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September 1 - Bad Day for the Block/Full Circle/Push or Flush (1)

September 15 - One Million Dollars(*)/Maximum Strength Capsule Reviews/Push or Flush (2)

September 22 - How to Lose $500,000/Blame Game/Play the Percentages

September 29 - In Pursuit of Perfection/Saywha?/Good News Bad News

October 6 - A Million Four Times/Infiltration/Match This!

October 13 - In Times of Crisis/Excessories/Would You Could You?

October 20 - The Most Perfectest Show Ever/How Not to Play... /Trios
 

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Episode 19.7
October 20

Chico: Hey gang, this is Chico Alexander...And we can't print enough sweet money.
Gordon: (counts money) $69,001...$69,002...$69,003...
Chico: Which is weird given that we're in a recession. Oh well, someone's going to enjoy it, at least.
Jason: Especially on Friday night. Lots of money there.
Chico: Yep. Lots of money to give away. Because from Somewhere in America, the National Haterade Appreciation Day edition of WLTI... is... ON!
Jason: WHOO-HOO!
Gordon: I'm...appreciated? Nah.
Jason: Yes you are...because this is the day after you were born! (throws confetti)
Chico: *throws streamers*
Gordon: Actually, you know who shares my birthday?
Jason: Who?
Chico: Who shares your birthday?
Gordon: Pat Sajak
Jason: I remember that.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: And I'm serious. He really does. look it up.
Jason: He was 62 yesterday.
Chico: He doesn't look it.
Gordon: And it makes a great segue to the events of this week, doesn't it?
Jason: It does, actually.
Chico: Let's proceed, shall we.
Jason: yes.
Chico: Wheel celebrated America's game this week. One person won $100,000. Another lost it. Let's start with the loss, since it occurred chronologically first. Tell us all about it, J.
Jason: Tracy Vu and Rachael Stein (holdovers from Teen Best Friends Week) are in the bonus round. They choose MCGI along with the normal 6 and get:

_ _ I L _
_ I _ R _


Jason: They miss DAILY DIARY...and the $100,000.
Gordon: That's something you do not want to be writing in said diary
Jason: But they are going to Barbados together.
Chico: Yeah... You weren't going to get that.
Gordon: Um...I had it.
Chico: Quiet, you.
Jason: Now, as to the $100,000 win....Andrew Sewell, a research analyst from Los Angeles, goes into the bonus round, and after his choices of C D M A we have:

D E _ _ T
C A R D


Jason: And he almost missed this...believe it or not.
Gordon: He almost missed on Debit Card?
Jason: Yes. But he solves DEBIT CARD...and adds $100,000 to the bank. It took him about 3 or 4 missed solves before he got it.
Chico: This one was a get on my end.
Jason: He left with $119,350 in cash and a trip to Ireland. Normally a week with almost $300K given away would be a huge week. But after last week, it was about $954K less given away than last week.
Chico: You say that like it's a bad thing.
Jason: It's not. Not at all. I will say this. They did treat the $100,000 win like the $1M win...very cool.
Chico: Because, you know, it's not at all less important. It's impressive.
Jason: It's still a 1 out of 24 shot to win the big one.
Gordon: Hey, I'd be happy even with $25,000
Chico: Oh yeah. So we had a win and a loss...Now we have another win on another show. It's Bingo America... and it's John Hanlin, the first person to navigate the Bingo Bonus Board 2.0 for $100,000. All he had to do was dodge 20 wrecking balls. He did, and picked up $7000 in the process. Now to win $100,000 - you get one hit of the magic Bingo button. If you match one of your numbers that you called with the superball, your winnings are augmented to $100,000. John hits the button...The Superball... G58. He had it and won the big money.
Jason: And what I liked about this...NO SPOILERS. It just happened.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Jason: Amazing, huh?
Chico: And the next day, he was on GSN Live, saying how he's going to spend it on a classic car. And it was sweet.
Gordon: I thought that was very classy by the GSN organization
Chico: Oh yeah.
Jason: What in particular, G?
Gordon: The cross-promotional synergy. Sometimes, when you do it properly, synergy is a good thing.
Jason: That was cool.
Chico: Sounds good. And the fact that he was just so hyped about it ... that's why we watch these shows. That's why we get excited. BTW, You can view the win in its entirety on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/gsnnvideowall (please don't take it down...)
Gordon: Yay, excitement!
Jason: You mean we don't need forced drama?
Chico: Nope. It was all natural.
Jason: I knew that would work.
Gordon: You know what, Chico?
Chico: What, Gordon?
Gordon: I'm feeling so good (being that it's my birthday and all) that let's talk about another $100,000 winner this week.
Jason: Let's do it!
Chico: Alright, who you got, G?
Gordon: We go from bingo to singing. You like singing, right, Chico?
Chico: I love it.
Jason: He was a member of an a capella group. He loves to sing.
Chico: Proud alumnus of both the UNC Men's Glee Club and the UNC Achordants. (fall show November 14, plug)
Gordon: Are they singing in their boxer shorts?
Chico: For one number.
Jason: Seriously?
Chico: Seriously.
Jason: Wow.
Gordon: Apparently, people in North Carolina like to sing in their boxer shorts.
Chico: Better than singing naked.
Gordon: Naked people singing? We have that in NYC
Jason: "Naked Boys Singing" -- It's a musical show. It's been in NYC for years.
Chico: Heh.
Gordon: And the naked cowboy in 42nd street.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: Fortunately, Rebecca Vigil had all her clothes on when she appeared on Don't Forget the Lyrics.
Jason: Ok.
Gordon: She gets to the $100,000 song, which Chico will now present to us. Please present, Mr. Alexander.
Jason: CUE SPOTLIGHT!
Chico: It is... Ahem... Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy
Gordon: Were they naked boys singing?
Chico: Nope, they were bearded
Gordon: Ah.
Chico: Now some background here... by now Rebecca Vigil had already secured $100,000. This is for $200,000. Okay.... music, please.
Gordon: (plays music)

Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them you were living downtown
And.....


Jason: I have no clue....
Gordon: Driving all the old men craaaaaazy
Chico: Gordon got it.
Jason: Wow.
Gordon: Don't mess with the music king
Chico: Not sure, Rebecca uses 3 Lines. Still unsure, she walks with $100,000.
Jason: Nice.
Chico: Which is $75,000 more than what the next contestant won. None other than TV host, actor, and former American Idoler... Constantine Maroulis.
Jason: AH!
Gordon: Look out! His eyes make you smolder.
Chico: And now... his $50,000 song... it is Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Jason: Great song.
Chico: Gordon, music please...
Gordon: (dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee....)
Jason: Nice Synth

I... I just died in your arms tonight....
Must've been something you said...
I just died in your arms tonight...
Whoa-oh... I... I just died in your arms tonight...
Must've been some kind.... ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


Jason: of kiss...I just died in your arms....
Chico: That is absolutely...WRONG
Gordon: May I?
Chico: Gordon... the correct lyrics, please.
Gordon: of kiss...I should've walked awaaaaaaaay...(I should've walked away!)
Jason: Thats right. Darn it.
Gordon: And Constantin also should've walked away. But instead, we got from Constantin...what did we get from Constantin?
Chico: I "Could've walked away"
Jason: Close...but not right.
Gordon: And hence, he walks away with $25,000.
Chico: Close gets you nothing. Meanwhile, an hour prior, Eric Lutz and Riley Hicks win $100,000.
Gordon: It's another $100,000 moment! This one in U.S. Geography -

If Bryce walked due south from Billings, Montana, what would be the first U.S. state he'd pass into?

Jason: (locks in answer)
Chico: Got it.
Gordon: What you got?
Jason: Wyoming.
Chico: Wyoming
Gordon: Wyoming...is...right!
Chico: word.
Jason: Yeah.
Chico: They walk with that.
Gordon: Now here's what would have been worth $175,000. 4th Grade Ancient History.

The city of Cuzco in Peru was the capital of what ancient South American empire?

