Chico: Hey, this is Chico Alexander and I have an announcement. Come here. Come closer. Closer....
Jason: I can see your ear from here.
Chico: ... Lolo Jones is having my baby.
Jason: *THUD*
Chico: That's what SHE said,
Gordon: (puts on Papa Don't Preach album)
Chico: ... Lolo Jones isn't having my baby.
Gordon: Aw.
Chico: But there is a really big announcement if you stay tuned into the show through the whole round.
Gordon: We will get to that announcement sometime during the show (probably near the end), so don't run away. However, if you did run away before the end of the show, you'd be keeping with this week's theme.
Chico: (plays "Runaway Love" by En Vogue) From somewhere... else... in America... WLTI is... ON!
Jason: WOO HOO!
Chico: Thanks for joining us. Alongside Gordon Pepper, it's your boy Chico and our very special panelist Jason Block. Thanks for joining us Jason.
Jason: Always.
Chico: Got a lot to cover, so we'll start with the reason for all these runaway references. Reason the first... in what could be another teachable moment that NBC fails to learn from, Sharon Osbourne quits America's Got Talent.
Jason: Which COULD be battled in court later down the road.
Gordon: And she quits not because of that show - but because of another show coming up called Stars Earn Stripes. This is a show that invited her son Jack Osbourne to participate in - and then withdrew the offer once they found out that Jack has MS.
Chico: Then, in typical NBC fashion, they deny that they ever did hire Jack in the first place.
Jason: I smell lawsuit or payout Because, if true, that's a direct violation of the ADA.
Gordon: I could very well be. Do we see Sharon on Tuesday?
Jason: I say yes.
Chico: She says she's going to finish our the season.
Gordon: I think we will, but if I'm NBC I have a nice little chat with her first
Jason: Yeah...play ball through the end of the season or a breach of contract lawsuit is on.
Chico: So does Sharon have a case?
Jason: Sharon doesn't. but Jack does, if he has the emails et al.
Chico: Yeah, you just want to say to NBC... Dude has e-mails. And by the sound of his quitter...err, Twitter, he just might have that case. He tweeted, and now I'm quoting...

