Episode 9.4
October 6

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and it's Pop Quiz Time!
Chico: *sharpens pencil*
Jason: Aw...man! You didn't tell me about a pop quiz!
Rob: Great, I'm back in high school.
Lee: I give quizzes, not take quizzes!
Jason: (puts away books)
Gordon: What makes your head spin more....

1. Watching one night of TV where we had 4 legitimate shots of giving away one million dollars.

2. Getting 90 minutes worth of sleep over a 24 hour span

Chico: It was 18 hours!

3. Watching 2 shows where you wonder whether there SHOULD be a winner.

Jason: I will go with 3.

4. Watching Paris Hilton for an hour.

Jason: Dammit...(erases 3 and puts in 4)
Chico: An hour is an hour too much if you ask me.
Rob: (Writes down 1)
Jason: Damn you Paris...damn you.
Chico: Writes "all of the above... and then some"
Lee: You mean I cant pick Flavor of Love vs. Rock of Love in an epic "Hole in the Wall?"

And 5...Flavor of Love vs. Rock of Love in an epic "Hole in the Wall".

Lee: 5.
Jason: Too many choices. My head is about to explode.
Chico: I guess we have our agenda today, because from somewhere in Jason Block's almost-exploding head... We Love to Interrupt... is... ON!
Jason: ALRIGHT!
Gordon: Yay. And we welcome Jason Block. Watch out for his brain bits.
Jason: Thank you.
Gordon: We also welcome Robert Seidelman, who like us East Coasters, has no one to root for in the MBL PLayoffs.
Rob: I root for the Phillies and the Boston Red Sox
Chico: Tampa. Bay. (though I'd like to see the Cubs win in my lifetime... just once)
Gordon: Dodgers. Go Joe Torre!
Lee: RIP - My New York Mets
Gordon: And finally, a GSNN old time columnist and my uber-sub for my bowling team, Mr. Lee DiGeorge.
Lee: Howdy! :-)
Jason: This is a first for me. Nice to meet you Lee.
Rob: I remember working with him on the old FlashgameBoards. He was a good man.
Jason: Although why you root for the Mets is beyond me.
Lee: It's beyond me, too. :-)
Chico: Good enough answer?
Jason: Masochist.
Chico: Thought so.
Gordon: And we start with a Friday that most game show fans would love.
Jason: This was a very cool Friday.
Rob: Yeah, on all accounts.
Chico: Yup.
Gordon: It's....wait for it....

MILLION DOLLAR FRIDAY!

Jason: (cue glittery numbers)
Gordon: We get not 1...not 2...not 3...but FOUR chances to give out a million dollars!
Chico: And how much did we end up giving out? Let's run it down. Starting with Wheel! Of! Fortune!
Jason: I can take this one.
Gordon: We start with Wheel of Fortune, and our resident WOF recapper, Jason Block.
Jason: The 26th Season added a Million Dollar Wedge. If you hit it within the first three rounds, hold on to it, and win the game, the $100,000 wedge goes out and the Million Dollar Wedge goes in. This past Friday, this happened. Our contestant spins and lands on her space. With the RSTLNE and her choices of F M B O, she gets this:

O _ T _  O F
O F F _ _ E

Jason: guesses?
Chico: OATH OF OFFICE?
Rob: Oath of Office
Gordon: I'll go Oath of Office.
Lee: I'm still doing long division.
Jason: It is OATH OF OFFICE.
Gordon: And now, you definitely do not want to see the Million Dollar Wedge show up in Pat's hands.
Jason: Our player missed out...on....$25,000.
Chico: Awww.
Jason: But...as Pat revealed, she was 2 away from the actual MDW...which was shown for the very first time.
Lee: Did it look pretty?
Jason: It was ok. It wasn't that awesome.
Chico: It actually had the Million Dollar decal from the Wheel Wedge.
Jason: Yes. But...We do have breaking news from Culver City regarding said wedge.

