Episode 30.6 - Hot Mess
July 9

Jason Block: yipe. Any of them named Solid Snake?
Chico: Why yes.
Gordon: Let's get coiled and go to our first game. Welcome back to the show. It's time to Read Between the Lines.: We'll give you some spin and you translate it. For example...

FOX is showing that they care about the viewers on Saturday, by putting in new episodes of Mobbed on Satursdy nights.

Jason: Translation: No one is watching anyway so they can burn off episodes there.
Chico: Apparently, you DO like Take Me Out a little more than we took credit for.
Gordon: Translation: We found a show even worse than Take Me out and we want to keep our viewership in the positive
Chico: Okay, here's one...

From GSN: THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE and BEAT THE CHEFS on Thursday nights are the first of GSN's "Shiny Floor Game" category - contemporary studio based game shows that focus on themes prevalent in pop culture.

Jason: Translation: WE actually are a Game Show Network
Chico: Translation: We had to give these show a label to constantly remind us what the heck we're supposed to be doing.
Gordon: Translation: PLEASE watch the show - or we're bringing back How Much is Enough?
Chico: I'd rather have another season of Friend or Foe?.
Gordon: You would
Jason: *shudder*
Gordon: Next one...

However, unlike previous Big Brother seasons in which prior houseguests have returned, this season's returning houseguests will not be competing for the competition's $500,000 grand prize. Instead, the four houseguests will be playing "their own game" and competing "for their own separate prize," according to CBS.

Travis:: Is the show admitting that the game isn't interesting enough without having returning players?
Jason: Translation: Our casting is so bad we cant find 16 new people.
Chico: Translation: We stopped trying.
Gordon: Translation: We are nepotism central. Give us your tired, weary Hantz's.
Chico: Here's one.
Gordon: next one?
Chico: Trying to fix something

ABC's "Duets" outdrew its unscripted competition by a wide margin, topping Fox's "Take Me Out" by 1.7 million viewers (4.8 million vs. 3.1 million).

Gordon: Translation: You can spin 'We Won' to 'We didn't suck as badly as'.
Chico: Translation: ... we still haven't found our way around the whole "Big Bang" problem.
Jason: That's like saying cow poop is better than horse poop
Gordon: Depends on what you're trying to grow in the fertilizer
Travis:: When I'm choosing a rerun of a beloved sitcom over new stuff, that's not a good scene.
Gordon: Next one...

An hour-long show in which everyday people who love to cook set out to prove that their family recipes are worth prize money and bragging rights. Each week, the show pits homespun talents against those of professional chefs as they cook the same dish - from firehouse chili to Grandma's famous chicken and dumplings - but who will do it better? A panel of expert food critics will judge and decide if the amateurs can "beat the chefs."

Travis:: Culinary Double Dare!
Chico: Translation: Surely no one will notice that we stole this bit from "The F Word"... Hold on, Gordon Ramsay's on the line.... oh crap.
Travis:: Fun Fact: BBC America is only two channels away from GSN on the Comcast lineup.
Gordon: Translation: We can have Chico Alexander be the Chairman, No one will notice.
Chico: *flips around and looks smug*
Jason: Translation: Food Network was smart to pass on this dreck
Gordon: We'll find out how smart in 2 months. Last one?
Chico: Last one...

Additionally, for the first time, the show will feature five "Super Fans" - including identical twins Brittany and Erica Taltos who will compete as one participant.

Jason: Translation: We have found people even less shallow than the original contestants.
Gordon: Translation - The original contestants better have personality. you've been warned.
Travis:: Which show?
Chico: Bachelor Pad
Travis:: Missed the introduction, then.
Chico: Bachelor Pad will feature five "Super Fans". Translation... They're not good enough for the real so , so we stick them on the cut-rate spinoff
Travis:: Would you rather have a chance at "love", or a chance at some money?
Chico: And whoever said "yes", got on the show.
Gordon: With that, we'll go to break, but coming up, we get to voice our opinions. Really.
Chico: Really?
Jason: Really.

(Brought to you by The Glass Tahitian Hut. Forget LA. Let's send them to Hawaii and watch them roll around with almost no clothes on., Yaa-haw!)

Chico: That's... better television
Jason: yeah.
Gordon: I'd Watch
Chico: Back on the show with you. Thanks for being a part of our week and allowing us to be a part of yours. And we have a sun in the distance. We have a baby crying...
Gordon: And a baby
Chico: or cooing.
Jason: New game
Chico: Or something..... NEW GAME!
Gordon: Our new game is called....



