Episode 27.9 - National Moron League
August 1

Chico: Hey folks! I'm Chico Alexander... and THIS... is a key. See THIS? This is a lock. Ladies and gentlemen... *unlocks*... Football.... is back.
Gordon: Football? Who cares about football?
Jason: HEATHEN!
Chico: Not only is football back...Morons are back as well... *unlocks another lock*
Gordon: That's what I'm talking about. It's time for the National Moron League!
Jason: The NML?
Gordon: The NML! See, they can't even alphabetize their letters correctly
Chico: *turns logo upside down* Better?
Gordon: Yes, thank you. You see, the lockout lasted so long, that I stopped caring about football and decided to put my passion towards more active athlentes.
Chico: Good! Football, morons, and our favorite segment from last year. ALL returning today, because from Somewhere in America... WLTI's coverage of the National Moron League... is... ON!
Gordon: YAY!
Chico: *plays Fox NFL Sunday theme* With Gordon Pepper and our esteemed guest analyst Jason Block, I'm Chico Alexander. Thank you for being a part of our week and allowing our week to be a part of yours.
Gordon: But this week,we start with morons. We start in the AGT Division.



Chico: Week 3 of Round of 48 action ... better than the first two weeks, but that's not saying much.
Gordon: True, but this episode does give us some examples of the unwritten rules of America's Got Talent.
Jason: Ok.
Gordon: #1. When we have a very good night, and most of the acts are at least decent, you go with the singers.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: #2. The judges will always go for the more obscure act.
Chico: Right on.
Gordon: All of which happened on Tuesday. Big Board please?

