Episode 21.1
June 8

Chico: hey, it's Chico Alexander, welcoming you to... season 21!
Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and welcome to the summer season of WLT...who put these vines up in the control room?
Jason: It is HUMID!
Chico: Yeah, that was me. I figure we were going to get into the mood here, you know?
Gordon: Ok, I know that these are the dog days of summer and all that, but we did not need a recreation of that on the set.
Jason: (*sneeze*)
Chico: The guy told me they were fake.
Gordon: And these mosquitoes and midgies buzzing around the vines and this rotting fruit. Are they fake, too?
Chico: Fine, I'll get rid of them. *takes out machete*
Jason: Darn (slaps)...bugs (slaps).
Gordon: Take this, Jay (hands over bug spray)
Jason: Thank you.
Chico: Alright. The vines are gone, but the fumigator won't kick in until after the first break. I got the cartridges...
Gordon: We'll discuss the significance of the vines and more, as from somewhere in the jungle that was this past weekend, the opening of Season 21 of WLTI...is...ON!
Jason: YAY!
Chico: Hopefully you guys have had a great week last week. I know we did... We spent it watching game shows.. Lots and lots of game shows.
Gordon: Gordon and Chico here. Joining us this week, our special guest (and person who did quite well on the World Quizzing Championships), Mr. Jason Block.
Jason: Thank you. I will take mid pack on a quiz like that In New York City. 80 out of 240 isn't bad.
Chico: Nice
Jason: Gordon...well....
Gordon: Hey. I didn't come in last
Jason: That's true.
Chico: How did you do, Gordon?
Jason: Lets just say not as good as me and leave it at that.
Gordon: I didn't come in last :)
Chico: That's good.
Jason: it was a ton of fun
Gordon: It was. And Tony Hightower expects a team of us to play sometime this Summer.
Chico: Pretty cool. And if you do well enough... you may qualify to be dropped into the jungle with other D-list celebs!
Jason: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Chico: Yeah!
Gordon: Let's get this out of the way first. I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here debuted this past week, and it was the tropical train wreck that everyone thought it would be.
Jason: Yes. It was.
Chico: Nice to know that it didn't disappoint.
Gordon: So to speak.
Chico: The game itself is the same as it ever was... Various flavors of the week are left to fend for their own devices in the jungle.
Gordon: Angela V. Shelton is the first person voted out, so she gets to avoid the mess that's currently on the island.
Chico: Does that mean that she's the first winner?
Gordon: Yes. Yes it does. Meanwhile, Heidi and Spencer walk out - and then want to return when it's discovered that Heidi's sister is coming to the island. Of course, most of the jaded people like me think that it's all a ruse to attract publicity.
Chico: Yeah, let's talk about that. Seems this show has been getting some undue attention thanks to that.
Gordon: I think it's staged.
Chico: You would. :-)
Jason: I do too...but it's funny.
Chico: Of course it's staged. I mean, do you honestly think that these two are clever enough to handle that on their OWN?
Jason: There are some incredibly funny quotes that we've gotten out of this.
Gordon: Let's get some funny quotes. I like funny quotes
Chico: Give me funny quotes.
Jason: I will.
Chico: I want funny, damn it!
Jason: Latoya West of about.com is the source.

-- When the couple sees the camp where they will be living, Spencer says "This is what Hell looks like. ..I actually feel like I'm hallucinating right now." Heidi declares "This is borderline torture. I would do this to Al Qaeda."

Jason: And THE QUOTE OF THE YEAR folks:

-- When Spencer threatens to quit, he goes off on an NBC big-shot (Ben Silverman) on the phone. "I'm too rich and I'm too famous to be sitting with these people and cleaning up their sh-- in the jungle," he says. "This cast is devaluing our fame right now. I'm sitting next to VH1 comedians that I've never even seen before. I'm sitting next to wrestlers... I thought it was about to be all celebrities....Stars of shows get treated like stars, dude."

