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December 31 - 2007 Year In Review/Push or Flush (1)

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January 21 - Happy Birthday, Chico!/What Were You Thinking?/Push or Flush (4)

January 28 - The Truth Is Out There/Would You Could You?/Push or Flush (5)

February 4 - Groundhog Day/6 Things We Think You Should Know/Push or Flush (6)

February 11 - Kill the Toilet/Roleplay/Trios

February 18 - A Soapbox Where My Heart Used to Be/Infiltration/Accuracy or Idiocy

February 25 - My Dad Is Better Than... What?/Vs./Welcome to Hollywood

March 3 - A Bitter Pill/March Madness/We the Jury

March 10 - Chasing Daylight (Savings)/Maximum Strength Capsule Reviews/What's My Zinger?

March 17 - One Fine Day to Be Nude/What Your TiVo Says About You/Welcome to Hollywood

March 24 - Giiiive Meeee Your Money!/Play the Percentages/WLTI Theatre

March 31 - Poker for Geeks/Infiltration/Who's Your Daddy?

April 7 - Going Green/The Good, the Bad & The Ugly/List Abuse

April 14 - No Talent/Paula vs. Simon/15 Shades of Wrong

April 21 - The World is Just Awesome/Ask the Doctor/Place Bets Now

April 28 - Jason Is a Bonehead/Hit the Button Win a Cookie/Five Good Reasons
 


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Episode 17.18
May 5

Chico: This is Chico Alexander... Adam Jasinski just won himself $500,000... and that's all we have time for for him. Heh.
Gordon: Yay!
Jason: Isn't it ironic we got the vote right...on a coin flip?
Chico: Very.
Jason: But I like the fact that racism and idiocy pays...yay!
Gordon: And with that...from the wedding cake that's covered in rain, the 'We're giving out money, so it must be May Sweeps' edition of WLTI...is...on!
Chico: Wee!
Jason: Yay!
Gordon: Chico and Gordon Pepper here, along with our special guests.
Chico: Welcome to you at home or at school or wherever, and we welcome our esteemed panel for sweeps.... Mr. Jason Block...
Jason: Yo.
Chico: Mr. Don Harpwood...
Don: Hey.
Chico: and Mr. Rob W. Seidelman.
Rob: Afternoon, Chairman.
Chico: We have a LOT to cover... So we got one story out of the way. Rather quickly, I might add.
Gordon: and while that's all we have time for in Big Brother land, we start with ANOTHER $500,000 given out on a show...that no one cares about.
Chico: Again, must be Sweeps.
Gordon: The game is Duel, and Gabriel wins $500,000....with a LOT of help from the Duel producers, who decide to change the rules.
Jason: Again?
Gordon: Again.
Chico: Describe.
Gordon: Remember when if you continue to play, you risk EVERYTHING on every game?
Chico: Right.
Rob: Right.
Jason: Yup.
Don: Yeah.
Gordon: Well, after game #3, host Mike Greenberg says that if he continues and loses, he will not give up the $45,000 he has earned at that point.
Chico: That's... different.
Gordon: Instead, he only has to give half of it back, so he'd still walk off with $22,500.
Chico: And when were we going to hear about this?
Gordon: So kids, instead of all or nothing, who here would continue if they knew that a loss would result in losing half of your stack?
Rob: I would definitely continue.
Jason: Sure. I would.
Chico: of course
Don: I'd continue.
Gordon: In any book, its a no brainer. -$22,500 Vs. +455,000. And he goes on...and he wins. Now for the question that got him win #4...

What is the "Mach 5"?
a) Grammy-winning boy band
b) Vin Diesel's clothing line
c) Gillette's newest razor
d) Speed Racer's car


Chico: If you miss this one... dude, you just don't know.
Rob: *places chip on D, presses button*
Don: Considering a certain movie is coming, this was easy. D.
Jason: Chip on D, Presses Button.
Gordon: Well gee, being that they've only plastered this all over the place...D.
Chico: Go, D, Go.
Gordon: Gabriel puts chips on everything but C. His opponent...only puts one chip on C. After 4 games, Gabriel has $75,000.
Jason: Gillette Razor is the Mach 3
Gordon: Would you risk $37,500 to win $500,000? If you lose, you still walk with $37,500.
Chico: Why not.
Don: Yeah.
Chico: It's only money.
Rob: Sure, I got enough to buy in at the WSOP.
Gordon: The 5th challenger is Jennifer, who gives Gabriel $500,000 on this question...