Gordon: The Subject: Finally. We start with...Summerwind Skippers: If they were in either week #1 or Week #2, they get in easily. Unfortunately, they got stuck in a week where everyone showed up to play.
Chico: They drew a really bad draw for them. Again, it's singer heavy. Not only that, it's GOOD singer heavy.
Gordon: We called it last week that it was going to be a problem. We were right. Sh'Boss Boys: Alright. What cardinal sin did the cute and cuddly kids commit that made them less cute and cuddly?
Chico: Unfortunately, Sh'Boss boys fell victim to the same plot. Good talent, but a bad draw.
Gordon: Oh no. They did something else. They blamed the producers.
Chico: They're kids, they're not supposed to know about the producers yet!
Gordon: They went after Howie AND they blamed the producers.
Chico: It was weak, and the kids said, and now I'm quoting... "The producers said we had to do 45 minutes of ABC and 45 minutes of our own thing."
Gordon: First of all, it's 45 seconds, not minutes, but I'll give the kids that. What happens if you blame the producers, kids?
Jason: See yah
Chico: Nothing good. Yes, the producers said you had to do that, but you don't say that on TV.
Gordon: And one more note to all the kiddie auditioners out there. Do you really think the producers want to put up a 90 minute show in Vegas about little kids not old enough to gamble?
Jason: This isn't 1990's Vegas anymore. It's not a "family destination"
Chico: It's CSI. It's dark, it's dank, it's stank. It's New York in the 80s.
Jason: (starts playing *Who Are You*)
Gordon: And so if the producers think they have YOUR best interests at heart, and you're under 15...well, I have a bridge to sell you.
Chico: Make that under 12. I have to play the Jackie Evancho card.
Gordon: Yeah but Jackie sort of went 'Screw You' to the producers, to her benefit.
Chico: Because apparently, she's doing very well for herself. But anyway, The Skippers had a bad draw, the Boys had big mouths,... and the less said about Mauricio Herrera the better.
Gordon: Mauricio Herrera: Why?
Chico: Again, the less said the better. :-)
Gordon: Seth Grabel: The problem wasn't him. The problem was who he was against in the Judges Round. We'll get to that later.
Chico: Oh yeah. Seth was a great act. He made top 5. That's a justification. And don't fault the guy for ambition, because he was ambitious.
Gordon: I think we'll see him back in the Wild Card Round.
Chico: I think so too.
Jason: Seth Grabel was phenomenal. Great stuff.
Gordon: Poplyfe: One of the few acts that listened to the judges and came back with what the judges asked for.
Jason: Take a relevant song....and absolutely kill it.
Chico: Bingo.
Gordon: They also had a nice rock rendition of it.
Jason: It was fresh, different and it worked.
Gordon: Now I'd like to see them do that again with a different song.
Chico: I mean, you can't go anywhere and not hear that song.
Gordon: Ian Johnson: That was a mess.
Chico: Ian Johnson, a man with a yo-yo and a dream that turned into a nightmare There was literally nothing to it.
Jason: That was a techno nightmare...all frosting no cake.
Chico: I could understand if there was a bit of dancing as well, maybe multiple people with yo-yos, but it's one man, two yo-yos, and a Tron suit.
Gordon: You wanted to strangle him with the rope. Daniel Joseph Baker needs to take lessons from PopLyfe.
Jason: Gordon...spot on.
Chico: Yup.
Gordon: Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.: See Danile Joesph Baker, etc. He needs to do something more than what he gave.
Chico: Sounds like he held back a bit.
Jason: Yes. While he is great as "Black Sinatra", show us something else.
Chico: It was good, but this isn't America's Got Really Good. He needs to take a hint from Michael Buble, and take a decades old song and make it relevant.
Gordon: You don't need a killer performance now, but you do need to expand what you brought to the party.
Jason: Again both of you are right. He is very good. Show us more.
Gordon: Purrfect Angelz: They were in the wrong week.
Chico: They were in the wrong competition. :-)
Jason: Chico wins. They needed to be in a totally different dance competition :)
Chico: I could see where they could place in ABDC with something different (the rope), but it was all meat, no potatoes. They're a team. They need to act as such.
Jason: It did seem scattershot.
Chico: You THINK?
Gordon: It's a different style. It was them telling a story, which may not have translated as well.
Chico: I didn't get the story.
Gordon: I sort of think they needed their Hollywood Audition on last night. THAT was sexy.
Chico: ... Yep.
Gordon: I want to see them in America's Best Dance Crew. And with less clothing on.
Jason: Monet...flat as hell. And off key
Gordon: And arguing with the judges.
Chico: How a propops that she sang "Home" from The Wiz... because that's where she's going.
Gordon: She can bring Captain and Maybelle with her.
Chico: Please do.
Jason: Yuck.
Gordon: But they definitely had a hook.
Jason: (rimshot)
Chico: OH!
Gordon: Lys Agnès: One of the rare times I disagree with the judges. She was really, really good, but she needs a more emotional connect with her song.
Chico: It was only good technically. Like "This is how you sing opera"
Jason: And we have heard this aria thousands of times.
Chico: And you know what? I don't disagree with you. She's really good... but it's almost like "okay, I've been doing this a million times. I just need to do it again." No connection.
Jason: She walked through it. Opera-bot. And the staging...what was that?
Chico: And that brings us to the one act that caused all the problems this week. Professor Splash only did one thing this week; it just so happened that it was a world-record dive into a pit of shallow water.
Chico: 36 feet 7 inched into a foot-deep kiddie pool.
Jason: That was sick. :)
Gordon: It was a world record! Whoopie! And thanks to America, he was inexplicably placed in the Top 5.
Chico: And thanks to the judges, it was inexplicably placed into the round of 24.
Jason: Great.
Chico: And I have to say okay, SERIOUSLY?
Gordon: This is now the second time a magician gets knocked out via a judges decision.
Chico: Seth Grabel's act will change from day to day. Professor Splash... that's it. Jump. Splash. Done. I'm honestly at a loss.
Jason: What were you thinking? :)
Gordon: I blame America for this. AND the judges. Of course, if America didn't put them in the Top 5, then the judges wouldn't have a choice on this.
Chico: But you look at the lineup and you see where America didn't have much of a choice in the matter.
Gordon: Sure they did. There were a bunch of acts that could have been in the Top 5. This was a strong week.
Gordon: I could have seen either the Summerwind Skippers or the Purrfect Angels in the Top 5.
Chico: Skippers were better than the Angels. Angels were just better LOOKING. Being fair.
Gordon: But did the right 4 get in? 3 of them did. I think there should have been a magician in there as well.
Chico: Thank you.
Jason: Yes. I agree. Grabel was better than Splash
Chico: Way better. He'll be back. You can count on that.
Jason: There is going to be a WC Round.
Gordon: I agree. We'll get to that later.
Chico: Hey Gordon! I want to know who's playing next week!
Gordon: How do you know I have that?
Chico: Because I know you.
Gordon: Here we go:

