Episode 24.3 - Who's Your Daddy?
June 21

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and this week is the more appropriate time to ask, 'Who's Your Daddy?'
Chico: Carlos Alexander. Next question? =p;
Jason: William Block
Gordon: And Allan Pepper. Love you, dad. We wish all of you daddies a Happy Father's Day. An maybe you'll be reading this with your kids.
Chico: So we'll try not to muck it up too much.
Jason: Yes, we will try.
Chico: From Somewhere in America... WLTI... IS... ON!
Jason: WOOT!
Chico: How're ya doin? Happy Father's Day to anyone who is a dad or has a dad or wants to be a dad.
Gordon: We'll be talking about the World Cup and Toilets on this show, but first, let's talk about rats.
Chico: They're small.. They're furry... and they can kill you...r shot at a car.
Jason: In NYC, you can see rats the sizes of cats here.
Chico: Some with wings. Seriously, rats figure into the newest of the Pricing Games. "Rat Race".
Jason: The 1st game created by Drew Carey.
Chico: Hearkening back to the craziness of the Jay Wolpert era of TPIR. You know, before Bob took over and things took a turn.
Jason: The concept....a 5 rat track has 5 different rats. 3 prizes are offered.
Chico: If one of your rats wins, you get a car. If it places, you get a prize. If it shows, you get a small prize.
Jason: And the combos therein.
Chico: It's cute... It's fast... It's dramatic....
Gordon: It's Master Key, or in this case, Master Mouse.
Jason: With elements of Ten Chances and Walk of Fame.
Gordon: This is Master Key, but with rats, and with no one rat being able to win everything.
Jason: I am cool with that.
Gordon: One rat will win each prize, so you can win all 3, but it's much harder to win rats than it's to win Keys. And It's also MUCH harder to win all 3 prizes.
Jason: Because if you win all three prizes its about $23,000+
Chico: You price items to win rats, one grocery item, one small item, and one larger item.
Jason: With a $1/$10/$100 range. And yes, it was cute to have the first item be cheese :)
Gordon: So what do you think of the game?
Chico: One of those instances where the payoff is a lot better than the actual playing.
Jason: I had fun with it. I liked the presentation. Was it original? No. Was I interested? Yes.
Chico: I can see where the kids sick from school will get into this.
Gordon: It's cute, a various mix of elements used before. Original? No, but it was fun to see.
Chico: There you go.
Jason: What I am interested to see is what they come up with next.
Chico: We'll see next year. Meanwhile, we continue with... CONTROVERSY!
Gordon: Yay! (Gets sunglasses, nachos and an easy chair) Do tell.
Chico: One of the common rules of reality shows is "No contact with the outside world".
Gordon: Very true.
Chico: Enter this week's edition of True Beauty. Now think for a moment, if someone were to contact the outside world with, say, a cell phone.
Jason: That would be illegal.
Chico: They would be able to divine the true purpose of the "Face of Vegas" game. One person... did.
Jason: Oh boy.
Chico: The bottom two were chosen, they essentially get a bye, even though one of them, Liz, was a prime candidate to get the bum's rush. BUT.
Jason: Yes...?
Chico: Regina called her folks back home "because she was so homesick".
Jason: Boo hoo.
Gordon: And now, she won't have to be homesick anymore.
Chico: She begged for another chance, but you know the rules. You know what happens for breaking of the rules - Immediate and irrefutable expulsion.
Jason: Gonzo?
Chico: Gonzo.
Jason: Good.
Gordon: And if through that call, Regina got info that had her figure it out, then she deserves to be gonzo.
Chico: Agreed.
Jason: Of course she does. There is no gray area here.
Chico: Especially not with a show within a show.
Gordon: Maybe their next challenge will be Maitre'D's for Gordon Ramsay's next chef's service.



Gordon: So on Hell's Kitchen, we had the teams being shuffled...and no one being eliminated. Huh?
Chico: Chalk it up to the walkout from last episode.
Gordon: True, but this early in the game? You still want to eliminate the bad players, and you want to save that for a situation where everyone was good.
Chico: And for a moment, everyone was. Funny how chef's tables and a few celebs change things. We had Kevin Frazier, Debi Mazar, our friend "Female Alex", Dr. Phil's kid...The usual Hollywood play-list.
Jason: Exactly.
Gordon: With celebrates come pressure. With pressure comes mistakes.
Chico: Apparently not the kind that would send Ramsay to blow up some salmon.
Jason: Blow up?
Chico: You slam a stone-cold salmon on a table, it blows up.
Gordon: Not really a boom. More like a splat.
Chico: But in the end, good service, great food... Scott and Autumn switch teams, but not before Jamie gets the bum's rush.
Gordon: You have to have the drama on these sort of shows.
Jason: Unfortunately.
Chico: Yep. Still have some of that.
Gordon: And in that same vein, lets move from food...to more food. As in Season #7, episode #1 of Top Chef.
Chico: We're back to regular Top Chef, and in the nation's capital, no less.
Jason: DC Power players and power chefs
Gordon: And a power prize: $20,000 awarded to the first Quickfire winner of the season.
Chico: The Quickfire: a mise en place challenge... prep potatoes, onions, and chicken and make a dish from them.
Gordon: We eliminate the slowest chefs in each challenge. The 4 finalists get to choose teams in which to compete against for the Elimination Challenge.
Chico: Angelo Sosa won both Quickfire AND Elimination, teamed with Alex, Kenny, and Kevin. The challenge: prepare a dish that illustrates where they come from.
Jason: Sounds like ep 1 of the NFNS this year
Chico: Basically
Gordon: It is. But we see that some of the chefs who are competing just did not do their homework. Big Bored please?

