Episode 30.9 - London Calling
July 30

(Brainvision is presented by Reality Bites Back: All-Stars. The challenges are tougher. The challengers are tougher. Watching it will be... tougher.)

Gordon: Do we win anything for getting through the season?
Chico: An episode of Tosh.0.
Gordon: Racial jokes included?
Jason: And Rape Jokes
Gordon: Welcome back to the show.
Chico: Thanks for being a part of the week and allowing us to be a part of yours.
Gordon: Now this week, we hear that Marian Carey is going to be a new American Idol judge.
Chico: *belts out high E over middle C.
Gordon: But who is the better judges? We are going to take 4 current music shows and rate the judges as we play WHo's Your Daddy. The shows are: American Idol, X Factor, The Voice, and America's Got Talent. We start with The Voice, and... Christina Aguilera
Chico: Right in the middle I think.
Gordon: She has a good ear. She has a rotten choice of strategy.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: Next up... Cee-Lo Green
Chico: Below Christina. Good ear, but even worse strategy.
Gordon: And a rotten choice of pets. Below Christina

Christina > CEE-LO

Chico: Right.
Gordon: Next... Adam Levine. He gives us Javier Colon
Chico: Good ear AND good strategy. Above Christina.
Gordon: The top. Proabbly the best tactician up there.
Jason: Hold on sorry

LEVINE > Aguilera > Cee-Lo

Gordon: Next one... Blake Shelton, Has a 1st (Jermaine Paul) and a 2nd (Dia Frampton), making him the best rated judge.
Jason: Under Levine
Chico: Just under Levine.
Jason: He is the quiet Strength.
Gordon: I put him on top, just by the numbers. What's more impressive is that he found an R&B singer as a country artist.
Chico: Because he's a versatile artist.
Gordon: Its impressive.
Jason: Very good though
Chico: True. So it goes...

Levine > SHELTON > Aguilera > Cee Lo

Gordon: Fair enough. Now we move to the X-Factor. Let's get the cannon fodder out of the way... Nicole Scherzinger
Jason: Bottom.
Gordon: Door prize.
Chico: Dragon butt.

Levine > Shelton > Aguilera > Cee Lo > SCHERZINGER

Gordon: Next one... Paula Abdul
Jason: Above C-Lo
Chico: JUST above Cee-Lo
Gordon: I'm going to say above Christina. Paula has been right a number of occasions, though she has had a number of one way trips to loopyville.

Levine > Shelton > Aguilera > PAULA > Cee Lo > Scherzinger

Chico: So right in the middle THERE.
Gordon: Right there. Next one... Simon Cowell
Jason: TOP. Plain and simple.
Chico: Good ear and good statistician, but hit a few bumps in the road as of late.
Gordon: He did have the winner in X-Factor...through the ability that no other star had to add an extra person. Top, but not as impenetrable if this was done 3 years earlier.
Chico: .... except for One Direction and Cher Lloyd which were on the BRITISH version of the show. Ooops. I'll go top, but he needs to get on it. Work his mojo.

SIMON > Levine > Shelton > Aguilera > Paula > CeeLo > Scherzinger

Jason: Yes.
Gordon: Next one... L.A. Reid
Jason: Below Levine.
Chico: About right
Gordon: I'll agree. he has potential, but it's not honied in yet.
Jason: Not yet.

Simon > Levine > LA > Shelton > Aguilera > Paula > CeeLo > Scherzinger

Gordon: We now move to American Idol. Steven Tyler
Jason: Above Nicole
Chico: Yeah. Not totally worthless and can actually make a conscious decision
Gordon: ONly Nicole is there to stop him from the bottom.

Simon > Levine > LA > Shelton > Aguilera > Paula > CeeLo > STEVEN > Scherzinger

Gordon: Next, J-Lo.
Jason: above Aguilera
Chico: Yep
Gordon: I'm not putting her that high. Over Tyler
 
Simon > Levine > LA > Shelton > Aguilera > Paula > J-LO > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Chico: That oughta make everyone happy.
Jason: Sure.
Gordon: What will make him happy... Randy Jackson
Jason: Above Blake. Lost a step or three.
Chico: He took over for Simon being the one who's thinking what we're all thinking... but he's still soft. Below La.
Gordon: Below LA sounds about right

Simon > Levine > LA > RANDY > Shelton > Aguilera > Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Gordon: Finally, let's move onto America's Got Talent. Howie Mandel
Jason: Above Randy
Chico: Right.
Gordon: Below C-lo. He's a music hater and he likes Big Barry. Enough said.
Chico: Again, I gotta be the guy to appease to everyone...
 
