Chico:: Hey Gordon, I gotta question for you.
Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and Welcome to the Game Show Olympiad! Yes Chico?
Chico:: Which would you say is a more pathetic crime: quitting a show no one watches or throwing a badminton match?
Gordon: Throwing a Badminton match. Because that would violate the spirit of the Game Show Olympiad!
Chico:: Yes sir. While if you quit a show no one watches, you're just violating yourself, but enough about Fred Willard's week. We've got a quitter, a few winners, and while we're at it, one of our favorite times of year.
Gordon: Let us start with the GAME SHOW OLYMPIAD, and from somewhere in (well we wish we were in) London, this weeks episode of WLTI...is...on!
Chico:: USA! USA! USA! Welcome to the big show. Alongside Gordon Pepper, I'm Chico Alexander. Great to have you on board. Got a lot of stuff to go over, including the return of the pre-fall season 5 Good Questions... With help from YOU ALL OUT THERE!
Gordon: The first event this week: Trivia.
Chico:: I heart trivia.
Gordon: Your athletes (yes, serious trivia is a mental sport), children. It's Kids Week on Jeopardy!
Chico:: And these aren't your normal run of the mill Jeopardy! players either. These are hardcore. They made it RAIN this week.
Gordon: Lots of falling cash
Chico:: And here's Jason Block.
Jason: Wow. I finally got sound.
Chico:: Yay for that. So anyway, Jeopardy! Kids week, and the players make it RAIN.
Jason: yes
Chico:: In total, $136,502 cash money given to the winners. That's an average of $27,300 per champion.
Gordon: That's a lot of raining cash money
Chico:: That IS a lot of raining cash money.
Jason: Thats a semester of college on average
Chico:: And you know something? I'm not surprised one bit.
Jason: Neither am I. Even though the questions were pretty EASY. Even by kids standards
Chico:: Because, and this is a fact, the kids on the show play better and the questions are easier. This is something that Alex himself can attest to.
Jason: But it was a very good way to end the season.
Chico:: Very good. So who wants to play a little bit?
Jason: Sure why not.
Gordon: I'm up for it.
Chico:: Okay, I'll pick a question here. A little background, Matt Cline of Maumelle, AR, he won $40,801 off of this on Monday. The category: Notable Americans. And again, easy even by kid's standards.
Gordon: Which means we'll find a way to screw it up
Chico:: You hope.
Gordon: There is no hope. There is only do :)
Chico:: Okay... the answer:

In addition to his 1093 US patents, he held more than 1200 patents awarded by other countries.

Jason: Locks In.
Gordon: (locks)
Jason: The funny thing I knew about the first part...I didn't know about the 2nd...THOMAS ALVA EDISON.
Chico:: Gordon, if you say "The Edison Twins", so help me...
Gordon: Who is Mr. Pending?
Jason: That's a winner right there.
Gordon: The Pending family
Chico:: ... I see what you did there.
Jason: As in Pat Pending from the Wacky Races.
Gordon: They called him Pat for short.
Chico:: So that got Matthew Cline over $40,000, which is, if I recall correctly, a free ride for two years at Carolina. JUST SAYING.
Jason: Or at least a bike and a flat screen TV for now :-)
Chico:: Just putting that out there. Put it in the bank, let it take up interest. Boom. So for all the kids of kids week, we have a kid-sized...



Gordon: He'll have enough for one semester's worth of keg parties at UNC.
Chico:: ... and a friendly reminder: Jeopardy! returns for season 29 September 17. Can't wait for that.
Gordon: And that takes care of the intelligence quotient for the week. Because the next event on the schedule: House Jumping.