Chico: ... so should we tell him his real status? I just don't have it in me to shatter his little world here. You make your living as a bit player in a fake reality series. I don't think your "fame" could be devalued further.
Jason: But you know something...NBC reacted to that...
Chico: I'm guessing you have that.
Jason: I do. Paul Telegdy said:

-- "They are everything that's wrong with America," NBC's executive vice president of alternative programming Paul Telegdy told Ryan Seacrest. "They are insincere, lazy, entitled, and they claim the devil has possessed them. They are back, and this time they are contrite. ... Yeah, right. What they don't realize is that they are now going to be examined, and their value system utterly deconstructed."

Gordon: Those are all very funny quotes.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: However, they are not the most intriguing ones.
Chico: Ooh, even better!
Jason: Really?
Gordon: The most intriguing ones come after this incident. Because what winds up happening is that the group has a chance to let them bak in the game - if they say yes. According to Angela Shelton, who got voted off...they said no.

-- "Oh no, because I don't think they have a choice," Angela added later in the call when another reporter asked if the remaining cast members would be foolish if they voted to allow Heidi and Spencer back on the reality competition. "We voted 'No' and it's still an issue." "That would be my guess because that seems to be their motivating force in life," she added when a reporter suggested the couple were merely seeking more camera time.

Chico: Ha. Of course, we won't know this until Monday, when the decision is made public. Because NBC is a bunch of bastards like that.
Jason: I say they let them back in.
Chico: Not me. They wanted out? I say let'em have out.
Gordon: So according to Angela, they voted no and the producers are going to let them back in, regardless. Fair of Foul?
Jason: Of course its Foul. But what are you going to do? They need ratings.
Chico: Foul.
Gordon: What I'm going to do is not watch the show.
Chico: I'm also not going to watch. You don't skew the outcome for ratings. Rules are rules.
Gordon: They need ratings. They knew that the show was going to tank. This is obviously contrived to get people to watch and jack up the ratings because right now they have a 3 week dog.
Jason: But we knew this.

	I'M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE! - NBC
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	F	F	F	EPIC FAIL

Chico: Not only are you ripping off other formats, you have a case of changing the rules to spite the game. In fact. This whole farce gets a big, freaking F from me.
Gordon: F for me, too, though technically, this isn't a new show, but it's going to go the same way as the old show.
Chico: It's a new version of an old show. But yeah, it's going to go the way of the old show...Big time.
Gordon: Here's your ratings: 6.45 million, 5.54 million, 4.78 million
Jason: Watch out...it's a BOMB.
Chico: Ex-PLOOOOOO-sion!
Gordon: Once they had the Spencer/Heidi debacle, the ratings went up to 5.17. Still not great, but it is working...somewhat.
Chico: We'll see how well it works next week.
Gordon: I'm guessing...badly.
Chico: ... yup. :-)
Jason: Me too.
Chico: But that wasn't the only debut this week.
Gordon: Or the only disaster.
Chico: Gordon, what if I told you that you and four of your neighbors had a chance to win $250,000? And all you had to do was remodel your house? Would you bite? Well?
Jason: I might.
Gordon: Have you seen my apartment?
Chico: Yes. Which is why I'd expect you to say "yes" right off the bat.
Gordon: Yes.
Chico: Thank you. Such is the premise of HGTV's $250,000 Challenge. We start with five families...a challenge, and a time and money budget. They have to spruce up that room in the allotted time and money frame. Yes, kids... it's the Complex all over again. Only with an HGTV tie-in.
Jason: Joy.
Chico: And a slightly more competent host. Which, if you remember the Complex, isn't that hard.
Jason: I don't but...ok
Chico: You are one of the lucky one.
Gordon: I do and I agree.
Chico: And instead of couples, you have families, so it's something the whole family can get into. So the pros... family entertainment...
Gordon: Here's the problem. It doesn't seem like a game show. It seems like an advertiser looking for a way to promote a product and we throw a tired, cliche-ic best design wins format without much semblance of thought.
Chico: That would be the main failing of this show. Sure it looks interesting, but in the end... so what? I need a reason why I should care.