Avery and the Calico Hearts, Charles Peachock, Fatally Unique, Frank Miles, The Kinetic King, Melissa Villasenor, Sam B, Scott Alexander, Taylor Davis, Team Iluminate, Yellow Design Stunt Team, and Zuma Zuma

Chico: I'm going to go with Zuma Zuma, Melissa Villasenor, Hot Guy with Guitar, and Chicks with Guitars. Maybe an outside chance with Team iLuminate.
Gordon: I'm going to disagree slightly. I think Illuminate gets in as a lock. This is the same audience that put Fighting Gravity in the Top 5 and Illuminate is a better act.
Jason: Gordon is spot on. Illuminate and Silhouettes are fighting it out for the Top 5
Chico: So who are your other four?
Gordon: Melissa is in without a problem also. I think joining them is Zuma Zuma and via the judges, Scott Alexander.
Chico: To make up for this week?
Jason: Melissa Villasenor was very good.
Gordon: Last shot to guarantee a magician gets in.
Gordon: I could see the Kinetic King, or Fatally Unique sneak in, pending on performance
Chico: That's going to be crucial.
Jason: Alexander has to do well.
Gordon: Avery, Frank Miles, and the Yellow Design Stunt team are very long shots, and Sam B. has no chance.
Chico: Right on.
Gordon: Now we go to morons on a different sort of stage - in front of millions of people in a big house.



Chico: What happens when one moron tells a group of morons that they're being morons? Nothing GOOD.
Jason: Dominic didn't do that
Chico: Yeah he did. In his last speech, he basically said we all suck at this game, and some people are "spineless jellyfish".
Jason: He's right. Dominic was a victim. 100%
Chico: He was.
Gordon: You're both 100% Wrong. He was the clear definition of a moron.
Jason: Really?
Gordon: He violated so many Big Brother rules.
Chico: What he SHOULD'VE done was keep his flailing group afloat. Instead, he thinks with the head that ISN'T attached to his neck.
Jason: No he was playing for himself and that's fine.
Gordon: Let's start from the beginning. Big Bored please?

Gordon: The Subject: Doomenic. Cause he met his doom.
Chico: Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!
Gordon: ...like that, yes. What was the first thing I preached to you about this year's theme?
Chico: Be careful who you team up with? Choose your allies carefully?
Gordon: No. You can't win this game if you stay in your clique. You HAVE to make allies with the veterans, and vice versa So when #1. Domenic came up with the all newbie allienace of the Regulators, that was going to be a problem.
Chico: He's done that.
Gordon: He did it too late. #2. He didn't keep his scheming secret at all. Whereas Danielle had the immunity, he didn't.
Jason: So then he should have told the entire house that it was Danielle's idea all along...I had nothing to do with it...and you all suck if you vote me out.
Chico: Basically, yes. But you'll never see someone cop to that in the Big Brother House. Because then you have a target on YOUR back.
Gordon: Right, And Danielle does. The only reason why she's not leaving this week is that she is the Head of Household.
Chico: Yay.
Jason: And as we record this...Brendan and Rachel are on the block
Chico: And don't think she forgot about this week either. Thursday night, there's going to be one couple that's going to be extremely unhappy.
Gordon: But I even think that Domenic could have gotten away with it if #3.He wasn't seen as a threat. The whole house knew he was dangerous, and you had to get rid of him before he could convert people to his side. This week is pivotal. You have 2 warring factions. It's time to pick sides. They need to grab newbies.
Chico: I'd go with Lawon first, because he's in need of direction.
Gordon: Danielle needs to galvanize them. She's in the best and worst position in the game right now.
Jason: How Best and Worst? Best I get...HOH
Gordon: Right now, she's a veteran outcast. She needs to get the newbies behind her. If she doesn't, she's done, because she can't win HOH for 2 straight weeks. And if the veterans taske over again, she's going to be deposed.
Chico: I don't think that the vets are going to take back the house until at least next week. That is, IF Daniele brings the newbies together and tells them, HEY! You're playing this wrong.
Jason: She won't.
Chico: Otherwise, it's back to...



