Episode 17.22: Episode #200
May 26

Chico: As We Love to Interrupt passes yet another benchmark, we take time out to salute the men and women of our military who day and night fight to keep us free...as well as those who paid the price with their lives to keep the glory strong.
Gordon: We thank all of you for serving and protecting our country
Jason: (salutes)
Chico: A Happy Memorial Day from all of us.
Jason: Amen.
Chico: Now... 200. It's a very ... round number. Also a very significant number.
Joe: We qualify for syndication?
Chico: Dude, we qualified since 100.
Joe: Man, times have changed
Jason: That's an amazingly round number.
Chico: In the year 200 Diophantus, noted Greek mathematician was born. 200 million is approximately 2/3 of the total population of this country we call home. 200 is also the smallest base 10 unprimeable number. It's an HTTP code meaning a successful connection. It's the number of NASCAR races won by Richard Petty.....
Gordon: ZZZZzzzzzzzz....
Jason: Research department worked overtime, I see.
Chico: But right now, of most importance...From Somewhere in America... the 200th episode of We Love To Interrupt... is... ON!
Gordon: yay!
Don: Whoo!
Joe: *fweet*
Jason: YEAH!
Chico: Look at that sparkly 200!
Jason: (confetti sprays)
Chico: Welcome to the show, everyone. Alongside Gordon Pepper, I'm Chico Alexander... Wow.. 200 shows.. I personally thought it couldn't happen :-)
Gordon: Ye of little faith
Jason: But its cool to be a pretty long running commentary show.
Chico: Six years and counting. And it's great to have our esteemed panel along for the ride. Today, that would be Jason Block...
Jason: Thank you. An honor to be here.
Chico: Mr. Don Harpwood...
Don: Yo. Always good to be here.
Chico: And rounding out the motley crew, Joe Mello.
Joe: *fweet*
Jason: You like the party favors, I see.
Joe: Indeed
Chico: Yeah. And a party may be in order in El Cerrito, CA... One of their own is up $140,000-plus.
Jason: Oh yeah. If she keeps up this pace...she COULD be the female Ken Jennings
Chico: One of their own is silently taking on all comers... Thoughts on Larissa Kelly. Four days... already $146,197. Two of those days were won in blowout matches.
Jason: She plays like KJ, and she is winning like KJ. Dominant...balls out betting. Excellent player.
Gordon: Whoa, whoa, whoa there, tigers. Before we crown her Miss Ken Jennings, let's see if she can approach David Madden levels first. Sure, she's gonna be a force to be reckoned with, but some of her matches have been won by more luck than force.
Joe: Although the last two days were less than dominant, they were impressive
Chico: Very much so. I will say that she won Friday's show by sheer force of luck.
Jason: I agree.
Chico: Final Jeopardy! was a squeaker on Friday. Here's the clue in "Religion".

A Mennonite leader who was pro-foot washing & anti-beard trimming gave his name to this group.

Jason: I didn't know this.
Gordon: I did. The answer is The Amish
Chico: Correct. Larissa knew this.
Joe: I would never have known
Don: Same here.
Chico: Sara Orel, who was leading... didn't.
Gordon: Oops
Jason: If she did...Larissa would have been exit stage left.
Chico: By four bones.
Jason: But she didn't and Larissa is now up to $146K
Gordon: I don't know if she's even the next David Madden, but $146 G's is a very nice way to play
Jason: in 4 days...hell yeah.
Chico: And she's going for more this week. The question... how long does she last? I personally want to think this week and that's it.
Jason: We don't know...but it could be more.
Chico: I know.
Joe: I put her in the 6-10 range. Although, any break may do her well
Jason: I want to be optimistic. I will say 6-10 for now.
Chico: But you think about the double-edged sword of playing like she does.
Gordon: I'll agree with both Chico and Joe. I think she'll do well early on this week, but I think she'll make a wager that bites her. I think she goes out late this week.
Chico: If you make those kinds of bets and you're wrong ONCE... it'll take a Herculean effort to climb back up. Not to mention throwing your game off psychologically.
Joe: She looked frustrated the last 2 days
Chico: We had a little taste of that on Friday when she missed a $3000 DD.
Don: Ouch.
Jason: Very rare to come back from a bet like that.
Chico: And yes, she does look a little less than peeved, especially when someone ELSE found a DD. So Larissa... good champ. Great champ. Amazing champ... but not without human frailties.
Jason: She needs to watch the emotion.
Joe: Also of note
Gordon: In the words of poker playing, you do not want to play Jeopardy on Tilt.
Joe: She's the highest-winning woman champion
Chico: Correct, Joe.
Gordon: But she's not the longest winning champ...yet.
Chico: The previous high female mark was Maria Wenglinski
Jason: Who was a great champ as well.
Chico: So here's what Larissa SHOULD do (as if she needed any more advice) if she wants to keep winning...Big Board, please.