Chico: Inca.
Jason: Inca.
Gordon: That's right.
Chico: But the kids walk away. So that's four $100,000 winners...
Gordon: But we got one more. On that SAME Friday night, we had Deal...or No Deal. We did not have a $1,000,000* win yet, but we did have a nice payout. What happened, Chico?
Chico: Love to tell you. Colleen Fowler plays with eight MDCs.
Jason: Got it.
Chico: She ends up dealing for $176,000 after round 7. Still on the board:

$400, $500, $10K, and $1M

Chico: Not the best deal, but a good deal.
Gordon: No safety net. Good time to bail out.
Chico: She would've knocked out $10,000...The offer then $345,000. Now that would've been a good time to bail. That would've been "a good deal".
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: But she could have picked off the million. What did she have in her case?
Chico: In hers... $400.
Jason: That's a huge deal.
Gordon: And don't forget Carolyn Doyle, who in the syndie version on Friday kept her case and went all the way for $100,000.
Chico: Oh yeah. So there you have it. $676,000 in ONE WEEK!
Gordon: It's raining money!
Chico: Get me a raincoat. I'm about to get wet.
Jason: Not a bad week, if you ask me.
Chico: Not bad at all...
Gordon: Great week for some. Terrible week for others as we discuss something that, unfortunately, no one wanted to discuss.
Chico: What's that?
Gordon: The shooting death of both the mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson.
Chico: Tragic.
Jason: Sad. This happened on late Friday.
Chico: An update for you, they have a suspect in custody from said shooting.
Gordon: Who do they have?
Jason: William Balfour, The estranged husband of Jennifer's older sister, Julia.
Gordon: I had one word for this - senseless. This is a completely senseless tragedy. If he's found guilty, he needs to go to jail and stay there.
Chico: True.
Jason: And Julia's son is missing...who is 7. Julian King. This is just nasty all around.
Chico: Oh yeah, especially when you consider that it's was the mother who convinced Jennifer to try out for American Idol, where she got her start.
Jason: Which led to success, an Oscar win...and now this. Sad. (shakes head)
Gordon: Terrible. Our thoughts and prayers all go out to Jennifer Hudson and her family who are trying to cope with this terrible loss.
Jason: Agreed.
Chico: We will have more as this story develops, but for now, can we have a moment, please?

(silence)

Gordon: Thank you. And with that, we move on to a new show. It almost seems trivial to say that.
Jason: Yeah.
Chico: But the show must go on.
Gordon: But move on we must, and we move on to the lone big 5 TV premiere this week. Stylista debuted right after America's Next Top Model this past Wednesday. We have 11 people who want to be the next fashion star. All they have to do is get past the editor of Elle Magazine.
Chico: If you've ever seen the movie "The Devil Wears Prada",... the premise is much the same.
Gordon: It's a combination of fashion savvy and editorial savvy, complete with the usual drama.
Chico: Only playing the Meryl Streep role is Anne Slowey, Elle editor-in-chief.
Gordon: Complete with blonde hair and tossing her coat to the receptionist.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Gordon: The good; If you liked The Devil Wears Prada, you'll love this.
Chico: The bad... if you don't, you won't. But if you ask me, it makes a perfect companion piece to ANTM.
Jason: It seems it. I personally wouldn't watch. But I know others who would.
Gordon: And we have competent people. The Top team of 4 created a perfect layout which emulates an Elle page. Those people did their homework.
Chico: They know how to play the game. I mean, this is a show where the old reality occupational adage holds true. "You don't have to know all about _____, but you gotta know something."
Gordon: They do. That leads us to...The Bad. We have 4 people who are very good, 1 person who is decent, 1 person who got booted for being too conservative, and 2 people that didn't get enough air time for us to make a judgment call. The 2 people who we've seen as bad...were brutal, including one who has ZERO fashion experience and one with an over the top flamboyant British accent who are there just to cause drama who have no shot of winning this.
Jason: You think they were cast....just for the drama aspect?
Chico: See above comment from yours truly.
Gordon: It wasn't because of their fashion smarts.
Jason: Noted.
Chico: And apparently Anne doesn't play.
Jason: She shouldn't.
Chico: So everyone who thought they were in for just a reality show... sadly mistaken.
Gordon: No, but she's also too over the top. I understand that you need to be, but you should be yourself and a person, and not a stereotypical caricature.
Gordon: You can successfully argue that The Apprentice was at its best when Donald Trump was human and went over the human aspects, and went downhill when he went into big bad Donald mode.
Jason: You can, and its a good argument.
Chico: which is why Celebrity Apprentice did as well as it did.
Gordon: There's a fine line between mean and fair. If Anne goes over the line, she'll make viewers leave in a hurry.
Chico: Understood. So right now, what do you think of the show
Gordon: It's not Project Runway (which this season may be a good thing), but it's not terrible, either. Nothing new, but this could be fun as long as they keep it to the goal. I'll go straight up the middle. C.
Chico: It has its moments, and it takes itself seriously. That's rare. So I'm going C on this.
Gordon: That's accurate. What else is accurate is that Fang keeps dropping like flies. Fong loses again, and I think leaving with her is any sense of rational thinking by the original Fang-ites.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: Can I have a Big Bored please?


