Episode 22.9
November 9

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and, if you've ever been to my apartment, you know it needs some cleaning once in a while.
Chico: YES.
Jason: Um...yes.
Chico: You live in a sty, Gordon. Even when it's tidy, it's still kinda cluttered.
Gordon: But that's why I like November. Because then I get the broom out and do some sweeps.
Chico: Oh. I know.
Gordon: And then Jason and Chico come over to my apartment and help me clean it. Isn't that right, guys?
Chico: I plead the 5th.
Jason: Sure. Why not?
Chico: ...I'm Chico Alexander, and from somewhere in America...Brooms Away! WLTI is on!
Jason: WOO!
Gordon: That's why Jason Block is our guest for this week. He's a real stand up and clean guy.
Jason: Stand up, yes...clean...maybe :)
Chico: We've got a lot of house to clean this week and not a lot of time. So let's start by having a show clean house... for the 7000th time. It's the 7000th episode of The Price Is Right... although it feels more like #7146, but who's counting?
Gordon: Apparently, you are. :P
Chico: Well, we had a lot of service for this particular episode...
Jason: There were some nice touches.
Chico: And it seems like we had a great many reasons why the show lasted as long as it did... and again, we had the one glaring reason why we probably want to have a shower afterwards. First, the show itself. GREAT touches having the first half involve the number 7000...the second half involve the first three games ever played...And the Showcases drawing from the first Showcases ever.
Jason: With video from Anitra Ford and Janice Pennington.
Chico: That was cool. I liked that a lot.
Gordon: We also had games that included products that were around since the early 1970's and beyond.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Jason: In Grand Game we saw Rice A Roni, Mallo Cups, Said Turtle Wax, Rice A Roni, Tide and Johnson and Johnson (Clean and Clear)
Gordon: When's the last time you saw Turtle Wax and Rice-A-Roni on the show?
Chico: I think I was a glimmer in my father's pa.
Jason: And in Lucky Seven, The $7 turned into $7000
Chico: And Most Expensive offered three trips each 7000 miles away. Unfortunately, we had some good players... and some not so good players. Let's go over the games. First, Most Expensive... Trips to Africa (a safari), India, and Australia. Pick one.
Jason: Africa.
Chico: You know what the tipoff was?
Jason: What?
Chico: If you've watched the show for any breadth of time, you know that an African safari is usually a "final prize" in a Showcase. Usually, they come at a high price tag. right?
Gordon: Yep.
Chico: Now we've not seen a trip to India in a while. But a trip to Australia... that just comes around a dime a dozen. You could eliminate that.
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: Then it's a 50/50 shot. What does the player do? Goes right for the Australia trip. WHAT?!
Gordon: No Koalas for you.
Chico: On the other hand, we have someone play Grand Game MASTERFULLY, nailing all four products that cost less than $7.
Jason: That was nice play.
Chico: Then there was $7000 Lucky Seven, which just went over the player's head, and that takes some doing, because he's tall.
Jason: He was almost 7' tall
Chico: He was playing for a Jeep Compass. The first number was 2. You probably want to go low with this because the first number is two. Granted, he was only one number off on the second, but the third number... oy.
Jason: Ouch.
Gordon: And that's the problem. the numbers were low, and he went high. Bye-bye truck and 7 G's.
Chico: That was painful to watch. Equally painful... Any Number, the first game ever played. Only this time, it was played for a Ford F150.
Jason: Instead of a Chevy Vega
Chico: And the player ended up with... PIG from Pearls Before Swine. And $5.43 to show for it.
Gordon: That's a nice truck. unfortunately, it didn't come off the lot. Mr. Piggy did.
Jason: Hopefully not H1N1
Gordon: Though I'm sure Jolene Napoletano feels sick after playing it.
Chico: Another rule of thumb.. If you get 5 as the first number in the piggy bank, chances are that you're not going to find any number higher than it. Same thing with any number you find in the front. Just something I've noticed.
Jason: The next game played was The Bonus Game.
Chico: That was just a matter of "dear god, I can't believe that just happened." He missed one window, and it happened to be the bonus.
Jason: The last one. The only one that counted.
Gordon: Waa waaaaa. And then there was iJustine.
Jason: Justine Ezarik
Chico: Yes, there was Justine.
Gordon: Aka iJustine, who has her own web blogging page and who brought to people's attention the 300 page iPhone Bill.
Chico: If you're a netizen of our caliber and savvy, you know who Justine Ezarik is.
Jason: She is a pretty cute geek :)
Chico: She has a lot of things to blog about now. First, she plays Double Prices for a Rolex and wins. Then she spins the wheel... and wins THAT...Her Showcase, inspired by Showcase #1... TWO boxes of floor tile, a range/fridge/dishwasher, a digital piano with Mac, and a first class trip to Acapulco. Bid please.
Jason: I would say around 18K?
Gordon: $17,069
Chico: J's closer. IT was $29,631. You get floor tile, bro.
Jason: Alright.
Gordon: The winner of the day - iJustine!
Chico: iHad a good time watching it. iKept it for later watching. iWas pleased. iCould run this joke all day.
Jason: iHope you don't.
Chico: iThink you're right. iThink it's time to move on.
Gordon: iThink you better quit it :p
Chico: iBetter shut up now. iWas watching Survivor the other day... and noticed something weird. Strange even. Almost... moronic.



