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Episode 30.13 - The Jokers' Wild Card
August 27

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and congratulations to Kevin for winning the Glass House!
Chico: .... and that's all we'll say about that.
Gordon: Ok Good. One topic down.
Chico: I got six more.
Jason: Hopefully we have a lot more words than that.
Chico: We'll cover all the bases as from Somewhere in the Recyclable Glass House... WLTI.... is... ON!
Jason: (WOO HOO)
Chico: Alongside Gordon Pepper, I'm Chico Alexander... and in the VSGS... the latest person Kevin Pereira's going to have to sit through..... Mr. Jason Block.
Jason: Thank you very much. I cant say more than that.
Chico: Now before we continue, we just want to acknowledge the events in NYC today. Our thoughts and our prayers are with those affected. Stay strong.
Gordon: But I will say that we start with an end....to Chico's career of recapping America's Got Talent.
Jason: We do, and we will.
Chico: Not THIS coming week, but next week. We'll get to why as we begin with...


WILD CARD


Chico: First up, Spencer Horsman has 90 seconds to unshackle himself before he is buried alive in wet cement.
Jason: I liked this act. A lot.
Chico: He definitely stepped up his game.
Jason: America didn't however.
Chico: No. Bad America. Again, more on that in a moment.
Gordon: I hate to disagree here (ok no I don't), but this wasn't America's fault.
Chico: Yeah, you said having a lock pick with you didn't really do anything for you.
Gordon: Exactly. And was I right?
Chico: Yes.
Jason: Yes.
Chico: But he stepped it up and you have to give him propers for that.
Gordon: I give him props for stepping it up. However, when you show how you did the trick while doing the trick, it sort of kills the excitement. No pun intended
Chico: Boo hiss.... .that's not for you, by the way, All That! is next. I defer to the others.
Jason: Did enough to get through. Shouldn't even be there.
Chico: They have a dance battle with clogging shadows. This is where Gordon cheers uncontrollably.
Gordon: WHOO HOO! I thought it was clever, and I warned you both they'll be going to the judges round. I thought they did do enough - but - I think they need to tell a bigger story and do individual solos, etc.
Jason: Howard Stern was 100% right.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: wrong
Chico: I've already lost the second semifinal show. If I lose the finals... I'm writing a strong letter to Fremantle, because having them advance this far, knowing what we know says to me one of two things, because FremantleMedia for all the crap we give it... is whip smart when it comes to this sort of thing. Either someone doesn't know... or someone doesn't WANT to know.
Jason: That's strong words
Chico: I feel strongly about this.
Gordon: Again, I think the issue is that they shouldn't have been allowed to get on, but I don't blame All That and I don't blame the judges
Jason: I agree there too.
Chico: Same here. Next..
Gordon: But if I'm the audience and if they were worthy you vote for them - and they were worthy.
Chico: Jarrett & Raja do a variant of the (BLANK) of Death. A VERY elementary illusion to figure out.
Jason: I saw David Copperfield do that trick 20 years ago.
Chico: I saw this on an episode of King of the Hill. It was the B plot, Hank trying to figure out how the trick was done. It's really simple, though. Jarrett plays the piano, and then escapes out the back while Raja writes on the crate. Gets into costume, dances off stage, and there's a waiting piano for him in the back.
Gordon: It's an old trick, complete with bad piano lip synching and Raja walking into the group in a disguise. So explain to me how in the world of those 3, they aren't the ones leaving.
Jason: THey deserved to go
Gordon: Ok so stop hating. That's MY job.
Jason: Cant help it.
Chico: Point is.. it's an easy trick and not one worth rewarding. So if you're going to e-mail us about how we're wrong. STOP. We're right here.
Gordon: Nope. Yay you got applause! Backstage is that way.
Chico: Jake Wesley Rogers dressed up like Buddy Holly... and sang Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory". You know what that is? ... a cry for help.
Jason: DEATH. That was awful.
Chico: ... Someone needs a hipstervention.
Jason: Bruno Mars would have been better...
Chico: TONS BETTER.
Jason: Hey Gordon? What happens to male singers who sing female songs...?