What Rolling Stone was a student at the London School of Economics?
a) Keith Richards
b) Charlie Watts
c) Robert Plant
d) Mick Jagger.

Jason: Places Chip on D. Presses Button.
Rob: *places chips on A and D, pushes button*
Don: I wasn't sure.
Gordon: I know this one (Placed chip on D)
Chico: I knew it too. thanks, Pop-Up Video. At this point, Jennifer and Gabriel have used all of their chips... Hers on ABC, his on D. The correct answer.... D! And here comes the streamers. Don't worry, they cleaned up in time to start another game. =p But yeah, congrats to Gabriel, now $500,000 richer. Does Drew Carey give out double that?
Jason: joy
Gordon: We get the last game in, but no one cares about that. No one cares about the show either, because the show scores....a 3.8, making it the second lowest show of the evening.
Chico: What was the lowest?
Gordon: Only the movie 'Are We There Yet?' scored worse than the show did.
Chico: Bloody hell.
Rob: I thought Smackdown scores less.
Gordon: Not last night, it didn't. Smackdown - 3.9. Duel - 3.86
Rob: Wow. I have a question though, did ABC even promote Duel heavily?
Chico: I don't think so.
Jason: nope
Chico: They just said "Duel returns April 4th. You watch now."
Gordon: And the audience said - 'not a chance, rabbit'
Chico: Heh.
Jason: Wow
Rob: I mean, a couple of big wins and hardly any publicity? It's one of those times where you can't blame the low ratings on the show, but on the lack of publicity the network gave it. If nobody knows about it, nobody will watch.
Chico: ABC just didin't give it a fair shake, you're saying?
Rob: Yes.
Chico: Probably because it didn't fit in the mold of "We heart women". ABC... It's that time of the month.
Don: lol
Gordon: I disagree. It gave Duel a week's run in December, where it did not score good ratings. I think it was only brought back due to the strike.
Chico: Well, yeah, but you have to show you were behind it to begin with. It's just good PR.
Gordon: And once they brought it back, they were going to burn it off.
Jason: And they knew it was crap. This reeks of burnoff.
Chico: They could have decided to yank it. I mean, look at Secret Talents of the Stars.
Gordon: And put what on in it's place?
Chico: A Desperate Housewives rerun. A Lost rerun. SOMETHING.
Rob: Why not some AFV.
Gordon: But the ratings aren't going to make much of a difference on Friday night. They would on a Tuesday night, which is why Talent got yanked, and ABC doesn't have Million Dollar Price is Right to plug in there.
Chico: Nope.
Gordon: And speaking of which, we got it this week - on Wednesday
Chico: Did someone win a million? Short answer... no. But it was a lot of fun to watch nonetheless.
Don: Indeed.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: Here's the deal... This week's Million Dollar Game was.... drumroll, please... Switcheroo.
Rob: That I buy as a $1,000,000 game.
Chico: the objective: all five on the first pass. It's been done at least TWICE.
Don: I was surprised to see Switcheroo in Primetime at all, let alone as the MDG.
Chico: In the 36 year history of TPIR, it's been done at least TWICE.
Jason: Yes. That's a fair MDG
Rob: Tough, but fair.
Don: Yep.
Chico: That's what they shoot for for the MDG: hard, but not impossible. The board...

Cadillac CTS: $40,4_5
CD cabinet: $_6
duffel bag: $_9
soccerball: $_5 (or "football" for our British friends reading this)
Wine cooler: $_0.

Chico: The missing numerals: 2 3 4 5 8.
Rob: 4, 5, 3, 2, 8
Don: Okay, then... 3, 4, 5, 2, 8
Gordon: 40,445/56/29/35/80
Jason: 40455/26/39/45/80
Chico: Don... you got all five right.
Don: Nice.
Gordon: Yay Don! Ok Chico, where's his million?
Chico: Don you get... Credibility!
Jason: wow.
Don: Fair enough.
Chico: Which is more than what Denise got. She got a $59 bag and an $80 wine cooler.
Jason: Yowch.
Rob: Ack.
Chico: But she won $5000 on the wheel and another Shot at the Million.
Gordon: Ooooh.
Chico: First up: hi-tech toys...

2 remote control helicopters, a Mac, Nintendo Wii & DSes, an HDTV, and a skiboat.

Chico: Prices... now
Rob: How big is the Skiboat?
Chico: 22
Gordon: $69,069
Rob: $45,938
Don: $63,900
Jason: 70000
Chico: No millionaires again, but Jason is closest. The price: $89,920.
Rob: Wow.
Don: Wow, indeed.
Chico: Next, LOW-tech toys...