Chico: Now we all know that Russell had the hidden Immunity Idol. Now Russell could have held onto the Idol and used it when he felt it was most necessary. This week... Russell wasn't in any real danger of going home, but what does he do? He uses the Idol!
Gordon: I disagree there. I thought it was a savvy move.
Chico: Alright, kemo sabe. Explain yourself.
Gordon: 1st of all in this game, there's no such thing as 'safe'. You could be blindsided at any moment. Russell knew that and he didn't want to take any chances. On the other side, there's Erik, who also had an immunity idol and DIDN'T use it. So what happens? He gets blindsided. Bye bye Erik. Would you rather be Russell or Eric?
Chico: I'd rather be Russell. He wants someone out, he's out! But again, he wasn't in any danger.
Jason: He was.
Gordon: He definitely was.
Chico: Well, if he wasn't then, he's certainly in danger now. Because now he's absolutely armorless.
Gordon: But there another reason why you play it. The whole idea of the game is to get to the end and win the million. Russell would have had the bulls-eye on his back the whole show with the idol. And even if he used it at the end, he'd have the air of 'untouchable'. That will not get you the million from the jury. By playing the idol now, not only does he show he's not untouchable, but he will be playing the game with strategy and showing the jury that he got to the end with his play, and not with the idol. If he can swing 2 votes, he gets a majority and uses the fact that he doesn't have an idol as him being harmless, he can run the game. He'd actually be more approachable WITHOUT the idol than with it. So it's actually a very savvy move if he can pull it off.
Chico: I don't know. He still has to survive four more rounds without it, and sooner or later, whoever's left is going to put two and two together unless they somehow got the absolute dumbest bricks ever to play the game. I personally don't think he played it right. But then again, that's me.
Gordon: If you think you're in trouble, you have to play it.
Chico: Now he's in danger. Even more so.
Gordon: Its just like a Lifeline on Millionaire. Its better to use it when you're not 100% sure than not play it, be a little cocky and get the question wrong.
Chico: True. But there's also an issue of timing. You have a bigger target. You go for that target. That's groupthink, and in this game, it's important. So it's not that Russell was in no real danger, but someone else was in BIGGER trouble.
Gordon: Makes the game a lot more interesting. We'll see if anyone decides to flop over to Foa Foa and give Russell more new life. Now those idols are Cheats that people use. Now let's talk about Cheats that people don't use. In this case, if youre Geoff Wolinetz, it's a VERY good thing.
Chico: Ah. The MNT episode.



Gordon: For $250,000....Category: World History.

What Communist leader is shown in this picture?



Gordon: Answers?
Jason: Who is Nikita Khruschev?
Chico: ... I know it's wrong. "Who is John McCain?"
Gordon: ...
Jason: Ouch.
Chico: What, it looks a lot like him!
Gordon: First of all, it's not 'Are You Smarter than a person who likes to answer in Jeopardy format.'
Jason: Sorry.
Chico: It's my thing, leave it alone :-)
Gordon: Did they call yet?
Chico: Shut up.
Jason: LOL
Gordon: Second of all, It does look like John McCain - or Jason Block in 10 years.
Jason: OOOOH.
Gordon: BUT Jay is right. It's Nikita 'Bang my Shoe' Khrushchev. Geoff said Nikita...Khrushchev! He is the first person on 5th Grader to run the Table and NOT use any Cheats.
Jason: NICE!
Chico: That makes him our MVP this week.