Gordon: Time to go to the Expdtition Division



Chico: Who called the Fishermen out last week?
Gordon: I think you did, sir.
Chico: I think I did, didn't I?
Gordon: You're pretty good like that.
Chico: I have my moments.
Gordon: You do. So how did the Fishermen cut bait?
Chico: Well, they were at a really bad position to start with, in the back of the pack having finished in 6th last week.
Gordon: True, but they were with other week competition.
Chico: And again, it's another case of "Your team is only as strong as your weakest member"... and Gus was pretty week this time. They got stuck on the first task and could never make the ground back up. You had to find a rug with five hole and hold it up to a sign to reveal the location of the next checkpoint. But where they really were left behind was when Gus had to overcome his fears and make a death defying leap into a river.
Jason: And I guess it took a while.
Gordon: It did. We've seen fears get the better of people. And it did today
Chico: Yep. Imagine how he felt as he went zipping across a river after that.
Gordon: Probably not too good.
Chico: Then there was the symbol challenge which gets the best of MANY teams. The Gypsies use that to get back into the lead.
Gordon: And take first place from the Fab 3, who still did well in 2nd
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: The last all female team escapes from being eliminated. The problem now is for how long.
Chico: Not too long. They've consistently been on the cusp of elimination. It's only a matter of time before the competition gets to the best of them.
Gordon: They are running out of margin of error.
Chico: Yep
Gordon: We're running out of morons, but we have one more division: The Fashion Division
Chico: We do, don't we. It's the new season of Project Runway, and for fans of the runway, it's been a long time come.
Jason: Make it work!
Chico: We start with good news bad news... The good news... the 20 designers represent the most we've had in the history of the series. The bad news... four of them are going to be sent home RIGHT AWAY.
Jason: Quad elimination?
Chico: Quad elimination.
Jason: Damn.
Chico: It's sort of a reprise of seasons past, where they're not part of the season "yet". You go in front of the judges and plead your case as to why you should be in the season.
Jason: Ah ok.
Gordon: I did like the idea of the ' You have to prove yourself', but I'm not sure that's the right way to do it. It's showing how well you talk, not how well you design.
Chico: Almost like a (^_^) tease.
Jason: Nods.
Gordon: I think it would have been more creative to allow them to bring in one model with their best look. Or soemthing to show us the audience who they are.
Chico: Granted, ultimately you're going to have to prove yourself to the judges, but in this stage, it should be your ability that does most of the talking. That's what they did in Face Off and it worked.
Jason: Or sketch a look within 10 minutes in front of the judges. Because if you get shy....and you are the best designer...you could lose.
Chico: It's so simple to do the right thing by the players, isn't it?
Gordon: Jason is 100% right here. If you do it the right way, it adds personality and a voting base. This was not done the right way.
Chico: Nope.
Jason: So many people who are amazingly talented are quiet as hell.
Chico: You have to ask why they would even so it this way. It takes away from the integrity of the show.
Gordon: It was less of a test of talent and more of a test of TV congeniality. And that's not cool.
Chico: Never is. Almost like "Who can cause the most drama.... Hmmmmmmm."
Jason: Better TV > better quality of player....bad stuff
Gordon: Unfortunately, I agree with Chico. And that's what got Project Runway in trouble ratings-wise. People turned on the show when they hated the lesser talented players who won because they were better TV. So enough of the presentation and on to the show. What do you think of the talent for this season?
Chico: Well, so far, they've only turned their jams and a bedsheet into haute couture. Bert seemed to be the best at that.
Gordon: Here's what gets me. This is supposed to be focussed on talent. I felt more like it was cat fight central than a talent competition
Chico: Which is essentially what it's come down to in these later seasons driven more by dramma.
Gordon: But I don't want to watch that.
Chico: I don't want to watch it either. Lifetime's target audience? maybe, because let's face it... all women hate each other*. *(unless scientifically proven otherwise)
Jason: ROFLMAO
Chico: Ratings are actually up this year... so is the drama. Think about it
Gordon: That's only after 1 episode. The real key is the ratings on episodes 2 and 3.
Chico: True.
Gordon: Now we're going to take a break from morons...only for a second...and we'll go with some love.



