: Could've been worse. Could've been what they said it was on the show... the big A. Appendicitis.
Gordon: Needless to say, Colton gets medevac'ed and that's the last we see of him
Chico: BUT...THAT'S! NOT! ALL! Little thing from the traveling WOF host. You like?
Gordon: I do.
Chico: Cool. There's more.
Gordon: Continue please
Chico: Colton decides that he's just going to hang onto this Hidden Immunity Idol for a moment...Yeah, this is mine and you can't have it.
Gordon: It's his right, and to be honest, I don't blame him
Chico: I don't.
Gordon: Though at least now everyone sees that he was looking out for himself, but again, I have no problem with that.
Chico: Would you give it to this lot?
Gordon: I wouldn't, no.
Chico: Right. Okay, so now you think that this story is over....
Gordon: Well, only that chapter
Chico: Right. The story continues. BOTH tribes are sent to Tribal, where Alicia says that Colton kept the idol. Everyone else thinks she's full of it.
Gordon: And we get rid of...no one. Instead the tribes are unified early.
Chico: And sent to the original camp to live their rest of their days as one big happy... one big family
Gordon: Until the next person gets booted. Then it's one big dysfunctional family. Sort of like the American Idol cast



Chico: This week, it's a story ... of hair. And how that had to do with Billy Joel. Erika decides to take a big risk both in her style and in her musical stylings. Both fail miserably.
Gordon: We've gone through this a lit with people emulating others. The audience didn't like it, so out she goes.
Chico: But the breakout sultan of suck... Heejun.
Gordon: The audience also doesn't like people who they feel aren't taking the competition seriously - which is why Hee Jun joins her in the bottom
Chico: I'm wondering if Heejun is just taking this as far as he'll go with it, so to speak. Like "How long can I get away with looking like a jackass?"
Gordon: The answer is one more week.
Chico: Holding you to that?
Gordon: No, because it depends on performance, but it's not looking good for him.
Chico: Well, he'll have a bye of sorts. Next week is "personal idol" week.
Gordon: How do you call it a bye? I don't think that helps or hurts anyone
Chico: It doesn't help or hurt anyone. He's free to do whatever he wants to whoever he wants. Just like we're free to call him on it.
Gordon: And he'll be free to walk out the door. Speaking of which, we say goodbye to 6 more singers.
Chico: Battle on?
Gordon: Battle on my Wayward son



Chico: First up, Nathan Parrett & Pip take on a Challenge, Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good". We have the greenhorn vs. the Glee Project. The Glee Project wins. Pip advances. And you know, it's a tough song, I mean Amy Winehouse just killed it, she set the bar WAY UP HIGH with that. You can't match, you have to re-imagine it.
Gordon: True, but the nepotism..I mean experience helps
Chico: Ba DUM bum. Erin Martin takes on the Shield Brothers next with "What's Love Got To Do With It" for Cee Lo. Erin was very sultry, while the brothers were... how can I put this... in your face with it?
Gordon: Loud and about
Chico: But if you ask me, I don't think the winner of this battle will go on to win the show. Erin won, by the way.
Gordon: I agree. too many other bigger guns out there
Chico: Speaking of...Ashley De La Rosa vs. Jonathas. The song, "No Air". Ashley's better than Jordin. Jonathas is no Chris Brown. Thank (^_^) for that.
Gordon: Winner: Ashley.
Chico: Next: ALyX and her... umm... rain poncho?... take on Jermaine Paul. The song, Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car."
Gordon: Alyx can get off of my stage.
Chico: Jermaine knows how to work the crowd. ALyX knows... how to work a shower curtain. Jermaine wins in a walk.
Gordon: Yeah. That wasn't pretty
Chico: Next, Adam has to choose between Katrina Parker and Angel Taylor with... Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love".
Gordon: There was bleeding alright. Bleeding eardrums
Chico: Now if you remember, Angel actually had a recording contract before this... And now we know why she doesn't.
Gordon: Some experience isnt always good.
Chico: There was just nothing remarkable about this battle. I didn't like either, but if I had to choose one, it would be Katrina. And that's what Adam does.
Gordon: AKA fodder for the live voting rounds
Chico: Every flock of sheep has to have a sacrificial one. Going into the MAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainevent! Blake Shelton's team... Gwen Sebastian vs. Erin Willett. The song, Pat Benatar's "We Belong".
Gordon: It was good from an emotional standpoint
Chico: VERY. I mean, you could say it was the most emotional performance of the night. Especially on Erin's side, you know she ahd the sob story that she just seems to be riding all the way throuhg.
Chico: It's a tough decision, but it goes to... ERIN.
Gordon: And it is a good choice. The question of course, is can she can continue the journey
Chico: We will see momentarily. Next week, another set of battles. The last in the set before it goes to the public vote.
Gordon: We go from singers to racers.