Chico: 1) As Gordon said before... don't play on tilt. Tilt BAD.
Jason: Tilt is very BAD.
Chico: 2) FOCUS. Know which strategy you're going to implement and follow through. Do I do the board bounce? Do I do the chicken-peck? Do I do the Madden Shuffle?
Gordon: Or in this case, the steam roll
Chico: I think I'll try... STEAM ROLL.
Jason: yeah
Chico: 3) It helps to think about Jeopardy! as like boxing. First two rounds are about trivia... the final round... it's a fight.
Jason: How do you mean?
Chico: First two rounds... you establish your presence... Get as much as you can.
Jason: Ok.
Chico: Final round... you start thinking about the other guy. What does he have? What does he know? How much can I bet to beat him out? Remember, J! is not just about trivia. It's about math.
Jason: No kidding.
Chico: The metagame comes into play
Gordon: Betting is major. Do you play to win, or play to not lose?
Chico: Because if you play to not lose... eventually, all together now...
Everyone: YOU WILL.
Gordon: Yep. Larissa clearly does not bet to lose
Chico: Follow those three... and Larissa may well survive the week with her eerily-stoic physiognomy intact.
Jason: We can only hope :)
Gordon: But if you can't, then maybe you can do well in either singing or dancing
Chico: Big finale week coming.
Jason: Big Finale week here.
Gordon: Coming, here...and gone. We start with the show that was the biggest watched of the finales.
Chico: Good if you happen to be a rocker from Kansas City or a figure skater who happens to live some 60 miles north of where I'm at.
Gordon: In a battle of David's, the title was won by...Cook, as he defeated David Archuleta by 12%
Chico: A margin of around 12 million votes in a battle over 97.5 million. That's like 100 million.
Jason: Close to it.
Chico: Very close. A new world record. And America ... got it in her head... that this was a talent show... and voted for the most talented guy for a change.
Gordon: I will disagree on most talented. I will say though that you had two people who did not move out of their genre at all. The only difference is that Mr. Cook, moved other genres into the rock world, and David Archuleta, if he did anything that wasn't a ballad, had some people wincing when he forgot the words. From a package point of view, the better singer did win the competition, despite getting slammed by Archuleta in the finals.
Chico: Fast forward to the finale, in which Archuleta ... yeah, what you said, G.
Gordon: But Cook was very very good as well.
Chico: In this case, the lead was just too insurmountable.
Jason: Cook was good. Archuleta was GREAT. He played to win.
Chico: He came to win, no doubt.
Jason: And Archuleta has been incredibly gracious in defeat.
Chico: As was Cook in victory.
Gordon: They both established themselves early. Cook just had too much of a lead and he really came through in 4 of the last 5 weeks before the finale. Cook had all the momentum at the end and Archuleta couldn't derail it.
Chico: No one will soon forget his treatments of Billie Jean and Hello, that's for sure. And competition aside, both are going to go on and do bigger things than this.
Jason: Like Guitar Hero :)
Chico: And Disney World. Can't wait to see where they go from this. Meanwhile, over on the other biggest show on the planet... Jason is right and Cristian de la Fuente is eliminated first.
Jason: I think everyone called that. Not just me.
Chico: Yep. Ability trumped inability there. You had the two best dancers AND for lack of a better word, a person who got by on a pity vote.
