Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and before I start, we here at WLTI want to send our condolences, prayers and best wishes to everyone touched by the Aurora tragedy.
Chico: Agreed. We often go to the movies to escape reality, but to have reality just cast upon you like this is unbelievable.
Gordon: It's frightening, and with Warner Brothers threatening to pull the film from all theaters, it affects everyone. The best we can do is hope to spend some time giving you some entertainment away from reality and towards reality...shows.
Chico: And if you had plans for tonight... keep'em. In times where fear is often the only option, exercising hope is a revolutionary act.
Gordon: When September 11th happened, my father was the first person in the city to open his nightclub and run a live musical act - and he charged nothing for admittance. The fact of the matter is that despite everything that happens, we must keep living and moving on with our own lives.
Chico: Agreed. And we're going to move on with our lives right now... the least of which is saying... from Somewhere in America... WLTI... is... ON!
Gordon: Gordon and Chico here, and we hope to provide you with entertainment.
Chico: But we have a Big Brother eviction to get to... so good luck with that. Let's start with some entertainment...



Chico: It was a weak week in Jersey, Gordon.
Gordon: Again, you had 4 acts that were locks and 8 acts that weren't. And as you can see....



Chico: Time for a rundown. First was the Untouchables, a dance troupe that remixed "Magalenha". Started the show on the right foot (pun intended)
Gordon: As we spoke about weeks ago, this is an off-shoot of the Miami All-Stars. You knew they would be ready and they were. Very well done.
Chico: Incredibly. Set the bar for the acts to follow.
Gordon: And they were followed poorly.
Chico: Yeah. Rock Star Juggler Mike Price. Here's the act... Unicycle. Knives. Fire. Light sticks. Setting someone on fire...
Gordon: And Dropsies.
Chico: ...and dropsies. All to The Who.
Gordon: You can't have, as they say in bowling, gutterfingers.
Chico: Sounds like someone... *puts on shades* couldn't handle his stick. *YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!"
Gordon: He was having problems with his headpin.
Chico: You forgot the shades, G. ALWAYS remember the shades.
Gordon: Sorry (puts on shades). *YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!"
Chico: Inspire the Fire makes the obvious choice of "Firework."
Gordon: I wanted to see a thunderstorm drown them out.
Chico: "Firework" is one of those songs that you have to nail PERFECTLY the first time.
Gordon: Horrible choice of song, horrible execution. it felt like they were the opening act for the Miami All-Stars Mascot dance disaster from last season.
Chico: ... something like that. Cristin Sandu is next. He was balancing on cylinders to "Lights" by Ellie Goulding. The song choice was awesome. The act itself was a bit of a letdown. Literally.
Gordon: Now he had the bodily dropsies.
Chico: Cristin fall down go boom. That was pretty much the end of the act.
Gordon: If you're a novelty act, you don't have the advantage of making a mistake, and he did. Game over.
Chico: Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you. NEXT! Elusive does some dancing. Song is "Super Bad" by the Godfather, Mr. James Brown.
Gordon: And it was Super Bad.
Chico: Yes it was. No game elevation.
Gordon: It felt like a B-Boy on the street doing a street show. That's clearly not the level that he should be at. Explain to me how he is in and how Stepz is out.
Chico: Precisely. Jake Wesley Rogers is next, singing "Toxic". Song that's been done a million different ways by a million different people. What's one more?
Gordon: Now here's how to completely take a remake and do it wrong. First of all, why are we remaking songs sung by women? Women do women songs, men do men songs. Period. And I don't mean to be sexist, but when you hear a song you've heard before by a singer, you automatically get a vision of that singer in your mind.
Chico: Unless they decide to change it up (see the Mark Ronson/ODB remix)
Gordon: I do not want to hear Jake Wesley Rogers and Britney Spears together. Ugh.
Chico: Someone will do this correctly eventually, but Jake went for it and missed.
Gordon: And the rendition that he had, combined with the really dark lighting and somber piano, made it sound like something I would find at a NYC bar at 3am when I'm trying to unsuccessfully stay awake.
Chico: Nothing good ever happens after 3am.
Gordon: It was mind-numbingly boring.
Chico: Next was All Wheel Sports. They had a lot going on on that stage. Let's see... bikes...Board...Ninjas...
Gordon: They get in Via the judges choice, which was the right thing to do. Here's the one issue I had with them - there's no storyline. They have to put a plotline together.
Chico: Exactly, it's a busy act. Right now, there's just no organization to this three wheel circus.
Gordon: If they can put together a story, they could be dangerous.
Chico: They really could. Speaking of dangerous...Wordspit and the Illest! Their audition was a take on "In the Air Tonight." That was the vibe going in. They do an original song in the mold but fall short of standard.
Gordon: I hate to agree with Howie Mandel here, but he's 100% right. WAY too early to be introducing new songs in their act. You need to grow the fanbase first. The original song should have been something to do in the finals.
Chico: It's way too dangerous to put yourself in original song territory THIS SOON.
Gordon: In addition, the song they did was too loud and muddled. My speakers couldn't pick up the rapping at all and it sounded muddled.
Chico: Muddled original way too soon. You don't want to peak like that. Jacob Williams was next talking about something we all had, an awkward upbringing. I blame hormones myself. Spot on delivery.
Gordon: I didn't like the delivery as well as Cotter, but clearly he did a good job, and well-deserving of the next round. What he should be doing is seeing what Cotter did and figure out where to go from there.
Chico: It's gonna be a comic showdown.
Gordon: And the next act...was comical
Chico: For all. The wrong. Reasons. All Beef Patty performed "Let's Hear It For The Boy". The joke... All Beef Patty is a drag queen dancing with other men.
Gordon: I could deal with the gay thing. The problem was the song choice and lack of movement. It looked like a drag variety show.
Chico: That was my problem. It wasn't the most graceful of spectacles.
Gordon: Though I could see that in Vegas - with a lot more polish.
Chico: I mean, I get the joke. I'm not sure THEY got it.
Gordon: I didn't get it. Again, too limited in scope and range. Horrible choice.
Chico: Next... Spencer Horsman has 45 seconds to get out of a straitjacket and a cage or else... spike city. You could tell something went wrong. And that's the thing with escape artists. They look like they have an illusion, but they always have a plan B.
Gordon: Well they had technical issues. Here's the problem, and the judges were right on the money - every other time he was on, he had to legitimately get out. This time, there was clearly a secret to get out.
Gordon: Hence why the curtain was up. But it made for a boring act.
Chico: Not to mention one we've seen about a million times.
Gordon: If he would have been able to do the act without the screen, he may have had a shot.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: I haven't seen anyone dropped on spikes. I've seen trapped behind screen before. If he got impaled, I think the audience would have voted for him to return.
Chico: Heh. Finally... Lightwire Theater.
Gordon: It's nice for what it is, but I saw the exact same act with the exact same creatures on the audition rounds.
Chico: They had the story. They had the look. They had it all before. I'm ready for something new. But it's enough to get them to the next round.
Gordon: True, but if they want to get to the finals, they need something else.
Chico: I hope they have some in the reserve. Next, the last round of quarters. We have....