Chico:: Yay. Let's go to "House Bad" first... Big Brother... gave us an opportunity to change up the game. I know this because Julie Chen would not shut up about it.
Jason: This was a desperation move
Chico:: Time for an explanation.
Gordon: Lack of ratings + Lack of sizzle in the house between the current hamsters = plot change
Chico:: All this week you, America, were given the opportunity to allow the coaches to play the game not as coaches but as players. Essentially creating yet another Fans vs. Favorites scenario.
Gordon: And the crowd goes mild.
Chico:: America... you voted to give them the opportunity to do so. WHY. NOW the really convoluted part. The coaches, one by one, would go into the DR and either vote to keep the game as it is with teams and coaches OR in keeping with this seasons' video game motif, hit a giant reset button. If ONE coach hits the reset button, then all four coaches would enter the game as players. The consequence, no one gets evicted. If no coach hits the button to reset the game, then the game continues as it would and someone would've been voted out.
Gordon: That almost guarantees a reset. Ironically, the one person who didn't do it - was the one person who already one, which was Boogie.
Chico:: Really a long way to say "hit the buzzer, you're in. Don't hit the buzzer, no match board goes back". And he, judging by his appearance in the next HOH, was not happy. I mean, he looked genuinely pissed. Not Willie Hantz pissed, but angry enough.
Jason: yeah
Chico:: So now there are, what, 12 people in the house playing the game? 11?
Jason: And then we had the "Walk the Plank" HOH Challenge.
Chico:: Okay, I just checked the ledger, 12 people still playing.
Jason: Who are the other two
Chico:: Ashley and Boogie.
Jason: Right. Forgettable LOL
Gordon: who?
Chico:: The tannequin and the other dude.: You know... the other dude!
Gordon: My point is - if we are struggling to remember them, it's obvious they aren't doing much in terms of ratings.
Chico:: Ashley, Britney, Dan, Danielle, Frank, Ian, Janelle, Jenn. Jenn. How are ya. New Yorker and the Tannequin. They really aren't. I mean, they're trying, but as soon as Willie got booted it was season 1 all over again. So the HOH... Hang-on-for-as-long-as-possible. Danielle managed to do that. So the teacher-but-not-really is now in the HOH room. Nominations are due to happen any moment. When they do we'll break in and give them to you.
Gordon: Well all this means is that Frank's respite from being booted will last for one week, barring a Power of Veto win.
Chico:: Which makes sense.
Jason: No news yet.
Gordon: We'll find out tonight. meanwhile, we do have someone leaving a house.
Chico:: But it wasn't because of you, America.
Gordon: The next event: SKEEBALL
Chico:: Going from House Bad to House WORSE.
Gordon: In the worse house, Jeffrey decided it would be fun to vote HIMSELF into Limbo in hopes that he can knock out Mike. What do we say about this sort of behavior, kids?
Chico:: NO. BAD. Can't do it. In this case... it worked. HOW? Who knows. And judging from the continuing ratings drop... who cares?
Jason: Actually CBS does...but more on that later.
Chico:: Good Block. So tell us about skeeball, daddy.
Gordon: Soi in this case...it works. Mike is gone, and the unholy alliance are down to Andrea and Kevin. Skee-ball time, and the group wisely puts them on different teams. your bottom feeders are Stephani (for the second straight time) and Jo. They play Skeeball to stay in the house. Stephanie's team wins, so Jo gets togo t o Limbo, and in a tie between Andrea and Gene, she picks Andrea to join her, despite America begging her to select Gene.
Chico:: This would be homophobe Andrea, right?
Gordon: Yes, but her and Kevin are actually playing a good game, unlike the rest of the morons in the house.
Chico:: This is true. And Gene? He's just watching. He's staying well under the radar, it seems.
Gordon: That's all good for now, but America will eventually call him out
Chico:: Oh yeah. And by America, we mean the 1.67 million people who are still watching this crap. And you know who you are. Or roughly the population of San Diego give or take. So now comes a question... because CBS will not let this go. Not for a second...
Gordon: Which is good, because they will need 12 jurors form the San Diego area. Mr. Block, if you will?
Jason: Thank you. May I have my briefcase please
Chico:: *gives up the briefcase*
Jason: (opens briefcase) Thank you. Let's set this up shall we? ABC announces the Glass House. CBS says you can't do that because it's pretty much a copy of Big Brother. Judge says nope, ABC can broadcast the show. Got it so far?
Chico:: Got that.
Jason: NOW, according to the AP, the network moved ahead with its lawsuit against ABC this week by amending its filing that alleges ABC copied elements of ‘‘Big Brother’’ for its new reality TV competition series ‘‘The Glass House.’’ CBS attorneys added several more objections to the show now that ABC has aired several episodes, arguing that ‘‘'Glass House’ employs the same plot, themes, mood, setting, pace, characters, dialogue, sequence of events and other concrete elements making up ‘Big Brother.'’’ CBS originally sought to stop ‘‘Glass House’’ from premiering in June, but a federal judge refused. U.S. District Judge Gary Feess agreed with ABC attorneys who argued that many of the filming techniques employed on ‘‘Glass House’’ are not unique to ‘‘Big Brother’’ and are used in other reality TV shows. Both shows employ dozens of cameras to monitor a houseful of contestants vying for a cash prize, but Feess ruled the shows are likely to play out very differently. Among the similarities that CBS added to its lawsuit this week were that both shows feature an ‘‘obligatory older’’ and ‘‘openly gay’’ player, ‘‘showmances’’ as a plot element and ‘‘generally comfortable, cloistered house’’ environments. CBS says ‘‘Glass House’’ violates copyrights and trade secrets from ‘‘Big Brother’’ and alleges that dozens of former ‘‘Big Brother’’ staffers and producers now working with ABC on ‘‘Glass House’’ may have violated non-disclosure agreements. According to my legal crystal ball....this is going to get ugly and fast.
Chico:: We're way past ugly, Block.
Jason: I still think CBS has a case here. I don't know why Frees ruled the way he did in June.
Chico:: I don't know why either.
Gordon: Well there is one thing different - ABC actually lets their hamsters leave the house so they are not there 24/7
Jason: yes
Chico:: Other than that, it's pretty much the same show. Except for the whole competition aspect, so there's that. I mean, teams picked at will, losers vote someone to go into limbo. It's not unique in reality TV, but at the same time, Big Brother has yet to do this. If I may play devil's advocate.
Gordon: Sure
Chico:: The whole team competition aspect. And the way that nominees are chosen.
Gordon: Oh you mean the Have and Have-nots? And Big Brother Season 1
Chico:: Touche.
Gordon: It's a carbon copy of the show, just executed extremely poorly. Though I will say one thing - the contestants are far more interesting than what we're getting on big Boredom
Chico:: This is true. So the question... do we go after ABC or do you just let the dead donkey fester?
Gordon: You go after ABC.
Chico:: Block?
Jason: You go after ABC. It's your copyright.
Gordon: If there's money to be made, you go make it - and you're making a statement to anyone that's thinking about trying it. Now let's think about legends of the games.
Chico:: Now you were talking about legends.
Gordon: Tell me about legends
Chico:: Okay, Ken Jennings.... David Madden... Thom Mckee... You can make a case for any of them being the greatest super champion to have ever lived... BUT the very first woman to lay claim to that, and if you ask me, one of the classiest... sadly she is no longer with us.
Jason: We had a chance to meet her.
Chico:: Ruth Horowitz, the first person to run the table of 20 games on "Concentration", died this week at age 84.
Gordon: And back then, she was as much of a rock star as our current day champions
Jason: Rock Star...she was a national Icon.
Chico:: She was a national treasure.
Jason: BTW...Ken Jennings wrote a very nice obituary on her.
Chico:: Yes he did. Let me punch that up.
Jason: And we met her...as NICE as can be.
Chico:: She was a gem! This from Ken Jennings:

"Her streak was mostly forgotten by TV audiences until 2004, when my Jeopardy! run led to a bump in public interest in past game show champs, and she was, I could tell, very pleased to be connected with other long-running contestants like me or Tic Tac Dough’s Thom McKee. Not as pleased as I was to be connected with her, though; Ruth was a genuine pleasure to know. We traded many an email, and she always had amazing stories to tell of post-Quiz Show paranoia in 1960s game shows: network types literally following her into ladies’ rooms, FCC investigators showing up at her house to test her rebus skills, etc."
-Ken Jennings

Jason: I remember hearing the story from one of the producers that the Rebuses were in quadruple locked boxes for safety.
Chico:: They were. Remember, this was the age of Dotto and 21. S&P were out to make a statement after the B&E shows were rigged.
Jason: And she passed the test...EVERY....SINGLE...TIME.
Chico:: Basically showing the feds what's what. And keeping her cool all the way. Like, she's not a cheat, she's just too damn good.
Jason: BTW...the bathroom thing is not new.
Gordon: Can we have some silence for a great champion please?
Chico:: Yes we can.

(Silence)

Chico:: Thank you. Moving on to the 200-point IM.
Gordon: It's time to have our 3rd annual installment of something enjoy around here immensely.
Chico:: We've been doing this for two years, this'll be #3. And to kick off #3.... It's Family Feud. We're going on season 14. The third with Steve Harvey, the golden goose who saved the show, at the helm. But still, some questions remain. So here now, with your help @wltiongsnn...