Chico: Last week was a non-elimination leg. Good news for Bopper & Mark. But could they survive a Speed Bump?
Gordon: With everyone else around? yes they can.
Chico: They can, and they do, but it was CLOSE. They pass Kerri & Stacy AND Nary & Jamie on a Roadblock. The objective of this Roadblock...Curling with the Roaming Gnome. Technically, a sport called Eisstockschießen. Slide your gnome to the bullseye. Then score a clue. This is where your bottom two come to their frozen Waterloo.
Gordon: Ice Ice baby
Chico: The last person to finish would be the LAST person to reach the Pit Stop. After 180 tries... Nary finally scores the clue, leaving Kerry & Stacy as your bottom feeders and the last players ot.
Gordon: Waaa Waaaaaa
Chico: And if you want to talk about the big guns, once again... Art & JJ. Three in a row for these boys.
Gordon: They did well - but I'm not sure they can keep it up.
Chico: But... can they dance?



Gordon: Looots of morons. And a little bit of a surprise in the standings.
Chico: Give us said standings, sir.
Gordon: In first place - tied - Jaleel White (not much of a surprise) and Katherine Jenkins (surprise).
Chico: Imagine for a moment. You know who Katherine Jenkins is, just like I do - ONE EPISODE of Doctor Who.
Gordon: She's hawt. In the basement: Martina Navratilova, Melissa Gilbert, and Gavin DeGraw
Chico: Martina Navratilova doesn't surprise me a bit.
Gordon: It doesn't based on what she was did though I expected better.
Chico: Melissa Gilbert and Gavin DeGraw... maybe.
Gordon: Nope. No surprise there either.
Chico: Now this was probably one of the best openers in recent memory IF NOT EVER, but let's be honest... is there any way the bottom feeders recover this?
Gordon: Of course there is - the voting public will bail them out. If I'm Maria Menounous, who is also near the bottom, I would be concerned
Chico: No real base of support for her?
Gordon: Are you going to vote for a news anchor?
Chico: I will not dignify that with an answer. (and apologies to my news anchor friends for that answer)
Gordon: We welcome in Jason Block who with Chico get to see North Carolina go down in their bracket.
Jason: UGH on the brackets.
Gordon: Did I mention I had UNC losing in the Elite 8 to Kansas? :)
Chico: Shut it Pepper.
Gordon: Tee hee.
Chico: Now you know and love the Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.
Jason: I do.
Chico: Now they have a new series... a competition called Unchained Reaction.
Jason: Which I saw...and liked
Chico: It's simple. Two teams of engineers compete against each other to create the most spectacular Rube Goldberg devices in five days.
Jason: Based on a theme. This week was light and heavy
Chico: They get a giant warehouse an as many tools as they want, but the bigger the better. In fact, you have to go to 10 or better in order for it to count. You would think that this would be simple. And it would be. BUT as with every good reality competition, there's a twist. And that comes courtesy of the guys midway.
Jason: But here's the ONE problem I have with the show
Chico: What's your problem?
Jason: Outside of bragging rights...what are you playing for?
Chico: ... nothing. But you think about it... isn't Iron Chef the same way?
Gordon: I don't have a problem with it. What I do have a problem with is the pacing (which is slow) and the lack of methodology, which should be broken down so the rubes in the audience so a show like this can find traction.
Chico: True, but it would probably mean risking a lawsuit.
Jason: True.
Chico: Most of this stuff is stuff that should NEVER ... EVER... not even in polite company... be tried at home.

	UNCHAINED REACTION Discovery - Sundays 10p ET
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	B+	A-	B	B+

Gordon: So grading this - I like the show,. It's a lot of fun and it's NOT for dumb people. Fortunately, we're smart enough to enjoy this. B+
Chico: A- here.
Jason: I will grade this a B. I liked it. Very much.
Chico: It's a show that knows who it's made for.
Gordon: The hamsters are trying to duplicate the show by creating a Cat-a- pult?
Jason: With a real cat?
Gordon: No no no no no. FLUFFY! You put that fishing net down this instance!
Chico: You don't want to see a flying Eve
Jason: EVE is going to kill Fluffy
Chico: Oh geez. Jason, can you stop this while Gordon throws it to news?
Jason: (puts on Armored Suit) Ok EVE...easy now...DOWN DOWN!!! Ow! OWWW!
Chico: ... NEWS! NOW!
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)

Gordon: We start with a Datebook
Chico: I got one.