All That!, David "The Bullet" Smith, Eric & Olivia, Eric Dittelman, Horse, Joe Castillo, Lindsey Norton, Olate Dogs, Sebastien "Ell Charro de Oro", Ulysses, Unity in Motion, and William Close.

Gordon: This is the Bracket of Doom. I could easily see 9 of these acts making it to the next round.
Chico: The other three.. David the Bullet... Horse... and Joe Castillo
Gordon: Actually, I think those 3 could get in. There's no bad acts in this group. It's going to come down to performance.
Chico: If All That! does get in the semis, I call shenanigans.
Gordon: The fact is they shouldn't be be in the Top 48 to begin with. That being said, I think they have a legitimate shot, now that the same voting base that got them to third place in season one can vote them back in.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: From there, we move on to...



Chico: This week, it's no shortage of morons in EITHER house.
Gordon: No...and no. And for people like Big Brother, you have 4 of them who know how to play the game, yet STILL mess it up.
Chico: Do tell sir.
Gordon: Well Kara gets booted out of the house, which was not a big surprise, as she was the target.
Chico: Which sorta makes sense, but you want to get Frank out of the house before he becomes the threat. But what happens NEXT... is especially shocking. It happened last night.
Gordon: And Sure enough, Frank becomes a threat. Frank, who was a target from Willie, wins HOH, and of course puts up Jojo and Shane, with the intention of backdooring Willie.
Chico: And then... we get fishtanked. Why? Let's ask Willie!
Gordon: Willie, who sees this happening from a mile away, basically says to screw everyone, creates an outburst that stops production, and gets booted from the show.
Chico: That's a clown move, bro. What would Russell say?
Gordon: Probably nothing too good. The outburst being: He threw pork rinds at Jani and told her to F off. Called her the "C" word. He kicked a door several times. He head butted Joe 4 times and was physically removed from the game.
Chico: And Ian, breaking the fourth wall, mentioned that Willie went to the Diary Room out of his own volition... and never came back.
Gordon: The last straw came when Janelle, who won the coaches competition, made Willie a Have Not, which added fuel to the fire of him possibly being booted.
Chico: Wouldn't be the first time someone went crazy and got the royal boot by Big Brother as a result. Big Bored?