Chico: They get the boot.
Gordon: I think Eben Franckewitz is setting up a support group along with Daniel Joseph Baker, Adam Brock and Creighton Fraker
Jason: Accurate.
Chico: Heh. Cristin Sandu tries to balance on rola-bola-balls. He fails. Next act...
Jason: Pretty much
Gordon: Rolla-balla-falla-seeya
Chico: Todd Oliver and Irving come back with fresher material.
Jason: That Biden joke KILLED.
Chico: America gets the jokes about Barack Obama's dog being Joe Biden. :-) That is what we call in the business.. the money shot. I hope he has more where THAT came from.
Jason: It was topical, fresh and funny as hell. Deserved to go through.
Gordon: Best act of the night, hands down. Glad that he advanced.
Chico: Bandbaz Brothers balance knives. Held in each others' mouths. But here's the thing, it only LOOKs dangerous.
Jason: And? impressive...but not a million dollar act
Chico: Not to say that you should try it. In fact... you probably shouldn't. But those knives were rigged in such a way that you can do such things.
Jason: You caught it?
Chico: I don't think NBC would even entertain anything more extreme than that. I caught it.
Jason: Next?
Gordon: I didn't catch it., I was too busy playing with my pet waterbugs the first 85 seconds of the act to watch them actually complete the stunt
Chico: Sebastien "El Charro de Oro" starts spreading the news... He's going to New York New York. Now, that song to that crowd will whip up a frenzy.
Gordon: That was more like New Yuck.
Chico: A very savvy move and I commend him for playing that.
Jason: This was brilliant. It did everything right. Kid with talent does English song in Newark.
Chico: THAT SAID. He had the vocal chops of a 10 year old.
Gordon: The song choices saved him, because the vocals surely didn't.
Jason: right.
Chico: Next.. HORSE. Last time he was on the show, he was a one-ball stunt show.
Jason: Sick B******s. Next. :-)
Chico: This time... he was just... getting hit for the fun of it.
Gordon: yeah. The last time he was on was better. Didn't do anything with the second chance he was given
Chico: Right. Except maybe give Howard the American Gladiators Assault cannon and a free shot.
Gordon: See if they did an American Gladiators satirical play - THAT would have been fun
Chico: Lindsey Norton... same thing. She dances, she flips, she flops, she rolls... all very quickly... but there's no story.
Jason: See above.
Gordon: Reminds me of what I said on the broadcast. No story = no chance.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: Now I think if she joines All That...that could be fun.
Chico: Andrew de Leon told a MAGNIFICENT story both behind AND in front of the stage.
Jason: This was the comeback story...EXCEPT... He was way too high for my ears.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Chico: He got way too up in the range for that.
Gordon: Too high and too creepy. And again whats with the female songs?
Chico: To your point, Gordon... he DID do the Il Divo version. Which turned the "Unbreak My Heart" into a trick pony.
Gordon: Granted - but let's hear him do something slick and old standard and Il Divo it contemporary
Chico: And before you ask, Andrew... "My Way" is done to death. Pick something new.
Gordon: Eric Carmen, Billy Joel, Usher...just saying.
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: Finally, Ben Blaque and his five arrow apple pierce. Really nice to look at... too long to set up.
Gordon: I thought he had a shot because he was in the last spot, but quite frankly, he shouldn't have gotten in. Too long to set up and we just saw the trick last season when it was executed better.
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: Right. So that's what we had THIS week. Next week, All That Free, thank goodness.
Gordon: Aw.
Jason: Who do we have?
Chico: We have... Academy of Villains, Andrew De Leon, Bria Kelly, Donovan & Rebecca... not a fan of theirs either... Edon, Eric Dittelman, Joe Castillo, the Scott Brothers, Todd Oliver, Tom Cotter, Turf, and William Close.
Jason: This is going to be fun.
Chico: So give us the four who advance.
Jason: Dittleman, Castillo, Oliver, Close
Gordon: Castillo, Close, Cotter, Kelly
Chico: I like Dittleman, de Leon, Castillo, and Kelly. Two singers, an artist, and whatever Eric Dittelman does.
Gordon: He Dittles
Chico: Okay, so he dittles. He can dittle in the Big Brother House.