	HGTV'S $250,000 CHALLENGE - HGTV
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	D+	D	NO GRADE	D+

Gordon: No. The families, no offense to them, aren't compelling. The challenges aren't compelling. The play at home factor isn't there. So...no. And I agree with you. So what? D.
Chico: Did we mention that the Home Depot figures heavily into the premise?
Jason: No, really? Infomercial like?
Chico: Heh. No, it's more like "okay, where are we going to get all our stuff? I KNOW! Let's go to the Home Depot!"
Gordon: I'd say infomercial like, yeah. And again, we can be more creative than this.
Chico: But yeah... I honestly think that Drew Lachey is an up-and-comer. But this format is not doing him ANY favors. D+ We've seen this whole network-tie-in thing done before... and better. You know what I mean?
Gordon: I do. I don't mind the tie-in as much, but it's all about a game. It's just boring and we've seen it before.
Chico: Right.
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: Then again, you have a case of what we saw last night. Speaking of network tie-ins...
Jason: Oh boy...here we go.
Chico: Folks. The GSN 2009 Game Show Awards are in the books. And we have a list of winners before we go into full-skewer mode..
Gordon: Big Board please? Subject; And the Winners Were...

Chico: So there you have it... the full winner's list. Now if I may be so bold... The awards were good... the award show... Not so much.
Gordon: Let's talk about The Good - because there was good.
Chico: Yes.
Jason: Howie wasn't bad. In fact he was good.
Chico: Howie was spot on.
Gordon: And based on what was going on, he needed to be.
Chico: I actually chuckled at the opening bit. Howie talking to God... err, Bob.
Jason: Bob was being an egotistical...and playing off his image. Which was kind of cool in a weird way.
Chico: We had a lot of great tribute pieces.
Jason: When there wasn't audio problems. Bob's piece had a ton.
Chico: Yeah.
Jason: But yes.
Chico: But how about Mark Goodson's piece? That was the pick of the night right there. a) a great tribute to a great inventor, and b) ... Marjorie's still a looker.
Gordon: It's too bad a lot of what Marjorie said got edited out.
Chico: So when the show played it straight, it couldn't do wrong.. most of the time. I know that much.
Gordon: Ok. Lets lead in to The Bad. Big Bored please?

Gordon: The Subject: And The Losers Are...#1. The editors. It was not only horribly edited, but the segments were placed wrong. you had the post-interview of people being interviewed with awards BEFORE they were given the awards (Bob Barker being a glaring example).
Chico: You could really tell that it was shoddily put together. You edited Marjorie's speech... and yet you kept the unmitigated disaster that was... Name It and Claim It. No love.
Jason: The editing looked bad.
Chico: VERY bad.
Gordon: 2. The writers. You should not be talking about 'Happy Endings' and have place cards on models' butts if you're targeting this as a family show.
Jason: TV-14 jokes on a show that shouldn't have had them.
Chico: Yep. GSN Monkeys were in full effect.
Jason: I looked at that and said HUH?
Chico: That was just... I mean, I like big butts and I cannot lie, but damn. 3) Fans of old school.
Jason: Either make it an awards show or a game show. Don't do both.
Chico: There you go. The awards they gave out made sense... the games... did not. And then they go and have a huge stopdown in the middle because nothing worked. Never mind that Ken Jennings had little to no idea what was going on when he battled Charo.
Gordon: And on a side note, and something we'll also be talking about later...3b. The Contestant Coordinators. If you're casting for a GAME SHOW, get people who KNOW THE GAMES. We'll be talking about some of that later, but yes, the games reeked.
Chico: I expected nothing much after seeing what latter day coordinators can do.
Gordon: #4. Deserving - but non-winning - award nominees. If you didn't have a connection with either GSN or the awards show, you had no shot.
Jason: The awards felt like they were paying off the "recipients" for working the show.
Chico: I've heard from people that I would trust with my first born yet to be born that the results were thrown out in favor of whoever showed up at the time.
Gordon: This isn't the first time that we've seen this nepotism.
Jason: I wouldn't be shocked at that.
Gordon: When GSN did the Top 50 shows a few years back, a great majority of The 'Top 50' mysteriously had all the top shows be shows that they happened to have footage of.
Gordon: But yes, amazing how 5th Grader wins for best show, over The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Anyone buying that?
Chico: Nope.
Jason: Not at all.
Chico: Ads for Big Saturday Night. Lots and lots of ads for Big Saturday Night.
Gordon: It felt like this was an infomercial promoting Big Saturday night. At least 20+ plugs for the show.
Chico: So if I may quote "carlopanno" on the boards..."If (the show) improved a bit, it could suck." Basically, more bad than good.
Jason: I would call this the disappointment of the year.
Chico: You had some people who have directed game shows in the past, but in the end, it's like "you're listening to the song, but you're not hearing the music"
Jason: Because we had hopes they would play this straight. And they didn't.
Gordon: The producers partially did their homework. They just didn't do enough of it in the parts where us aficionados would be looking at it.
Jason: You know...this reminds me of when Game Show Marathon came on...