Jason: And the fact the voters thought he was hot.
Chico: Not saying that Cristian wasn't good up until that moment last week, but let's keep it real here.
Gordon: We all said that the only reason why he got there was because of his arm. No shock here.
Chico: He should not have been dancing to begin with. The damage to his arm required attention. That's where it should've been
Jason: And he has gotten the attention. He has had the surgery.
Chico: Yeah, but if it was me, I'd say "Hey, what's more important, winning or my health?"
Jason: This is a Hollywood star...not a normal human being :)
Chico: True.
Don: Heh.
Gordon: And if you think about it, he gets much more publicity to ride it out - and that can't hurt either his career or his reputation.
Chico: Nah.
Jason: True enough.
Chico: If you want to talk about reputations, though... I think Jason Taylor may need to take his to surgery. Apparently Miami brass wasn't happy with his run. Spectacular though it may have been.
Gordon: And that could have been a factor in the voting - especially from the people residing in Miami.
Jason: You think? Bill Parcells wouldn't even mention him by name
Gordon: Well, he wanted out of Miami. And lets put it this way, if you were playing Survivor: NFL, then Miami is the first team to be booted off the Grid Iron Island
Chico: Ummm.. yeah.
Jason: He went 1-15 with them.
Chico: Miami's not exactly a hotbed of pro sports.
Jason: And he is in better shape now.
Chico: Especially right now.
Jason: Except for the Marlins...no.
Gordon: A few years ago, in Florida, you had a 2 time National NCAA Basketball Champion. And an NBA champion. And an NCAA Football champion
Chico: And a World Series title, if you want to think THAT far behind.
Gordon: Now you have...squadoosh
Chico: You can't blame JT for wanting to scratch that acting itch, eh?
Gordon: No, you can't.
Chico: That only leaves us to talk about ... Mrs. Bret Hedican, the only person to take a perfect score of 60 into the final vote.... and win. The local ABC O&O... naturally went crazy about this.
Jason: You mean Ms. Yamaguchi?
Chico: Yeah. I didn't see this much of a fervor since Clay Aiken lost Idol five years ago.
Gordon: Well of course. You also had an Olympian win...of wait, this is an Olympic year, isn't it?
Jason: Uh yeah.
Chico: Summer Olympics. Winter Olympics is two years.
Gordon: Doesn't matter. Still the Olympics.
Chico: Some people may call shenanigans because of her experience in the Olympics... I say hey... If you've got it... FLAUNT IT. Kristi had it. She not only flaunted it... she rubbed it in everyone else's faces.
Gordon: If you think they will call Shenanigans over that, what do you think they will do if choreographer Paula Abdul shows up to compete?
Chico: Call louder shenanigans. It's the nature of the beast we call "mass media". Everyone has an opinion about everything. If you think both Dancing AND AI... That's SIX of the top 10 shows this season
Gordon: What if we're talking about Dancing - on Thursday nights on FOX?
Chico: Jury's still out, but it looks like the firm are holding firm.
Jason: Cat Deeley and the gang are back.
Chico: I missed her, honestly. The cute little way she would say "jedges".
Jason: You mean the fact she is smoking hot had NOTHING to do with it?
Chico: That too. Come on.
Jason: It's the accent.
Chico: Yes. Yes it is
Gordon: That. the British accent, and the...assets. And a very smart move for them to have MTV air all of last season in a marathon last week.