Morons Gone Wild

- Giving Up the Idol
- People Don't Need a Reason to Vote for You
- Cannibalizing Your Allies
 

Gordon: Subject Matter: Morons gone wild. Lots of glaring errors this week. #1. Giving up the idol. NEVER give up the Idol. Especially not this early. Especially since for the 3rd straight episode, Sugar, who gets sent to Exile Island after giving her Idol to Ace, doesn't check to see if there's a possibility of another hidden Idol.
Chico: Am I the only one getting tired of that?
Jason: When she gets hosed, she isn't even going to see it.
Gordon: But she's not the only dummy.
Chico: You mean there's MORE?
Gordon: #2. Don't give people a reason to vote you out. Both Crystal and Kelly go to the front of the line with their bitching and moaning and crying.
Chico: Well, in Crystal's case, it's more bitching and moaning than crying.
Gordon: Regardless, you don't do it.
Chico: Right.
Gordon: Dont give people a reason to get rid of you. When you look like you want off, the people around you will give you their wish.
Chico: See: GC
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: GC wanted to go home... Ask for what you wanted... get what you got.
Gordon: #3. Cannibalizing your allies. Matty, who no one is going to confuse with a brain surgeon, is selling out his old team to join Ace and Sugar.
Chico: Ew
Jason: Not good.
Gordon: The correct strategy is to get rid of Ace and Sugar. Instead, if he gets rid of Crystal next, what's going to happen when Matty and Ken show up to camp against a Kota tribe who just added Randy to their ranks?
Jason: And Randy never liked Fang at all. He seemed the happiest to get the heck out of there.
Gordon: The tribe numbers of original members are even at 6-6, but Kota is unified with 2 ex-Fangers and Fang is a mess.
Chico: To say the least.
Gordon: But we could have a bigger mess on the horizon. Junie Browning. He's a bit of a nut case on Ultimate Fighter. Is it an act or does he have some serious issues? And should he still be in the competition?
Chico: Background, please.
Gordon: Big Bored, please?


The Rap on Junie Browning

- 1) Gotten VERY Drunk
- 2) Picked Fights
- 3) Tries to Fight Out of Turn
- 4) Disorderly Conduct
- 5) Doesn't Make Weight
 