	2009 GAME SHOW AWARDS - GSN
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	D	D	D	D

Chico: Hopefully if (and it's a big IF) they do this next year, they'll learn from this. A few bright spots marred by heaps upon heaps of fail?
Gordon: This reminds me of a used tea kettle. It works and it functions, but you could see the tarnish and the broken metal. The show was functional, but it lacked a lot of the polish needed to make it eye-catching.
Jason: Exactly.
Gordon: And from me, this gets the same rating as Game Show Marathon. It's there, but needs a ton of work. D.
Chico: That sounds about right. It didn't need to be stodgy, but at the same time, it didn't need to be cheesy.
Jason: D. Sorry GSN, you blew it.
Chico: While we're on the subject of things that blew it... Let's go to Justin Bernbach...Eight games, $155,000... only to falter on Monday's show. To be completely fair, there was nothing he could've done to prevent losing in that show save for dominate the front game. But Sara Doran just came alive late and that helped her out in the final. You want to see the final? Who wants to see the final?
Jason: I do.
Chico: Okay, the category is Cartoon Science...The clue...

According to Chuck Jones, whenever possible, this force of nature was to be Wile E. Coyote's greatest enemy?

Jason: (Locks in HARD)
Chico: Don't break it.
Gordon: (locks in)
Chico: Okay, J?
Jason: What is GRAVITY?
Chico: What is gravity... Good. Just for shiggles... Gordon?
Gordon: What is Salmonella?
Chico: Close, but no.
Gordon: You try eating a raw bony desert bird and see how it works for you.
Chico: I'd imagine it's not that far from eating pheasant.
Gordon: So does that make The Roadruner an unpleasant pheasant?
Jason: (rimshot)
Chico: .... Win. So Justin... again, not much he could've done to win this. And Sara Doran becomes a giant killer.
Jason: Yup.
Chico: But he'll be back in the next ToC. No doubt about that...
Gordon: And what happens to Giant Killers in the next show they are on?
Chico: They... die.
Jason: 9 times out of 10
Chico: And Sara? No exceptions.
Gordon: They do. Chico, be the coroner for us, please.
Chico: The GSI if you will. Sara just failed to generate momentum, while Ana Catalina Posada and Harris Cohen suck the life out of her. Of course, it didn't help matters much that the second Daily Double in the DJ! round went unplayed. And Ana, who could've won it in the end, didn't, because Harris only bet yea much. Who's up for another final? Say YEAH!
Jason: Yeah!
Chico: Okay, the category is Geographical Literature.

The first 2 sections of this Hemingway novel, published 9 years after his death, are titled "Bimini" & "Cuba".