Jason: Do you think the Street Dancing films of like Step up have influenced the contestants?
Chico: It's probably influencing the judging, maybe. We have one of the choreographers sitting in
Gordon: Not just that. I also think that the street dancing itself is an influence. Look at America's Best Dance Crew as an example
Chico: True.
Jason: Which is coming back for Season 2.
Gordon: The talent, IMHO, is just as good as last years, if not better.
Chico: That's the cool think about this show... it truly takes all kinds
Jason: No kidding.
Gordon: They are going more street and less ballroom - and I don't think that's coincidence. Street is hot right now and we may get a street breakthrough this year.
Chico: You calling it right now?
Jason: That's why it was shown a lot in this year's ads. And Gordon was right...no coincidence it was on MTV.
Chico: Prolly for the same reason that American Gladiators is on MTV right now.
Joe: *blink*
Chico: Yeah.
Don: Wow.
Chico: But back to Thursday premieres. What'd you think of Last Comic Standing?
Jason: Didn't see it.
Gordon: I did, and....we have talent? What the?
Chico: Amazing what an infusion of a guy from Law & Order can do.
Joe: Oh?
Jason: Belzer, right?
Joe: Ah
Chico: Belzer. He and Steve Schirrippa were scouts at the New York auditions.
Jason: Schirippa is funny.
Chico: Schirippa's very funny
Gordon: Not just that - the fact that there's different talent scouts means that you won't get that 'This is fixed because they have Mark and Ross's approval' stink on them.
Jason: Ah hah. The Drew Carey/Brett Butler fiasco a few years back.
Chico: Yeah. I think they've learned from that. Was that the one that Drew called BS on?
Gordon: Yep. If you remember, LCS2 took a huge credibility hit because Dan Naturman, despite being the funniest person in the round, did not make it past the first round. Naturman auditioned this season - and what do you know? he's in
Jason: Shock and awe.
Chico: Amazing. He as funny as he was before?
Gordon: I thought he was better this time. He got some seasoned a little bit.
Chico: Not bad for a show that was cancelled some years back.
Jason: No kidding.
Chico: So two good premieres on Thursday both rerunning tonight. Now we've been saving our hottest hot button topic for last... And that, of course... is JOSEPH.
Jason: (loads shotguns)
Don: *Has a hammer ready*
Chico: (grabs mace)
Gordon: (grabs Stacy Elza's panties of steel)
Joe: Can we get this done quickly?
Chico: For those that don't know the story, Tuesday's TPIR had a guy named Joseph Burleson. He was one of the first four.
Jason: Did you have to mention this guy's name?
Chico: Have to.
Jason: Ok.
Chico: It's a story.
Jason: Alright, go on.
Chico: When asked for a bid, he'd give probably the most off the wall bids (with a straight face, mind you). Examples... $420... $777... $??69... And the crowning glory of asshattery... $2 million
Jason: My dad and I were PISSED.
Chico: I think EVERYONE was pissed.
Jason: But I liked Drew's reaction: "You want it, You Got It."
Joe: Shall I inform everyone of the reports on GR.net?
Gordon: Please do.
Chico: There were many on GR.net.
Don: No kidding.
Joe: The birdies are chirping that this show was flagged as a DO NOT RERUN
Chico: And for good reason. The kid was making an ass of himself on TV and he had seemingly no qualms about it.
Jason: He broke EVERY unwritten rule about being a contestant
Gordon: Can I have a Big Bored please? Because Joseph's actions made us bored.
Jason: That's the right spelling, alright.