Jason: On October 1, a press release from Sony stated that on October 14th, Wheel of Fortune's episode that day would be...historic.
Lee: Wow. DonD = WoF?
Chico: Anything to grab an audience.
Jason: Which, after Friday's show means either one of two things. Either a Million Dollar Win...or Loss. Because I was thinking up until Friday that it was the first Million Dollar SPin.
Chico: Well, it's Sony's PR department. They don't play around. They'll give you a date and a time, but that's it. But if you watch on that date and time... that's something BIG.
Jason: My guess is...we have a winnah.
Gordon: Yes, and that's what I have a problem with, for a number of reasons.
Lee: I concur.
Chico: Granted, it's not something I would've done, because I want to protect the integrity of the audience and the fans who watch the show.
Jason: So do I.
Gordon: And no one likes to be irrelevant
Chico: So far as I'm concerned, Wheel just needs to show up.
Jason: Not irrelevant...just not as important. There is a minor difference.
Gordon: For starters, its going to make all of the shows between now and October 14th irrelevant
Lee: Does it?
Jason: Yeah, does it?
Lee: Wheel always has a relevance...
Chico: But I cite the case of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. We all watched the Million Dollar winner...and then everyone sorta... tuned out.
Jason: Ok.
Chico: That's the time we live in.
Lee: 26 seasons vs. 3.
Gordon: Same thing with Deal Or No Deal, if you're been noticing the ratings.
Jason: Because the game play isn't as good as Wheel.
Gordon: At least irrelevant until our next million dollar winner, because if it only took a month to get our first, there WILL be a second.
Lee: Does the majority of the audience.. care?
Chico: We stick around for the big payoff, and if we like the journey enough, we stick around afterwards... but most of us just want the big payoff.. and it's a crying shame.
Rob: They'll get a spike, but it'll fizzle out.
Chico: It'll still be the number one show after this.
Lee: Not everyone watches to see someone win. Why did Jason begin by giving us the final clue? We all played along.
Chico: That's why there's no need to spoil the outcome.
Lee: But it continues to make them relevant. Because of the number of watchers on the regular, winner or not.
Gordon: I disagree. It makes more casual people want to watch when they DON'T KNOW when the money is given out
Lee: My inclination is under-the-rug swept. The hardcore watchers (like us) already know about it. And the fan base will watch ANYWAY.
Chico: Of course. Again, it didn't get to #1 for being pretty... well, that was a part of it.
Jason: Wheel will continue to get the 6s and 7s and this will have no effect either way.
Chico: So the consensus is... this was an unneeded and unwarranted move on Sony's part.
(SPOILER ENDS)

Jason: I agree.
Gordon: I agree with it. And the difference between this and DOND or 5th Grader is that there's a game here. The game is NOT revolving around the million.
Lee: Concur.
Jason: The MDW is an element of the game.
Chico: No, the game revolves around letters, a puzzle board and a giant spinny thing.
Jason: A pretty colorful giant spinny thing.
Lee: with the funny bankrupt sound effect.
Chico: That was Million Dollar attempt #1. Million Dollars #2... about half an hour later on Deal or No Deal. Tommy Molton III has 5 MDCs.
Jason: We are still in Million Dollar Mission mode?
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: So he has a shot at $1,000,000* (* added for artificial enhancement of the game).
Rob: Got it
Gordon: Tommy lives in his mother's basement. And he wants to get out. He has 4 cases left. Shall we see his board, Chico?
Chico: Yes we shall.

$200 / $1000 / $1,000,000 / $1,000,000
OFFER: $448,000

Chico: It's a 50/50 shot.
Jason: Pretty much.
Rob: No Deal.
Jason: No deal.
Lee: No deal is the way to go.
Gordon: No deal.
Chico: The book says to play it and say No Deal. Tommy's words... "I'm crazy, but I ain't stupid." DEAL for $448,000 and a car.
Gordon: Wha?
Lee: Meh. Play, open a MDC, take your $250k. Where has Game theory gone?
Gordon: And this is when say tell Tommy, 'I beg to differ. You are crazy AND stupid.'
Chico: Now, here's what would've happened if he played it out. 19 had... $1000.

$200 / $1,000,000 / $1,000,000
OFFER: $693,000

Lee: No deal again.
Gordon: Certainly you're going to No Deal it now.
Jason: Yep.
Rob: 2/3 shot of getting $1,000,000. No Deal again.
Chico: Next case: 17 had... $200

$1,000,000 / $1,000,000
OFFER: Headache pills for Andy, who left around $552,000 (less car) on the table.