Gordon: Subject: The rap on Junie Browning. Here's what Junie has done on the show... #1. Gotten VERY very drunk, which wound up having him curled up into a ball and crying outside the house talking about his lack of friends.
Chico: HA!
Jason: Ouch.
Chico: Sorry... I just think it's funny.
Gordon: #2. Browning tries to pick fights around the house and throws furniture into the pool.
Chico: Rock star!
Gordon: #3. Browning, after seeing that his playmate Shane Nelson gets knocked out of the show by Efrain Escudero, jumps over the Octagon wall into the cage and tries to fight Escudero right there and then.
Chico: Umm... Okay, there's crazy, and then there's him.
Gordon: Not done quite yet.
Jason: There's more?
Chico: Moooooore?
Gordon: Moooooore. #4. Browning, after seeing that his opponent is a black belt, takes out a black belt, throws it on the ground and spits on it during the Official Announcement.
Chico: Oh geez... And we have 5 minutes for disorderly, please?
Gordon: #5. Browning almost doesn't make weight and has to go through a vigorous workout just to get to the weight point.
Jason: I think it is a combination of three things...
Gordon: There's more.
Jason: What?
Chico: You're kidding me.
Gordon: #6. Browning, who's all talk, barely gets by in a SPLIT decision against someone who lost earlier on in the show and was allowed back in due to injury. After that, he apologized to both coaches over what happened in #5. Ok. you may commence.
Jason: What I said---this is a combination of attention whore, immature baby and stone cold crazy.
Gordon: But should you allow stone cold crazy to fight?
Jason: Honestly, the UFC show thrives on drama...but this seems a bit much even for them.
Chico: There's stone cold crazy and then there's stone cold crazy. I mean this is just a case of huevos gigantes.
Gordon: I don't think he makes it to the finals, depending on who he's matched up with.
Jason: No way.
Chico: Nope. But yet... this is why we watch. For the rampant violence. Yay, being a man. :-)
Gordon: My concern is that he's going to accidentally or intentionally hurt someone else and take them out of the competition.
Chico: My vote is on intentionally.
Gordon: And I don't think you can take a chance on that happening.
Jason: No you can't. And I agree with the Chairman.
Chico: Indeed you can't. And speaking of fights. Guess what it's time for!
Gordon: What's it time for, daddy?
Chico: It's time for (stereotypically Japanese announcer voice)

GREAT E-MAIL BIG BATTLE!

Gordon: Yay!
Jason: (comes out dressed like a carrot)
Gordon: Last week, we talked about The Price is Right and how we thought it could be in trouble. Apparently, we touched a nerve.
Chico: On both ends.
Jason: Did we now?
Chico: On one end, we have a loyal reader, Myke Perrey.
Gordon: Hi Myke!
Jason: Hey Myke.


GREAT E-MAIL BIG BATTEL!!!1 from Myke Perrey

After a two-week hiatus, I watched TPIR's show from Oct. 20. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Drew mistakenly calls for the next item up for bid before the next contestant comes on down...not once, but twice. He stumbles through just about every game description. He forgets to call for the price of one of the items in the Shell Game. Rich announces the wrong prize. And what the hell was the deal with "Fried Chicken?" Who's producing this show? Fingers? Mike What's-his-name? Drew? They couldn't stop tape to correct those glaring mistakes? There's a fine line between letting some bloopers get through and letting your stars look stupid. I'm a big Drew fan, and I'm all for letting him make the show his own, but someone has to reign him in a little bit. You guys were right on the money: there are things Drew does very well and he has added more life to the show (except when players lose their games...still too much of a downer for Drew.). But there are things the producers can do to help him be better.

One: don't make him do math. He still gets kind of lost at the big wheel, sometimes forgetting what someone's first spin was. Heck, sometimes I forget while watching. There's an easy fix to that: replace the one digital score display with two. One displays the first spin (maybe place that one to the left of the wheel), the other displays the score to beat.


Two: funny is good, but not at the cost of the games or the players. There has to be some compromise in delivery...Drew's not THAT good an improvisor. (I always thought he was the weakest link on Whose Line?) The rules of the game should be on the prompter for him...and they should make him read them. Once he get's through the rules, he can tap dance all he wants. It took Barker YEARS to memorize all of the rules...and he didn't have but a handful of games at first. No one should have expected Drew to have 70 some games committed to memory after a year...but we should be seeing some improvement in year 2, and if anything, he's regressed.

Three: Once he gets a laugh with something, he tends to beat it to death (e.g.: Ezekiel Barker). I started to see that yesterday with the slow winning bid reveals. Once a show, or once a week is cute...more than that is overkill. He needs to remember that he might be playing to different audiences in the studio and can get away with repeating some funny there, the home audience has already seen it several times. It gets old quickly.