Chico: Okay... Gordon, go first.
Gordon: What is For Where The Bad Travel Agent Tolls?
Chico: Jason?
Jason: How about...What is "The Old Man and the Sea"?
Chico: You're both wrong.
Gordon: Do I get more points?
Chico: No. Of course we know that Gordon was going for funny, but it was "Islands in the Stream"
Jason: ok
Chico: So no one gets any more money... *puts on shades* And Sara goes home.
Gordon: Awwww.
Chico: Bye Sara.
Jason: Bye.
Gordon: Buh bye.
Chico: She wiped out. But at least she was in good company.
Gordon: As in 48 other people who wiped out?
Chico: Yep. Our favorite obstacle course is back.
Jason: Yeah.
Chico: And not a moment too soon.
Jason: I watched it...and although I liked it...I have a question for you...are the announcers and the contestants supposed to talk smack?
Chico: Well... if the contestant says he is a smack talker, then the expectation is to talk smack.
Jason: Ah.
Chico: The commentators are only there TO talk smack. Until the fourth round, when it's all about business. And business is good. We have the Hurtles...Emphasis on "hurt"...The Bridge Too Far...The Bullseye Buoys...The Slick Slide...And the all new Wipeout Zone, with an obstacle so hard that you could either clear it or take a time penalty.
Gordon: My favorite is the 'Big Balls Motivator', an anvil-sized rotating object that forces people onto the Big Balls if they delay too long.
Jason: Like the pusher in Hole in the Wall
Gordon: Pretty much
Chico: See what happens is that a player will stop at the Big Balls to collect themselves, then ready or not, here comes the Motivator... Boom. Knocking them onto the Big Balls, ready or not... for maximum funny. And Gordon laughs... HERE.
Gordon: Bwaaaa ha ha ha ha ha
Chico: All in all, picking up where they left off last summer. A good thing.
Gordon: Yes. A definite improvement over last season. And the ratings deem that it's still the most watched show in the summer.
Chico: Ensuring that we'll see large rubber balls for as long as ABC deems them profitable.
Gordon: And as long as ABC doesn't even think about putting the show on in the Winter.
Chico: Correct.
Jason: Yup.
Jason: And with Japanese Game show looming...
Chico: Yeah. More on that later, though. Right now, though, it's time for a ...



Chico: Give or take $950,000.
Jason: Who are you, Michael Ian Black?
Chico: Now we could talk about the best way to clear the final round in Catch 21...
Jason: This was GOOD.
Chico: And how Andrew really just lucked out early and then played the "play until you can't strategy"... But anything I say would just not do total justice, so all I can say is... ROLL THE TAPE!

Jason: This was great stuff.
Chico: Now an 8 on the Jack is an unorthodox play, but it actually puts him in prime position for what would happen later. Because after the $1000 win comes the $5000 card, a 3. Then comes an ace for soft 16...A 4 gets chipped, because he would only get two outs to 21. Next ... a 9. Chipped again. Next... a 5! And the crowd goes crazy. Andrew... this MVP, I believe, is yours...


Andrew

Chico: Now let's roll something else, Gordon! We have hamsters...We have a cat. We have cards...Actually, Cooper is burying the cards...
Gordon: So are Mike and Darnell. They are bored out of their minds.
Jason: Oh man. This isn't going anywhere
Gordon: We haven't done Brainvision in 2 weeks, so they are getting antsy...
Chico: So let's not waste any more time...
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... Doug Morris, the voice of Brainvision News, everyone... Now let's go into the business end.. I need my Ichiro...
Gordon: You mean this? (Hands over the bat)
Chico: Thank ye.

Now you all know that the Goode Family ... well, it sucks. So ABC is shuttling it off to Fridays and bumping up the season premiere of "I Survived A Japanese Game Show" to June 17.

Gordon: Can we say 'King of the Hill' clone?
Chico: Well, it's by the same guy.
Jason: Yeah
Chico: But definitely giving the vote of confidence to season 2 of Japanese especially after the Rose d'Or win. This is good.
Jason: Very good.
Chico: As for the Greenlight...While Federer is serving for the match...Net.

While we're on the land of the Rising Sun, we have a new entry coming June 15 on MTV called "Silent Library"

Jason: This looks...STUPID.
Chico: This is strictly for the fans of physical comedy for fun and profit.
Gordon: If you liked Distraction and Banzai, you may like this.
Chico: Basically. There's just one rule in your team of six...Do not break the rule of the library.... silence.
Jason: Oh boy.
Gordon: But wait, there's another greenlight And it's from FOX.
Chico: Yay.
Jason: Ah yes.