Chico: Which means... that's right, Tommy HAD IT.
Lee: Ew.
Rob: Cue the losing horns.
Lee: Proper game theory would have given him a million.
Gordon: So the exact scenario that we thought it would take to see a Million Dollar Winner happened... and Tommy played poor game strategy.
Chico: Needless to say... your timing sucks.
Rob: But, proper game theory doesn't exist in primetime Deal or No Deal.
Chico: No, only players who have to wager fear vs. smarts.
Gordon: The Theory does happen. You just have to play it
Lee: Game theory exists. It's the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Jason: He should have gone for it. Plain and Simple.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: To play proper game theory, you have to be willing to risk a small loss for a larger gain
Jason: There you go!
Chico: There're two ways to play Deal or No Deal. Playing with your head...or Playing with your heart... That being, you're there for a reason that goes beyond the game. Producers LOVE the latter kind. And for good reason. 1) Good story telling. 2) Increased likelihood of playing conservatively.
Gordon: As Lee said, so what if you open a case? Take the 250K and leave and get a car and a house
Rob: Right
Chico: And some furniture.
Gordon: But you took $448k and left $552k on the table. Poor gameplay.
Chico: Very poor.
Jason: Very poor gameplay
Chico: So Million Dollars #2... not given away.
Gordon: Million Dollars #3...Now let's see if anyone was smarter than a 5th grader.
Chico: Yes. Our player today was an American Hero... Robert "Hoot" Gibson, an astronaut. We love astronauts here. They're smart. They're calculating. So we figure, hey... this is money in the bag. AND he got through the quiz without using a cheat!
Gordon: And he was a hoot to watch play
Chico: So we're all thinking that this is a gimme. The subject for the Million Dollar Question is... MATH.
Lee: Math?
Chico: Math... HELL YEAH, I'M GOING FOR IT.
Jason: Sure.
Gordon: I'm going for it too
Lee: Million Dollar MATH?
Chico: Million. Dollar. Math.
Lee: I'll throw my tammy in the ring.
Chico: Okay, men... here's the question for a million dollars...And no cheating off of each other... Rob.
Rob: Hey! What did I do?
Chico: Just warning you. Now...

How many common factors do the numbers 28 and 32 have?

Jason: 3
Lee: 3
Rob: 3 it is.
Chico: I have a 3 from Jason, a 3 from Lee, a 3 from Rob.
Gordon: 1, 2, 4...that would be 3
Chico: and Gordon showing his work.
Gordon: :D
Chico: Good... all of you. Hoot's answer...TWO.
Jason: WHAT?
Gordon: WHAT!!!!!11111111!!!!!!
Lee: He forgot 1?
Chico: He forgot the 1.
Lee: HE FORGOT ONE! DOOFUS!
Jason: Oh man.
Chico: I almost threw something at the set. Were it not for the fact that it costs more than I make on any given month...I probably would've.
Lee: I'm livid.
Chico: But Hoot leaves with $25,000 for his astronaut scholarship fund.
Lee: That's a hoot.
Chico: Remember, kids... Math skills.
Jason: Albeit for a 1, there would have been 6 zeroes after it.
Chico: Million Dollars #3... gone.
Gordon: So that's 2 People who SHOULD have walked off with the million
Lee: Ugh. I'm speechless. I will watch Ken Jennings destroy that game next week, though.
Chico: Oh yeah. There will be destruction.
Gordon: We hope....now after that show is Million Dollar Opportunity #4...Don't Forget the Lyrics.
Chico: We were promised that one person would make it to the $500,000 song... We have yet to see it.
Lee: I think our resident Yodeler has a shot.
Chico: But once again, Mark Thompson writes a check that Fox can't cash for at least a week. Because she may get to the million, but she won't get to it THIS episode. Tease.
Rob: That's why Fox pays him the big dollars.
Gordon: So what happened?
Chico: Well, we have our player in place... Asia Craft. We'll see what she does next Friday.
Lee: I am still of the feeling that Don't Forget the Lyrics, save the musical interlude by our favorite host in the world, is one of the most solid game shows, from top to bottom.
Chico: Even for all its dramatic edits, you know, to make it look bigger than it actually is.
Lee: You can play at home, the game is not too easy, nor too hard...
Chico: Totally.
Lee: And their casting is relatively good.
Rob: Right. I remember a couple years back we didn't think too highly of this, but thought the world of The Singing Bee.
Chico: Shows what we know. =p Okay, her $25,000 song ends the show. It's "Suddenly" by Billy Ocean... Gordon... the mic, please.
Jason: (cues spotlight on Chico)
Gordon: (hands over the mic)
Jason: Nice suit by the way
Chico: Thanks. Okay, Suddenly, Billy Ocean...
Lee: I'm by the keyboard, ready!

Chico: Suddenly....Life has new meaning... to meeeee....There's beauty up above....And things you never take notice of.... You wake up... and suddenly....______ ______ ______....