Chico: Now this is all going to be fast.  So follow me here. This was the Double Eviction week. We began with Joe and Boogie on the block. After much musing, Boogie boogied by a vote of 5 to 2.
Gordon: This of course is the right move. You have to get rid of him, Britney and Dan ASAP.
Chico: Then, Ian won HOH and nominated Frank and Ashley, because this is what happens when you dump a nerd, which isn't a BAD move if you want to keep your alliance covered.
Jason: Smart move....
Chico: But it doesn't do YOU any favors, especially if Frank goes on to win the Veto.
Jason: Which is does. Again.
Chico: More lives than a cat that one. THEN... In a move that can only be best described as time-constraint-inducing... Ian nominates JOE to take Frank's place.
Jason: NO! NO! NO!
Gordon: What's the right move, kids?
Jason: Dan baby
Chico: Frank comes off... put DAN on.
Gordon: That would be the right move.
Chico: Bad idea jeans, Ian. So Ashley gets voted out, putting everyone on notice that if you scorn a geek's advances, this is what happens.
Jason: Then Frank goes on to Win HOH
Chico: After blowing up at the rest of the house no less. All I can say is NO ONE is safe.
Gordon: Well he should do 2 things.
Chico: Tell us the two things, G
Gordon: 1. Up goes Ian and Dan. 2. Start making deals and finding an alliance.
Chico: Because let's face it... he's an army of one.
Gordon: If he can tell Joe and Danielle that they are on the outside looking in, he has something.
Jason: I believe the nominees are Danielle and Dan.
Gordon: and I'm guessing Ian would be in slot #3.
Jason: http://www.examiner.com/article/big-brother-14-live-feed-spoilers-head-of-household-finds-pandora-s-box
Chico: WAIT. THERE'S MORE. Thanks, Jason for opening.... PANDORA'S BOX.
Jason: SPOILERS. :-)



Chico: Remember the crane game in the arcade room?
Jason: Yes,
Chico: Well.. Frank as HOH got control of Pandora's Box. He decided to use it and ends up with $3000. BUT there's a twist. The rest of the house was given one hour to look for and find as many quarters as they can to play the crane game. The prize for winning: a golden veto ball. Winner... IAN.
Jason: That's huge
Chico: Yep. Suddenly the geek inherits the earth...
Gordon: If I'm Ian, I use that to play ball with Frank and try to remake an alliance.
Chico: I see what you did there.
Gordon: Telling him that he can royally screw up Frank's game if he doesn't.
Jason: Showing him he has the "balls" and the power.
Chico: But yeah, all of a sudden, the geeks inherit the earth.... I think that came from the Bible, but i'm not sure. I think that came from the Bible, I'm not sure.
Jason: Is that a segue?
Chico: But that segues into the first of our new game reviews. We should probably preamble that with this.. Ahem... Disclaimer: a renunciation to any claim thereto, a disavowal, a statement made to save one's one butt. We understand that a sizable portion of our audience are fervent adherents of evangelical Christianity. This is not a judgment of your faith or your character. This is a game show produced with the blessing of Game Show Network whose material is sourced from the NIV version of the Bible. and will be reviewed as such. And to quote Kevin Smith... "To insist that what follows is incendiary or inflammatory is to miss our intention and pass undue judgment, and passing judgment is reserved for G-d and G-d alone."
Gordon: Or the Gordonian version: If you don't like what we have to say, please don't smite us.
Chico: "Before you hurt innocent humans over this trifle of a review, remember that even G-d has a sense of humor. Look at the Kardashians."
Jason: Bingo.
Chico: So... The American Bible Challenge. One of GSN's three big fall gambits. And the most high profile if you were to believe the pressers that have been going around for the last couple of weeks.
Jason: And judging by the record 1.7M People who watched it...it is.
Chico: Yep. It's the best premiere on GSN by a mile.
Jason: We are talking EVER.
Chico: But you know what they say, if you build it, they will come. If you build it well, they will stay. More than that, they will be fruitful and multiply. So let's start with the game. It's basically an assortment of challenges testing your knowledge of all things biblical. 18 team tournament with three teams of three. Winners get $20,000 for charity.
Gordon: Now the Good: Jeff Foxworthy is perfect for this show,
Chico: Indeed. Himself a devout Christian, he fits in well with this show.
Jason: He fits like comfortable shoes.
Chico: And you know, he wasn't looking for another game show, but when the right show finds you, you consider it a calling. I like the idea that the show actually gives BACK.
Jason: And it doesn't feel treacle or saccharine.
Chico: It's a charity affair, so it's all in good fun and it's all in good faith. And it's enlightening without being cloyingly so. (see Hip Hop Squares)
Jason: I liked the increasing difficulty of questions. And yes, it wears its religiosity on it's sleeve and I was happy for that.
Chico: Just seems like a well put together production almost... I say ALMOST, because there's a time to be good and a time to be BAD. What's the one complaint that we have about a show that's overlong?
Gordon: The Bad. This is a 30 minute show masquerading in a 60 minute time slot.
Chico: Correct, Gordon. X gets the square.
Jason: I didn't feel that, but I could see it.
Chico: Too much padding. Yes it helps us to get to know the teams, but it's all too much. I'm just going to put this out here... because frankly, I'm sick of it. If you have to pad your show with fluff pieces... IT'S TOO LONG. You can either make it shorter or fill the game out.
Jason: I will admit we didn't need to SEE the Bible Study session. We get it.
Chico: We really didn't. And you know something? To put things in their proper perspective, the Pan Arab version of Jeopardy!... is an hour long. They have ONE piece at the beginning of the show, and then they have one extra round. Like Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, Triple Jeopardy!... That's how you turn a 30 minute show into a 60 minute show. Take notes.
Gordon: We have also seen this before - not executed as well, but each of the games should be familiar.
Chico: Oh yeah, they borrow copiously from other shows. Big time.
Jason: But that's ok to me. It's homage. Clever homage.

AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE
GSN - 8p ET Thursdays
GORDON CHICO JASON AVERAGE-O-MATIC
B B- A- B

Chico: Right. So overall, it's a good show, it speaks to its audience... and again, nearly 2 mill, that's a big audience... But it's caught in the conventional trappings of the 21st century game show production. B-. It could be a solid B if it didn't move so slowly over the hour.
Jason: I think you are being too hard on this show. It's one of the best new offerings of the year. A feel good show, who's faults are outweighed by it's execution. A-
Chico: I think I'm being fair. I judge based on merits and weaknesses. Nothing is sacred.
Jason: I saw what I saw. It didn't drag to me.
Gordon: It dragged for me, but although almost all of it we've seen before, we haven't seen it done this way.
Chico: and we haven't seen it done this well either.
Gordon: The execution fixes a lot of flaws in it's works, But it is good, and for that, I'm impressed. B.
Chico: See? That's fair. It's a good show.  It still needs a little work, though. It's 90 percent there. Which is more than what can be said for Beat the Chefs.
Jason: Ugh.
Chico: If you remember Gordon Ramsay's F Word... it's basically the Recipe Challenge segment stretched over two half-hours. I say "over two half hours", because one episode is comprised of TWO battles.
Jason: Which is the big problem I have with this show.
Chico: A team of three home cooks joined by relationship or blood goes up against a team of three seasoned chefs. At issue: a home-grown recipe. The cooks will cook their version, the chefs will cook THEIR version, and if the cooks can beat the chefs, they win $25,000.
Chico: Simple. The good... it's a decent enough premise. We know, because we've seen it before. Also, Matt Rogers... could be our generation's everyman host.
Jason: Oh no...I hated Matt Rogers. I disliked pretty much everything with this show.
Gordon: Matt didn't do it for me, but to be fair to Matt, he was stuck with the high school aged writing he got stuck with.
Chico: Yep. He was better on There Goes the Neighborhood. But again, a good host given his material. So the format works, the host is okay. And then we hit the BAD. I'm going to need an extra plate here for the bad.
Jason: First of all...the trash talking...unnecessary.
Chico: And makes everyone on stage look like a ...... Richard. And I don't mean Dawson.
Jason: Right. And Beau MacMillan is slumming here.
Gordon: It is unnecessary. First I thought this should stretch to an hour, but then I realize that no, a half hour is fine. The problem here is that they don't utilize their time correctly.
Chico: That's "poutine" it light. No, they're busy trying to fill holes in time. And because the time for each round is variable, we have to basically cut a lot out to fit 20 or so minutes, then tasting and judgment.
Jason: And the judges are...WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?
Chico: Male foodie... female foodie...  has been celeb. Basically a standard ICA panel. And the show, and this annoys ME to no end... it takes the worst parts of the best food shows out there... and just regurgitates the heck out of it.
Jason: Exactly. It feels like the rejected parts of bad shows.
Chico: Right.