Apparently not satisfied with being Married By America, FOX wants to see if the TV audience would like to see people marrying strangers designated to them by their friends and family.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31122244/

Chico: This has tank written all over it.
Jason: Nuclear Tank
Gordon: Bravo is developing the same thing.
Chico: CBS is also trying the same thing.
Jason: WPLJ FM tried this...And it was bad.
Gordon: Marriage is a sacred vow. A testament. People right now are fighting for the right to this sort of power. It should not be toyed with by the networks.
Chico: Seriously.
Jason: Agreed.
Chico: Someone's about to piss a LOT of people off.
Gordon: But that's not the stupid thing of the week.
Jason: It isn't?
Gordon: Not even close.
Jason: I cant wait to hear this
Chico: I'm afraid.
Gordon: You should be...

Are YOU Smarter than...Matt Hart and Tamar Kanelle, two people who are the targets of Game Show Fans everywhere in an ill-fated Name It and Claim It.

Jason: You...FOOLS.
Gordon: I have some questions. You give me answers...and a Big Bored, please.

Gordon: The Subject: Name It and DeFame It. You ready to play?
Chico: Ready!

#1. Who was the first host of Let's Make a Deal?

Jason: Uh...Monty Hall
Gordon: Correct (DING). Tamar got this right.

#2. What Bob was the original host of The Newlywed Game?

Chico: Eubanks.
Gordon: Right! (Ding). No one got it.

#3. What letter of the alphabet does Eubanks start with?

Jason: E
Gordon: Right! (Ding). No one got that, either. We got a guess of...U.
Jason: Ugh.
Gordon: Now keep in mind that these are Game Show Trivia Questions. Easy Level. At a Game Show Awards Ceremony. With cast contestants. So you think the contestants may actually have been cast with the idea that they may know the answers.
Chico: You world imagine so.
Jason: I would hope so
Gordon: But unfortunately, that's not what we got...

#4. What reality competition is hosted by Jeff Probst?

Chico: Survivor
Gordon: Right! (Ding!). No one gets it right.

#4B. Survivor is hosted by what host?

Chico: Jeff Probst.
Gordon: Right! (Ding!). I put this in, because that question was asked RIGHT BEFORE #4 (and edited out), so even if they've never seen the show, BOTH contestants should have come up with the answer.
Jason: (Hits head)
Chico: But wait! There's more!

#5. Who is the announcer on tonight's show?

Jason: Rich Fields
Gordon: Right! (Ding) No one gets this.

#6. In the primetime version of Deal or No Deal, how many cases are there?

Chico: Oooh! 26?
Gordon: Right! (Ding!). Tamar says....22. Good for Syndie. Not good here. Finally...

What classic game show had people try to remember where pictures were on a board?

Chico: Concentration.
Gordon: Yes! (Ding!)
Jason: THUD
Gordon: So Tamar gets it right and wins a motor scooter. The rest of us win our sanity back - or what's left of it.
Chico: Did we mention the stopdown?
Jason: No
Chico: There you go then. Stopdown city, that was.
Gordon: A special dishonorable mention goes to the Technical people, who clearly did not practice this enough to cause a stopdown, and the contestant coordinator, who was responsible for drafting this mess to come up on stage.
Jason: Exactly.
Gordon: But you can't have any good awards show without some Haterade.
Chico: You mean there's more"?
Gordon: And you can't have a season opening WLTI without him.



Jason: Hey it's Augustus!
Chico: He's looking well.
Gordon: He ate a hearty meal with the Fall Upfronts and is looking for dessert.

And he'll get it as 'Step It Up And Dance', according to The Futon Critic, has been cancelled. Hence, Augustus gets to step up his appetite.