Gordon: May I?
Chico: You may
Gordon: You're in looooooooove
Jason: (applause)
Lee: (cheers)
Chico: CD drops February 30. Go buy it.
Gordon: Heh.
Chico: Asia nails it and is guaranteed $25,000. We'll see how this stack ends ... NEXT week.
Rob: Cool. Should be good watching.
Gordon: And the other singer?
Lee: it was a little too hot for him.
Chico: The other singer, Ed Schwartzman, loses it on Kool and his Gang singing "Too Hot". Gordon.. the stage is yours...
Jason: (applause)

Gordon: At seventeen we fell in love
High school sweethearts
Love was so brand new
We took the vows of man and wife
Forever, for life
Remember how we made our way
A little patience, the time we prayed
Can't imagine that this love is through
Feeling the pain, girl
When you lose
Oh, it's too hot...
Everyone: (too hot)
Gordon: Too hot, lady
Everyone: (too hot)
Gordon: Gotta run ___ ____ ____ ______ _____ ______

Jason: May I?
Chico: Jason?
Jason: Gotta run for shelter, gotta run for shade!
Chico: That's correct.
Jason: What did he say?
Chico: Ed sang "Gotta run for COVER, gotta run for shade."
Gordon: Oops.
Chico: Got a little too hot for him.
Lee: Thanks for recycling my joke, Chico :-)
Chico: Don't mention it.
Lee: I almost spit up my oatmeal this morning when he did that.
Gordon: He may be running for cover after that.
Jason: Ouch.
Chico: So on a day when we could've watched $4 million grow legs and walk out of here... we saw... only $973,000. ONLY $973,000. Yeah, I'd LOVE to have $973,000.
Lee: and 500k of that $973k is bad play.
Rob: Very bad play.
Jason: Very bad play
Chico: Very very bad play.
Gordon: Speaking of bad, let's go to MTV's Next Top Pop Group.
Lee: People watch that?
Jason: Yeah...how many more weeks of that show do we have?
Chico: What does it say about a show that it ends after FOUR episodes?
Jason: It's gone? I am shocked! Shocked I tell you.
Rob: That it's so bad that even MTV won't air the episodes.
Jason: That MTV was merciful.
Chico: You'd LIKE to think that.
Lee: MTV = Dr. Kevorkian.
Gordon: That MTV was either merciful...or saw the ratings fall quicker than this week's Stock Market. Can I have a Big Bored please?
Chico: Thought you'd never ask.

Gordon: Subject Matter: Top Poop Group
Chico: You like rhyming.
Gordon: I do. Let's go into why this show, slated for 10 episodes, ended in 4.
Jason: Ok.
Gordon: #1. And most importantly, The Talent.
Jason: What Talent?
Gordon: Of the 9 groups that performed, only TWO of them sounded close to being good.
Chico: Two ... maybe three groups. And that third one took a whole week to get its act together. So that's telling.
Jason: Right. The names of the groups were...Mosaic... and Ju-Taun. They were the best by far
Gordon: and NJ5ive and Las Caprice both had ONE good performance out of 4.
Jason: S1 was just a rap group
Chico: And we had Jazmin.
Jason: Ouch. My ears hurt.
Rob: Obviously they went to the Bai Ling school of Music.
Jason: Score 1 for Rob.
Gordon: I think they all graduated with a degree in pain
Chico: Then there was Concrete Rose...who just hit us like bricks.. and not in the good way.
Jason: Upside the head kind.
Chico: Upside the head kind. Didn't even leave a rose afterwards. They just hit us and left.
Gordon: And lets not get into the rest, shall we I like my eardrums intact
Chico: Good idea.
Rob: Music to my ears, Gordon.
Chico: So what else went wrong?
Jason: great idea
Gordon: #2. The judging. Good judging features judges who tell the truth.
Chico: ... Umm... WHAT judging? I didn't see no judging.
Jason: Exactly.
Gordon: This reminded me of But Can They Sing, as the judges were happy happy happy...despite the musical world crashing around them.
Jason: When you have judges afraid to criticize...you have a problem.
Chico: Taboo was the guy from the Black Eyed Peas. Then there's the chick from Destiny's Child who ISN'T Beyonce or Kelly Rowland.
Jason: Michelle Williams
Chico: And Brian Friedman... who was on the panel for SYTYCD... should've never even signed on.
Jason: Just awful judging.
Rob: I guess even judges on hit shows needs some extra funding.
Gordon: When you don't criticize, you lose any aspect of credibility the show has. They finally started in episode 3, but that's way too late at that point.
Rob: No credibility = no viewers.
Chico: No viewers = early ending.
Jason: So who actually "Won?"
Chico: Congratulations to Mosaic for holding it down for a cappella nation... AND backing into the win.
Jason: Ok
Chico: Their prize, $100,000.. Don't spend it all in one place
Gordon: So we have a show where NO ONE deserved $100,000. Now on NBC, we have America's Got Talent, and...I don't think any of them deserved the million there either.
Lee: I disagree. Completely.
Chico: I thought Eli Mattson and Nuttin But Stringz had a legitimate shot at it. Unfortunately, we were swayed by forces not of the show's making. I call it the Paul Potts effect.
Gordon: We weren't swayed. America, who has a history of voting for emotion over talent, does it again.
Chico: ... or that.
Lee: Or the Nessun Dorma effect.
Jason: It's looking that way.
Gordon: In fact, I can give you a reason why none of them were million Dollar talents. Big Bored, please?