NBC said they didn't fire me over my diagnosis? Bull-F***ing-S*** #BoycottNBC

Chico: You can fill in the stars in your own leisure.
Gordon: Easier than your Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle
Jason: Straight and to the point, don't you think.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: Ok now let's say your the producer of the show - was this the right move?
Chico: Well, on one hand, you have a disease that is known to be at best debilitating. On the other way, the way NBC handled the whole thing... they were just begging for an all out PR war. This is something that should've been handled with physicians and providers, not with producers and executives.
Jason: And quietly. This makes NBC look like uncaring a-holes
Gordon: Allow me to look at this at a completely different angle.
Jason: Go on
Gordon: Do you remember the last show that featured people trying to earn any sort of cop or military degree?
Chico: Armed and Famous, yeah. It had Erik Estrada getting tased.
Gordon: How did that show do again?
Chico: Gonzo after 4.
Gordon: We saw the finale on bit torrent. Also starring Jack Osbourne by the way
Jason: So, your point?
Gordon: This show has all the makings and feeling of a show that's going to be gone in 8 weeks. HOWEVER, IF you had Jack Osbourne in there, you NOW have a hook. A REAL hook about someone dealing with a REAL illness while trying to undergo something,
Jason: Exactly. It's the human interest story.
Gordon: This wouldn't be like the latest staged fight on Jersey Shore or any made up script on The Hills. This is reality. This is people being real about something real.
Jason: That's a tagline.
Chico: That's real talk.
Gordon: Part of the reason why The Real World Season 3 was the season that put it on the map was documenting someone dealing with HIV. This could do the same thing for MS, a very real, debilitating disease.
Jason: I agree. Totally.
Chico: Absolutely
Gordon: If they used that story line (maybe he makes it. Maybe he doesn't, but we could see the chronicle of him trying to deal with it), this show could have been an actual 'reality' show. This could have been GOLD. And NBC, like almost everything else they have done for the past few years, screwed the pooch. And shame on Marc Burnett for not realizing this.
Chico: But think about it... it's NBC. You actually expect them to actually go through this rationally?
Jason: Of course not. They are a TV company. Why should they care about people?
Chico: Something like that
Gordon: I think the MS thing scared them off. They can hide by whatever they feel like, but this could have been a masterful feel good story if they only sat down and thought about it.
Chico: Again... it's NBC... They don't think. They haven't been able to think since Friends ended.
Chico: We'll have more on this story as Stars Earn Stripes premieres on Monday.
Gordon: Now we go to Project Runaway...I mean Runway
Jason: (headdesk, headdesk) AAAAUGH! May I set this up please?
Chico: Go on.
Jason: At the end of last week's team challenge, Andrea and Christopher who didn't get along at all were in the bottom 2, but Raul was eliminated and sent packing.
Jason: They go back to the Atlas Apartments and at the end of the episode Andrea is gonzo. No one knows where she is. Flash forward to this week episode.
Andrea Quits. Gone. Then Kooan (the Japanese Designer) isn't feeling his inner happiness and he quits.
Chico: So it's just a parade of quitters.
Jason: The parade stops there, but Buffi's awful pink cover, print dress mess sends her home. We see this all the time, but I will say this again...YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR. Anybody who QUITS is the worst sort of loser. Period. Upsets me to no end.
Chico: Yep. And for all the reasons stated. Yes, you got your shot and thought midway that it wasn't for you... but someone else didn't get theirs. At ;east play it out.
Jason: We have seen this on many shows. What about the person at home who sees this and was THIS CLOSE to getting on the show (name any show...not just Prject Runway)
Gordon: Well we've said this before, if you quit, you literally will have many designers who try out stick their size 11 Gucci high heel through the TV set.
Jason: Blahnik. Louboutin. Name the shoe.
Chico: Jimmy Choo. But anyway, it's one of those things that annoys us to no end. If you're going to compete... compete. And I don't blame the contestants so much as I blame the Contestant Coordinators.
Jason: NO I blame the contestants 100%. You can't predict quitting.
Chico: No but certainly there are signs.
Gordon: I blame both. This is up to the Contestant Coordinators as well, who have to smell 'pre-madonna' and 'sensitive'. It's their job to do this. This is what they get paid for. If you see 2 designers quit this early, it's certainly on them.
Jason: That's a valid point.
Chico: Yep. One contestant quits, you can just put it on that contestant. Two... it's a bigger issue.
Jason: But we will be following Project Runway. This season has been pretty good design wise.
Gordon: Well it's early. If they can get through the rest of the season being known for good contestants, then this is just a blip.
Chico: Let's hope for just a blip. This was supposed to be the very special 10th anniversary season.
Gordon: It's special, alright. For the wrong reasons.
Jason: So far.
Chico: Also special for the wrong reasons... Glass House.