Gordon: The Subject: Big Boots
Chico: There was Justin and his crazy knife.
Gordon: The whole Sexual Warts situation from Scott (BB4).
Chico: And who could forget Chima Simone's .... little... outburst.
Gordon: Neil, who quit (Season 9).
Chico: Evel Dick also walked, but they never had to worry about being booted.
Gordon: So it's not the first time. So what does this all mean for the current inhabitants of the house?
Chico: Well, we know Ashley is immune thanks to Janie's Coaches win. Ian, Jojo, and Shane are still in Have-Nots.
Gordon: Big Picture: Janelle is in great shape and Dan only has one castmate left.
Chico: And it looks like Britney may be the big target.
Gordon: If I'm any of the housemates though, I backdoor Danielle and get rid of Coach Dan in the process. Mark my words. You want to get rid of all the coaches. The longer they stay in the house, the more dangerous they become. Get rid of Dan. NOW. If you're not my ally, you're my enemy.
Chico: There you go.
Gordon: And now over to the other house...
Chico: The Ass House.
Gordon: And we say goodbye to Ashley. Aw. She's out and Kevin comes back in the house. The audience then targets Holly and Mike. but Mike wins the challenge and the alliance of Mike and Kevin is safe for a week.
Chico: Homophobe Andrea finally is sent into limbo with Holly. I wonder how THAT's gonna end.
Gordon: I think, to the delight of homophobes, that Andrea will return, because Holly has been at the bottom of the voting for 2 straight weeks. Yeah. Apparently America doesn't like Holly. How? I don't know.
Gordon: Every week, the team captain has gone home and the person voted to join them has just hung out. I expect things to stay the course nowe.
Chico: Yep. So that said I'm going to go ahead and call the game now for Gene.
Gordon: Meanwhile, the 'famous celebrity' they had coming back to read their clues was...Alex? I think this show isn't going to see season 2.
Chico: How can I put this... yeah. On the other hand, Splatalot will see a season 2, but right now, America is getting season 1 as Nick imports the Canadian game show. Importing a Canadian series is the in thing for networks now, and Nick is no exception. The concept... it's a tweens version of Wipeout. Medieval themed and with Defenders shooting things at our players. It's not only a hit in Canada, it's a hit in the UK and Australia, and it seems primed for success in America as well, following the megahit Figure It Out. So there's three rounds and three courses: Cross the Moat, Escape the Stockade, and Capture the Crown. In each round, you're pummelled by water, goo, foam, and other... things... by a team of Defenders.
Gordon: Storm Takeshi's Wipeout Castle, MXC Edition.
Chico: For kids. And you know what? I can't imagine it being done any better. Yes, it's a thinly veiled copy, but it plays to its audience.
Gordon: It's a copy. I've seen it before. Fortunately, must kids haven't seen it, so it's good for them.
Chico: Much like FIO is a tweened I've Got a Secret, this is a tweened Wipeout. With characters.

	SPLATALOT Nick - 7:30p ET Weeknights
	GORDON	CHICO	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	B	B	B

Gordon: And It's done well. B for me.
Chico: B for me too. And hey, if it works out well, maybe Nick can buy in for season 2. Make it a four country deal.
Chico: The show is produced by YTV, CBBC AND ABC3.
Gordon: Not a bad idea. Maybe it will last as long as Project Runway. Let's Spread the Love.



Chico: So our new friend Heidi Klum is back with season 10...
Gordon: And we start with a fashion show in front of a live audience
Chico: In Times Square. Magical place.
Gordon: Magical for Christopher, who wins it.
Chico: Yay.
Gordon: Not so magical for Beatrice, who is the first person out.
Chico: Boo.

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/season-10/rate-the-runway/episode-1#id=5

Chico: It looks like you forgot your pants... and grabbed a poncho in the dark.
Gordon: Actually it looked like she skinned a totem pole.
Chico: On the other hand, here's Christopher's.

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/season-10/rate-the-runway/episode-1#rate

Chico: Which looks like a hot club dress.
Gordon: Hot and rtervealing without being too revealing. Well done.
Chico: Classy. That's an Emmys dress. And Project Runway is an Emmys show. Also an Emmys show... Big Board me, Gordon!