Gordon: Subject: Why the million should be discounted. Now in American Idol, you have to sing 15 times to win...and more than that, as we have double and triple days. That doesn't count the result shows and the god-awful medleys and Ford commercials. So with all that, you're looking at 25-30 songs.
Chico: Ok.
Gordon: So you're going to have some bad outings. Its natural. HOWEVER, in AGT, you only have to perform 4 times for the audience. So you only need America to bail you out 4 times. Which means, that your 4 performances better be damn good.
Chico: Okay.
Jason: Agreed.
Gordon: Each of the 5 finalists, in one performance or another, sucked.
Jason: In their final performance...agreed.
Gordon: Or had a suck-ass performance that should revoke at least half of the money. Queen Emily - Clearly doesn't have the pipes and left us with a brutal finishing note in her last performance. Eli Mattson: Completely screwed the pooch with Phil Collins 'Against All Odds', and since he did that the last night and lost to Boyd by less than half a percent, screwed himself out of the million. Neal E. Boyd: Should not have even gotten to the finals with a dreadful version of 'All By Myself' in the Round of 10.
Chico: Ew.
Gordon: Donald Braswell: Completely selected the wrong songs all the way through, including the finals, where he screwed up 'You Raise Me Up' and made it a shadow of the Josh Groban song.
Chico: Ew.
Gordon: It was awful when Michael Strelo Smith butchered it. Donald made it worse.
Rob: Ouch
Jason: Bad song.
Gordon: FINALLY: Nothing But Stringz, who played a nice song...again...and again...and again. It was THE EXACT SAME STYLE. No chance of pitch or style. Not even a chance of key. EVERY song they did was in D Minor. If you want to win, you must diversify and make different songs and get out of your element. I think if they did ANY sort of different song, they win.
Chico: So who would you've put through?
Jason: They all were the best. They just didn't give performances worthy of a crown.
Lee: Who would you have pressed forward over Neal?
Gordon: I wouldn't have passed anyone over. NONE of them deserved to win the million. If you're judging it by that ONE round and that round alone, Jessica Price should have advanced over him. But did she deserve to win the money? no. None of them did.
Chico: It isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. But the rule is, in at least the court of public opinion, you're only as good as your last performance.
Jason: Agreed.
Gordon: And, this is sad and it pains me to say this, but Kaitlynn Maher should have advanced over Neal also - and maybe would have if she didn't pick a terrible song in the Round of 10. Because Kaitlynn was EASILY the best in pitch and the rhythmically cleanest singer in the compeitition.
Jason: Neal E. Boyd was incredibly overrated.
Lee: Eli had a lack of face time, NBS had a lack of face time, Queen Emily lacked the talent, and Donald lacked the talent. the winner by default was Neil E. Boyd.
Gordon: 4 year old Kaitlynn was technically better than Neal E. Boyd.
Chico: Even in the group number?
Gordon: Especially in the group number
Jason: Lee, you are wrong about the Eli/NBS lacking face time.
Lee: You felt that Eli and NBs having equal face time to Queen Emily or Neal?
Gordon: Ill agree with Lee on that. They showed Neal in the promo ads every chance they got.
Jason: And speaking of the finale...that was the worst finale in the history of big finales.
Chico: So I've heard. It was basically 60 minutes of filler for a 2 second announcement. NBC, I expect you to do better next year.
Gordon: The finale was crap. The talent, though starting out well, was not million dollar-worthy at the end.
Chico: I blame the Olympics.
Lee: I blame David Hasselhoff.
Jason: No no
Lee: Yeah.
Jason: Stop Blaming the Hoff. The only thing that IMPROVED over the season was judging.
Chico: Point is... they're plenty of blame to go around.
Gordon: But most of all - I blame the talent, who couldn't scrape up 4 good performances. I think, like the economy, that Neal E Boyd needs to give some of that money back and donate it to help out the people on Wall Street.
Lee: I can evoke memories of Last Comic Standing, if you wish.
Gordon: I'd rather not. Don't get me started on me trashing THAT show.
Lee: But it's the same principle. Those with the most face time, wins.
Gordon: America doesn't vote for the best and votes for the sad sack. Isn't that right Dat Phan, Jon Reep and Josh Blue?
Lee: Because America is wrong so frequently.
Gordon: And while we're at that thought, let's talk about Paris Hilton.
Lee: :-)
Chico: Let's not and say we did.
Rob: If we need any further proof that America is wrong.
Gordon: She had a show. And I saw it and thought I may have lost some brain cells.
Chico: I'm going to do this review really quickly so we don't have to spend any more time as needed on it.
Jason: ok

