Episode 26.15 - Gordon Laughs at Chico & Jason
May 9

Chico: It's like Excitebike... only you're doing most of the work. Anyway, welcome back to WLTI. Thanks for being a part of our week and allowing our week to be a part of you.
Jason: Yes, Thank you.
Gordon: So since we have this whole thing on internet gambling in the news, I figured that we should be daring and illegal...ok maybe not illegal, since we're not wagering money.
Chico: *fans a wad of WLTI funbucks** Not real...
Gordon: But I have here 100 empty Wheat Thins (TM) boxes, straight from Las Vegas, where Jason Block and I went a few weeks ago. And again, thank you Wheat Thins, for the amazing trip.
Jason: Yes, thank you!
Chico: I love Wheat Thins.
Jason: I think it's time to do some wagering
Gordon: Agreed. So it's time for a little Place! Bets! Now!
Jason: WHOO HOO!
Chico: *poses*
Gordon: Before we start, we always go back and see the results form the last one. And here they are:

Chico: 160 Gordon: 160 Jason: 114

Gordon: We had...a tie.
Chico: Wee!
Gordon: And Jason, as usual, showing the mantra to never agree with him. Let's play with #1...

#1. The Amazing Race. 4 teams left. WHo wins?

Jason: I am going to put 10 boxes on Gary/Mallory. Zev and Justin are going to make a mistake somewhere
Chico: I'm going to put 10 on Zev & Justin. I think they pull it out... and because I can, five on Flight & Big.
Gordon: You have 4 teams. Each one with a noticeable flaw. The end always relies on speed, strength and a good memory. I'm going to be wacky here. 5 on Flight time and 5 on Kisha and Jen. Next one...

#2. Who wins Idol?

Chico: 5 on Scotty and 5 on James.
Jason: 5 on Scotty and 5 on Haley
Gordon: 15 on Scotty. It's his to lose. 5 on James

#3. Survivor. How far does Rob get? Jury, Final Tribal Council, or winner?

Jason: 5 on Final Council and 5 on Winner.
Chico: 10 on Final TC and 5 on Win.
Gordon: I think if Rob gets to the final council, he wins. However...5 on Jury. I think Redemption Island is going to come back to bite him. I have that sneaky suspicion that everyone knows that they can't allow Rob to get to the end.
Chico: Stranger things have happened.

#4. Dancing With The Stars. Gimme a winner.

Jason: 10 on Kirstie Alley Hers to lose.
Gordon: Are you nutty?
Chico: Want to say nickel on the world besides Kirstie. :-)
Jason: Ha ha.
Chico: But I won't. 5 on Hines. 5 on Ralph.
Gordon: 5 on each of my final 4 - Romeo, Hines and Chelsea Kane

#5. Celebrity Apprentice. Not that we should care on this one, but who wins?

Jason: 10 on Ms. Star Jones
Chico: 5 on Marlee Matlin, 5 on NeNe Leakes... and I'll tell you why. What network does Apprentice air?
Gordon: NBC
Chico: Which is owned by Comcast, which also owns...Bravo. Not sayin', just sayin'.
Gordon: 5 on Lil Jon. He's getting a Winners Edit.
Chico: WHAT!!!
Gordon: OKAY!
Chico: YEAH!
Jason: WHAT?

#5b. Does The Donald run for President at his finale? (Only 1 wheat thin box allowed here)

Jason: 1 on No.
Chico: 1 on no.
Gordon: 1 on no.
Chico: He likes attention.
Jason: He got The Prez to release the certificate.
Chico: And $200,000 a year? Chump change to him.
Jason: He did his job. Sorry, President Obama.

#6. Who wins the Voice? An Amaetur or a Professional?

Chico: 5 on professional.
Jason: 9 on a pro
Gordon: 10 on Pro
Chico: And I say that because even the amateurs are going to go professional (what, with the singles on iTunes and what not)

#7. Who wins The Ultimate Fighter - no not the amateurs. The match on June 11. Lesnar or Dos Santos?

Chico: 10 on LESNAR. He has something to prove.
Gordon: 10 on Lesnar. He's a beastie. and a mad one at that.
Jason: 10 on Dos Santos. Lesnar is being shown that he isn't who we thought he was.
Chico: Brock angry. Brock crush.
Gordon: Last one. Here's what you have left: Chico: 24 Jason: 25 Gordon: 24

#8. What will be the highest rated show in the Summer?

Jason: 10 on AGT
Gordon: 9 on AGT 5 on The Voice
Chico: 5 on AGT 5 on the Voice.
Gordon: Last one...