Surprise Surprise SURPRISE! - HOSTS: Phil, Ryan, Tom, Cat... and Betty - SHOWS:  - So You Think You Can Dance  - Top Chef  - Dancing with the Stars  - Project Runway  - The Voice

Chico: This is called "Surprise Surprise SURPRISE!" First of all, the Reality Hosts trophy. For the first time... Jeff Probst is OUT of the running.
Gordon: Jeff gets his wish to no longer have to show up.
Chico: The nominees...

Phil Keoghan for "The Amazing Race", Ryan Seacrest for "American Idol", Tom Bergeron for "Dancing with the Stars", Cat Deeley for "So You Think You Can Dance"...

Chico: and in a welcome shock...

Betty White for "Off Their Rockers".

Chico: Now the category is "host for a reality or reality competition program"... and I love me some Betty White...But, and this is where I quote Gordon.... "Wha?! Huh?!"
Gordon: ...yeah. I mean if you want to reward Betty White, fine. But Cat Deeley also? Really? I actually have a bigger issue with Deeley than with White, who does a very good job on her show.
Chico: White does a very good job. But I think to compare her to a Tom Bergeron... actually, in retrospect, it is fair.
Gordon: I actually think White could win this, as I don't really see any hosts with a landmark season.
Chico: Phil did his thing, Tom did HIS thing, Cat did HER thing... on the wrong show, obviously... and Ryan was just, 'I can't hear you over my money'.
Gordon: Who's your choice?
Chico: I think Betty could. I think Tom will. He's about due. As for the shows themselves...This is where you're going to shake your head, but I totally get.

So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef, Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Amazing Race...AND.... not American Idol... THE VOICE.

Chico: Again, I totally get that. This is a year where Idol is trying to get the old magic back after a gigantic shakeup.
Gordon: Someone has a So You Think You Can Dance fix, if they are keeping a show that had to reduce it's shows by 50% to get rid of the #1 show in the U.S.
Chico: But you can understand why the other five are there.
Gordon: Of course, and I agree with all of the choices. So who wins?
Chico: I think Amazing Race defends the crown.
Gordon: I'm going to agree. I don't think any show out there is better...unless you consider Hans the Pig's Top Zookeeper.
Chico: Anything named Zookeeper is awesome... except the Zookeeper movie, because that sucks.
Gordon: I prefer the videogame.
Chico: Me too. You know what else I like? The news.
Gordon: Me too. Roll that Beautiful BrainVision 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. Let's kick things off with a datebook.
Gordon: We only have one debut on Wednesday, but it looks to be a fun one:

Top Chef - Masters, Season 4.

Chico: Awesome
Gordon: Yes. there's 1,800 seasons of Top Chef, but for me, it doesn't get old.
Chico: Nope. And the fact that it's masters, it's even better.
Gordon: Very true. And here's something more fun (Gives Chico a Chocolate shaped bat)
Chico: While we're on cookoffs with masters.

Imagine four master chefs duplicating history's greatest dishes. That's what ABC is going for with Time Machine Chefs. August 16.

Gordon: You know I like cooking shows.
Chico: You LOVE cooking shows.
Gordon: ...What is ABC thinking here?
Chico: It's on Thursday night. It's a one-off. But yeah, Duets is over. Wipeout's not as strong as it once was.
Gordon: Neither is anything during this Summer.
Chico: No sir. Much like scripted TV, cable is beating broadcast in the games race.
Gordon: Well the shows have been better, like The Great Escape.
Chico: And Figure It Out. That's the greenlight. Now... the baseball bat.

GSN has acquired the entire run of Minute to Win It. They'll start it July 24. That's THIS Tuesday.

Gordon: Now If I'm a fan boy, I'm thinking one of 2 things.
Chico: Tell me the one of two things.
Gordon: 1. Oh dear, it's GSN with another idiotic purchase.
Chico: OR...
Gordon: 2. This is a test run to see if the ratings are high enough for GSN to make their own version of the show.
Chico: I'm going to go with #2. Remember two things... 1) they did it with 1 vs. 100 and it would've worked if they didn't half-ass it and 2) the Spanish language version of the show is coming soon so this would be an ideal complement.
Gordon: This is a VERY cheap to produce show. The most expensive things were probably the payouts and the hosts salary. And come to think of it, what is our host doing nowadays?
Chico: Cooking and eating and stuff.
Gordon: Hosting any shows?
Chico: Only 3Ds. But who cares about that. If you need a host... I AM AVAILABLE. :-)
Gordon: And so is Guy Fieri
Chico: Of course, all of this hinges on the fall offerings GSN plays. WATCH PYRAMID! =p
Gordon: That would be a very smart move.
Chico: And now the dumb ones.
Gordon: Well Chico, you know I like Classical Music.
Chico: You LOVE Classical Music.
Gordon: I do. I love Mozart
Chico: You do.
Gordon: Have you ever listened to The Magic Flute?
Chico: Why yes, yes I have.
Gordon: Keep that in mind...