	PARIS HILTON'S MY NEW BFF - MTV
	CHICO	GORDON	JASON	LEE	ROB	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	F	F	NO GRADE	NO GRADE	NO GRADE	EPIC FAIL

Chico: We have the worst facets of all dating shows... PLUS people who honestly believe they should be famous... PLUS Paris Hilton. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail.
Gordon: At least in I Love Money, there's some strategy in it and it's fun watching this sort of train wreck. This show...has no fun value whatsoever. F.
Lee: Who's winning ILM?
Chico: ... dunno. The finale's this weekend. Gordon?
Gordon: We have 4 people left. 3 Stallionaires left. The Stallionaires have controlled the game. They were challenged a little by the dumb blonde alliance, but The Stallionaires won the last few challenges and sent them packing.
Chico: So it's a Stallionaire's game to lose.
Gordon: Next topic - Survivor and dumb blondes
Chico: Can we talk up some Sugar?
Gordon: We can.
Chico: Here's what happened. The Fang tribe finally won a challenge. They send Sugar over to Exile. She finds the immunity Idol. And then runs and tells everyone about it!
Rob: YOU FOOL!
Jason: (THUD)
Gordon: The Idol is the most effective when no one knows about it.
Chico: Yes.
Rob: Well, she's pretty much a pawn for Ace it seems.
Gordon: She is a pawn of Ace. but neither of them are in the big alliance so right now, they are both tools.
Chico: And it doesn't help matters that Ace is starting to grate on everyone's nerves with his stiff British upper lip. So when you're a) annoying, b) in cahoots with an idiot... and 3) on the outs...Of COURSE you're going to be a target.
Gordon: If she relies on Ace, and Ace decides not to use the Idol - or worse for Sugar, he uses it on HIMSELF, that would be dumb-tastic
Jason: You see the Idol was not used last year...and right now, the biggest bonehead has it now.
Chico: Hence and therefore... first chance he gets, Ace is going to use the Idol on himself. Sugar might as well start packing her bags now. Because she's the only one that's vulnerable on that side. Ace has the idol, and everyone else is allied.
Jason: If her team loses...she is gone.
Gordon: Actually, Kelly is worse off - she's outside the alliance and doesn't have an Idol.
Chico: ... Point taken.
Gordon: and, like Paloma, who got tossed because she isn't physical, neither is Kelly.
Jason: Everyone who has been tossed deserved to be so far.
Chico: True.
Gordon: True - but what about coming last at the Finish Line?
Chico: That warrants Philimination.
Jason: Ah yes.
Chico: Sunday is Race Day once again, as the SIX-time Emmy champ Amazing Race starts up. We go from the US to Brazil in leg 1, but the Hippie Beekeepers are going to be left there.
Gordon: The Beekeepers actually didn't run a bad race (despite being slow), but they made one MAJOR error.
Chico: What was the major error?
Gordon: The major error is that the Beekeepers, while watching everyone else to the rope crawl challenge, didn't try the crawl up the stairs challenge
Lee: it was a weird detour. The stair one, on the surface, looks slower, but, it's quite faster.
Gordon: Not only that, but if you're behind everyone and at the end of the line, you have to go for the detour that everyone else isn't trying. Your only shot in the race is to try it, despite the look.
Jason: Of course.
Chico: Yep. Less of a crowd. More of a shot to meet Phil.
Gordon: Because if you're slow to begin with, and you're at the end of the line while everyone is trying the same detour option - you're finishing in last and will be gone.
Jason: It's very rare you can pass someone in a group
Chico: One of the keys to victory is knowing where you are in relation to the others, and then acting on it.
Gordon: The Beekepers would have been fun to watch. They just didn't play it smart at the end.
Chico: But that's not going to stop us from watching. Meanwhile, the hams are racing around the Choppler. First one to get to the big blue button wins.
Jason: Wow...that's some physicality!
Chico: And... we have a detour... hitchhike a cat or hitchhike a gopher.
Jason: Go with the Gopher!
Chico: The gopher is more stubborn, but the cat wants to eat you.
Gordon: I think Eve will have to have words with you on that Detour...
Jason: LOL
Chico: Alrighty. Load it up, G.
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. Gordon, you're first.
Gordon: We have a nice datebook. Who wants some dates?
Rob: Sure.
Jason: I do!
Lee: My wife wouldn't be happy about this...
Gordon: She won't be, trust me...