Chico:: Gordon, start us up, please.
Gordon: Will do...

1) We know it's on the upswing and it's being allocated into some nice evening slots. Do we see it as a viable 7pm / 7:30 pm contender?

Chico:: Not yet. It's just breaking into the mid-to-late afternoon slots.
Gordon: I don't see the move happening, and if the syndies are smart, it won't happen. You do not go into Jeopardy / Wheel country
Chico:: Nope. It's fine as it is. It airs at 4 here in RDU. I'm guessing it's still on at 2 in NYC?
Gordon: yes.
Chico:: See? That's a good time for now.
Jason: You don't move it. It's just perfect where it is.
Gordon: Next question?
Chico:: Next question...

2) Has Steve Harvey cemented himself as one of the greatest hosts of Family Feud of all time?

Jason: I say yes. He is definitely made the show HIS.
Gordon: Not yet. He still has a few more years to go before I put him up there.
Chico:: I'm going to agree.. .with... Block. He's not the best. That's still Richard Dawson's territory. But he's definitely not cut-rate for anyone.
Gordon: Next one...

3) He's not the best...but is he good enough for an Emmy nod?

Chico:: I think so.
Jason: I do too. If Todd can get nominated and win...he should be.
Chico:: Exactly.
Gordon: I agree. I'll be surprised if he continues his body of work and doesn't at least get nominated
Chico:: Next question...

4) Will the trend towards more adult-oriented questions drive away viewers and/or cause stations to book Feud on less desirable time slots?

Chico:: Anyone ever pay attention to the Feud? It's ... it's NASTY. It's a big fat NASTY. Almost as nasty as Hollywood Squares.
Gordon: The ratings are going up, and that's the only thing they care about, so no.
Chico:: And anyone who thinks that there's a sharp turn blue on the questioning hasn't been paying attention to the show's history.
Jason: Nope. Not at all.
Chico:: So there you go.
Gordon: It's a little less double-entendre. Last one...

5) Last Season, Family Feud averaged a 3.1, which is a nice bounce upwards. This year, Family Feud will average...

Chico:: 3.3. The party continues.
Jason: 3.2 Higher but slowly
Gordon: I'll go with 3.3
Chico:: Okay. So what're we gonna do next week, Gordon?
Gordon: Next week, we do some wheeling and Dealing.
Chico:: Cool. So what're we gonna do right now, Gordon?
Gordon: 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 Morris... The voice of Brainvision News. It's gonna be hard to find something to talk about this week... but let's try anyway. First up. Bat me.
Jason: Which one?
Chico:: One of the London 2012 rejects.
Jason: (hands Chico the Cricket Bat)
Chico:: How was I supposed to know they discontinued baseball?
Jason: Will that work?
Chico:: That'll work. We've got a list of players for The Pyramid coming in September...

Celebs to play in season 1 include Dot Marie Jones ("Glee"), Oscar Nunez ("The Office"), Nick Turturro ("Blue Bloods"), and two from "Community", Yvette Nicole Brown and Danny Pudi.

Chico:: I was hoping for Allison Brie and Childish Gambino, but... what the hell. It's Pyramid.
Jason: Lets see and hope.
Chico:: Meanwhile, we have a couple of greenlights.

December 1 sees the premiere of Centric's Apollo Live... while "Hot Set" on Syfy goes live September 18.

Chico:: Hosting Apollo Live: Tony Rock. You all remember him, right?
Gordon: I do.
Jason: Chris's brother?
Chico:: Chris' brother. Also hosted Can You Tell back in the day for Oxygen. When did 2003 become back in the day?
Gordon: Feel old yet?
Chico:: Yes.
Jason: I do.
Chico:: Need some current.
Gordon: Want a Datebook?
Chico:: Give me some current.