This week - it's time to see a tattoo show with Best Ink. It's also time to see a repo show with the return of Repo Games on Wednesday. One's hosted by Kim Caldwell... the other's hosted by two guys who could use one of us to kick the other two's asses.

Jason: Repo Games is great trainwreck TV
Chico: Yes it is. Know what else is good trainwreck TV? MTV Their new show is "Totally Clueless". The idea: you get more money the sooner you realize you're on TV. There is a bigger new item, but we're saving that for our own.... SPECIAL treatment? *evil laughter*
Jason: UH OH.
Chico: So this baseball bat... will come later. Let's go right to the smartboard.
Gordon: (wheels in Smartboard) So in Canada, there is a TV Show Called 'Redemption', which gives Ex-cons a chance to get their lives back together by competing for a job and $100,000.
Jason: Sounds interesting...where's the shoe?
Chico: And where does it drop?
Gordon: So with that background...

Are YOU Smarter than...Brian Miller, the runner-up on the show who got a job, only to lose it and be arrested for a $5,000 crime spree the day BEFORE he was supposed to start the new job?

Jason: DOH!
Chico: And boom goes the dynamite.
Jason: Thats DUMB.
Chico: Yep
Gordon: This isn't dumb, but painful. Pass the Haterade
Jason: How big of a glass?
Gordon: Big.
Jason: (brings out the 64 oz Super Haterade mug)

Remember Oprah's Big Give? Well Oprah just gave 20% of her TV Network employees pink slips. This comes after Rosie O'Donnell's show bites the big one. I'm not sure if this means the end of a network, but Augustus just put on his bib and is brandishing some gnarly looking utensils.

Chico: That's a big fork.
Jason: It does give me a bit of pleasure when an egocentric network goes down like this
Chico: Especially if Oprah's involved?
Jason: Doubly so.
Chico: Heh. Okay, how about a trip to MIP?
Jason: MIP? France right?
Chico: Right.

Endemol is preselling its properties in preparation for MIPTV. Among them: the Bank Job heads to Chile, while Your Face Sounds Familiar goes to Italy and the Ukraine.

Chico: Good stuff there. If you've ever seen the original Bank Job, it's a good pick up.
Jason: It's ok
Gordon: Meh.
Chico: Your Face Sounds Familiar... celebrities... dancing and singing like their favorite pop stars.
Gordon: Great. More media hoes.
Chico: Yep. Now sing like Ludacris, Gordon
Gordon: um...no.
Chico: Fine. No fun, by the way (Plays Luda)

In this week's Media Ho Report, Carnie Wilson gets another lap band surgery, Fergie will not be a judge on X Factor, Cee Lo Green gets a cat...

*Eve looks at Gordon*

Gordon: What?
Jason: Purrfect is a wannabe star

Rupert Boneham is running for Governor of Indiana, Bob Barker helps 3 elephants move, Mike Sorrentino may be going to rehab...Kim Kardashian is attacked with flour, Jenelle Evans is going to get her breasts augmented, and Jenna-Louise Coleman will be Dr. Who's newest companion after Amy and Rory leave the show this year.

Chico: Which has nothing to do with anything, but she's hot, so...
Gordon: We're all geeks here. Deal. But none of them is your ho of the week.
Chico: Let me guess... is it Victoria Coren? She got engaged, you know.
Gordon: No. Your ho is the current talk to be the new X-Factor Judge. Stop at...Leeann Rimes.
Chico: I'm guessing Leann's going to say "no" by Thursday.
Gordon: Probably. And those...are your hoes.
Chico: Finally, let's get loaded.

Now Press Your Luck was in beta on Facebook for a while now. Now today I'm happy to tell you that PYL has gone full live on Facebook.

Gordon: Well - did they fix the major bug - meaning that the game randomly stops and not when you want it to?
Chico: Let's take a look... that'll be a no. Sorry.
Gordon: Then what's the point?
Jason: HIC and stop at a whammy
Chico: Friend. Request. Denied.
Jason: Oh well
Chico: And that's Brainvision. Brobot, please...
Jason: (shutting down)
Gordon: When we come back, we delve into minds, but first - we delve into GSN's new programming. You're reading WLTI. You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 things Chico will be doing next Monday night, one of which will NOT be watching the NCAA men's College Basketball Game finals.
Chico: I'm not ashamed to say so. BTW Go Ohio State. =p
Jason: :-)
Gordon: What. Ever.

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