Gordon: Subject: How NOT to be a Price is Right contestant.
Jason: Let us count the ways, shall we.
Chico: Yes. Let's.
Gordon: 1. If you're called down, don't act like a jerk off. Have some respect for the show.
Chico: You are 9 out of 325, damn it.
Gordon: And you getting on means that people like Chico, who would kill to get on Contestant's Row, don't get the opportunity to do so. Sorry Chico.
Chico: (Whimper)
Gordon: This, in most cases, is your 15 minutes of fame. Make it memorable for the right reasons.
Jason: Agreed. You can be excited, loud, energetic.....but not a jerk off.
Gordon: The show's been around for 36 years.
Jason: Soon to be 37
Gordon: 2. Know the show. So you may not know every single game, but know SOME of the games.
Jason: Right.
Gordon: Know what you need to do on the Big Wheel.
Chico: Of course
Gordon: Know what the showcase Showdown is. Know that you're not supposed to bid $1 under what ther people bid. Know that Hot Pockets are not $6.42.
Jason: Call the host Drew.,..and not Bob.
Chico: Know that the price is going to have three or four numbers in it in your one-bid.
Gordon: And that reminds me....3. The Contestant's Row bid. How many numbers are there in your podium?
Jason: 4
Gordon: What should your bid not exceed?
Jason: $9999
Don: Not a chance.
Jason: Hell no.
Gordon: So basically, if you bid $10,900, are you going to win?
Joe: You win funny looks
Gordon: What if you bid two million?
Jason: You should get a beatdown in the parking lot.
Chico: You have someone waiting outside on the gas station at Beverly and Fairfax waiting to kick you in the nards.
Gordon: Now as far as $69....sure you can bid it. I've seen people bid it when they feel that everyone else has gone over, and Ive seen $69 win for that reason
Chico: But when you're doing it just to do it?
Jason: Stupid.
Chico: It just makes you look like an idiot.
Jason: And 420...DONE TO DEATH.
Gordon: As I have seen $420, but it's tacky, it's lame, and more importantly, its unoriginal.
Joe: Use 1066. That actually won
Chico: Use 311.
Jason: 1337 :)
Gordon: You can't take credit for being the first person to do any of those bids - because you're not.
Jason: But yeah...don't do that.
Gordon: So instead of playing to be cute, you can make much more of an impact on the show...if you actually played it to win. Neat concept, huh?
Chico: Now for the bit that is actually splitting fan nation here... who's fault is this? Joseph's for being a weenie? Or Stan's... for letting a weenie on?
Jason: Stan gets 10% of this. But when you go through 63,375 people of the course of a season, Someone is going to slip through. But yeah, Joseph gets most of it.
Chico: Joseph gets more than his fair share, and I'll tell you why. It's easier to put up a front than it is to pick up on it. Especially if you have Stan's job(s).
Gordon: In all honesty, Stan shouldn't be part of this convo. He's going to have no idea, the contestants are going to do that stuff.
Chico: I'm just saying what I heard.
Gordon: When you think college student, you think ball of energy, not wise-ass.
Jason: You can't exclude him, G. He can't be totally blameless.
Chico: I think you can unless you know exactly what happened that day. Because in the end, everyone is responsible for their own actions. Joseph chose to look like a dick on TV.
Jason: That I agree with.
Gordon: Its just going to make everyone look bad in the future. That's one less college student and one more slot relegated to an 85 year old woman who'll bid $35 on a set of encyclopedias.
Chico: And call Drew "Bill Cullen"
Jason: But this is a shoo-in for nomination for worst Game Show Moment of this season.
Chico: Yeah. Good one, dumbass.
Don: Frankly, I don't want to know what he would have done if he somehow got on stage...
Chico: "I got on stage... I don't know what I'm going to do next... Oh god... *strips naked*"
Jason: Yeah pretty much.
Gordon: Maybe grabbed a model and made out in the back of one of the Ford F-150 Cabs
Jason: I have a question...do you think he was talked to by the Powers that be?
Chico: If he didn't, he ought to have.
Jason: Drives me nuts.
Joe: I'm assuming the only reason this was aired to begin with was logistical.
Chico: The six people that DID win something.
Joe: Although I'm sure that there could be concessions made, but it's the rules
Chico: ACTUALLY...I'm at GR.net right now, and according to astute eyes, CBS' website says that contestants receive winnings whether or not the show airs.
Jason: So if that's true...why did it air?
Joe: Because people are human and sometimes things fall through
Gordon: Its not just that. If I won, I'd certainly like to see myself on the air, wouldn't you?
Joe: True
Don: Yep.
Jason: Yeah
Chico: I STILL want to see myself in air =p
Jason: So do I...boo hoo. I am an old fart.
Chico: ...oh. It gets better. Joseph's fraternity... Sigma Nu... it was also Bob Barker's fraternity.
Jason: Yikes!
Joe: Splendid
Gordon: More like Sigma Boo
Chico: Way to make yourself proud. Reproductive rights revoked.
Gordon: Sigma Pee-you
Chico: So there you go. Let's not give this peon any more attention than need be. Besides... Hamsters are wearing the 200 sweatshirts and I want to get to them.
Jason: They look cute :)
Chico: They do...
Gordon: Wait a sec...no...no...no...Chico, I need some assistance here.
Chico: What, what's up?
Gordon: The new littler started taking off their shirts and are waving toothpicks for swords
Jason: They got the number wrong!
Chico: HEY! Save that for #300!
Gordon: At first, I thought they were going to a MyGames Fever Convention.
Chico: Geez... Hamsters are so stupidly cute.
Gordon: At least none of them are bidding 420
Chico: Okay, Gordon... make news go now.
Gordon: Roll That Beautiful Brain Footage