Gordon: The Subject: How NOT to make a good first impression on Top Chef.
Jason: These are for you future chefs out there.
Chico: That sounds easy.
Gordon: #1. Don't Know your Food. Giving out wrong info to the judges is bad. Very very bad. Don't tell the judges you're making a low fat version of chicken liver, since there is no such thing,
Chico: Liver is a naturally fatty organ.
Jason: ROFL. That's like kosher bacon
Gordon: #2. If you're going to try something you've never done before, this is the wrong show to start learning.
Chico: Yup.
Gordon: And certainly not for the first episode, when you don't have a resume to back it up with if things go horribly wrong.
Jason: Ouch.
Gordon: #3. Don't argue with the judges. Defending your dish is one thing. Always defend your dish. Do NOT attack the judges credibility or credentials.
Chico: They didn't.
Gordon: For now. but you know they will.
Jason: Of course. That's their egos talking.
Chico: It always seems to happen.
Gordon: #4. Do not cook out of your element. If your specialty is ribe and you have an offer to do seafood or ribs, do not go seafood just to impress the judges the first time out of the gate. If you stink at it, you'll be packing up your knives and going.
Jason: Be safe first.
Chico: You don't have to be good at everything, but be good at what you do. This isn't Iron Chef, this is Top Chef.
Gordon: #5. Don't go the prepared route. If you're using potatoes, mash them yourself - don't use a prepared mix. Same with pastries, sauces, stuffings, etc.
Chico: Yeah. That'd be bad.
Jason: You are NOT Sandra Lee.
Chico: And let's face it, the last thing the world needs is another one of those.
Gordon: And finally...#6. If you're not a pastry chef, don't even THINK about attempting a dessert. The carcasses of dead Top Chefs who have killed themselves on the dessert are staggering.
Chico: And starting to fester.
Jason: Big time.
Gordon: So when John, the first person out, makes a dessert using a prepared pastry shell that he's doing for the first time, it's real easy to see why he was booted first.
Jason: Make perfect sense to me.
Chico: Elementary, my dear Pepper.
Gordon: So that's how to not stick around for too long on Top Chef.
Chico: Right. How to do that on So You Think you Can Dance? Not get the votes, of course.
Gordon: Or have some uninspiring choreography combined with an uninspiring solo piece.
Chico: This week, Alexie Agdeppa was paired with Twitch, one of the all-star favorite champions in the All-Star SYTYCD Champion's Tournament of Champions.
Gordon: The problem here was that most of the performance was centered around Twitch and not Alexie.
Chico: They did a hip-hop number to "Butterfly" by Jason Mraz, which resulted in Alexie being in the bottom three with Cristina and Melinda.
Jason: Too egocentric perhaps?
Gordon: No. The problem here is in the choreography. In some of the pieces, the all-star was shining and not the contestant. The All-Star should really only be used as the side act, not the main act.
Jason: That is true.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: And with Christina's dance, you had the all-star visibly flub his moves and the judges blaming Christina though it was the all-star's fault (though the judges can't possibly blame the all-star for any wrongdoing).
Jason: If they were intellectually honest, they should.
Gordon: But they aren't. I hate this format.
Chico: Now this point I can honestly have the challenge-judges rule thrown out. You know? Argue with them, plead your case.
Gordon: But you can't because it's America that makes the choice. And they don't like whiners.
Chico: ... Well I'm out of ideas. Format sucks.
Gordon: Thank you. Let's talk about something more fun. What do we have that's more fun?
Chico: A format that doesn't suck. Where your fate isn't decided by America, or judges. Only by your own will. It's this week's...



Chico: Welcome to Ultimate Finale 11. The title match pits Team Liddell's Court McGee vs. Team Punishment's Kris McCray. (Tito Ortiz was replaced due to an injury with Rich Franklin). End result: McGee beat McCray via rear naked choke submission in round 2 to become the Middleweight winner and earn the title of The Ultimate Fighter.
Gordon: Well deserved too, I may add.
Chico: Yep. This was an open-and-shut case right there. And he's got a heck of a career ahead of him. Next season launches in the fall with Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck.
Jason: I can't wait to see Rush as a coach.
Gordon: I feel sorry for Josh
Chico: He's going to get his ass kicked.
Jason: GSP is the best MMA fighter in history. Period.
Chico: And Koscheck, well, he just got his position by winning a UFC bout.
Gordon: Here's the other thing about this season. Both McCray and McGee LOST in their matches during the season and got to the finals via a wild cart spot.
Chico: Let this be a lesson: It's not how you start, but how you finish. That's right, isn't it?
Jason: Yup
Chico: Okay, Gordon... we have a problem. The hams are calling out the Rat Race rats. A little bit of "Ultimate Rodent", if you will.
Jason: They set up their habitat as an octagon
Chico: And Eve's training them.
Gordon: Yeah, but it's Ultimate Cheese fighting.
Gordon: They are throwing cheese at each other. I'm not too concerned.
Chico: Okay. I'll find something to concern you with. Here's the news reel for this week.
Gordon: Now THAT'S concerning. Roll That Beautiful Brain Footage. EEEK!