A range, whitewater rafting in Colorado, grand piano, and a Ford Mustang.

Rob: $52,385
Don: $46,000
Jason: 70000
Gordon: 70,069
Chico: Someone get Gordon a woman... or at least some porn. It was $72,118. Again, no millionaires, but $173,256 on a winner's night.
Gordon: That's a nice little total there
Rob: Very nice total.
Chico: Unfortunately, it paled in comparison to the OTHER show that was on at 8 and that Lanisha was on...But this week, we put her in a chain bikini and pair her with a Storm Trooper.
Jason: Yowza
Chico: And the banker... Gordon.
Gordon: Yay!
Chico: Sorry... Darth Vader.
Gordon: Boo.
Rob: hahahaha
Jason: LOL
Gordon: I liked Gordon better :P
Rob: Darth Gordon. We get the best of both worlds.
Don: I thought it was cool to have Vader deliver the offers himself, instead of telling Howie on the phone.
Chico: Monday's show was Star Wars fan vs. Star Wars fan in a Winner Take All Showdown. First fangirl: Elyse McCrillis from Saigon, Vietnam.
Gordon: And the verdict - Dark Side wins. Elyse only wins $13,000.
Chico: Yay Dark Side.
Rob: Go Darth Banker.
Gordon: And since it's Winner Take All, Elyse's money is pretty much a bonus to whoever is playing the second half.
Chico: Next, Brad Flinchum plays Jedi knight against Vader.
Jason: Right.
Gordon: Brad gets 26 models in Princess Leia's Slave outfit - which is much better than 26 fat hairy men auditioning for American Idol in Princess Leia's slave outfit.
Chico: Ew?
Don: Eww.
Rob: I need a drink.
Jason: I need a shower.
Chico: You know what's better than 26 models in chain bikinis?
Rob: What is, Chico?
Chico: a deal for $196,000.
Rob: Yoda has taught the young knight well.
Chico: That makes Brad the ultimate dealer in the galaxy, giving him $209,000.
Don: A very nice payday.
Chico: The Force is strong with this one.
Jason: Do or not do...there was no try in him.
Rob: And he did.
Chico: Maybe he can afford a life now.
Rob: He's a Star Wars fan, he'll get one with that cash. Can't say the same way for Trekkies though.
Jason: Oh boy...did you have to say that?
Gordon: Also looking for a life - a farmer, who has a bunch of lovely ladies hanging out there looking for a man.
Chico: Now this was supposed to be a cute little trip to the farm that was a hit in many a country... Instead, it's a reminder why I hate reality dating shows.
Jason: How fake was this?
Chico: It was so fake, it had to circle around to being real.
Gordon: This was just bad.
Jason: Glad I missed it.
Gordon: And again, This screamed 'I'm only on your TV set because there was a threat of a strike'.
Rob: Wait, wasn't this planned before the Strike?
Chico: Yep. It was just looking for a date.
Don: By the sounds of it, I'm happy I didn't bother to watch it.
Chico: How ironic is that. A dating show looking for a date.
Rob: Very Ironic. Yet, still sucks.
Chico: Seriously, though.. It's beyond stupid, this show.
Rob: For CW shows, we have our worst of them all.
Gordon: Was there anything you found redeeming?
Rob: No. To quote Gordon Ramsay, this was shambollic.
Chico: Is that even a word?
Rob: Probably not.

THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE - CW
CHICO GORDON JASON ROB AVERAGE-O-MATIC
F F F F F

Gordon: what about F-Filled? F.
Chico: F-filled works.
Rob: F-Filled it is.
Gordon: Next new show that premiered this past week - Celebracadabra. Did celebrities doing magic tricks do it for you?
Rob: Made me disappear from the channel.
Don: I wasn't even aware of that show...
Chico: Well, if this show had one redeeming factor. It's the way it eliminates wannabe magicians.
Jason: How?
Chico: They literally ... disappear.
Don: Nice.
Jason: You mean like a box and stuff?
Chico: Like a box and stuff, yeah. That saves it from utter fail, but...