(Doug: From the four corners of the globe to your frontal lobe, this is a special edition of WLTI Brainvision News, celebrating 200 episodes of We Love to Interrupt, with Chico Alexander, Gordon Pepper, and the award-winning Brainvision News team.)

Jason: WOOT!
Chico: Thank you, Doug. First of all... big hand for the voice of BVN, Doug Morris. :-)
Gordon: yay!
Jason: *Applause*
Don: *Applause*
Chico: Okay, what's first, G?
Gordon: We start Brainvision...with some dates. You like dates, don't you?
Chico: Yep. Although I'm a craisin man myself

Here's what most people are salivating on - Million Dollar Password shows up this upcoming weekend.

Jason: Thats been on CBS a few zillion times.
Chico: It's either going to be a decent revival or a big letdown. I'm hoping for the former.
Don: Ditto.
Jason: Me too.
Joe: Agreed
Chico: But keeping it real here.. After Temptation... hopes are not that darn high. But on the plus side.. it's got REGIS.
Jason: Regis is always good...this would be the THIRD network he saved. ;)
Joe: If he gets on FOX, the world ends, right?
Chico: Maybe...But one of the unwritten rules of the fandom... always bet on Regis.

And if Lie Detectors is your thing,. The Moment of Truth shows up on Tuesday

Joe: pfft
Jason: That answer is...TRUE.
Chico: One of us is looking ever so forward to that.
Jason: That answer is...also TRUE.
Gordon: Who would that be? :D
Chico: I'll give you a hint... it's not J.
Jason: That answer is...VERY TRUE.
Gordon: No, but I've got something for Jason
Jason: Do you?
Gordon: I do.

The Next Food Network Star is on June 1st. Jason has something to watch.

Chico: That works.
Jason: Sure does. That is my fav reality show on cable. Let's hope we don't have too many background scandals this time around.
Gordon: Finally...

The Search for the Next Elle Woods starts on Sunday. That has to appeal to the musical fan in you.

Chico: June 1 seems to be pretty active. I've got something a bit inactive in Fully Loaded We start with, of course... They Greenlit THAT?!
Gordon: Lots of candidates to choose from
Jason: Ok.

Let's talk renewals. Charm School GETS one. Here Come the Newlyweds is HOPING for one... and the Bachelor is taking its to VH1 for reruns.

Jason: What? what? HUH?

And because you can never get enough... MORE DANCING! Joey Lawrence's "Master of Dance" airs on TLC June 8.

Jason: Yay!
Chico: Quoting the Doctor... "You see a hole in space, you don't think, 'Let's fix it'. You think.. 'Let's make it BIGGER!'"
Jason: ROFL
Gordon: And eventually, it will be so big that all sorts of clones come out.
Chico: And then we all die.
Gordon: What about spontaneously combust?
Jason: BOOM. Yup.
Chico: .. Could work. Anyway, we had three for the light, now how about three for the bat.
Jason: (hands Chico the bat)
Chico: First swing...

In a case of product placement gone amok, next week's ep of American Gladiators will feature Hulk hands in the audience, Hulk hands in the Gauntlet, green lights, green water, a green Titan, and Lou Ferrigno. Guess which movie they're pimping.

Joe: Speed Racer?
Chico: Joe... that's why I keep you :-)
Joe: :D
Gordon: ...Sponge Bob Gonorrhea Pants?
Don: LOL
Chico: Heh.
Joe: 9 shades of wrong right there
Chico: I suppose I'll keep Gordon, too
Jason: How about Sex and The city?
Chico: ... that's just WRONG! =op
Gordon: And then after Sex in the City with the Hulk, you get Sponge Bob Gonorrhea Pants! :)
Jason: There you go!
Joe: And you be Speed Racering to the toilet!
Chico: MOVING ON. =-p

Canadian game show host Jack Duffy and "Mindreaders" host and "Match Game" favorite Dick Martin both belong to the ages.

(*silence*)

Chico: Jack hosted "The PArty Game" from 1970 to 1981. He was 82. Dick, of course, was half of the team of Rowan & Martin. He was 86 years young. They both will be missed...Moving on... we covered Smarter than earlier... But I'm guessing we're not done yet.
Gordon: Um....no. We're not.
Chico: Told ya.
Jason: Knew it.
Gordon: We have a lot of stupid this week.
Jason: Bring it on.

Are you smarter than...NBC Brass, who decide to stick American Gladiators up against Dancing With the Star's Season Finales.

