Episode 26.14 - Green Is The New Black
April 25

Jason: That's called Iron City :)
Chico: Terrible beer, still great responsibility. Because 21 means just that.
Gordon: One thing that Chico has that is not EL Cheapo is his DVR
Chico: Yep. and it's been working overtime. I need to decide what to watch and what to record for later. Can you help a brother out?
Jason: Yes, Always
Chico: Alrighty. First up...

BrainSurge vs. Silent Library.

Jason: Record Surge...watch Library
Gordon: Record Library, because if its a classic moment, I want to keep it. Watch Surge.
Chico: That was of absolutely no help :-)
Jason: LOL
Gordon: Next one...

This week's results show of Dancing With The Stars...or the premiere episode of The Voice?

Chico: Watch the Results, record The Voice.
Jason: Right on.
Chico: And if you "miss it", it'll play again the next day
Gordon: I'd watch the Voice, just because it's the first one. I can find out who lost online.
Chico: Okay, I'll buy that. By the way, speaking of... Leggy model finally lost. Next... and this is for the ABC O&O purveyors like Gordon, Jason and myself.

Jeopardy! or... *shudder* Love Triangle.

Jason: Record Love Triangle...Watch Jeopardy :)
Gordon: Watch Jeopardy, record Love Triangle and send it to Jason's house.
Jason: ROFL, Hell no.
Chico: Done.
Jason: HEY!
Chico: Next?
Gordon: Next one...

America's Next Top Model...or The Ultimate Fighter. 2 shows that got moved out of their time slots from their season premiere, which doesn't bode well for either of them.

Jason: Watch TUF...record model
Chico: That was an easy one.
Gordon: I'll go with that, but I'm not sure about easy.
Chico: Okay. How about this one...

Shark Tank or The Singing Bee. Should note, both shows named for animals.

Jason: Watch Bee...record Tank.
Gordon: Watch Bee, record Tank. Also, just for the fact that I don't need to clog up my DVR with awful singers.
Chico: Ah.
Gordon: Last one...

Love Triangle..or The Bachelor Pad?

Chico: How about "throw the DVR out the window and play PS3."
Gordon: No.
Chico: No?
Gordon: No.
Chico: Okay... how about "read a bloody book"?
Gordon: How about make a choice or I'll go car key hunting again?
Chico: ...Okay.
Jason: Watch Pad...record Triangle
Chico: Watch Pad, Record Triangle, curse evil cohost.
Gordon: Watch Triangle just to get it out of the way, Record Pad and then play excerpts of it over the computer any time Chico calls me. :)
Chico: Did I mention I hate you?
Gordon: Not this week, no.
Chico: I hate you, Gordon Pepper.
Jason: LOL
Gordon: It's Easter Weekend! Isn't this time about absolving your sins and finding love in your fellow man?
Chico: That's Yom Kippur, dude. =p
Gordon: Fine. We play more games next.
Chico: I'll work my way up to forgiveness at the break. :-)

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Jason: ROFL
Chico: I LIKE IT!
Gordon: Too late. FOX just saw our idea and stole it.
Chico: DAMN YOU FOX! =p
Gordon: I need to censor you both. How do I do this? Oh yes, allow you to respond using only you one word answers.
Jason: LOL
Gordon: Let's play Pass the Password. And we'll start with this...

The Cast for The Next Iron Chef: Season 4

Jason: LOADED.
Chico: SERVICE.
Gordon: Stacked. Big Board please?