Chico: And we have some spreading of the love as we spread the love to a first on Chopped. The new season's three weeks old and we already have a redemption episode.
Gordon: So it's morons looking to no longer be morons.
Chico: Right. One of the morons couldn't hack in the appetizer round and had to fall back on his three-star review that he got in the Boston Globe THAT MORNING.
Chico: I bet you wet your pants all over that, Chef Chris Coombs. But one of the things you have to remember about competitions, be they cookery or whatever... once you pass through that door, reputations mean jack-diddley.
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: I give you pancake mix, guava nectar, aleppo peppers, and beef jerky. I expect a dish that you can actually eat. His beef jerky roulade is a case where his concept far outreached his grasp. But that's not why we're spreading the love to the show this week. This week was a first for this show, or at least any show that is done this way. We are down to the final two, Chef Lance Nitahara, a chef that was cocky before becoming a real man of Jesus... and Chef Yoanne Magris, a New York chef who wanted to go see her ailing grandmother in France. They made it a point to drive all of these points home. They're going to be relevant.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: Lance won the episode and the $10,000, BUT! He decided to give the money to Yoanne so she can go see her grandmother before it's too late.
Gordon: And that's what these shows should be all about. The spirit of competition.
Chico: Maybe a first in 10+ years of reality television, definitely a first here. I thought that was pretty cool.
Jason: That is very cool to me. I think there is a graphic for that
Chico: I think so too.



Gordon: And well done.
Chico: This is one of the reasons why even as I'm bombarded with this show on a week-by-week basis, it's still one of the best shows on TV to date. It's not about drama, it's about competition, and the best rising to the top.
Chico: I think it was cool of Lance to offer and I think it was cool of the show to let him do that.
Gordon: This is what a talent show SHOULD be based on.
Jason: That was amazingly generous and cool
Gordon: It was. And another show is amazing and cool - Jeopardy.
Gordon: And because we celebrate Football with 2 a days, we can have...



Chico: (which we totally didn't rip off of any segment on any radio show ever. Totally original)
Gordon: (and we say this because we notice people ripping stuff off of us. Right, Drew Carey?)
Chico: (Right. First up...)

#1: Season 28 rolls Tuesday, September 6th. Does the show make any accommodations for Alex Trebek's recent injury?

Jason: Sure it does, He just is called out at the podium.
Gordon: They have to. I think it would be funny to see him sitting on a chair instead of standing. You only see him on the podium, so we really don't have to see it.
Chico: Right on.
Jason: And if he walks out on crutches more power to him
Chico: He's badass. I don't put it past him.
Gordon: It shouldn't shock me if that happened. Next one...

#2: We've had a few years now where we haven't seen anyone go on a monster run. Is this the season we see the next David Madden?

Jason: I say no. Because the questions have become easier and the game has become easier to play. We have seen people in the negatives in the first half win in the game.
Chico: I don't think so either. We had one player who looked like he would be a monster, but he made a really bad wagering error.
Gordon: I think for the reason that Jay said, yes. The questions have become easier, which means that we could have someone with a decent knowledge base but with lightning reflexes make a run.
Chico: It's going to take some crazy reflexes to do so.
Gordon: I think it's possible. Knowledge bases bounce around from people to people. If Jeopardy is going to be based on how fast I can hit the buzzer more than how much I know, someone who is strong at the first and decent at the latter is going to have a field day. Reflexes are inherent and are hard to find.
Chico: Rare indeed. Next question...

#3: Who from this season is emerging as a favorite to take the next Tournament of Champions?

Jason: Who was the guy who had the recent 7 day run who looked like Ashton Kutcher?
Chico: Mark Runsvold.
Jason: Him.
Chico: Agreed. I mean, he made ONE critical error. If he can learn from that, he can pretty much steamroll past the competition.
Gordon: I'll agree with both of you and watch him get bounced in the first round.
Chico: Yay.
Jason: LOL
Chico: the truth shall set you free, G.
Chico: Next question?
Gordon: Next one:

#4: We had the Million Dollar Celebrity Tournament, which worked. Will we get to see the winner of that play with the Tournament of Champion winners?

Jason: Nope.
Chico: Not gonna happen. I know they're starved for players, but they're not THAT starved.
Gordon: It probably won't happen...but it should.
Chico: Would be interesting, though.
Gordon: That will get ratings though - how will the celebrities do against civilians? I'd watch.
Chico: Would also be interesting if Watson played, but that's not gonna happen either.
Jason: Nope.
Gordon: Watson - not so much. Last one?
Chico: Last one...