BEAT THE CHEFS
GSN - 9p ET Thursdays
GORDON CHICO JASON AVERAGE-O-MATIC
D+ D+ D+ D+

Gordon: Pretty much., So I take all the good will from the American Bible Challenge and it gets it's goose cooked here. D+
Chico: So ultimately, it's a big bowl of flavorless soup with burnt bits of bacon in it and a giant fly doing the backstroke. D+.
Jason: D+ is right. GSN got one out of two.
Chico: And now a Minute of Minutiae (C DC Lundberg). The show lost 70% of the lead-in from TABC. Seventy percent from 1.73 million. You do the math.
Jason: 1.2M
Chico: Right. Half a mill for Beat the Chefs.
Gordon: Well it's good for a GSN show, but pretty bad retention.
Chico: Note for both shows, one show does not a hit or miss make, but while TABC has a strong start, Beat the Chefs ... could stand to do a LOT better. They score on average OVER half a million for Feud reruns.
Gordon: And they have a ways to go before seeing a 3rd season. Let's Spread the Love.



Chico: This week, it's Face Off... America Decides.
Jason: this was an amazing show...for 85 minutes
Chico: What happened the other five minutes, Block?
Jason: One guy quits the show.
Chico: Right after his team loses. Now the theme for this episode was... wait for it... the Mos Eisley Cantina.
Gordon: (Plays Cantina theme)
Jason: First off...they had to party with Sean Astin.
Chico: The winning costumer would have his or her creation not only on the Star Wars website, StarWars.com, but also stylized for an appearance on Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network.
Jason: Its on there now...and it's impressive.
Chico: Yes sir.
Jason: http://starwars.com/news/face_off_mos_eisley_cantina.html Take a look
Chico: NICE. Looks like a combination of Gutsman from Megaman 1 and the Clomite from the season 2 ep of Doctor Who, "Love & Monsters".
Jason: The teams had 3 days. Some were good...some were...well...yuck.
Gordon: Now that would be a good pic. Can we see a bad pic?
Chico: The bottom two teams... Derek & CC and Joe & Tommy
Jason: http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/photos/face_off_season_03_0301_spotlight_challenge Here are the photos.
Chico: This was the worst of the lot... http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/photos/face_off_season_03_0301_spotlight_challenge?id=7 Looks like Freddy Krueger meets Hellboy.... meets smooth jazz.
Jason: http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/photos/face_off_season_03_0301_spotlight_challenge?id=6 That's awful too (and I believe Joe and Tommy's look). Tommy begged for forgiveness before the judgment even began. Bad sign right there.
Chico: And Joe.... well... HE GONE. He didn't even wait for the verdict, he just left. In typical reality show fashion
Gordon: That would be Joe and Tommy's. So Joe (who won no one over in the personality department either) decided to commit seppuku with one of the lightsabers lying around on stage.
Chico: Can't say we'll miss him.
Jason: Nope.
Chico: But what we do miss...Jeopardy!.  Season 29 is just around the corner, and you know what that means... 5 Good... Answers?!




Chico: Or just stick with questions? Let's stick with questions. First question...

1) Alex Trebek has repeatedly hinted that he could host until the 30th anniversary season. With his heart attack, are we seeing him on the home stretch?

Jason: You bet we are.  He will do 30 and end it.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: I agree. We're going to see the last season of one of the all time greats.
Chico: Hopefully with enough advance warning to start the succession proceedings.
Gordon: I think this is the season of warning.
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: Question #2...

2) Who succeeds him?

Jason: Neil Patrick Harris
Chico: Jeff Probst.
Gordon: I'll go with Neil. He's not doing much of anything - or Todd Allan Crain
Chico: There's an idea. It'll kill MY dream, but there's an idea. :-)  Next question...

3) How high does a contestant get in season 29?

Gordon: I think we could see an uberchamp. I'll say 12 episodes
Chico: I think we see someone go seven and out.
Gordon: Question #4....

4) For Alex's last year...do we see inflation take hold in the Tournament of Champion series?

Chico: Nope, I think $250,000 is a good amount right now. Maybe NEXT year, the show bumps it to a million to celebrate season 30. Maybe we see the 30 best champs.
Gordon: Maybe. Last one?
Chico: Last one..

5) Last season, Jeopardy! averaged a 5.8, second amongst the syndicated games. This season America's favorite quiz show averages...

Gordon: 6.0 I think there's an uptick on the interest of Alex's possibly last season
Chico: Well, it's been consistent for a while now, and with interest growing going into what COULD be Alex's final season next year (not this year, mind you)... a 6 is possible. Also possible... Chenbot and J Fat making their own version of cheese and macaroni... hold the macaroni.
Gordon: Nice. Now we go on to the Jeopardy Category Round. The subjects are: Crap Actions, Pronouns, Christina Aguilera Songs, Cranial Physiology, and TV Terms. I'll take Roll that Beautiful Brain footage for $200, Alex
Chico: I see what you did there..

