Episode 24.10 - Tomato Juice
August 9

Jason: We are SO going to get letters :)
Chico: So... yeah. Welcome back, and if you're still reading... Thank you.
Gordon: Very much.
Josh: *comes back in, all cleaned but smelling like Marinara sauce*
Gordon: I think I left some spaghetti in the other vat.
Josh: Save it.
Chico: This is still WLTI. Lighthearted entertainment, good times, great people... and if we're lucky, a little news as well. Now, this summer has been the summer of the GSNN World Cup, as you know.
Gordon: We have 28 teams safely in our World Cup Tournament. Time to round the brackets out.
Chico: It's time to get WILD!
Jason: BOOGA BOOGA!
Chico: .... Card, that is.
Jason: Oh :)
Chico: Okay, here's the deal... we're going to go back to the brackets, take out a few we think deserve second chances.... and then throw in a viewer spoiler or two.
Jason: Cool :)
Chico: And when all is said and done, we'll have 32.
Gordon: As well as viewers suggestions
Chico: And then next week, we start choppin'em! But that's next week. Let's get there first.
Gordon: Oh. One more rule.
Chico: Ooh, what's that?
Gordon: Only ONE country represented per Wild Card acceptance.
Jason: Right.
Gordon: So we don't get 4 USA shows in the Wild Card
Jason: Nods
Gordon: So if you like a shows run by the same country better, the one in automatically falls out of the Top 4.
Jason: Agreed.
Josh: It's fair, but this means it's going to make it a tough call for some of these.
Chico: Starting with the USA and... Let's Make a Deal. So Let's Make a Deal for the USA in the Wild Card...
Gordon: So next one, Chico?
Chico: Next one... Came from the UK Bracket... X FACTOR.
Jason: X FActor below Deal
Josh: Agreed.
Gordon: Tough, but I put LMAD over X-Factor
Chico: Sounds good to me.
Jason: Not by much though

Deal > X FACTOR

Chico: Next... from the Australia/France/Netherlands bracket.... Netherlands' Fear Factor.
Gordon: Above X-Factor.
Jason: Thats the spot I would put it
Chico: Fear beats X. All the time.
Josh: Fear is in 2nd

Deal > FEAR FACTOR > X Factor

Chico: Next up... from the Spain/Latin America bracket.... A Que No Puedo. Civs and celebs dare each other to do stuff for money.
Gordon: I like it. Not as good as the other ones. Bottom.
Jason: Bottom
Chico: Bottom.
Josh: Bottom!

Deal > Fear > X > A QUE NO PUEDO

Chico: Going to the Asia/Pacific bracket... Permission to go off the board?
Gordon: Granted
Chico: HEXAGON II. It's a quiz show combined with a variety show.
Gordon: Cute. Above A Que No Puedo
Jason: Same.
Chico: Agreed. Alrighty...

Deal > Fear > X > HEXAGON II > A Que.

Gordon: Next one - from Africa: SportsMillionaire
Josh: It's basically the WWTBAM format, right?
Chico: Basically
Josh: I'll put it above fear factor.
Jason: Thats right.
Chico: Hmm... If I say below Hexagon II, will I get laughed at?
Gordon: No. Below X--Factor.
Chico: So that's right about...

Deal > Fear > SPORTSMILL > X > Hexagon II > A que.

Gordon: Next one...BingoLotto. From the Rest of the World Region
Chico: Above Fear Factor.
Gordon: I'll put it below Fear Factor, but we don't have one of these shows in the Top 32. We should have one.
Jason: I dont want X Factor out...Above X
Gordon: We have a bunch of singing competition shows.
Josh: I dunno....
Chico: You're the decider...
Josh: I'll put it above Hexagon II

Deal > Fear > SportsMill > BINGOLOTTO > X > Hexagon > A Que

Gordon: So we now have...THE SPOILERS
Josh: (Plays appropriate Card Sharks/Double Dare cue)
Gordon: Each person on the panel gets 1 game of their chioce to throw in there. Standard rules apply. Chico, start us off.
Chico: Something I completely forgot about.. .again...Million Pound Drop.
Jason: No no and no.
Gordon: It needs to be million dollar dropped. Bottom.
Jason: Bottom.
Josh: One up from the bottom
Chico: Above Hexagon.