#5. Thanks to Watson's Reign of Terror back in March, Jeopardy! averaged a rating of 5.9 on the season, making it the second-most watched game show in syndication. This year, Jeopardy! gets...

Jason: 6.0
Chico: I'm going to go about the same.
Gordon: Last year, they had a 7.2. That's a huge plunge.
Chico: Well, it was a huge plunge all around. Everyone was busy watching Oprah or surfing the interwebs.
Gordon: I'm going to say it erodes again, though not by as much. 5.5.
Chico: But it helps to have a carryover champ like Justin Sausville. One more clue for old times sake?
Jason: Sure!
Gordon: Ok
Chico: The category: .... Oh boy. Los Angeles Landmarks.

A James Dean memorial can be found adjacent to this structure, located at one of the high spots in Los Angeles.

Chico: Jason?
Jason: What is Griffith Observatory (from Rebel without a Cause)
Chico: Gordon?
Gordon: What is the Los Angeles Clippers Shrine of Futility and Contraction.
Chico: I said "high spots".
Jason: LOL
Gordon: If you're there long enough with some hemp, it's a high spot.
Chico: True.
Jason: ROFL
Chico: Jason's right, and Justin Sausville takes $58,401 into season 28. And we take the hams out for a little scrimmage... (camera shot turns overhead)
Gordon: They seem to be doing well at the botany questions.
Chico: Why the botany questions?
Gordon: That's their food source. They aren't doing good at sports though.
Chico: Of course. They're doing well at news, though.
Gordon: That's what they do. 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. I start you off with a microphone...
Gordon: Wait a sec, that's a bat that looks like a microphone
Chico: Perceptive
Jason: Very cool design
Chico: Thank you. We have a date for the Hub's answer to American X Voice-Off.
Jason: ROFL

The Hub will drop "Majors & Minors" September 23.

Jason: From the casting web site

"Majors & Minors," a groundbreaking new music-based 15-episode reality series premiering on The Hub network this fall will provide talented young performers the chance of a lifetime – to be taught by the best of the best in the music business, giving them the direction and tools they'll need to embark on their own journeys toward achieving their dreams. And the coolest part? No one ever gets voted off! This is not that type of show! Everyone who gets cast will leave better-mentored for their own road that lies ahead. Still, one lucky winner will walk away with a recording deal with Sony's RCA/JIVE Label Group, a music publishing deal, and the chance to become a featured star in a cross-country tour with the entire cast.

Chico: Which begs the question... where's the incentive to watch? Where's the competition?
Jason: People like kids. (Shrug)
Gordon: I'm split on this. I like the idea that the kids are going to learn and not get booted after 1 episode. However, I don't like the 'Everyone gets a cookie' concept and all it's going to to is to increase tension and jealousy with the people who are there.
Jason: I like that term :)
Chico: I think we learned from 12 years of big Brother that living with the same number of people for any given time will drive people crazy. I got two more bats for you...
Jason: (hands Chico the bats)

CBS is teaming with Discovery's Velocity network to form the Epic Poker League, which will do to Texas Hold'em what World Team Tennis did with tennis.

Chico: Pat O'Brien has already signed on to host.
Jason: Annie Duke is the chairperson
Chico: So this is the real deal here. As for the bat with the green light on it...

BBC America is launching its first original game show, Would You Rather? with Graham Norton. 13 episodes are being ordered.

Jason: Could be fun.
Chico: All we know is that it's going to be shot in NYC and it will "Test the wits of America's best comedians". So it's "Can You Top This" all over again, if you're old school.
Gordon: And then the show will wind up on this here Datebook.

August 2 has Born to Dance and Take the Money and Run. AUgust 4th has season 2 of The Ultimate Merger: Toccara runs wild

Chico: Yippee.
Jason: Hoo-ray,
Gordon: That's must watch TV for Chico
Jason: rofl
Chico: But she's a nitwit!
Jason: A hot nitwit.
Gordon: Maybe she'll look more attractive to you, Chico if you get Fully Loaded.
Chico: Maybe.
Jason: (hic)

Bad news if you like to watch TV on the interwebs... Fox is going to make you wait a bit longer to watch it for free.