Simon > Levine > LA > Randy > Shelton > Aguilera > Howie> Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Gordon: Next one... Music expert Sharon Osbourne.
Chico: Music expert... but never really willing to look past... well, you saw her with All that. Below Blake.
Jason: Below Christina
Gordon: I agree with...Chico. Below Blake.

Simon > Levine > LA > Randy > Shelton > SHARON > Aguilera > Howie> Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Gordon: Finally... Howard Stern
Jason: The best judge today. TOP.
Chico: I wouldn't say THAT. I'm going to go below Simon. Just.
Gordon: I think Stern has been 100% right on EVERY call he has made, while Simon seems to have lost his edge recently. I'm agreeing with Block again and TOP. What is wrong with me?
Chico: I don't know.

STERN > Simon > Levine > LA > Randy > Shelton > Sharon > Aguilera > Howie> Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Chico: Spoiler?
Gordon: you first
Chico: I'm going to go with the obvious choice here. Piers Morgan.
Gordon: Quite obvious
Jason: Below Howie. Mean for mean's sake
Gordon: Mean but accurate. Below Simon.
Chico: Mean... not incorrect, though. Below Simon.

Stern > Simon > Levine > LA > Randy > PIERS > Shelton > Sharon > Aguilera > Howie> Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Gordon: Last one... And I know Jason Block will like this one...Jimmy Iovine.
Jason: Above Simon. He's right most of the time.
Chico: He's accurate. He's acid. He knows what you have to do to win.... BUT... technically not a judge. So he goes below Steven... because that's how low I think of Nicole Scherzinger.
Gordon: Um..you called Piers mean? below Morgan.
Chico: So the final ranking...

Stern > Simon > Levine > LA > Randy > Piers > Jimmy > Shelton > Sharon > Aguilera > Howie> Paula > J-Lo > CeeLo > Steven > Scherzinger

Chico: And in the Dragon Butt position... the Door Prize position, if you will...  the SHOE...  Nicole Scherzinger.
Jason: Are we shocked?
Gordon: Nope.
Chico: Not at all.
Gordon: But will you be surprised by this break?
Chico: Probably. we'll see you on the other side.

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Jason: Project Runway should have done that
Chico: That would've been awesome.
Gordon: They did once. but they didn't do it for this year's squad.
Jason: Should have.
Chico: That's how you stimulate the American field...
Gordon: So what's up next?
Chico: Now we're going to stimulate your American minds and my American mind with Pass the Password.
Jason: Remind me please.
Chico: Ah, well, I'll give you a situation, and you give us one word on how to describe it. For example...
Jason: Got it

Brent Steffensen goes further than anyone on the american Ninja Warror course, but has yet to complete it. The password is...

Jason: LOSER.
Gordon: The Password is...underdeveloped. If THIS is the best we can do and if we're not allowing anyone from Japan to play, NBC won't have to worry about giving out that check for a while.
Chico: The password is CLOSER. No one has yet to conquer the course, but training for season five has already begun. It's only a matter of time.
Jason: Add the C, huh? :-)
Chico: Add the C. Next?
Gordon: Remove the C, as in C ya later. Next one...

Arguably the person who has the best shot of a non-music act, Joe Castillo. The password is...

Chico: ... IMAGINATIVE. This act will go as long as Joe's imagination will let it.
Jason: The password is GRAIN-TASTIC. His vision and storytelling is very unique.
Gordon: The Password is...relevancy. He needs to make sure he stays topical and doesn't turn into a nother Silhouette act.
Chico: Right. Next...

Lantie Foster gets bumped when she fails to come up with a sweet enough Dylan's Candy Bar design on Project Runway. The password is...

Jason: UNTALENTED. She is not a true designer. This is not Project Repurpose
Chico: SERIOUSLY? An umbrella. That's all I have to say.
Gordon: The Password is...RENOVATION. I can see her on the next season of Design Star.
Chico: Oh, nice. Next?
Gordon: Next one...