Are YOU Smarter than...Fred Willard, who unleashed his magic flute in public in a movie theater?

Chico: Never a good idea.
Gordon: No.
Chico: He thought he was the host of "The Choice", because he pulled on his love stick.
Gordon: Trust Me With Your Magic Flute
Chico: Trust Me With Your Wife. ... which, now that I think about it... is impossible
Gordon: Trust me with your Haterade.
Chico: Trust ME with your Haterade. :-)
Gordon: ...I trust you

We have a sad story. Howard Stern has lost his dog Bianca.

Gordon: Moment of silence please?
Chico: Yep

(silence)

Gordon: Thank you. Now let's get loaded.
Chico: Let's.

Going back to Project Runway, now let's say... you haven't seen it yet and you want to read about it spoiler free. There's an app for that. "Real Time Runway" is a Twitter tracker from Lifetime where you can talk about the show with other fans, BUt... and here's the rub... you can filter out time zones, so you can enjoy your viewing spoiler free.

Gordon: I like it.
Chico: Cool beans
Gordon: Is there a ho dress?
Chico: You saw the pictures. (plays Luda)

In this week's Media Ho Report, Stern may come back for another season of AGT, Mark Burnett's Ex says SHE created Survivor, Jillian Michaels wants back on The Biggest Loser...Cheryl Burke is dating Joffrey Lupul, Drew Carey plays Wisebuys, Direct TV and Viacom play nice...

Gordon: You think all of Viacom's shows plunging 20% in the ratings may have had something to do with that?
Chico: Ummm. It's a possibility!

J Rome wins Duets, Snooki turns down an invite to see Kurt Angle's wedding, and Emily Maynard wants her wedding nuptials to be televised by ABC in a Bachelorette spin-off. Chico will be doing the press promo for it.

Chico: Won't happen. Emily is in love with the life. =p
Gordon: But none of them are the hoes of the week. We have 2 hoes.
Chico: Who've you got?
Gordon: I've got the Octomom, who is now debt free...thanks to...this.

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/20/070-octomom-nadya-suleman-article-3.jpg

Chico: Okay.
Gordon: The second one is...Aaron Paul: Price is Right Contestant.

http://www.toofab.com/2012/07/20/video-aaron-paul-price-is-right-contestant/

Chico: Before he broke bad, he broke bank.
Gordon: Got to the showcases...and lost. Aw.
Chico: (fail horn)
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, let's take a trip. We're going to Thailand this week.

They have a show over there called "The Fan", where contestants compete to see who's the biggest fan of (insert obsession here). Well, Octagon has picked up the series and is now developing it as "Obsessed".

"The U.S. adaptation, which is currently under the working title, Obsessed, will pit contestants against each other to see who is the ultimate fan of various things in sports, music, pop culture, literature, history and more. Contestants will be asked to recognize pictures, solve puzzles and identify mystery objects." Well, we'll see. I mean right now it sounds hollow.

Chico: You want to talk about great ideas, let's go to the UK.

"The most I can say is it's a psychological gameshow played between couples where one half faces their greatest fears so the other half can win their dream prize. It's about how far you would go for the other person in your life."

Chico: This is the pitch from Sean O'Riordan. Creator of "Murphy's Law." That idea won him $5000 and a deal to develop it with Warner Bros.
Gordon: Done through a NYC TV contest. Great idea and a nice payday.
Chico: I think that's how "Bunk" was created, now that I think about it.
Gordon: The more venues to get games, the better.
Chico: I like it. And that's Brainvision. Gordon, please.
Gordon: (Shutting down)
Chico: Still to come, What! Happens! First! But first... What happens first, G?
Gordon: First, we compare and ...compare. You're reading WLTI. You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 AGT acts that could be fun to resurface on Big Brother. Like Spencer Horsman and All Beef Patty.
Chico: Or Horse could just complete the trifecta.

(Brainvision is presented by Teenage Mutant Ninja Warriors. We take the most grueling obstacle course in the world... and add toxic waste to the mudbogs. But Shredder always wins.)

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