Chico: Starting August 15, that's Monday after next, you will have to engage a paywall if you want to watch a show on Fox.com or Hulu.com one day after it airs. If you're a subscriber to Hulu Plus, you will not have to do that. AND... if you're a Dish Network subscriber as well, you will not have to do that either. Which is ironic, because the folks that own Fox also own DirecTV. Just saying.
Jason: I hear ya.
Chico: I don't see this working ... at all.
Gordon: Did you see how the public rebelled when they got a whiff of Netflix's pricing scheme?
Chico: Yep
Jason: Near riot status
Gordon: I expect around the same reaction here.
Chico: Oh yeah. Either this is going to roll out to other companies... or it's going to fail miserably, and you're going to lose viewers all over.
Gordon: Just like I expect a reaction when we talk about stupid people.
Chico: As for stupid people... well, let's see who you got.

Are YOU Smarter than...Lucinda Moyers, the alleged person who went after Alex Trebek's stuff and the person that Trebek ruptured an Achilles tendon trying to catch.

Chico: And now she can't be on J! because she has to stay 150 yards away from the dude? Hell yeah I'm smarter than her. But in all seriousness, we're wishing Alex a speedy recovery.
Jason: Amen to that.
Gordon: I somehow don't think she'd pass the entry exam.
Chico: You think?
Jason: LOL
Gordon: Maybe she can pass the Haterade Entrance exam
Jason: Way too late.

You know that whole Phone Hacking Scandal thing? Well the net is closing in on Piers Morgan, with people claiming that that have proof on Morgan's involvement. If they do, then that spells massive trouble for Morgan.

Jason: HUGE.
Chico: Incredible.
Gordon: Piers may want a vacation.
Chico: I have just the place in mind for him.
Jason: Where to?
Chico: Back home. He can do some crowdsourcing.
Jason: Oh?

Optomen is planning on piloting a game show called "The Wisdom of Crowds", which sees online players competing against a group of 50. The premise: is the individual smarter than a group?

Gordon: Yes.
Jason: Very much so
Chico: The pilot will be filmed in London next month. Should be good stuff. But a little too cerebral for a country fixated on the lives of 14 morons in a house. :-) But I could be wrong.
Jason: LOL
Gordon: We'll see. The UK does have a long tradition of 'smart' game shows, so his could work. Or we could just be getting more media hoes.
Chico: *plays "Pimpin All Over the World"*

In this week's Hodometer, Dat Phan does DirecTV, Haley Reinhart (Idol) gets signed to a music deal, American Idol's Ghost House goes for 11.2 million...Jessie Godderz (Big Brother) goes with IMPACT WRESTLING, Casey James and Pia Toscano get ready to release singles, John O'Hurley does All My Children...Lee DeWyze gets engaged to Jonna Walsh, Snooki says she's NOT Dancing with the Stars, and Kat Von D, thee woman who wrecked a marriage between Jesse James and Sandra Bullock, now wrecks her own relationship with James.



Chico: Wow. If I cared, I'd be saddened.
Gordon: But none of them are the hoes of the week.
Chico: Who've you got?
Gordon: We have the first CBS Survivor Stand up to Cancer Mud Run
Chico: That's a good thing.
Jason: Very much so
Gordon: It features reality show stars Ethan Zohn, Jenna Morasca, Amanda Kimmel, Burton Roberts, Yau-Man Chan, Natalie Tenerelli, Phliip Shepphard, Chad Crittenden, Joel Klug (Survivor), Uchenna Agu, Megan Rickey, Cheyne Whitney, Alex Boyan, Dennis Frentsos (Amazing Race), Will Kirby (Big Brother) and more.
Chico: That's a TON of hoes.
Gordon: Go here: www.RealityMudRun.com to try out or donate. And those...are your hoes.
Chico: So that's Brainvision. Switch it, J.
Jason: (Shutting down)
Chico: Still to come, things that come in threes, but first, Gordon does his best Heidi Klum impersonation.
Gordon: Without the high heels. Sorry, Jay.
Jason: Drat.
Gordon: You're reading WLTI. you give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 morons you can feed to your own pet zombie at home. Now where did Toccara run off to? Oh wait, Augustus got her already. Hey Augustus! You can't eat the silicon!
Augustus: (Shakes head) "BRAAAAAINS!"
Gordon: Damn it. Knew I needed something supersized

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