Chico: Nummy. A word of note. According to TFC, the rule is that if a show on hiatus has no news for a year after its final airing, it is assumed to be cancelled.
Jason: Dancers are thin and lithe.
Chico: So are hosts of dancing shows... but enough about Tom Bergeron :-) Now can we get loaded?
Jason: Hic.
Gordon: Fart

Now E3 was last week, and one of the highlights comes if you have a Wii. Ubisoft and Ludia is developing three more Fremantle titles... We have TPIR 2...We have Family Feud...And we have... wait for it...Press Your Luck.

Gordon: Not JUST Press your Luck. The 80'S VERSION of Press Your Luck. Complete with classic animations and NEW Animations as well.
Chico: It's gonna be two Ts hott.
Jason: Hell yeah.
Gordon: Droooooooooooooolllllllllll
Jason: Unfortunately its for the DS, Wii and PC. I don't have the Wii
Chico: But you do have a PC.
Jason: But I have an interesting piece of news. How many units do you think TPIR sold?
Chico: 1 million.
Jason: That...is HUGE.
Chico: Yep. It now qualifies for Player's Choice status :-)
Jason: Do you have it yet?
Chico: Yes. Yes I do.
Gordon: You have a datebook?
Jason: I do.
Gordon: You want to know what mine says?
Chico: What does yours say?

Wednesday June 10 has season 2 of She's Got The Look and Top Chef Masters (Droooooooooooooooool)

Jason: He needs a bucket

Saturday June 13 has Big Night Saturdays, with The Money List and 20 Q (Spewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww)

Gordon: 2 buckets (cough, gag, wheeze)
Chico: Yikes... We're going to need a clean up.
Gordon: (hands Jason a mop and pail)
Jason: Thanks.
Chico: seriously, though.. I'm hoping for the best... preparing for the worst... and expecting something in between.
Jason: Yeah.
Chico: Seriously, what can you expect but that?
Jason: Yuck. Drool and vomit.
Gordon: For the record. Chico is covering The Money List, and I get 20Q.
Chico: Good luck, dude.
Gordon: (hand pound)
Chico: Next... Let's go Global...

Keeping this simple... Millionaire is headed for Mexico.

Jason: Ole!

It'll shoot in Venezuela, but the show has been picked up by Televisa.

Gordon: Ole!
Chico: Arriba!
Gordon: What's Spanish for Big Red Couch?
Chico: El Sofa Rojo Mas Grande!

We're taping for Pyramid and 5th grader on the east and west coast, respectively. Whats the best way to be a contestant? To get info while going to the tapings. So go to ocatv.com and onsetproductions.com to get tickets.

Jason: ocatv.com is for 5th grader. onset is for Pyramd.
Chico: 5th Grader is go. Pyramid... not quite yet.
Gordon: What about those hoes. are they ready to go?
Chico: Always! *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Regis Philbin talks up Millionaire, Reno Collier hosts Road Trip, Edd Hall drops in for the final Leno 'Tonight Show'...Howie Mandel plays Chicagoland, Shawn Johnson fixes a broken Dancing With The Stars trophy, Bob Barker makes it to GSN while Betty White is noticeably absent...

Chico: And Kathleen Bradley has a tell all of her own. :-)
Jason: Uh oh

Paris Hilton looks for a BFF in Dubai, John Saunders, Warren Sapp & Jenn Brown hosts 'Superstars', and congrats to Branden Rickman (Make Me a Supermodel) and Jimmy (The Cougar) for winning their shows.

Gordon: But none of them are your hoes of the week. We have singing hoes this week. First pimp cup goes to Susan Boyle, who finishes SECOND on Britain's Got Talent.
Chico: Awwww.
Gordon: She loses to dance group Diversity, but I think she'll do fine.
Jason: She will do way fine.
Gordon: Second cup goes to Kris Allen, who sings the National Anthem for the NBA finals.
Chico: Nice
Jason: Very cool.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes
Chico: And that's Brainvision. Clear it.
Jason: (shutting down)
Chico: Still to come, part two of "The WLTI Guys Need to Fix Their Toilet", but first... we have three people... and a game that requires three people to play.
Jason: Lets do this.
Chico: This is WLTI, give us 22 minutes, we'll quit. And then beg for more.
Gordon: We always beg for more. More what? We don't know.

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