(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)

Gordon: We start with a book of dates

Nothing new this week, but we will see all of your favorite shows, including AGT.

Gordon: And we'll also be seeing me giving Chico a bat
Chico: Thank you. And... it's a bone, Gordon. A bone made of clay.

"Work of Art".. Bravo's search for the next great artist.... is being decomissioned.



Chico: So art for art's sake. Good. Art for TV's sake.. bad
Gordon: aw
Chico: But given that it isn't been lighting either the art world or the reality TV world on fire, it's probably a smart work.
Gordon: I agree with that. And I agree that some people need to be smarter.
Chico: Okay, what'd you got this week?

Are YOU Smarter than....Randy Travis. Again. This time, he gets arrested in a church parking lot.

Chico: Hoo boy. What does he do?
Gordon: This time it's for getting into a drunken fight. Fortunately, he has all his clothes on this time.
Chico: At least there's that.
Gordon: he should be drinking Haterade.
Chico: So should I. Serve up.

If you're in the NYC area and you want to watch America's Next Top Model...you can't. Cablevision has blocked out the CW while they are in retrans negotiations.

Chico: So technically... it's North Jersey, or anywhere not served by TWC or Verizon Fios.
Jason: Not cool.
Gordon: The good news - it stops you from having to watch Oh Sit also.
Jason: Yeah well. LOL There is that plus.
Chico: Yep. And the Next. Speaking of the next... let's go back to church.
Jason: Praise the Lord.
Chico: We get... how does one get loaded in church.
Jason: See Randy Travis
Chico: Yipe. Let's get loaded...

Now that you've watched The American Bible Challenge... play it on Facebook!

Jason: Not a surprise.
Gordon: Nope. Does it feel familiar?
Chico: It should. It's from the same backers who cooked up the show, the American Bible Society. You can find it in the Games By GSN app: https://www.facebook.com/GamesbyGSN
Jason: I see.
Gordon: Not many media holes in the bible though
Chico: Nope.
Jason: Nope.
Chico: Well, there is the one, but... (plays Luda)

In this week's Hodometer, Philip Phillips' song sells a million copies, Let's Make a Deal wants players, Rosie O'Donnell is recovering after a heart attack (get well soon!)...

Jason: Please.

Sharon Osbourne sells Jewelry, Mariah Carey is lobbying for Lenny Kravitz instead of Nicki Minaj, but apparently the name now being rumored is Alanis Morrisette... And Keith Urban could be crazy close. Having hinted as such on an Australian radio interview. Caroline Manzo lands a book deal, Michael Strahan lands a job at Kelly and Regis, and John Barrowman will co-star on The Arrow. Geeks all over the land can rejoice.

Gordon: but none of them are your hoes of the week.
Chico: Who've you got?
Gordon: Just to make your week a little softer, I give you Emily Maynard, Jef Holm...and Jef Holm's brother, Mike. The last bed that Emily was in, apparently...was not Jef's.
Chico: Time for another episode of the Bald and the Hateful.
Gordon: It's Mike, who is more than proud to say that another Bachelorette couple is about to go bye bye. Maybe Brad Womack knew something we all didn't know.
Chico: Like that the Bachelor is as scripted as any other show on TV and that people go on it to be on TV and that the producers make you cry with their words? Yeah, we knew that
Gordon: We did. And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, let's go on a trip

We're going to England... and so is Lacey Schwimmer. The Dancing with the Stars pro has signed on for the next season of "Strictly Come Dancing".

Gordon: nice
Chico: Not bad for a SYTYCD alum. And that's Brainvision. Jason, make it cold
Gordon: When we come back - a picture is worth 140 characters. You're reading WLTi. you give us 22 minutes and we'll give you 22 bad AGt that Chico would prefer to see than All That. Like Jason Block's cousin Leonid.
Chico: ... Gordon, what's this with you and acts that take their shirt off? =p
Gordon: You give me Michelle L'Amour and you won't hear me complain. Leonid never took his clothes off, but nice to see where your mind is going.

(Brainvision is presented by the American Buble Challenge. Test your knowledge of the discography of one Michael Buble against the man himself. Michael Buble. ... Buble)

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