Chico: I stand by my Olympics theory
Jason: Which is?
Chico: That the Olympics are forcing everything to end on NBC before August 8. Or at least preempt it for 2 weeks
Joe: Also, there's something to be said for airing something consistently. If every week is a "special time", you won't get consistent viewership
Chico: Much like Doctor Who was preempted in the UK this week for the Eurovision Song Contest (England, by the way, came in dead last)
Gordon: Yes, but would it have hurt NBC to move everything a week later? Because as a result...Mr. Alexander, the numbers, please.
Chico: Okay, from last week...Dancing with the stars... 12.3/20..That's... "Good" by the way. Bones... 6.3/10... also "Good" That was ABC, then Fox. Big Bang Theory/How I Met Your Mother... 4.8/8... "Fair." American Gladiators... 3.3/5. That's.. "bad".
Jason: Yipe.
Don: Ouch.
Gordon: And that's not even the first episode. That's the second one.
Jason: So ratings went DOWN?
Chico: Yep
Joe: There are a lot of other issues I'm finding with the program, not just the numbers.
Chico: Explain
Joe: Well, last week's episode was 90 minutes
Chico: Because truth be told, I'm not feeling season 2 like I was feeling season 1. They're all 90 minutes. Apparently there's nothing decent to run with it during summertime
Joe: First was 2 one-hours
Chico: Well, this week's will also be 90 minutes
Gordon: And the 90 minutes was just with 1 set of games?
Joe: 6 events and eliminator. The first 6 minutes of program was Opening, preview, 2nd opening, commercial. The 6 events took place in a wee over an hour, which means nearly half an hour was spent on the already problematic Eliminator.
Gordon: So we're expanding an already padded show - and adding no real gaming content - only filler - and they want us to keep watching?
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Yeah. No dice.
Gordon: When you do that, the public will call you on it.
Joe: Plus, I was under the impression that this episode was a "special episode" with the Chicago and Denver PD's appearing. Another thing that irks me: the cops that won are able to advance in the tournament, even though their draw was done on purpose.
Jason: I think there might be another issue...people are tired of Hulk Hogan. I think the Nick Hogan (and now Brooke Hogan) traffic fiascos may be wearing on people.
Chico: I didn't even know people were tired of Hogan. Did you know people were tired of Hogan?
Jason: I mean his image took a beating from season one to season two
Chico: Ah. True.
Joe: Well they're probably going to get more Hogan, as Ali is quite pregnant
Chico: Okay, so we move to Haterade now?
Gordon: We got a shot of that coming up - who wants some?
Chico: Right here.
Jason: I do!
Joe: sure
Gordon: Since American Idol is over, what's the pastime that most people like to do when promoting their own music show?
Joe: Bash American Idol?
Gordon: How correct you are. This comes from Billy Ray Cyrus
Jason: Oh boy.

"We've always said, 'Nashville Star: Where the music is real.' That's sort of been our internal tagline and that's what I'm believing, and that's what our show is about. Our people are real. The contestants this year are not sort of people who necessarily grew up in the semi-pros of the music industry. We have people who have lived lives. Country music is about storytelling. We're going to tell the story of these people in context of their search for the American dream."

Chico: Three words. Get. Over. Yourself.
Jason: Wrong. I am going to defend Billy Ray here. I think Billy Ray is 100% right in everything he said.
Chico: There's telling a story... and then there's subtle bashing. There's no honor in subtle bashing.
Jason: Yeah there is...when the show is better overall than AI.
Gordon: I have a problem with this for a different reason. Guess who appeared on American Idol this season?
Jason: His daughter Miley.
Gordon: Right (DING). And guess who was there in the front row watching?
Chico: Billy Ray.
Gordon: Right (DING)
Chico: I'll take "Biting the Hand that Feeds" for $200, Alex
Jason: So?
Gordon: So he either doesn't have as much of a problem with it, or he likes to defecate on the same dinner plate where he gets his food.
Chico: Or, to put it a little more direct... he's pooping where he eats.
Gordon: Or pooping where his daughter eats - which is perverse, if you think about it
Chico: Heh.
Don: Eww.
Jason: Weird.
Chico: Moving on.
Gordon: Next?
Chico: Next up... we get loaded. And boy are we loaded.
Jason: Can we drive?
Chico: NO.
Jason: oh boy.