Gordon: The show being on the air is for the wrong reasons, but I actually think the right move was made here.
Chico: Explain the right move.
Gordon: Mike and Joy were brought back up the tubes. The Glass house offered a buyout to anyone left in the game. If anyone took it, one of the two would be back in the game. I would have left for $69, but Stephanie, who has mired at the bottom of the popularity poll, leaves with $37,500.
Chico: Not unlike an episode of season 2 of the Mole. The least popular was offered a cash buyout to leave the game and that player was more than happy to oblige.
Gordon: True. Mike comes back in, and Jeffery and Gene are the new team captains. Gene, who the audience has been wanting to get rid of for a month, gets to go to Limbo, and while Erica will be going with him, it seems like a fait accompli that he will be gone.
Chico: Nothing to see here, move along.
Gordon: Now on the other house, we don't have anyone quitting - just Janelle leaving.
Chico: Awwwww.
Jason: Boy did Janelle get PLAYED. 8-1 vote.
Chico: And all because Boogie showed up.
Gordon: We FINALLY have some sort of strategy in the other house of morons, in the form of the SIlent Six.
Jason: I like that name too.
Gordon: The Silent but Deadly alliance have taken out the first person. The team of Dan, Britney, Danielle, Frank, Boogie and Shane.
Jason: Frank wins HOH
Chico: And it's about time tooo. Chef Joe and Wil are back up on the block.
Gordon: So now with that, they do the wise thing and target the power of the other team - said power is Joe and Wil, which also makes sense form a cover up standpoint because they both wanted Frank gone.
Chico: First targets of Frank's revenge.
Jason: Frank has told Joe to lie low so Wil goes bye bye
Chico: All of a sudden this game got MIGHTY interesting. Will Joe live up to strategy or not? The ultimate outcome of the game may hinge on what Joe decides to do next.
Gordon: Wil is dead man walking unless either of them wins POV.
Chico: Right on.
Jason: Bingo.
Gordon: Notice something else - ALL 3 alumni are now allied together with 3 newbies. Anyone see what's going to happen next?
Chico: OOH OOH! I KNOW!
Gordon: Chico?
Chico: Pagonging!
Gordon: Sounds good to me. Then who wants the alumni pagonging out the newbies?
Chico: NOBODY!
Jason: This sets up Boogie winning another $500K
Gordon: The ONLY chance any alumni is going to have is against one of their own - and I think they know that.
Chico: If someone wants to win, they have to get rid of Boogie. That's the winning game plan, plain and simple. Now let's see if they go for it.
Jason: But right now, the game just got jolted.
Chico: and its about time, too It's a whole new ball game.
Gordon: At least there's now officially interest instead of boredom.
Chico: And speaking of which, we have a whole new ballgame to review. It's on OWN, and it's called Super Saver Showdown. Here's the scene - two so-called super saver couponing freaks are given one family each and one party to plan. They are also given two rounds and $100 a round by the lovely Kristan Cunningham to shop for AND plan a party. The best looking party on the cheapest dime wins $10,000. Let's start with the good, because there is good to start with. There's a metric to success. As in, a winner is not just subjectively chosen. That lends credence to the legitimacy of the proceedings. Also, there's a feel good story guaranteed in every episode. Almost built in.
Gordon: I actually like the idea of the show
Jason: Me too personally. Especially in this economy
Chico: It's a good idea and one that lends itself perfectly to the network's demographic.
Gordon: And you can learn something about shopping, which can help everyone - not just those who are watching the show.
Jason: People who watch TLC's Extreme Couponers will watch this.
Chico: Right on. Leading to the bad. We've said it before, and we'll say it again... PACING! Yes, it's an hour show, but it doesn't need to feel like an hour show!
Gordon: I have 3 main issues with the show and that would be one of them.
Chico: It's filleriffic.
Jason: UGH
Chico: It's pad-tastic.
Gordon: The second one would be there's less lessons for us to learn and more drama that does nothing for the show.
Chico: THAT'S A SOUND BYTE, by the way.
Gordon: And finally - it needs more creativity. Where have we seen 'party' before?
Chico: I don't know... every party show on TLC maybe?
Gordon: Ask Rocco DeSpirito
Chico: Ah. So grades up, gents.

	SUPER SAVER SHOWDOWN OWN - 8p ET Fridays
	GORDON	CHICO	JASON	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	C	C	C	C

Jason: Good idea, bad execution. C.
Gordon: Good idea, not enough execution. C
Chico: Agree. Good idea, bad execution. A C sounds about right. It's not a bad show and hopefully OWN will give it time to grow and be nurtured so we can see what it will do in the fut... hold on, I'm getting a breaking news...

*zombified hand hands Chico a report*...

Chico: ... Yeah, it's been cancelled.
Jason: Say what?
Chico: There's good... there's bad... and then there's 71,000 viewers on a Friday night.
Jason: That's...That's....Wow. (whistles)
Gordon: ...Yeowch. You know, I don't blame the 71,000 on the show.
Chico: No. I blame it on the fact that it was on OWN. If it was on a TLC, then maybe it'll last a season.
Jason: Every time I see OWN, the screen is red from all the money it's bleeding
Chico: Bingo.
Gordon: Why are you putting up a show on a Fruday with no publicity?
Jason: Burnoff. No faith. I can go on
Chico: No, that's enough.
Gordon: So many things this network has done badly
Jason: I dont think they have done anything good.
Chico: No, they could learn a lesson from CBS, who've given us three good seasons of Let's Make A Deal. And are about to give us a fourth.
Gordon: Which means it's time to ask...



Chico: Here we go... Question #1...

1) The Super Deal was event television on the show. Do we see it come back in season 4?

Jason: Yes Yes and Yes. Put it on in Feb or May
Gordon: November.
Jason: 6 weeks out of the year. 2 weeks in each period. Ratings Gold.
Chico: Sounds like a plan. Or at least something that will make us be interested. It could be the Super Deal, it could be something just as spectacular.
Gordon: I have a lot of faith in the brains behind this show.
Chico: We all do. The show's been in good hands for a while. I don't expect that to change any time soon.
Gordon: Next question....

2) Best Game Show Host....Wayne Brady. Do we hear that this season?

Jason: Well....maybe. I mean see Todd, Steve, Pat and Alex nominated along with him. Could be.
Chico: It can happen.
Gordon: if this is Alex's last season - and it very well could be - I hear Alex's name being called. No offense to Wayne, but he's not in his 70's who just suffered 2 heart attackes in the past 3 years.
Jason: Right.
Chico: And we all know something is up with the Emmy deciders. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
Gordon: We've see it happen before. Ask Bob Barker. Next one?
Chico: Next one...