October 12th. Site of The Pickup Artist 2, Charm School: Rock of Love, and the show that I know everyone can't wait to see, Gimme My Reality Show!

Chico: It gets better, though.
Jason: It does?
Rob: Couldn't get much worse.

Monday's the season premiere of Bingo America.

Gordon: I thought you said it got better, daddy.
Jason: I agree with Gordon...
Chico: Would you rather see this or The Pick-Up Artist?
Jason: Can I go off the board with neither
Chico: Judges? *raspberries*
Gordon: I'd like to go off the board with Celebrity Worm Wrangling.
Chico: ... Judges? *raspberries* Sorry, Gordon.
Gordon: You suck, judges.
Chico: Let's get Fully Loaded.
Jason: Hic

Bingo America is just one of the titles available at GSNshop.com, launched this week by GSN and Imagination Entertainment.

Jason: Imagination Entertainment is also the company involved with...GSN Radio. So a bit of synergy there.
Rob: A ton of synergy, but I'm actually thinking this could work.
Chico: It can
Rob: Throw in some board games and HSP Poker Sets, then there we go.
Chico: They have a lot of DVD games. Feud, Deal or No Deal, Lingo, Bingo, and Millionaire to name a few. For the fanboy who has everything. Also, free shipping on orders over $75.
Jason: They DO have a ton of board games from what I am seeing.
Chico: Remember, National Haterade Appreciation Day is coming...
Gordon: :D
Jason: LOL
Gordon: And we go from board games - to people who need to grab a few for entertainment while they're in the pokey.
Chico: Oh no...
Gordon: Are You Smarter Than...

Helio Castroneves, who is indicted of not paying 5 million dollars worth of taxes.

Jason: Helio, did you ever learn from One Richard Hatch?
Chico: The Feds want their cheese back, dude.
Gordon: If found guilty of Tax Fraud and evasion, Helio is looking at 5-10 years in the slammer, where they may be using his body for a different sort of racetrack.
Chico: There's goes our PG rating. Again.
Jason: But Helio...bad Helio!
Gordon: And now for some Haterade...

The 'Experts' at Who Wants to be a Millionaire are experts at steering the contestants right off the cliff this week.

Chico: Example.
Gordon: Lyn Payne starts with the pain on this:

How many emirates, or territories, comprise the Middle Eastern country known as the United Arab Emirates?
A: 5
B: 6
C: 7
D: 8

Chico: B
Jason: C
Rob: c
Gordon: Answer: C. Lyn's Guess: A. Cost for contestant so far: $25,000
Chico: There's a but somewhere, isn't there
Joe: The "but" is in, "but that's not all"
Gordon: Next question:

The traditional Quebecois dish poutine is a combination of cheese curds and gravy served atop what?
A: Crepes
B: French fries
C: Fried eggs
D: Mushrooms

Jason: Locks in. B
Chico: B.
Gordon: Now I know this one, and it's B. Lyn says...C. Nope. Total coast up to $50,000. Next one:

Produced in Germany, Maybach is a luxury brand of what?
A: Automobile
B: Stereo
C: Cell phone
D: Vodka

Jason: Hell yeah...the Maybach 57 and 62 A
Chico: I'll go with A.
Rob: A
Gordon: It's A. Lyn says it's...NOT A. Add another $15,000 saved on Millionaire's Budget. Next one...And I expect Jasonto get this one right...
Jason: LOL

Which of these famous paintings is part of "The Frieze of Life," a larger series of works by the same artist?
A: The Scream
B: Nighthawks
C: Christina's World
D: Water Lilies

Jason: I do happen to know this. A.
Rob: A
Gordon: It IS A. Lyn says...it's NOT A. Lyn is wrong AGAIN and $25,000 more goes into the budget. And Chico - can you give us the Woodstock question than Ogi screwed up on yesterday?
Chico: Sure...

Which of these historic events occurred in the same year as the first moon walk?
A: Woodstock festival
B: Bay of Pigs Invasion
C: Nixon's visit to China
D: Super Bowl I

Jason: Of course it's A.
Chico: It's in the same line in "We Didn't Start the Fire".
Gordon: It is A
Chico: Ogi said... use the double dip on A and C. She did. But she loses the Double Dip. Moral of the story: go with your gut.
Jason: Of course
Gordon: Total budget saved thanks to the Experts: $90,000 and a Double Dip.
Jason: Wow.
Gordon: What do we got in the world of business, Chico?
Chico: In the world of business... well, let's shine a light on Ryan Seacrest...It's a Greenlight-Casting Couch Crossover.
Jason: Doesn't he have more money than the US Government?
Chico: He has more money than God. And by God, I mean Oprah.
Rob: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Chico: My thoughts exactly.