Deal > Fear > SportsMill > BingoLotto > X > Hexagon > MILL POUND DROP > A Que

Gordon: Josh, youre next.
Josh: Only Connect
Chico: Above X.
Gordon: I like it, and it was THIS close to making it. Over Sports Millionaire
Josh: It's THE smartest game show out there.
Jason: I agree. above Fear Factor
Josh: Above Fear Factor

Deal > Fear > ONLY CONNECT > SportsMill > BingoLotto > X > Hex > MillPoundDrop > A Que

Gordon: Mr. Block?
Jason: I have to go with one of my fav shows out there now. Silent Library
Gordon: That was the one I was going to go with. Top.
Chico: Below Deal. It's there, but not quite.
Josh: Above SportsMillionaire
Jason: Below Deal. Needs to be in the top 4

Deal > Fear > SILENT LIBRARY > Only Connect > SportsMill > BingoLotto > X > Hex > MillPoundDrop > A Que

Gordon: Finally...Since Jason took mine...
Chico: Hee hee
Gordon: And since I like the list...The Bachelor
Jason: No. :)
Chico: Losers.
Gordon: Not even above Hexagon II?
Chico: No.
Josh: To the bottom with Bachelor
Chico: So there's your final four...

LET'S MAKE A DEAL > FEAR FACTOR > SILENT LIBRARY > ONLY CONNECT > SportsMill > BingoLotto > X > Hex > MillPoundDrop > A Que > The Bachelor

Josh: I'm happy with that list.
Chico: I like it.
Gordon: So your thoughts on the Top 32?
Chico: I like it a lot.
Jason: Yes :)
Josh: It ought to be a fun semi-final.
Jason: You bet :)
Chico: That's next week.

Gordon: And don't foreget, we expect you Facebookers to cast your vote. You do have a voice, you know.
Chico: Of course. We can't do this without you.
Jason: Oh yeah. Make your voice heard
Gordon: Next up - other people make their voices heard. We decipher what they say. But first, we give you...this!

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Josh: Sponsored by Disney's Monorail
Chico: I can tell you right now... it's a short game. Those trains move fast.
Jason: Very quick
Josh: You guys have not been to Pittsburgh, have you?
Chico: Nope.
Josh: Our Light Rail (The T) is not very fast.
Chico: I know the Marta's pretty fast...I know the NYC Metro's fast.
Josh: The DC Metro on the other hand....
Chico: Also fast.
Josh: And it was also made fun of by the Capitol Steps. Imagine Elvis' "In the Ghetto" making fun of the Metro System.
Chico: Yikes. Well, we've got fast talking to decipher. Ready?
Gordon: Ready
Josh: Shoot
Chico: First... Here's Nigel Lythgoe talking about his favorite panel in the whole wide world...

"We’ve seen over the last two years some really great people that haven’t fitted together, as far as I’m concerned."

Josh: Translation: This show has gone to the *censored* hole and I am doing whatever it takes to fix it.
Jason: Translation: We are blowing stuff up to fix the show that we screwed up. And I am sorry for leaving.
Chico: Translation: Kara and Ellen? Totally not my idea. Totally not what I would've done.
Gordon: Translation. Ellen needs to go back to hosting and Kara needs to go back with Paris Hilton's entourage and write abotut ponies, hurricanes and whatever else she dreams about.
Chico: And Ford commercials... No boundaries? Get it? ... No? Nothing. Okay, moving on.
Chico: Gordon?
Gordon: Next one - This is from the PR Release of Don't Forget the Lyrics and 5th Grader

This season, both game shows to feature multiple weeks of special celebrity episodes. Playing for charity, the appearances to include today’s top personalities, comedians, singers, and sports superstars. In addition, “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!” and “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” will air this fall on Vh1 and CMT, respectively.

Josh: Translation: We're doing anything for any sort of buzz.
Jason: Translation: Real people don't mean jack in the game show world.
Gordon: Translation: If you want to see any shows with original contestants in May? Forget it.
Chico: Contestants? What contestants? We're out to play to stars! That's what makes the money!
Gordon: Next one?
Chico: Next one... From ABC.

The second season of Shaq Vs. premiered to series highs, 1.2 million more Tuesday 9p than it did last year.