(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.
Chico: First up... A favorite returning Monday. Gordon, please explain.
Gordon: I will.

In this week's Datebook, we have BrainSurge enjoying Season #2 on Monday. Joining them is new series Build-Off. On Tuesday, we get the 1-2 Punch of Wipeout and Downfall.

Chico: And we're going to be all over that.
Jason: I am looking forward to Downfall
Chico: As am I.
Gordon: Me too.
Chico: That's going to be killer. Meanwhile, we've got a bit of business to discuss. Hand me my vuvuzela.
Gordon: (Hands Chico the Vuvuzela)

NBC made its order for season 2 of Minute to Win It, 21 shows worth.

Chico: There's THAT. There's also... THIS. *shines green light*
Jason: Not in my eyes please

You remember the "Million Pound Drop"? You remember how we liked it a lot? Fox apparently likes it too, so much that "Money Drop" is going to pilot stage.

Gordon: So instead of falling off a skyscraper, the money just falls?
Chico: Yep. As for host, I'll take Davina McCall or someone of equal or greater hawtness.
Gordon: Yummy (warming up Xerox Machine) Who wants some fresh copies?
Jason: I do!
Chico: I'll take some.
Gordon: I've got a copy of a fresh blackboard also. Want it?
Jason: I erased it from last week.

Are YOU Smarter than...John, who got sent packing in the first episode of Top Chef by doing everything wrong.

Chico: Yes. Next question. :-)
Jason: Exactly :)
Gordon: Would you like some Haterade, gents?
Chico: Yes.
Jason: Its hot here, I am thirsty

Big Brother Season 3 contestant Tonya Paoni allegedly got into her car intoxicated and is arrested on chargers which include driving under the influence, reckless homicide, reckless conduct, reckless driving, DUI and Speeding.

Chico: Dude. She's totally gon' git it.
Jason: Oh man. Not cool.
Gordon: Very not cool. Let's talk about something cool. Like traveling around the world.
Chico: Yay

Triple Play in the Going Global, as the UK, Canada, and Australia sign on for a kids game called "Splatalot". It's a physical game in which 12 young players compete against a squad of six gladiators to cross a moat, storm a castle, and steal the crown.

Chico: So it's something like Knights and Warriors meets Takeshi's Castle. You remember Knights & Warriors, right?
Jason: Barely.
Chico: Not surprising.
Gordon: I remember it.
Chico: ALSO not surprising.
Gordon: Do you remember media hoes?
Jason: I do. (gets out pimp cup)
Chico: All too well. *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Piers Morgan may be replacing Larry King on CNN, Jake Pavelka does Drip Dead Diva, John O'Hurley will guest star on Sponge Bob Square Pants...Betty White shows up on The View, Erin Andrews is getting job offers, Bob Barker wil match a PETA charity drive...Watson the IBM Super Computer gets to play Jeopardy!, Jesse James moves to Austin, and Jimmy Dean passes.

*silence*

Gordon: Thank you. But none of them are the Ho of the week.
Jason: Who or what is?
Gordon: It's a who, and it's Kate Gosselin.
Chico: Not again.
Gordon: In addition to getting tons of offers, there's now a rumor that she MAY be the NEXT Bachelorette next season. I bet Chico is absolutely thrilled with the news, aren't you, Chico?
Chico: *runs into wall* ... I'm okay.
Jason: Are you sure....
Chico: I'm fine. Really.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: Let's get loaded. So I can.. you know... forget.
Jason: (hic)

This week was E3, with the announcement of, among other things... the Nintendo 3DS and, of note in the game show world, new versions of "Hollywood Squares" and "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire". But the big story... Watson vs. the world as the IBM supercomputer gets to play games against some of Jeopardy!'s greatest as early as fall.

Jason: Can't wait to see the Hollywood Squares. Bergeron said he was in NYC on his FB page to do VO work.
Jason: And yeah, I would love to get a practice game in on this one.
Gordon: And that's Brainvision for this week. Shut it Down.
Jason: (Shutting Down)
Chico: Still to come, we finally clean out the toilet, but first... we get our vuvuzelas out for our very own GSNN World Cup...
Jason: OH? :)
Gordon: We will explain. You're reading WLTI. You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 sounds that are annoying all around the world (Plays Vuvuzela)
Jason: My ears!

(Brainvision has been brought to you by Top Psychiatrist. 16 of the best and brightest minds are judges on how well they can bring people back to sanity. Week #1's clients: The French Men's Soccer Team.)

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