NBC has slotted Seacrest's Momma's Boy for October 29... AND is so confident on its success that it's casting for season 2. Go to ryanseacrest.com for more info.

Gordon: I don't know about that one.
Chico: Me neither.
Jason: Cart before horse maybe?
Chico: Cart before horse, possibly.
Rob: It's just plain cart to me.
Chico: Now for your baseball bat business end...We have a verdict in the Project Runway case... no, not that one, another one.
Jason: Which one is this one?

A US district judge said that it was clear that the show was developed independent of the two women who alleged having created it

Gordon: At least Project Runway has SOME sort of good news.
Jason: You mean with ratings dipping and a judge saying they can't go to Lifetime?
Chico: Yeah. But they can't be the only ones in trouble, right?
Gordon: In this economy? I doubt it.
Chico: ... Well, have any ones that are relevant to this conversation?
Gordon: But if you're the type who likes trouble, I have a casting couch for you. Now last week, we had a cast listing for one of Jason's favorite shows. I have another casting call - but I'm not sure if Jason likes this one as much...
Jason: Alright. Let me see...

CASTING IMMEDIATELY
FOX TV'S HIT SHOW "HELL’S KITCHEN" starring Gordon Ramsay is BACK
DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH WORLD-RENOWNED CHEF GORDON RAMSAY?

Do you think YOU can stand the heat in HELL’S KITCHEN?
HELL’S KITCHEN is looking Chefs, 21 & over, who are outspoken, competitive, passionate, SKILLED at their craft and aim to become the next winner of “Hell’s Kitchen”. If you are hungry to prove you can out cook the competition, WE WANT TO MEET YOU!

Jason: Not as much. But I know people who are #!@()**#() excited about it.
Chico: I'd like to be...But in my heart of hearts... still blank.

If you are interested in auditioning OR plan on attending the open call, EMAIL immediately:

Email : Twinsworld1@aol.com

UPCOMING OPEN AUDITION
SUTTON PLACE BAR & RESTAURANT
Monday OCT 20TH, 2008

Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
1015 Second Avenue
(Between 53 & 54th St)
New York, New York 10022

If you do have restaurant or culinary experience, please bring resume. If you are interested in auditioning OR plan on attending the open call, EMAIL immediately: Email : Twinsworld1@aol.com

Make sure you put 'Hell's Kitchen' in the subject title.

Gordon: And now...for your hoes...
Chico: *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

Tony Danza is the new host of The Contender, ANT sues ANT and DEC for name fraud, Ed McMahon gets sued by SONY for an unpaid loan...

Rob: Poor Ed, he's getting into serious financial trouble.

Christopher Biggins may be your new host for Countdown, Diddy and Mark Burnett team up for StarMaker...

Rob: StarMaker will fail.
Chico: .... yeah.

Steve Valentine hosts 'Estate of Panic', David Archuleta guest stars on iCarly, Bob Barker gets a Boulevard in Springfield, MO, and Jerry Saebeck and Kim Kardashian are among the reality contestants booted form their shows.

Chico: No more big ass goodness?
Gordon: No more big ass goodness. But none of them are the Ho of the week.
Chico: I have a feeling I know who it is this week.
Gordon: Who do you think it is, Chico?
Chico: I think it's a Briton...
Gordon: Yes (ding!)
Chico: And I think she may have a new job offer.
Gordon: Why yes (Ding!)
Chico: She's going to MAYBE... be the new host of Millionaire.
Gordon: ...no (BUZZ)
Chico: .. and I was doing so well, too.
Gordon: You were. This week's Ho is Mel 'Scary Spice' B, who may be getting 6 digits...for posing in Playboy.
Chico: So Mel B gets the Pimp Cup for showing the goodies.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: Let's do some more globe-trotting...Ok?
Jason: Sure.

A British classic is coming back to TV courtesy of Five as they remake "Going for Gold".

Jason: British TV has been mining a lot of remakes.
Chico: What's old is new again.
Rob: it'll only be a matter of time before they bring back Blockbusters or Play Your Cards Right, with Bruce Forsyth no less.
Joe: I wouldn't mind
Chico: Come on, Blockbusters. Okay, that's Brainvision. Shut it down.
Gordon: (Shutting Down)
Chico: Still to come, a world premiere game... but first, we take a story we just talked about one step too far.
Gordon: We love taking a stories too far, dont we?
Chico: It's what we do. This is We Love to Interrupt... Give us $22 million, we'll talk about whatever the heck you want.

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