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Episode 16.9
November 5
 Jason: lol
Gordon: Seriously, NBC may have had the best game plan of the stations.
inadvertently, mind you, but still...
Jason: Even a blind chicken as the saying goes....
Chico: Bless you, Ben Silverman.
Gordon: We like Ben. We also like playing Vs.
Chico: First up...
Double Showcase Win vs. Perfect Show... Which one of these is the more exciting?
Jason: I really like the Double Showcase myself. It's harder to do.
Chico: Should be noted that both have happened over the last couple of weeks.
Gordon: Double Showcase Win. That takes talent and a great way to end a show. It
also is a nice upper from a skunk.
Chico: Double Showcase win it is. Although if you go back to season 28... those
happened a lot.
Jason: Still fun.
Gordon: Very true. Next one...
Uri Geller Vs. Criss Angel. We know Phenomenon is going down the toilet. Which
one salvages any entertainment you have out of it?
Chico: Criss Angel... albeit by his very whiny nature. Gordon, I believe you
told me about a rant he had this week.
Gordon: Uri did a trick not created by magic, but by a simple object placement
trick which reeked of parlor kiddie game magazine puzzle. At least Angel is sort
of exciting, but he's shows us why he is not ready to carry a prime time show by
himself yet.
Jason: Criss Angel...he actually has talent. Uri Geller is a known fraud for
years.
Chico: Umm... yeah? =p
Jason: Two Words - Amazing Randi. His foundation has offered any psychic $1M to
prove their abilities. None has taken it, period.
Chico: Still good on Mindfreak,though.
Jason: Way good.
Gordon: You guys like it more than I do. Next one?
WWE Superstars vs. Playboy Playmates. Both of these have been seen on the Feud
on more than one occasion, but which week do you look forward to?
Jason: I like the playmates more...but not by much.
Gordon: Playmates. Nice assets. Much better chance of a vapid train wreck with
answers. See Wilkinson, Kendra.
Chico: Me, I'd like to see the models myself. I mean, come on. That's just easy.
Next?
Gordon: Next one...
Tournament of Champions or Celebrity Challenge. Which one is more entertaining
on Jeopardy!?
Jason: T of C. By a WIIIIIIIIIIIIDE MARGIN.
Chico: T of C.
Gordon: If I am a geek, which I am, it's the TOC. However, as you both know, I
have the perverse enjoyment of train wrecks and the enjoyment of seeing people
crash and burn. You won't see that on a T of C. You will see plenty of it,
however...
Chico/Jason: (starts singing "Schaudenfraude")
Gordon: ...in the Celebrity Challenge, where people prove just how stupid they
are.
Jason: See: Lucci, Susan.
Gordon: Susan Lucci and Paul Schaffer (and I think they are both VERY talented)
showed us last year just how shallow that well is.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: Next one?
Chico: Next one...
Mary Alice vs. Ben... Who's the better host of America's Most Smartest Model?
Jason: Ben Stein. He rules. Period.
Gordon: Ben Stein shows us yet again how good and underrated of a host he is.
This is now 3 shows he has helmed and has made each of them his own.
Chico: Word. Last one?
Patriots. Colts. You know this needs to be asked. Who wins?
Chico: Colts. They've just been insane this season.
Jason: New England 27-24. This is going to be a classic.
Gordon: I think no one is talking about the Colts. I think people will be
talking about them after they score the 'upset'.
Chico: Check that out. Gordon and I agree for once. =p
Gordon: Shhh. We wrap everything up in a bow after the break
(Brought to you by The Next Great American Boy Band... You make the band... They
make a crappy CD that no one buys even though it's produced by Stargate)
Gordon: Is that why you're serving the hamsters their lettuce on this O-Town CD?
Chico: ... yeah. People gotta get that Idol dollar somehow. Okay, programming
notes this week... Amazing Race is back. Please watch. Wheel is going to New
York for three week... Jeopardy! has the TofC going on. Family Feud welcomes WWE
Superstars vs. Divas.
Gordon: And you know it's November Sweeps, so there'll be some great programming
options.
Chico: Millionaire celebrates #1000 this week as well.