We usually see a Jeopardy Champion make a monster run during the Summer. Not this Summer though. The Password is...

Jason: UNUSUAL. Either the contestants faltered during the pressure of TV, or the coordinators need to pick better people. (cough, cough)
Chico: COMPETITIVE. It's not a statement to the brain power of one person, but rather the brain power of the pool. That gives us a lot more close games.
Gordon: The Password is...PARITY. Notice the contestants are getting younger, which means the information pool is not as deep. Lots of mid 20's. Keep in mind Jennings was in his 30's.
Chico: As was Brad Rutter. They're getting younger and smarter, the greats.
Gordon: Younger? yes. Smarter?...Next one?
Chico: Next one.

Summer Sanders just found out about the Figure It Out reboot on Twitter, and now wouldn't mind a reunion with some of the old panel, namely Lori Beth Denberg and Danny Tamberelli (two of the best, if you ask me). The password is...

Jason: NOW! Get it done.
Gordon: The Password is...PRIMETIME. Yes, I know it's a game show, but something like this would get ratings.
Chico: CROSSROAD. I can see this as a passing of the torch from Summer to Jeff and from the old crew of All That All Stars and such to the new breed of tween stars they have nowadays. Guess the 90s really ARE all that.
Gordon: Last one...

Emily and Jeff - the marriage TV series soon to be airing on ABC. The password is...

Chico: The password is... PRENUP.  ... Nuff said.
Gordon: The Password is...RECAP. I know what Chico's going to be covering after All That secures a spot in the Wild Card Round.
Jason: The password is CANCELLED.
Gordon: You know that Chico wants to recap this.
Chico: Someone lied to you, my friend.
Gordon: Why did you tell me that, Jason?
Jason: Wait, What? I said NOTHING
Chico: Well, before the ink is dry on the wedding invites, we're going to take a break.
Gordon: I asked if you thought he would have a problem of covering it and you just shrugged, so I thought that was a yes.

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(silence)

Chico: Thank you. Programming note. As you know, a few shows are going on Olympic hiatus... Which means we have a few holes that need to be plugged, so we're going to dust off a favorite from the last two years.
Gordon: We bring back...FIVE GOOD QUESTIONS
Chico: We can't talk AGT.. we can't talk Gordon Ramsay. I'M not going to talk about the Bachelor... so we're going to talk shop about the big four, maybe big five, game shows of the fall. Where we've been. Where we are. Where we're going. If you have a question, you can tweet one @wltiongsnn. It's gonna be fun. That starts NEXT week. Speed Round... starts NOW.
Gordon: We WILL have Big Brother next week. Who leaves?
Chico: Joe. Failing a Veto.
Jason: Joe goes.
Gordon: I'll go with Joe, failing a veto. BACHELOR PAD! Watching?
Chico: Umm. no
Jason: NO
Gordon: So You Think You Can Dance - who's not dancing this week?
Jason: Don't know
Gordon: I'll say Eliana and George.
Chico: I'm going to go with Witney and Chehon. Glass House... is it getting any better?
Gordon: It will be when it ends. ANy email?
Chico: No, but we have a tweet!
Gordon: Ooh. I like tweets
Chico: This is from @GameShow2Go aka our own Eric Pierce.

@wltiongsnn

“

Eric Pierce @GameShow2Go I'd argue Summer (Sanders) should be the contestant, Jeff hosts and the old panel guesses... But without Lori & Danny, no go.

”

Jason: Lori and Danny have to be there.
Chico: Agreed.
Gordon: Good thought and I agree with it. Make it a full class reunion
Chico: Yep
Chico: And if you have a good thought, where would you send it? How about @wltiongsnn... or by email, WLTI@gameshownewsnet.com... or by facebook/wlti.gsnn.
Gordon: Thank you. And that ends this show. Special thanks to Jason Block for joining us.
Jason: Always a pleasure.
Chico: We'll be back next week with the first of our 5 Good Questions...
Gordon: And with the olympics going on, we'll have to figured out a way to tap dance for the next 2 weeks., That could be even more entertaining than our usual shows.
Chico: *puts his tap dancing shoes on* Until then, for Gordon and everyone at GSNN, I'm Chico. Game over... and spread the love.. :-)