Well we have week #2 of the Olympics. Friday is the season finales of Bunk and Figure It Out

Chico:: Both of which we'll see more of in the future.
Jason: You ain't kidding. We want the Figure it Out reunion stat!
Chico:: And bonus, old school on TeenNick this weekend. This has to happen! Make it happen, Nick!
Gordon: What about making getting Fully Loaded happen?
Chico:: I can do that.
Jason: (HIC)

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are coming to the PS3

Jason: WOOT!
Gordon: Nice!
Chico:: They're just ports of the Wii version, but hey, it's another edition!
Gordon: Well if you haven't played on the Wii, getting one is smart
Chico:: There you go. And if you missed it when it was on PSN, now's your shot.
Gordon: But I have dumb.
Jason: I bet you do.
Chico:: Yep

Are YOU Smarter than...the 'Super Fan' Taltos twins, who would do ANYTHING to be on The Bachelor Series - and quit after Episode 2.

Jason: Of course they would.
Chico:: Some superfan. Thanks for wasting four hours of... someone's time.
Gordon: By the way, the 'Superfan' ploy is working just as well as the 'Let's let the Big Brother Alumni play their own game' plan - only one Superfan is left
Jason: Are we shocked? EVERYONE....! NO!
Chico:: NO.
Gordon: Didn't think so. What about some Haterade?
Chico:: Caffeinated?
Jason: I want it supersized
Gordon: We start with a Love Zombie.

Bret Michaels and Kristi Gibson? Donesky



Jason: Oh well.
Chico:: Donesky.

Meanwhile, the Olympics have been pummeling everything in its path, sending every show that was dumb enough to have new episodes to their series low.

Chico:: Wipeout... Big Brother... Bachelor Pad... Glass House...
Gordon: Of course, Big Brother can't be helped (because it's live) but if Mike Fleiss really wanted to save Bachelor pad, he would have convinced ABC to not air it. The only smart network? FOX, who didn't air any new reality competition shows.
Chico:: Nope.
Jason: Smart
Chico:: They know they can't win this fight.
Gordon: oh and while we're at it, he's trying out for 2016



Chico:: The arm relay?
Jason: The one arm relay

Trust Us With Your Life is no longer being trusted by ABC.

Chico:: Yeah. Ratings weren't that good, and Fred Willard... well, we all know what Fred Willard did. And you know the old saying, "Winning cures all ills". The show wasn't, so g'bye it goes.
Gordon: (Puts on Peter and the Wolf album)
Jason: Huh?
Gordon: I love the flute solo. It's so magical
Jason: GORDON. WOW. :-)
Chico:: Let's talk about something else, anything else. How about a trip to .... Asia?

Bindi's Bootcamp is being beamed to Discovery Kids Asia thanks to Fremantle Media

Chico:: That show, of course, hosted by Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Croc Hunter.
Jason: This is going to be a huge hit.
Gordon: I don't know about huge, but I think it will do well. Bindi. however, could be a huge media ho.
Chico:: And at 14 she'd be the youngest to ever host a game show. TAKE THAT SEACREST! (Plays "Pimpin'")

In this week's Hodometer, Sharon Osbourne may be on the way out of America's Got Talent, Christian Soriano opens up a new boutique, Melanie Amaro FINALLY drops a single, Mark Cuban guests on Necessary Roughness, Ballet Boyz go on So You Think You Can Dance, Joey Lawrence will NOT go on Dancing With the All-Stars, Khloe Kardashian wants to be the new X-Factyor host, Todd Newton goes to Hanover, and blah blah Emily says blah blah finale was edited different than it happened, blah blah blah.

Gordon: But none of them are the Ho of the week.
Jason: Who is the HO of the week
Gordon: The ho is the latest entry to join the American Idol panel...Snoop Lion... latest rumored entry
Chico:: Of course formerly Snoop Dogg.
Jason: Snoop has got the Jamaican in him :-)
Gordon: But he's now Snoop Lion, after laying down in the green, green GRASS.
Jason: Laying in it for a LONG TIME.
Chico:: And breathing the fumes, no doubt.
Gordon: I'd say smelling what the lawnmower cut. And those...are your hoes.
Chico:: And that's Brainvision. Shut 'er down.
Jason: (shutting down)
Chico:: Still to come, we play a game of Gordon's choosing, but first we get a-head of ourselves. That's on the other side of the break. This is WLTI...
Gordon: You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you 22 Olympic events some idiot is going to propose making into a reality show competition.
Chico:: Tug'o WAR!
Jason: Trampoline
Gordon: And then have Shaq compete against them....wait a sec...

(Brainvision is presented by Pull On It, the extreme-tug-of-war competition for $50,000 and the right to say you competed in an Olympic event on TV... never mind that it hasn't been in the Olympics in ages)