Gordon: And that leads into the Big Finish! We've seen a Million Dollar
question. Will we see one answered correctly on Millionaire?
Chico: They're probably saving that for February. But yeah, I say why not,
right?
Gordon: Why not? Survivor - will we see a Pagonging?
Chico: ... Nah... Someone's going to turn the game on its shoulder. It always
happens.
Gordon: It's a possibility, but I don't kow how it happens just yet. DWTS - will
the Chaos Theory be correct and see a departure of Marie or Jane?
Chico: Yes.
Gordon: I know one thing we love the arrival of - and its mail. We start with
Reverend James Compton. Thanks, James!
TO: WLTI
From: Rev. James Compton
On the TV show "Are you smarter then a fifth grader" they said AB was the
universal donor which according to the AMERICAN RED CROSS is O+. I know that the
possibility exist that I miss-understood the show. Could you please clarify my
obvious misinterpretation. I find the show just absolutely entertaining and
well put together.
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Chico: Trust me. I'm a med tech with a specialty in immunohematology. Because
the Universal donor is actually O negative. That's why when people need
emergency release, they sign out O negative blood. The question was from the
October 4 show. Which blood type is known as the universal recipient? a) A b) O
c) AB. Rh factor wasn't even in question.
Gordon: That would be C. AB
Chico: Katie Barbaro, who was on that show, said C. She got it right for $175,000.
She'd eventually drop back to $25,000.
Gordon: So there you go, Reverend. AB is the Recipient. O is the donor. Hope we
helped.
Chico: So if anyone asks you about universal donors and recipients, folks, you
heard it here.
Gordon: BTW, since we didn't mention it before, Regis Philbin won $175,000 and
Clay Aiken is up to $300,000 in the last episode of 5th grader.
Chico: Another celeb episode is on Thursday.
Gordon: We'll have more on that next week. We have one more letter.
Chico: Got it right here, dude.
Gordon: This one from Josh Johannesen. Thanks, Josh!
Chico: That would be it, yes.
TO: WLTI
From: Josh Johannesen
Last week, you guys out there said that you weren't fans of the Million Dollar
Mission because it messed with the core gameplay, and I personally agree.
Besides, it also made for possibly more dramatics than were necessary. Come
on... if the Million(s) go, the most you can win is $50K? Geez...
Incidentally, if they had actually carried out the Mission to completion, how
many (cases/games) do you think it would have honestly taken before the Million
would have been won, if at all?
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Gordon: I'll say 20. Because if only 1 million dollar case is left, that's a
huuuuuge drop if you don't have the million, and I feel that the only way it
gets awarded is if you have nothing but Million Dollar Cases left. What do you
think, Chico?
Chico: Umm... I would've gone about 18.
TO: WLTI
From: Josh Johannesen
This week, there was a gimmicks which affected the core gameplay over on the UK
version... Trick or Treating. This was done at 5-box before the 5th offer by
selecting one of two boxes and seeing what was inside. "Trick" meant that the
Banker would get a look at one of the other 4 boxes and use the information
against the player...: but "Treat" meant a bonus of £1,000 and the chance to get
a new offer after each box in the final round. (U.S. Ending instead of U.K.
Ending, in other words) So far, the majority of players (as of this writing on
Friday) have gotten Treat.
What do you think of this sort of gimmick, which changes the gameplay a little,
but leaves the game board the same?
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Chico: I'm all in favor of a little if it enhances the game (see Wheel of
Fortune)
Gordon: I like it. This is a good example of tweaking the gameplay a little
without radically changing what is going on.
TO: WLTI
From: Josh Johannesen
And before I forget... happy belated birthday, WLTI! May you have many more
years of arguing about the game show industry! (And occasionally agreeing!)
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Gordon: Thanks, Josh!
Chico: Thanks!
Gordon: And with that, we draw the show to a close. Special thanks to Jason
Block for joining us.
Chico: And if you have a question for us, check out MySpace.com/wltiongsnn OR
wlti@gameshownewsnet.com
Gordon: Yep, for Chico, this is Gordon, saying Game Over!
Chico: And as always, spread the love :-)
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