Four: Stop tape when things go south. Sometimes producers just have to protect talent from themselves. Don't let him look stupid on the air. I see no reason why they couldn't have stopped tape and started over when he called for the next item up for bid instead of the next contestant...let alone let it happen twice.

Wow. This really turned into a rant!I wish Drew nothing but success as host, but he needs some help that he obviously isn't getting...or maybe isn't accepting.
 

Jason: Myke is right on the money with everything. When Drew says, actual RETILE PRIES...you know you are in trouble.
Chico: Now having been in the audience of TPIR, I know that Bob will stop tape whenever there's an issue. Drew, on the other hand... prefers to let it ride. Now, this isn't really a case of "our audience is mature enough to know a mistake when there is one," Hi, Noel Edmonds...Drew Carey is just a wily cat.
Jason: But he seems to be a totally loose cannon.
Chico: And people are actually voicing disdain over that. BIG people.
Jason: Because he is overbalancing his loose cannon against THE SHOW.
Gordon: We've all said this before. Its good for the show when you reign him in. The problem is that not only are you not reigning him in, but he's screwing up the show.
Chico: And he seems not at all concerned with it. If I were Drew... I'd be concerned with it.
Jason: Very.
Chico: Because it almost seems like you're going back on an earlier campaign promise.
Jason: Stealing my lines, C? :)
Gordon: Browsing over the 'net, we have no definite ratings (so if you have them, please toss them over), but we've been getting reports all over the place. The one thing we haven't heard is that the ratings have gone up, which is not a good sign.
Chico: So there's your BIG BATTEL! If you have numbers, or just want to weigh in, remember the e-mail address, wlti@gameshownewsnet.com.
Gordon: Right now, we have a re-enactment of The Price Is Right's takeover done by the WLTI hamsters.
Jason: (watches)
Gordon: Amanda is the model as big bad Gordon Jr. gives her and The Chairman their walking papers. Goodman plays Drew Carey and House plays Syd Vinnedge. This is Must See TV.
Chico: I dunno, it's kinda disturbing.
Jason: Very. Drew is rubbing his paws together.
Gordon: The next item up for bids is...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)

Gordon: Thanks, Doug. And now, for the opening news, here's Chico.
Chico: Thanks, Gordon. First, let's shine a greenlight.
Gordon: (brings over the light saber)

GSN is adding the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to its lineup.

Jason: Yay!
Chico: Expect two eps from Meredith starting November 10.
Jason: Meredith rules.
Chico: Meredith indeed rules.
Gordon: That's pretty cool. I have one to add, and it's not as cool.
Chico: In fact... it's warm. Go ahead.

Jeff Probst has the green light from CBS for a new show called' Live Like You Were Dying' This show gives people a once in a lifetime opportunity to do things before they kick the bucket.


Chico: That sounds like a good idea. Or at least it was when Phil Keoghan did it for TLC or Travel or some such.
Jason: I like this. This has the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Vibe all over it.
Gordon: I'm not as high up on the concept. It's sort of morbid to me.
Chico: To say the least.
Jason: It is morbid, but....if they do this right...and Probst could. It could be watchable.
Gordon: Hey I'm doing this great thing. I love it...I'm dead. The End.
Chico: Heh.
Jason: Harsh. But, True.
Chico: If only they could get audio on this. Anyway, over to the End...

And it's more or less the end of one primetime neutron bomb. Hole in the Wall is headed to hiatus...

Chico: Oh, Augustus...
Jason: (opens door)
Chico: I brought lunch!


HOLE IN THE WALL


Chico: *throws him silver spandex suit*
Jason: You keep feeding him junk.
Gordon: At least he's got water to wash it down with. Water is healthy.
Chico: Chew... freaking zombie. So now the world waits for Moment of Truth's return... your move, Fox. Next, Gordon?
Gordon: I have a date book, not with a return, but a debut.
Chico: Aww.