CELEBRACADADRA - VH1
CHICO GORDON JASON ROB AVERAGE-O-MATIC
D- F F F F

Gordon: ....no it doesn't. F.
Rob: Yeah, but it's one of 3 shows that VH1 does. Either it's a celebrity dating show, a bad talent show, or Celebrity Fit Club.
Jason: Again this smells like remnants of the dead toilet.
Chico: Barrel, meet bottom.
Rob: Exactly Chico, another F.
Chico: I'll try being the nice guy and give it a D-.
Jason: You are generous today.
Chico: Nah, not really. I failed the other new offering, remember?
Gordon: That would be 4 straight F's from me, by the way
Jason: Ok. Thank you Mr. Haterade.
Chico: Changing gears, when is a Jeopardy! champion NOT a Jeopardy1 champion? When his name is Tom Morris, who lost Thursday's match, but came back the next day on a technicality.
Jason: Which I agreed with the comeback by the way. That was fair. He did get it right.
Gordon: Me too.
Chico: Yes it was.
Rob: Agreed.
Don: Yep.
Jason: You can count on one hand how many times when the light pen failed.
Chico: Twice. Once during tournament play, and again on Thursday.
Jason: As someone who was on the show. That marker and the index card is there at all time for just such an occasion. But usually the pen should fail right away, not in the middle.
Chico: Strange.
Jason: They always tell you the beginning question and tell you to mark it on the card and the screen.
Rob: Right.
Chico: But did Tom ever make the most of his return trip. Earning more than $100,000 and adding his name to the Banzuke... oops, wrong show.
Jason: Didn't have $82000 going in?
Chico: Sure did. He'll be back in two weeks after we give the collegians their tournament from UW-Madison. Go Badgers.
Gordon: Well, we made it throught the first 6 passes on the Sponge Bridge....and the hamsters are trying to get through the handstand of doom obstacle course - with very limited results.
Chico: I heard Eve made it through Super Rider.
Gordon: She did.
Chico: Okay. Go Brainvision indeed... Roll it.
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: Thanks Doug. First up, dates... Starting with Sweeps: the week ahead. Gordon?
Gordon: Well, the networks have unleashes the Sweep schedule, and there's a lot.

We start with Survivor's Finale on next Sunday. We also have Idol's Round of 4.

Jason: a/k/a the Round where the surprises happen.

Also, again... the Jeopardy! College Championship from Wisconsin, Wheel continues its trip in the Chi, and this week, Bingo America doubles its daily cash prize due to Mother's Day.

Chico: I miss you, mom. Next up, I got the bat if someone got the light.
Gordon: I do, as we start with ..'They Greenlit That?'
Chico: Two lights this week, as we have two pick ups.

We have Celebrities...and Wrestling? That's what Hulk Hogan thinks will bring the masses together. Uuuuuhhh...ok.

Rob: Ok, this was a show done in England back in 2002 or 2003, and it was a spectacular flop. And Hogan and Eric Bischoff and Wonder years alum Jason Hervey have been pushing for this show for months. Finally, they got it on CMT.
Chico: How about food and vomiting? Does that go together?
Jason: One word: Gross

Seems like they'll put anything on these days. G4 greenlights "Hurl!", a show where people binge... and try not to purge.

Don: Yipes.
Jason: Nasty, gross and disgusting.
Chico: Again... bottom, meet barrel.
Rob: This isn't television.
Chico: or... barrel, meet bottom.

There's one greenlight that's more of a yellow light, if you follow, as GSN options for a TV version of their webgame Catch 21.

Gordon: And finally...

MTV is looking for the next Elle Woods for Legally Blonde. Viewers can vote starting in June.

Chico: Umm... no thanks.
Jason: Nope.
Rob: MTV has been dead to me for nearly a decade. This just finds a way to kill the corpse more.
Chico: Kill it with fire! And now, the business end. Toss me a fat one. This is huge.
Gordon: So what are we smashing with a bat? (Hands over bat)

This week, the noms for Daytime Emmy come out.

Chico: BIG BOARD, please.


Emmy Goes Home With...

- Outstanding Game Show
   -TPIR, Jeopardy!, Cash Cab
- Outstanding Game Show Host
   - Pat Sajak, Alex Trebek, Ben Bailey
 