Gordon: The Subject: Your Next Iron HO. Chico, please present the rundown.
Chico: Will do
Gordon: Jason, no need to use the Media Ho Repeat Offender button here, because if you did, it would explode.
Jason: Oh I know. Everyone here is one at one level or another. But there is a reason for it.
Chico: We have Anne Burrell, Michael Chiarello, Elizabeth Falkner, Alex Guarnaschelli, Chuck Hughes, Robert Irvine, Beau MacMillan (who I guess beat his rap), Spike Mendelsohn, Marcus Samuelsson, and Geoffrey Zakarian. And judging: current IC Mike Symon, returning judge Simon Majumdar, and ICUK Judy Joo. So yeah... Food Network stars aplenty.
Jason: I believe 5 of the 10 have FN Ties.
Gordon: and Spike Mendelssohn was on 2 series of Top Chef
Chico: We have six hosts.. Seven, maybe eight, who actually fought in KSA.
Jason: Can I tell you why they are doing this?
Chico: Cost-cutting move?
Jason: Oh no. Has Jose Garces set the world on Fire?
Chico: Nope, and neither has season 3 winner Marc Forgione.
Jason: So they need someone with Pop, Zing, A name.
Chico: Boffosocko?
Jason: Oh yeah. I am telling you this is ALL about Star Chef Power. They need another Symon, Another Fieri.
Gordon: They do. And maybe this will give it to them.
Chico: Okay.. Next up...

Celebrity Apprentice's Backbone team will cut a record for charity.

Jason: EARACHE.
Gordon: MIGRAINE.
Chico: OPPORTUNE. Rock stars... Q factor powered reality show... why not get SOMETHING out of it...even if it is a splitting headache. Lil Jon and John Richand Meatloaf. And deposed teammate Mark McGrath is in on the action as well. Mark McGrath needs work.
Gordon: Country, Rock, R&B and Pop. Oh yeah, those voices will work well together.
Chico: WHAT!
Jason: LOL
Gordon: Your ears broke, Chico?
Chico: WHAT!
Gordon: Guess that answers that.
Chico: OKAY! Next?
Gordon: Next one...

Ken Warwick's proposal to change Idol's voting system next year

Jason: DESPERATION. Because they are listening to their critics about all the women getting voted out. Teenage Girls vote. Period. Sorry Ken. A woman will NEVER win Idol ever again. Period. Mark my words.
Chico: SCAPEGOAT. Why fix what isn't broke? And if it ever was broke, then why take so long to realize that it needed fixing? That's just cheap. It's cheap. It's easy. And Jennifer Hudson's the last female to make this work for her.
Gordon: PANDERING. Carrie Underwood is the last female of note to do anything on Idol. Kellie Pickler doesn't count.
Chico: Does that commercial with BB King count?
Gordon: No.
Chico: Okay.
Gordon: The problem is, of course, that it stops the impetus to vote, as you know the judges can save the lowest vote totalled person, and chances are that under this new system, you don't have Haley still in the competition.
Chico: Correct.
Jason: Correct, so Ken. Stifle it :)
Chico: Next up...

Power of 10... all 18 episodes of it... are being run seven times a week on GSN

Jason: AUDITION.
Gordon: OVERKILL. Sure, you're auditioning the show, but 7 times a week? Really? Let's have a modicum of replay value here, please.
Chico: WASTED. Again, the show is good... but it could've been tested a lot better.
Gordon: True. Next one...

The first 2 weeks of America's Best Dance Crew.

Chico: MARKETING! Who cares about the dancing, we have artists!
Jason: SYNERGY. Too much flash, not enough dance.
Gordon: DIVERGENCE. I disagree with both of you. The dancing for the first episode has been top notch. We have new dance styles, like Krunking, and...Pole Dancing :D
Jason: lol
Chico: I didn't say I didn't like it.. I just think there's not enough of it. Too much "let's put the star out in front and bombard you with it..." not enough "pole dancing or krumping... or the dougie or.... pole dancing."
Gordon: Well you won't see any more of it, as they got booted off on episode 2. :(
Chico: Damn... And finally...