3) Does a bigger adueince mean a bigger budget?

Jason: I dont think so. I would like to see a bigger variation in the car selection. But thats me.
Chico: Well it's not like TPIR where you have the game built upon the prices of a car and you have to switch it up.
Jason: Remember...they gave away 6.5M in cash and prizes last year
Gordon: Not on daytime, and not on ticks upwards. I think the show is fine as is. Plus in that sort of show, a bigger budget I think hurts it in a way, because the ground offers are much more tempting when you know it's low scale.
Jason: We dont know how much was NOT given away
Chico: There you go.
Gordon: Next one...

4) Trato Hecho did it - will we see people behind doors and curtains in terms of services?

Jason: Like for example?
Gordon: For argument sake, Richard Simmons if he was going to give you free workouts for a year. Or Craig Fergusson if you were going to the Emmys.
Jason: It happens on TPIR...Mike Richards is producing...do the math
Gordon: I think that could be a lot of fun. Do it, Mike.
Chico: It could happen.. and it'd be interesting to see it.And again, I have faith that interesting will happen on this season. LAST QUESTION.

5) Last season, LMAD averaged a 1.6 and was consistently in the middle when it comes to daytime network half-hours. This season, Let's Make a Deal will average...

Jason: 1.8 Word of mouth continues
Chico: 1.8 is about right.
Gordon: 1.7 I think they benefit from Family Feud and TPIR.
Chico: It's like, if you watch the show, and you promise to tell a friend about it... we'll give you at no additional charge, Wayne Brady singing. But yeah, again one of the best produced hours of your day.
Jason: With one of the best casts (Brady/Coyne/Mangum) in television...not just daytime
Gordon: Eve came up with an idea for a prize.
Jason: Uh oh.
Gordon: Eve the cat wants to see a trip to the Pet Hotels in Burbank. Actually, that's not a bad idea for a summer vacation spot.
Chico: ... Oh... that's nice..
Jason: That's actually not bad. They do have them
Gordon: And Eve wants to take them to...The Bates Motel Pet Hotel....oh.
Jason: The Cue! Time for the Cue!
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: Thank you, Doug. First up, let's get cracking...I need a bat
Jason: Which one?
Chico: The plastic green one I got from a supermarket. It comes with its own light.
Gordon: Pretty
Jason: (hands Chico the Green Plastic Bat)

Lifetime has given the greenlight to "Supermarket Superstars". It's not a gathering of past Supermarket Sweep champs... Sorry, Gordon...but it is a contest to see who will come up with the next great creation to sell at a grocery store. It's basically... Project Safeway.

Jason: This is sort of Shark Tank meets The Next Great Invention with Supermarkets
Chico: The good news: Stacy Keibler is hosting, so it gives us something to look at.
Jason: (whistles)
Gordon: This has the potential to be fascinating.
Chico: Bingo.
Chico: It could be fascinating. And because it's from the people who created Project Runway, expect it to be tight.
Gordon: It will get a Datebook entry, like these shows.

Monday, the show we've been sort of waiting for: Stars Earn Stripes. Wednesday: A show we're not really waiting for at all: Oh Sit. Thursday and Sunday: Shows worth waiting for in the form of Extreme Chef and The Great Food Truck Race. And as a bonus... If you have MundoFox, you will see Minuto Para Ganar, which is the Spanish version of Minute to Win it.

Chico: I wish I had Mundofox.
Jason: I think I do
Gordon: I'm looking it up. Chico needs to get Fully Loaded
Jason: HIC
Chico: This week... it's a book.

Todd Newton's new book, "Life in the Bonus Round", is now available. Not in e-book form... but give it time. :-) You can buy it here:

http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000577629/Life-in-the-Bonus-Round.aspx

Jason: And...if you do...you send a pair of shoes to Haiti.
Chico: It's awesome.
Gordon: That's very nice - because I know a celebrity that needs some shoes right now.
Jason: Uh oh
Chico: Can't wait to hear this one

Are YOU Smarter than...Randy Travis, who gets caught doing DUI.