Chico: First, for Outstanding Game show... The Price Is Right (CBS), Jeopardy! (Syn), Cash Cab (Discovery) ... yes, Millionaire was robbed.
Jason: Noted Omissions: Wheel! And Millionaire!
Don: Darn.
Chico: What the hell.
Jason: What? No Crosswords and Temptation?
Don: LOL
Rob: Crosswords is kinda shocking, Temptation should get a Golden Raspberry award.
Chico: Temptation should get a dirty sock.
Gordon: You don't want to see Rossi Morreale win best game show host?
Chico: No, but these three have more than a fair shot... Outstanding Game Show Host... Pat Sajak (Wheel), Alex Trebek (J!), Ben Bailey (Cab). Again... Meredith is robbed.
Jason: Omissions: Carey and Vieira.
Don: I'm speechless.
Rob: Good for Ben Bailey.
Jason: And of course...no Morreale and Treadway
Rob: Cash Cab is deserving of a few Emmy awards.
Chico: I personally want to think that this is the year for Cinderella to take the Cab to the finish.
Jason: It would be a big upset.
Rob: I see Price taking best show, but Bailey taking best host.
Gordon: And...it not going to happen. With Bob Barker no longer eligible to add to hiw trophy stack, this is the year of Jeopardy and Alex trebek.
Jason: Trebek will be best host.
Chico: I would think, though.. that Jeopardy is going to be the favorite in both categories.
Gordon: Favorite? It's a lock. Take it to the bank.
Chico: It's almost like Gordon being civil, Cash Cab winning an Emmy. Nice thought and all, and we'd all like to see it... but it just won't happen.
Jason: Nice.
Gordon: (bleep) no.
Chico: Okay, next up?
Gordon: Next up - someone who won't be nominated for Best Reality Show Judge.
Chico: Oh, I love this...
Jason: Here we go.
Rob: Can't wait.
Don: This should be good.

Are You Smarter than...Paula Abdul, who decided to give commentary on a performance that had yet to happen.

Gordon: The performer is Jason Castro. Paula read off her notes from the dress rehearsal. The public decided that this was a fix, and this led to rumors that Paula was going to be canned. This also keyed the audience to go into a voting frenzy to save Castro, and boot out Brooke White instead.
Chico: Again, like to go fact or fiction on this...

1) Paula was thrown at the last second judging change and was genuinely confused.

Jason: I say FACT.
Rob: That's a fact.
Gordon: Fact. If you've seen Paula, she's not exactly good with last second changes.
Don: Fact.

2) The show is fixed and already has a winner in mind.

Rob: That's pure fiction.
Don: Sounds like fiction to me.
Jason: If that were true...the show would be over by now. FICTION.
Gordon: Fiction. If that happened, then Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry and Melinda Doolittle would all be making money for 19 Entertaniment, instead of Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard and Jordin Sparks.

3) Paula's getting canned at the end of the year.

Chico: FICTION.
Rob: She's been messing up really bad as of late. She gets booted. Fact.
Chico: As proved by the EP herself, Cecile Frot-Coutaz. She said herself, Paula's not going anywhere.
Jason: Please. FICTION.
Don: Fiction. No way would I ever imagine an AI judging panel without Randy, Paula, or Simon.
Gordon: Fiction. I think the reason why they keep her is because she's an airhead.
Jason: And actually, I think she has been getting better...not worse this year.
Chico: She needs to be there to offset the balance. Counter Randy and Simon's brutal truths.

4) The gaffe was planned.

Gordon: Fiction. Demystifying a TV show is not something you ever want to do at any time.
Don: Fiction. Why would anyone plan a mistake like that? On live TV?
Rob: Fiction, plain and simple.
Jason: Fiction. No way.
Chico: Oh yeah. That's the worst of the fiction. But enough about Paula...
Gordon: Who wants some Haterade?
Jason: I do!
Chico: Right here.
Rob: I'm parched.
Don: Sure, why not?
Gordon: 2 Shots this week.
Rob: Yummy.
Jason: (holds out a shot glass)

So George W. Bush wants to show up on Deal or no Deal, eh? The episode with him on the air scored the LOWEST ratings EVER in the history of the series. Draw your own conclusions here.

Rob: Well, he's got the lowest popularity ratings in history.
Gordon: Ay words from the Republican?
Jason: No. Moving on
Chico: And next week, we get the rebuttal from the Democrats. Ba dum bum.
Rob: Clinton is going on the show?
Chico: No. She's too busy going on wrestling shows. Sad, really.
Rob: Don't remind me about that, please.
Jason: She was on Raw. Along with McCain and Obama. And those promos were bad. Horrible even.
Chico: I don't follow fake sports
Jason: But you follow fake dating shows...
Chico: That's different. It's my job.
Gordon: Shot #2...

GSN is putting Chain Reaction back on the air - at 11pm - and yanking off the 'Prime Time' edition of Bingo America. That doesn't bode too well for the show.