The current state of the game show announcer as displayed by the lack of one on the new season of "The Newlywed Game"

Chico: Nobody said "Here Come the Newlyweds!" and it just felt WRONG.
Jason: DISAPPOINTING. There are way too many quality announcers out there
Gordon: COST-CUTTING. I understand that it's a cost-measuring move, but you really do need an announcer, if not for tradition's sake, then for the pacing and editing sake.
Chico: I'm just going to go with WRONG. It felt WRONG. The game is the game, and kudos for that, but still... there are just some things you don't touch, even if you ARE on GSN. Though I will say Sherri Shepherd has an Emmy nom on the way.
Gordon: Maybe. Do you think our breaks will have Emmy Award potential?
Chico: Maybe.

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Chico: Oh FOD.
Jason: Being an FOD has it's privileges
Chico: Someone has a FOD complex.
Gordon: I also have a Speed Round Complex.
Chico: Let's get it going in five, four, three, two... and now! Survivor... who's next on Rob's hit list?
Gordon: It probably is going to be Steve. It SHOULD be Philip.
Jason: He is right.
Chico: Correct on both counts. Leggy model is gone from DWTS. Who's next?
Gordon: We say good bye to the Porno Queen next.
Jason: Kendra goes bye bye yes.
Chico: Idol. Does a woman go bye bye on Carole King week?
Jason: Nope.
Gordon: Yes
Jason: I see Jacob going home
Gordon: Stefano's vote is going to Jacob. That means Bye Bye Haley, while Lauren joins them in the bottom 3.
Chico: I think Scotty gets the scare of his life, but Lauren gets her walking papers.
Gordon: Any of those scenarios can happen. Amazing Race: NO more non-eliminations. Who goes next?
Jason: Bye Dad and Daughter
Chico: Gary & Mallory
Gordon: Make that a triple. Any email?
Chico: No email, but a wall post over at facebook.com/wlti.gsnn. Love how I worked the address in there? This is from Steven Waldie. Thanks!

VIEWER MAIL

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Steven Waldie Does anyone have an opinion on the lack of game shows replacing AMC and OLTL on ABC? Who would want to watch a show called "The Chew"? ABC doesn't want game shows on daytime (despite primetime success with "Millionaire" and turkeys such as "Set For Life" and "Show Me the Money" we've seen in recent years)...that's probably because their last daytime game, a "Match Game" wasn't cleared by a lot of stations due to its noon (ET) slot and it got canceled after a year.

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Chico: Thanks, Steven. ABC doesn't want game shows period. We went over this on the last show.
Jason: It is MUCH EASIER and cheaper to do the talk show route. And ABC doesn't want it.
Chico: They only keep around DWTS, Wipeout, and Bachelor becaude they're cash cows.
Rob the Cash Cow: Moo.
Gordon: Just remember - when the ratings for the talk shows go away, then they'll come up with game shows. It's all cyclical
Chico: Yup. Speaking of cyclical, here's a cyclical move from the big question of last week
Jason: Of course.
Chico: We asked "who wins DWTS". Stephen Buus had....

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Stephen Buus I'll go Ralph Macchio over Hines Ward with Chelsea Kane a surprise third.

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Gordon: And Chico paid off Stephen how much?
Chico: Absolutely nothing.
Jason: LOL
Chico: This was completely legit. I can tell you what Steven Waldie said..

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Steven Waldie Chris Jericho (mainly because I have a major crush on Cheryl Burke)...Chelsie 2nd and Hines 3rd.

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Gordon: No love for Romeo?
Chico: I checked the scoreboards... No love.
Gordon: It's lonely sometimes to be right.
Chico: Right now, Hines is lighting up the boards, followed by Chelsea and Ralph. Okay, let's ask a new question...

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WLTI'S BIG FACEBOOK QUESTION Two weeks in... what letter grades do you give Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza and Love Triangle?

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Gordon: Just a reminder, the lowest letter is F. Not Z.
Chico: Or Omega. From A to F only. Best answers make the show next time. Also next time... We take on the Voice and the Repo. You're gonna want to check that out.
Gordon: Should be fun. That ends the show. Special thanks to Jason for joining us this week. And on that note, Have a great Easter everyone. From all of us, this is Gordon Pepper, saying Game Over and Spread the Love.