For those who desire to have a Nintendo DS game with Bob Saget on the box... 1 vs. 100 will be released shortly

Jason: So no "Aristocrats: The Game?"
Chico: No.
Joe: Very no

Meanwhile, Banzai gets to play on Myspace.

Chico: We all remember Banzai.
Don: Yep.
Jason: PLACE! BETS! NOW!
Gordon: Hai!
Chico: BETTING ENDS!
Jason: I am still with the Unbeatable Banzuke kick :)
Chico: Word.
Jason: Kangaroo is my fave.
Chico: Now usually, when we get fully loaded, we like to tell you what's going on.

Now we're going to tell you what's NOT going on... everyone go to seenontemptation.com now and tell me what you see.

Don: It's not a Temptation site that I see, that's for sure.
Jason: It goes straight to seenon.com
Gordon: I see....a very happy game show recapping crew.
Jason: That's a bad sign for them...GOOD SIGN for us.
Chico: This time last year, it went to Temptation's site.
Gordon: They do have the page on the site, but the fact that it hasn't been at least redirected from that page is not a good sign for the show at all
Chico: Nothing's been announced either way, BUT... this can't bode well for a season 2.
Jason: Right.
Gordon: Nor can it be good for Media Hoes who want to get to be on the show
Chico: But they can be on other shows..Like... Opportunity Knocks, for example.
Gordon: (knock, knock)
Jason: Who is it?
Chico: It's a game show.
Joe: It's a game show who?
Chico: It's a game show that's got some moneys for you.
Gordon: Will they be casting in Beverly Hills?

They're casting all over the country, actually. You could be in Sheboygan and play the game.
http://www.realitywanted.com/call/2587-now-casting-a-new-gameshow-on-abc

Chico: Knocks, by the way, will come to the door this fall on ABC
Gordon: Media Hoes, however, are more than just seasonal

In this week's Media Ho Report, Taylor Hicks goes to Broadway, Idol 6 Finalist Luke Menard has cancer (get better soon!), Sharon Osbourne will be helming Charm School...Talk Soup's John Henson will be hosting Wipeout, along with ESPN's John Anderson, and of course, David Cook wins American Idol 7.

Gordon: But none of them are your ho of the week
Chico: Who's ho'ing today?
Gordon: The ho is...Trista Rehn.
Jason: Oh no
Gordon: Notice that I say Rehn, and not Sutter.
Don: Oh, boy...
Gordon: And no, they are not getting a divorce.
Chico: Oh god. They're multiplying
Gordon: As far as I know - things are going well there. VH1 picked up ALL of the Bachelor series from ABC, which means that you get to see her again, and if they picked up The Bachelorette as well, then you get to see her again...and again...and...isn't that great?
Jason: joy
Chico: Whoopie.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, let's head out into the world
Jason: I am ready

This week, we involve Australians, Bollywood, and sex scandals.

Gordon: Nice!
Chico: This week it came out that while entertaining Australian forces in Afghanistan, former Who Dares Wins co-host Tania Zaetta, who is now making a living in Bollywood movies... allegedly did a little bit of entertaining on the side, shall we say?
Gordon: Would the entertaining be in the form of a horizontal macarena?
Chico: Yes. Yes it would. Zaetta denies it, and the accuser has no knowledge of it, but that hasn't stopped the Australian defense department from launching an investigation into the matter.
Jason: That's definitely in service to your country, no? (if it were true)
Chico: A service to her fellow countrymen by serving... her fellow countrymen.
Gordon: She salutes the flag when it's waving at full mast
Chico: Oh, if only we were doing "What's my zinger?"
Gordon: And then after the bugle plays taps, she cleans it off.
Jason: While Waltzing Matilda plays in the background.
Chico: Okay, that's quite enough.
Gordon: And on that note, that ends BrainVision. Shut it down
Chico: Shutting it down. We'll see more of the hamsters later. TRUST US. Meanwhile, what's next, G?
Gordon: Next up, as you know, we do something old and something new. We start with the something old...after the break.
Chico: This is We Love to Interrupt, #200 in a series.

(BrainVision has been brought to you by The Moment of Temptation. We strap all of the executives of Temptation to a lie detector chair and ask them embarrassing questions as their way of penance for screwing up a classic game show.)

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