Jason: Are we shocked at this?
Rob: No, not really.
Chico: Not really.
Jason: Nope.
Chico: GSN's killing the show down.
Jason: How?
Chico: Either that or it's secretly hoping for a season 3 for Chain Reaction.
Rob: I'd say killing the show down.
Chico: you take out the prime time airing, that's west coast money going bye bye
Jason: Yup.
Gordon: I've had enough Bingo. I want to get loaded.
Jason: I am already there. (HIC)
Chico: I got what you need, I got what you need. I GOT YOU

The Price is Right... PC game. $20. PlayTPIR.com. You will buy.

Don: Very cool.
Jason: I will.
Chico: You spent more on less.. Admit it.
Rob: Arguably one of the best translations ever on PC.
Gordon: I will....buy....
Jason: Is it available on MAc?
Chico: Right now... no. But keep bugging'em.
Gordon: I...will...NOT...buy.... I will buy...couch
Chico: Yay, couch.
Jason: Casting Couch, therein. It's red and pretty.
Gordon: If you're a couple - or want to be in a couple., We got news for you.
Jason: Oh yeah. This is good.

Embassy Row is casting for BOTH The Dating Game and The Newlywed game. Go to their website to join up.

Rob: I feel like the Newlywed Game will be in good hands. I'm more worried about the Dating Game.
Jason: I think both will do well.
Chico: In this age of reality dating, it's all but given that given the chance, both shows will succeed.
Rob: They need to call up Eubanks for the Newlywed Game, otherwise, it's going to fail.
Jason: You think? Seriously?
Rob: Yes, Just look at Gary Kroeger's and Paul Rodriguez's versions.
Chico: It's not because Eubanks didn't host them. It's because they sucked as hosts. Get someone who doesn't suck... it's going to work.
Jason: I am available.
Chico: As am I. I think the events of TPIr in 2007 prove that although host makes a difference, a show lives or dies on format.
Jason: True.
Chico: And both formats are proven winners.
Jason: Keep the dating game and newlywed game formats the same or similar, you have a winner.
Chico: Word.
Gordon: I sort of agree, I think that the host does make or break a show. See Davidson, Doug
Chico: Again, change in format also sounds death knell. Doug "I wish I was a game show host with a flower in my lapel" Davidson.
Gordon: How many hosts have we seen take a show and run it into the ground? I think that it's a combo of everything.
Rob: Quite a few.
Gordon: So to Embassy Row - please get a good host that won't screw it up.
Chico: *raises hand* Seriously, who are the "good host" candidates this year (aka the hoes)?

In this week's Media Ho Report, Jeff Probst gets more years of Survivor, but loses girlfriend Julie Berry, Len Goodman wants a raise, Bob Barker goes after Spay-Neuter laws, Jordan Sparks is feeling better... Shannon Elizabeth, Brooke White, Katarzyna (Top Model), Mark (Top Chef), James Clement and Alexis Jones all leave their respective shows, as does Vanessa (Hell's Kitchen)...but none of them are your Ho of the week.

Jason: Who pray tell is it?
Gordon: Your Ho is...Billy Bush, who not only gets screen time as host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but screen time at the Kentucky Derby.
Chico: Explain that one.
Jason: He was covering the Red Carpet celebrity coverage on NBC's coverage.
Chico: Ah.
Jason: of the horse race.
Chico: OH!
Gordon: He was the 'Celebrity Interviewer' at the event, which he happens to do much better than actually being a host.
Chico: One to add to the hoes...

If you go see "Iron Man" (and I highly suggest that you do)... Look out for Gabrielle Tuite in the "requisite Stan Lee cameo scene"

Jason: Ah yeah
Chico: She's one of his wenches.
Jason: Party scene?
Chico: Red carpet scene. Now we know that she's not smarter than a 5th grader... but what's up with her and old men?
Jason: Maybe Stan is the real Iron Man, ya dig?
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: Heh... Finally, we're taking a trip to... Estonia.

... and so is Deal or No Deal next week, as we kick off the world tour. American game. American players. American money... ... European models.

Don: Cool.
Gordon: and European rules, which should be fun
Chico: You will watch
Rob: I'll be watching.
Don: Oh, I'll watch, alright.
Gordon: I will - but not before we end Brainvision. Shut it down.
Chico: Shut down. Okay, still to come, we gauge what should... or will.. happen. but first, Gordon has a category board. And we all play it.
Jason: Shutting down.
Chico: Because that's how we roll. This is We Love to Interrupt, the champagne of game show opinion columns... in thta it's bitter... and has a little body to it.
Gordon: but the body is in the shape or a mad recapper.

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