#9. Will a repeat offender win a show this Summer? bonus (2x) award if you get the show right.

Gordon: I'll go Yes - 5 on Hitmaker and 5 on The Next Iron Chef.
Jason: 5 on AGT, 5 on NIC, and 5 on Voice
Chico: 7 on Iron Chef, and 7 on AGT.
Gordon: We'll see how that works out for everyone in a few months.
Chico: But right now, we get all sweet for ya. Like Pineapples.
Gordon: That comes after this!
Chico: (plays "Treat Your Mother Right" by Mr. T into break)

(Brought to you by the Great Stupid Baby Naming contest. Who can come up with the worst names for their kids? Moon Unit, Apple, Blanket...or a combination of bothe parents names that turn them into a country? Viewers vote for the million, which can give the kids plenty of money for psychiatric visits later on in life.)

Gordon: Mariah + Cannon = Moroccan. Really?
Chico: Seriously, dude? What's the other one's name?
Gordon: Monroe. That's at least somewhere in the ballpark of sanity. According to the official news release, Morrocan is a tribute to where Nick proposed to Mariah. Regardless, I wouldn't want to be named after a country.
Chico: So apologies to all the Georgias and Erins reading this show now. And apologies to America Ferrara.
Gordon: Sorry out there.
Jason: LOL
Chico: Welcome back. Time for the game where we give you three, but you can only keep two. We call it... Pineapple!
Gordon: Yay!
Jason: YAY!
Chico: Let's start with...

Randy Jackson yesterday said that "The Voice" was too gimmicky. Pot, have you met kettle, kettle, pot? So pick two of these gimmicks and make your own sing-off show. Judge's Save, Power Duets, Battle Round

Jason: Bye bye Power Duets
Gordon: Getting rid of the Judge's Save. You should have to vote every week, and the Save usually means an undeserving contestant gets to continue.
Chico: I'm going to go with Gordon here. You have to sing for your life EVERY week.
Gordon: Do we really need to see more Casey or...actually, let's see if you remember this. Who was saved by the Judges last season on Idol?

(crickets)

Chico: Matt Giraud?
Jason: Yes,
Gordon: Actually that was 2 years ago What's he been up to lately?
Chico: Suits me.
Gordon: And last year?
Chico: Damned if I know. =p
Gordon: Michael Lynche
Chico: Ah, Big Mike. Wonder what he's up to right now?
Gordon: 400 pounds.
Chico: OH!
Gordon: Next one...

America's Next Top Model, Project Runway or Next Iron Chef. All of these are going to have 'All-Star' Seasons (Say what you want about NIC, but with cooks from other tv shows, you may as well call it all-star.) Which ones of these do we not need?

Jason: ANTM
Chico: Top Model.
Jason: The other two are more fun.
Chico: Agreed.
Gordon: Im going to disagree slightly. I want to see NIC, because it looks amazing. And ANTM is going to be a train wreck. The biggest issue we've had with Runway is that the designers are boring and have a bland collection. Why do we want to see more of that?
Chico: Besides, you like trainwrecks.
Gordon: I do.
Chico: Even though you shouldn't.
Gordon: It's a guilty pleasure. Like butterscotch chocolate mousse
Jason: YUM!
Chico: Yummy. Next...

Biggest Loser products, Minute to Win It Kids Meals, and Let's Make a Deal: the Facebook Game. One of these shouldn't be worth your time OR money, but which one?

Jason: Minute to win it kids meals. What the heck?
Gordon: Actually...Let's Make a Deal. If the MTWI kids games are good, it could foster learning or at least fun times with the parents. I love LMAD, but if there's no skill playing it at home, there's even less skill online, where you just randomly pick things and hope you get lucky.
Chico: Let's take a look here. LMAD is a time killer. I like Wendy's, though I wouldn't make it a habit, so you can have the Biggest Loser, which is basically energy bars that cost less elsewhere. And that are pretty much full of crap you don't need. It's a Clif bar with the Biggest Loser logo on it. =p
Gordon: Well, with the products, if they have informational books included with exercises, that can be useful.
Jason: Very much so
Gordon: But I agree with you with the food in general - junk it. Why spend hundreds of dollars when you can get the same stuff for $19.95 at GNC?
Chico: Right on. Next?
Gordon: Next one...

We pretty much know James Durbin is going to get to the round of 3. So pick between Scotty, Haley and Lauren and tell us who's not joining him.