Jason: Translation: We will take a hit...ANY HIT. Please...watch us. :)
Chico: Translation: ... still got beat by Nick Cannon and Gordon Ramsay...just not by that much.
Josh: Translation: We have to burn off these shows somehow.
Gordon: Translation: Shaq will have better luck with the Celtics than getting a Season 3 if he doesn't get series hgh every week.
Chico: That's about right. Next?
Gordon: Next one...

ATAS has defended its decision to drop the reality-host category, citing how the Emmys will be particularly tight this time because the show will be replayed on the West Coast after its first-ever live airing and is including a Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for the first time in six years. George Clooney will accept that award.

Josh: Translation: We want nothing to do with game shows.
Chico: Translation: Still trying to wash the stench of the great hosting experiment of two years ago.
Josh: You elucidated it very nicely, Chico.
Jason: translation: Here's the finger to the genre that saved you. You're welcome
Gordon: Translation: maybe if we make believe they don't matter people will stop watching them and we can get scripted entertainment on the air
Chico: Yeah. 200 million viewers would like to have a word.
Josh: Including the four of us.
Gordon: Next one?
Chico: Next... Who remembers THIS little gem of a quote from the self-proclaimed World's Greatest Emcee?

"I would not criticize Drew Carey. I would not criticize this show. I would not criticize CBS. I would not criticize FremantleMedia because I have a sizable royalty that I am paid every year this show is on, and it’s going on for years. I would be an absolute fool."

Chico: Translation: ... I'm sorry I got caught.
Josh: Translation: You took what I said out of context, you rude puppies. I hate TMZ
Jason: Translation: Les made a nice phone call and I read what he told me to say."
Gordon: Translation: Whenevr I see a camera from now on, I'm sicing all of the animals I have saved throughout the years on them.
Chico: I guess an autograph's out of the question now. Last one?
Gordon: Last one...

Jake Pavelka, 'I let Ali not return to me so she can be the next Bachelorette'.

Josh: Translation: I'm the biggest jerk in the world. Even worse than Tony Slattery.
Chico: Translation: I'm an enabler.
Jason: Translation: I call Shenanigans
Gordon: Translation: I'm a media ho. and I like watching Tony Slattery on Whose Line is it Anyways, UK
Josh: Oh, so do I and I like Tony.
Chico: The world likes a jerk
Josh: I was just referencing one of his greatest moments.
Chico: And we like the Speed Round, which is coming up right after this.

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Chico: I've heard it. I approve. And no, Gordon didn't pay me to say that.
Josh: I smell payola
Gordon: I smell tomato juice.
Chico: Hey, let's smell something else!
Gordon: Speed Round Starts...now! AGT - Will the YouTube winner win the competition?
Josh: No
Jason: Heck no
Chico: nope.
Gordon: Nope. Alice can save a place on her mantle for it.
Chico: Sorry...HK.. Who wins everything?
Gordon: Gotta stay with Jay
Chico: Jay's a good bet. That said, congrats, Holli.
Josh: I'll take Jay to win, with Holli to place.
Gordon: SYTYCD. Kent for the win?
Chico: Kent for the win.
Josh: That's up to you
Gordon: BB: Who's leaving?
Chico: Bye Bye, Rachel.
Josh: Sayonara Rachel
Jason: See you Rachel...and the good bye speech will be classic!
Gordon: I'll go with that. Can we go with mail?
Chico: Not this week.
Gordon: How do we get mail?
Josh: wlti@gameshownewsnet.com
Chico: Good. Or they can find us on Facebook... or Myspace... or YouTube. Alright. One more question. What are you watching?
Gordon: Finales!
Josh: Next Food Network Star. Iron Chef Challenge, baby!
Jason: Still watching NFNS. Great season after the last two :)
Chico: And what are you NOT watching. Me? If it's on ABC. On Monday. I ain't gon' bother with it
Jason: I am not watching pre-season football. I will wait till Labor day :)
Gordon: Same with Jason
Josh: Probably not AGT, but that's only because of my schedule this week. I'll catch it OnDemand
Chico: Right on. Okay, we're going to call it a show. Special thanks to Josh and Jason for their services.
Jason: Always fun
Josh: An honor and a pleasure as always.
Chico: Until next week, when we review Bachelor Pad. ... shudder...
Gordon: So for everyone, this is Gordon Tomato...er, Pepper, saying Game Over and Spread the Love.