Chico: Wait for it...
Gordon: Now most times when you do DUI, you get here, but this one's special.
Chico: Still waiting...
Gordon: He was driving naked.
Chico: AND BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE
Gordon: But WAIT! There's more!
Chico: MOOOOOOOOORE?
Gordon: This is AFTER he shows up at two convenience stores - ALSO naked.
Chico: Now that's just crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_KZ8xrIi0

Jason: I know this song.
Gordon: I heart that song.
Jason: :-)
Gordon: I also heart Haterade
Chico: Me too.
Jason: (puts mug down)

So J-Lo's chauffeur is suing J-Lo for 2 million dollars due to breah of contract. J-Lo, however, seems to have the goods - she's counter suing the driver for 20 MILLION dollars for extortion.

Chico: Damn son.
Jason: Thats haterade with a reverse and a twist.
Gordon: We're not done yet.

Kanye West has a new pet name for Kim Kardashian, she's the 'Perfect B!tch'

Chico: Oh boy
Jason: Thank you, Mr. Misogyny
Gordon: That happens to be the name of Kanye's new song and he dedicated it to Kim. Nice.
Chico: Wonderful. I'm sure mom is proud.
Gordon: I don't think you'll want to call Augusts anything like that, or he'll eat your spleen



Somehow we missed this one: 'Disney's Friends for Change Games'. No one's going to be missing it any more, as it's been canned.

Chico: ... Sorry, what is this again?
Gordon: 4 Teams competing in Olympic-style events.
Chico: Right. Let's take a trip. We're going to England...

Two things. One... season 2 of Red or Black is being funded through, get this... a pay day loan company. You didn't think things could get worse, well... welcome to worse.

Gordon: Lovely
Jason: You are kidding me
Chico: We have one lawmaker's quote right here.

Stella Creasy, the Labour & Co-Operative MP for Walthamstow who campaigns for new regulation on payday loans, told RadioTimes.com: "Wonga are targeting shows like Red or Black? because they're now making millions of pounds out of some very vulnerable people. This is a different league of sponsorship deal compared to Wonga's previous efforts, designed to give them a veneer of responsibility. It's a strategy to detoxify their brand."

Jason: You want me to shower now or later?
Chico: This is perhaps the most dubious sponsorship deals since Geritol decided to fund 21.
Jason: You think?
Gordon: Let's detoxify our brand by sponsoring a gambling show that has been won by a wifebeater.
Chico: Let the good times roll.
Gordon: Literally
Chico: The second item segues into the hoes, and it's our obligatory Olympic coverage...

Ryan Lochte wants in on both Dancing with the stars AND the Bachelor.

Jason: Book it...he will be there.
Chico: Wouldn't be so interesting if Mike Fleiss wasn't at least considering it.
Jason: DWTS
Chico: Michael Phelps at least wants to Dance.
Gordon: Ryan and Michael Phlps have been tagged for a combined 14 reality show ideas. That's according to them.
Jason: I dont doubt it.
Chico: Nope.
Gordon: And if you're the producers of the past few uninspiring seasons, I don't know how you don't go for it.
Jason: right
Gordon: Let's segue into it...Ludame.
Chico: (plays "Area Codes")

In this week's Media Ho Report, Jen Schefft has a new baby girl, Stacey Kiebler hosts Supermarket Superstars, Rome Kanda does the San Francisco Anime Festival...

Chico: Awesome.

Ryan Seacrest will host the Olympics Closing ceremonies, Vicky Lawrence will show up to RuPaul's Drag Race as Mama, Ciara Hannah becomes a Power Ranger... Pink does not want to be an American Idol judge, We have 11 repeat ho-ffenders on Next Iron Chef: Redemption, and Damian McGinty (Glee Season 1) will host a Season 2 reunion and show everyone how much fame he received for winning season 1.

Chico: Ask my sister. He's the idol of Gleeks everywhere.
Gordon: But none of them are your Hoes of the week.
Jason: Hoes?
Gordon: Michael and Ryan of course. you cant compete with 14 reality game show requests.
Jason: Nope.
Chico: You REALLY CAN'T.
Gordon: And those...are your Hoes.
Chico: and that's Brainvision,.
Jason: Shutting Down
Chico: Still to come, who wants to be Steve Jones. But first... ummm... 1 1/3 dozen eggs...a teenager's driving age...Molly Ringwald's candles...
Jason: What is sixteen?
Chico: (THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH 16)
Gordon: Or - things we'll be takling about during our March Madness segment.
Chico: Eight old panelists vs. eight new ones. It's a battle for the ages. This is WLTI. You give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you all of Michael Phelps' medals.
Jason: All 24 of them
Gordon: So shiny.

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