Chico: Lauren.
Jason: Lauren unfortunately.
Gordon: I have to agree. I don't see 2 country singers in the Final 3.
Chico: Nope.
Jason: Which is sad because she is really good and has been awesome the last few weeks, at least for me.
Chico: I thought so too, but really, she could've done better. At least this week. I mean, Unchained Melody is an Idol standard, but it sounded like she was just going through the motions.
Gordon: When the bar has been raised, you have to raise with it.
Chico: Correct.
Jason: (Nods)
Gordon: Next?
Chico: Next...

Live-tweeting by the principals, recap specials, or additional episodes. It's May Sweeps and all of these are being used to beef up the numbers. Which of these could you stand to live without?

Jason: Recap Specials. Live Tweeting is COOL. Additional Episodes stretch the season
Gordon: I like the live tweeting also. I hate the recap specials that add absolutely nothing to it. Get rid of those.
Chico: I like live tweeting. I Like more episodes. Do we really need the hour post-game on DWTS? I think not.
Gordon: No we dont. But again. if you stop watching them, They will go away.
Chico: This is true.
Jason: As always.
Gordon: Last one...

Flava Flav, Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen. You want to create a new season of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Which one do you NOT invite?

Chico: Donald Trump.
Jason: Flava Flav. Trump + Sheen is WINNING.
Chico: Trump don't need to call further attention to himself. AGAIN.
Gordon: If I m looking for Ratings, I have to get Sheen and Trump. You need the biggest train wrecks. This is where the other IAC failed. They didn't get any high profilers.
Chico: Then they went to the OTHER extreme. Got ratings... for a while at least.
Jason: Speidi anyone?
Gordon: They still arent high profile though.
Chico: The couple that wouldn't die.... I wonder what THEY'RE doing now.
Gordon: I think Speidi is working on the break.
Chico: Not a chance. Speed Round after the break! (plays John Butler Trio's "Treat Yo Mama")

(Brought to you by "My Mom is Better Than Your Mom"... something we'd all like to say from time to time. Happy Mother's Day! *I miss you, mom! -C)

Gordon: As long as I never see a TV version of it, I'm down.
Chico: You sure?
Jason: No fighting moms.
Chico: I can totally get Kennedy to host it and everything. :-)
Gordon: Why don't you have Mark Burnett produce it, since he had so much success with the dads?
Chico: ... Nah, he's busy actually putting on stuff that's GOOD.
Gordon: Yes he is. Speed round starts...now. DWTS: Who doesn't make the Final 4?
Chico: Kirstie Alley.
Jason: Hines Ward
Gordon: I'll got with Kirstie
Chico: You're mad, Jason.
Gordon: Race: We know who you think wins. Now who doesn't make the last leg?
Jason: I am going to say Jen and Kisha
Chico: Gary & Mallory
Gordon: Gary / Mallory
Chico: Idol: who doesn't play the Wheel of Death Round?
Gordon: Still saying Lauren. Celebrity Apprentice: 3 people get fired. Give me one of them.
Chico: John Rich, La Toya Jackson, and Meat Loaf.
Jason: Yes Yes and yes
Gordon: Ill say meatloaf
Chico: The trifecta. Bam Bam. Bam.
Jason: Actually La Toya got fired two weeks ago
Gordon: What gets me fired us is reader email. Do we have any?
Chico: Nope, but we have a response to the Facebook wall on the Jeopardy! Josh Henninger says...

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Josh Henninger It's an interesting concept, but it doesn't quite give off the feel that you're playing Jeopardy! It's as if you're playing a trivia game that just has the name attached to it. Oh, and Gordon, it's your Mac that's the problem. Haven't run into any problems with the PC.

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Chico: HA!
Gordon: Thanks for the response, Josh.
Chico: New week... new question...

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WLTI's BIG FACEBOOK QUESTION Next week is the Survivor Finale. We'll make it brief. WHO WINS?

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Gordon: I'm going to say, in a surprise, Matt.
Jason: I am going with Rob. It's his to Lose.
Chico: I think Phillip is going to surprise... no one. Rob wins.
Jason: He has been busting his ass. But if not, he will win Fav Player
Chico: Can't wait to see what you say.
Gordon: And we say that this episode is over. Special thanks for Jason Block for joining us.
Jason: Always a pleasure to be here.
Chico: Next week, we finally cross the finish line...somewhat. You're going to want to be there for that.
Jason: Sweeping through May here at WLTI!
Chico: That's what we do.
Gordon: We'll get to that next week. For everyone, this is Gordon Pepper, saying Game Over and Spread the Love.
Chico: Happy Mother's Day!