October 29th has 'Redemption Song'

Jason: This is the Chris Jericho hosted show...
Gordon: I'm guessing this is the retitlted second chance show.
Chico: When we last reported on this, it was called "Shame 2 Fame", and it featured former convicts. Now they just dressed up the premise and gave it a less politically incorrect title.
Gordon: I still think it's going to blow chunks.
Jason: It's Fuse.
Gordon: The land of 'Pants Off Dance Off'.
Chico: The bar is set particularly low. And "You Rock Let's Roll".... whatever happened to that show.... Hmmmm.

(Augustus burps up a tight dress)

Chico: OH!!!
Jason: Yuck.
Chico: Yeah. I forgot.
Gordon: It rolled, all right.
Chico: Yeah. It's rolling all over the floor now.
Gordon: Bad zombie! You clean that up right now!
Augustus: Sowwy (Cleans up mess)
Chico: Next up, who wants to get Fully Loaded?
Gordon: I think Augustus needs to get Fully Loaded.
Chico: I think he does.
Jason: Me too.

Next, two online game shows for folks following the Presidential election...McCainGameshow.com and ObamaGameshow.com

Jason: Hmmmm
Chico: The champ on each will win round trip tickets, hotel accommodations, $1000 in Restaurant.com gift certificates, and tickets for two to the inauguration.
Jason: I might want to check that out.
Chico: The live finale will take place on November 3 on 7.tv. And as a side comment, if your state offers one-stop early voting, take advantage of it. I did. And I feel somewhat better about it.
Gordon: Did you vote for Bob Eubanks?
Chico: My vote is my business, thank you very much. =p But if I had the choice... I would.
Gordon: Do you think any of the candidates would qualify for Are You Smarter Than Status?
Chico: I refuse to answer that with Jason Block present. I'm not going to point any elbows or nothing, but let's say... SHE knows who she is.
Gordon: Your ex-girlfriend isn't running for president, Chico.
Chico: Oh yeah. She's just too busy being fabulous... which would make her perfect for vice, don't you think?
Gordon: I do. Defintiely at least the Vice squad.
Jason: I am staying above the fray :)
Gordon: Maybe she can take some of this adVice.

Are You Smarter than...anyone on the 'Wheel of Felons'. That's right, There's a 'Wheel of Felons', hosted by Pat Sajak, that looks to capture escaped criminals.

Jason: I think this was cool for Sajak to do.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Gordon: Very very cool. And he, like me, is a birthday by this weekend, so I had to give Pat some love.
Chico: Of course.
Jason: He deserves it.
Gordon: He dserves the love. Anyone want a pitcher or not-so-much-love?
Chico: right here.
Jason: I got the cup.
Gordon: I got a few pitchers this week. Let's start off with the Wednesday night Deal or No Deal Million Dollar MIssion. Who's the contestant, Chico?
Chico: Richie Bell, a male nurse.

He wins $10,000 from a side game... but that's chump change compared to what he COULD'VE had - an extra $650,000 more.

Gordon: Here's your board...

$1 / Million x 2

Gordon: Offer: $660,000
Jason: That is more than a third. You take it.
Chico: If he went by the book, he would DEAL. But he doesn't. So he's going home with the contents of his case... a dollar. Plus $10,000 for a side action, giving him $10,001.
Jason: Brutal Ouch.
Chico: Remember the rule... get in, ride the wave, get out.
Gordon: And he kisses $649,999 good bye.
Jason: (mwah)
Gordon: But we have more. We all talk about The Sanjaya Effect on shows.
Jason: Can we define it for people who don't know what that is?
Gordon: People like to vote for the worst person to keep them on the show
Jason: Right.
Chico: And thus take the show down a notch.

And in this case, the worst, is Cloris Leachman, which according to an inside report, is pissing off Florence Henderson, Dancing With The Stars Co-Host Samantha Harris and Dancing with the stars producers. Not to mention Susan Lucci. "[She's] fit to be tied. She is working so hard and is outraged that others have been eliminated who are far better than Cloris," the staffer said about Lucci. "It's all about [Leachman's] obnoxious schtick... There are deep concerns that [viewers] are going to tune out, thinking this has become a big

Gordon: joke and not the serious though entertaining dance competition it's supposed to be."