Chico: And we totally didn't steal it from a cell phone game.
Gordon: ...of course not. We are going to give you something. You are going to go on the net and find a pic that represents your thoughts. For example...

What you DON'T want to see on your island on Survivor.

Travis:: Russell Hantz with a jug of water.
Travis:: Oh, I kinda blew it there.
Chico: Corner booth, Travis. Five minutes. =p
Gordon: PICTURE! (Gives Travis a dunce Cap)
Travis:: And the game turned much less interesting.
Gordon: I'll help Travis.

	SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ON YOUR ISLAND ON SURVIVOR
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Travis:: Yo, that was way bigger than I thought. But a Double Showcase Winner anyhow.
Chico: Very nice. Next one...
Gordon: You got the hang of it. Next one?
Jason: I do.

The next panelist on Figure It Out.

Travis:: See, again, I have this enormous URL. And it'll be a terrific visual pun.

	THE NEXT PANELIST ON FIGURE IT OUT
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Chico: "I want mah jorb back."
Travis:: Dey took our jorbs!
Gordon: Awww.
Jason: The kid from Beasts of the Southern Wild
Gordon: Next one...

Based on a huge string of 'People betting badly' images, the person who probably should not be on Jeopardy.

Chico: .... nah, too easy.

	THE PERSON WHO SHOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ON JEOPARDY!
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Travis:: Aw, Jason got a different flavor of the same joke.
Gordon: Next?
Chico: Next...

In tribute to Let's Ask America's search for a dog... the dog that they should pick.

	LET'S ASK AMERICA DOG
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Gordon: https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQT7zgZJpbL3tLuNip_NCJOaJMZG8hrnpBOFKpE838WUgH_vg6a
Jason: Excuse me?
Chico: and it's not even a GOOD Photoshop
Gordon: How's this one?
Chico: That's.... better?!
Travis:: It's something.
Chico: Next
Gordon: aw :( so now what?

What you want to see up for bids on The Price is Right

	ITEMS YOU WANT TO SEE UP FOR BIDS ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Chico: I want.
Jason: Up for bids...thats a 1.2M One Bid
Gordon: Last one?

The next mobile app to get a game show.

	MOBILE APP -> GAME SHOW
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	TRAVIS

Travis:: Coming this fall, on FOX.
Chico: Makes sense
Travis:: Starring Ant&Dec.
Chico: Don't push it.
Gordon: SILENCE! Almost impossible on a cell phone. So there's our new game.
Chico: Ingenious.
Gordon: Glad you like it
Chico: Also ingenious, the speed round. We'll see you after the break.
Jason: Love it.

(Brought to you by Figure Higgs Out. We give you common household items, and you have to identify where the God particle is. Jeff Foxworthy hosts)

Gordon: I'm not going anywhere near those tweezers
Chico: Okay, before we get into the Speed Round. We have to apologize for not having Scott Hostetler on as promised last week,. We're working on it and we should have our technical difficulties sorted out.
Jason: It should be soon. OUCH
Chico: Should be soon indeed. right now, though... its the Speed Round!
Gordon: Speed Round Starts...NOW! AGT: Give me someone who makes it this week.
Chico: Other than Tim?
Gordon: Tim is legal.
Chico: Okay, then. Tim.
Gordon: I'll say Tim also
Jason: Donovan and Rebecca
Gordon: Jeopardy: Any big winners?
Jason: Nope.
Travis:: How many more episodes?
Chico: Looking about 10,.
Travis:: I think we get another three-time winner, but that's it.
Gordon: Masterchef: Does Christina survive another week?
Jason: Don't know.
Chico: I'll give her another week.
Gordon: Sounds good, any email?
Chico: Not this week. But you can change that. We're on Facebook /wlti.gsnn. We're on Twitter @wltiongsnn and we 're on email at wlti@gameshownewsnet.com
Gordon: That ends this week. Special thanks to Jason and Travis for joining us.
Jason: Always a pleasure. Love being here.
Travis:: >salute
Chico: Next week, more morons in larger houses.
Gordon: We deal with Big Brother, as well as the existing morons in houses
Chico: Until then, for everyone at GSNN, I'm Chico. He's Gordon. the show is WLTI. Game over, and spread the love. :-)