Chico: Welcome to "taken down a notch"
Jason: Exactly.
Chico: Basically humbling the contest. I don't think she could go all the way, could she?
Gordon: No. But again, the fault isn't on Cloris. She wants to stay on the show and is doing everything within her power to do so. Its on the producers who picked her to dance.
Jason: Yup.
Chico: There you go
Jason: And all the other people who havent danced well enough to knock her out.
Gordon: We say this all the time. If you don't put on the most talented people and instead put on the entertaining people, you can't be too surprised if the audience rebels and advances entertainment over talent. And speaking of that, I hear that one of the judges may have an interesting decision to make.
Chico: Yep. That as we Go Global.

Will Len Goodman choose "Dancing with the Stars" over "Strictly Come Dancing?" He gets paid more to judge the US version of the show than he does to judge the British version, so that may well factor into his decision. But he will not make a decision unless asked to.

Jason: That can be tiring for a 64 yr old guy
Chico: All that flying about.... Oh yeah.
Jason: And he just released an autobiography in the UK called Better Late Than Never
Chico: Good words to live by.
Jason: Don't know if it will be released in the States, but it is on the Amazon UK site.
Gordon: True. If I'm him I'd do both gigs. No reason to turn down jobs and money - especially if Cloris wins this season
Chico: Heh
Jason: Which means there might be ONE gig. :)
Chico: Heh. From that we head to the Casting Couch, and I have one... for the ladies... Awww, yeah.
Gordon: Nice.

If you know someone who'd want to be the next Bachelorette, go to TheBachelor.tv and send in an application.

Chico: I nominate Gordon's twin sister who isn't married.
Gordon: She's going to be married in a few months. Sorry.
Chico: Okay, she's out.
Gordon: How about your sister?
Chico: I've seen the potential suitors... NO THANKS.
Gordon: Maybe she'll go after a bartender.
Chico: Umm.. no thanks.
Gordon: Or an army officer. Or the son of a car tire company. Or an ex NY Giants Quarterback.
Jason: No No and No.
Gordon: How about some more hoes?
Chico: *plays "Pimpin' All Over the World"*

In this week's Media Ho Report, Toni Braxton says that Cloris will make the Top 3, Carrie Underwood gets a wax statue of her, Mr. Blackwell (who was on What's My Line) Passes...

(silence)

Bob Barker protests an elephant exhibit, Michael Flatley fills in for Len Goodman on Dancing With the Stars this week, while Julianne Hough gets sent to the hospital. Is DWTS cursed this season?

Chico: ... yeah.
Jason: Very much so.

The Hoff is in a video game, Bob Eubanks does a show called 'The Not So Newlywed Game', and Vanna White spins a yarn contest.

Gordon:
But none of them are the hoes of the week.
Jason: Hoes?
Chico: And who would that be, brother.
Gordon: We have 2 sets of hoes
Chico: Deliver, sir.
Gordon: The first one comes to us care of a Wedding Contest, the winners get an $80,000 wedding paid for. The winners: Jaime Duggan and Erik Huffman. Sound familiar?
Chico: Survivor China.
Gordon: Yep. So those Survivor hoes win a wedding.
Jason: ok
Chico: Go them.
Gordon: in addition, Sarah Palin gets her own game!
Chico: ... yay?
Gordon: Unfortunately for Palin, this comes care of ex GSN John P. Roberts called 'Palinisms: Ask Sarah Anything!' Needless to say, this will not help out her rep.
Chico: You think?
Gordon: I think. Sarah Palin. Putting the Vice in Vice President. And those...Are Your Hoes. And that's Brainvision. Shut it down
Chico: Shutting it down.
Jason: (shutting down)
Chico: Still to come, we play the deal... but when we come back, we play... an island. This is WLTI... give us 22 minutes, we'll beat a dead horse.
Gordon: Neiighh...thump
Chico: thump.

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