Chico: Speaking of 5th Graders, who's been following the J! Teen Tournament?
Gordon: (Raises Hand)
Chico: It's been a nice tournament so far. We had a couple of closeys, and we had a couple of runaways. Now we're going to take in all of that and pick against the spread, but we're going to do it a little different this time out. First, I need a board.

Chico: NOW...each one of us is going to handicap a game. I'll start first. Monday's game has Zach Blumenfeld, Aidan Mehigan, and Hema Karunakaram. Now Hema, she played the game very skillfully, but if I'm being honest, she lucked her way into the semis. So she's out. Zach was a monster in his game. He gives me no reason why he wouldn't be a monster in the semis. So I'm going with Zach. Hey Gordon!
Gordon: Hey Chico!
Chico: How's about you take Tuesday's match..Will Dantzler/Gabriel Johnson/Solomon Howard.
Gordon: Will had a near lock match on Monday. Solomon won a wildcard sloton Thursday. Gabriel DID have a lock out match on Wednesday. Since Gabriel was the only person to have a lockout - and since he is from Teaneck NJ, which is right by my next of the wood, I have to give it to my homeboy Gabriel.
Chico: Giving it to the home team. Now Jason...
Jason: Since Wednesday is the only one left I got this Lindsay Oxx/Rachel Rothenberg/Gabe Orlet. Rachel and Lindsay were both WC. Hema won Friday. Lindsay looked like the Strongest WC of the three here. I saw her episode. She goes on.
Chico: Okay, so we've picked a final of Zach vs. Gabriel vs. Lindsay. I think Lindsay is going to be odd woman out. I am going to give Zach the edge simply on having the higher Coryat. But it's going to be a two-man match.
Jason: Me too. Zach has the edge.
Gordon: So Jason's picking Zach?
Jason: I am.
Chico: Right after I did.
Gordon: Good. I'm going with Gabriel.
Chico: So we should probably all expect Rachel to win this.
Gordon: Yes, but don't expect Maria and Tiffany to win The Amazing Race.
Jason: Oh no.
Chico: Nope.



Chico: They may be good at poker, but they suck at physics. Might I explain this one?
Gordon: Please do.
Jason: Go for it.
Chico: Tiffany and Maria were eliminated for not completing a Detour. One half involved golfing, which is just annoying as hell to begin with. The other half involved a funfair hammer tower - a high striker, if you will.
Gordon: It's like a hit the bell challenge.
Chico: You know how it works, you take the hammer and try to hit the bell with it. Anyone who's ever tried it and is really good at it... or if you like physics... knows that brute force alone will not ring the bell.
Jason: No...you have to swing with enough ACCELERATION. Not just strength. E=MC2.
Chico: You get the maximum amount of acceleration when you hold the hammer by the fulcrum, which, at its zenith is at the end of the hammer opposite the peen.
Jason: energy=mass*acceleration squared
Chico: Then comes the conservation of energy, which says that the energy exerted equals the energy given, that is maximized with the swinger on the far end of the hammer....
Gordon: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
Chico: ... and I'm putting Gordon to sleep trying to explain it. And there's such a thing as leverage. Maria & Tiffany... aren't physicists. Basically, they muffed it. The golf side... same thing. Only you also have to add follow through. Follow through is very important in golf. Basically... they muffed it there as well.
Gordon: They should have gone golfing from the beginning and not even think about the hammer strike. What compounds it is that this was almost assuredly a non-elimination episode, as we haven't seen one yet. Hence, we go from non-elimination to elimination, which makes this weeks episode a non-elimination episode.
Jason: Which involved a switchback to the most infamous challenge in AR History.
Chico: One that Phil had to stop himself. We all remember the bales of hay that needed to be unrolled, right?
Jason: Yes I do.
Chico: Unroll the bale, find the clue, race on. This time, unroll the bale, find a flag, and then check in. And since this is the infamous "Roaming Gnome Leg", you have to keep that as well.
Jason: I happened to like the Tivoli Gardens myself.
Chico: The team that would fall behind on this leg... Sam & Dan. And surprise surprise... it's at the bales. Those terrible, terrible, bales of hell. It's easy to say that Gary & Matt were also affected by said bales, since they finished the leg in last, but they were behind the 8-ball from the word go.
Gordon: Do you think the hay is religious?
Chico: Do I think hay's religious? No. Why?
Gordon: Because if they were the bails from Hell, and if some of them were religious, then maybe somewhere you could find Christian Bales. :)P
Jason: OUCH.
Chico: .... that would be your bad joke of the day.
Gordon: Thank you folks. I'll be here all week.
Jason: But I loved that Hay challenge.
Chico: That's probably the most memorable of all AR challenges...
Gordon: Finishing in last - Gary and Matt, after 2 hours and 26 minutes of clue searching.
Chico: And again... non elimination leg, so the next leg will be THAT much harder.
Jason: With the Speed Bump.
Chico: Should make for good racing next time.
Gordon: So they may have to go full tilt to stay in the game
Chico: Yep. Of course, there are times when going full tilt is a BAD thing. A VERY. BAD. THING.
Jason: Oh yeah.
Chico: Enter... Debbie Maduno.
Gordon: Hi Debbie
Chico: Now, a thing about this week on Deal or No Deal. Utilizing special technology (ie a chyron operator talking to the guy who stuffs the suitcases) we know which cases have the big one ($500,000), the almost-big one ($250,000) or the small one (PENNY).... not that that would've helped.
Jason: Sort of like how they reveal the mystery wedge on wheel?
Chico: Right. Debbie's biggest offer was $17K with this board:

$1, $5, $2500, $100,000
OFFER: $17,000

Chico: You really have no other choice but to play the board.
Jason: See ya.
Chico: It's nowhere near the median. Debbie decides to play it out. NO DEAL.
Gordon: It's a scary board. its nowhere near the Median, but thats because the board is against you. You could bail out on this board. Debbie doesnt...and pays for it.
Jason: Oh no.
Chico: Next case... $100,000. Next offer... $900.

$1, $5, $2500
OFFER: $900

Chico: NOW you run. Take a page from the book of Block. If you don't know what to do, then get out.
Gordon: The offer is actually over the median.
Chico: That is probably the Banker going easy on her.
Gordon: However, Debbie keeps going. Next gone - the $2,500.

$1, $5
OFFER: $3

Jason: Painful
Chico: It would be funny were it not so tragic.
Gordon: Debbie leaves with $5, when it should have been $17,000.
Chico: Or at least $900 depending on where your machismo is.
Gordon: We have something equivalent in the form of Carol Denegressy, who sees $25,000 disappear and plays it out only to walk away with $50.
Jason: Aw.
Gordon: Meanwhile, Amanda is playing Hamster Deal or No Deal. Here's her board:

$25 worth of Pellets, $50 Carrot Cake, $2,500 Scratching Board, $25,000 Bronze rolling Wheel, $250,000 Golden Cage

5 minutes alone in privacy with KenJen worth $7,500

Chico: NO DEAL! I'm gonna push the news button.
Gordon: Roll That Beaufitul Brsain 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. Hey, Gordon! I've a Calendar entry.
Gordon: Oooh. Let's see it.

Monday begins Millionaire's Tournament of 10, in which someone is going to win a million bucks. Monday also begins Sesame Street Muppet Week on 5th Grader.

Gordon: Featuring one of our own. Ben Ziek.
Chico: I know how much you like the Muppets, G.
Gordon: I like the muppets. Do you like baseball bats?
Chico: I do. BTW Congrats to the Yankees :-)
Gordon: YAY!
Chico: And haters can kiss it :-D
Jason: I got my gear :)

Deal or No Deal could be migrating from station to station in the UK. The reason? One station is telling the game show to cut the budget, while the other station says to come on over and they won't trm the budget at all.

Chico: Bingo.
Jason: Exactly.
Gordon: Being that Deal or No Deal's risk is all about the money, a budget trim would hurt the show and the ratings. Channel 4 could lose the show to BBC/SKY
Chico: BBC could prove problematic, because historically, their budgets have been... well... let's be honest. They suck when it comes to this sort of thing.
Gordon: I think they see a cash cow here and they will make the move to secure the show. If the BBC won't, SKY certainly will. Who's up for a Green Light?
Chico: I'll take a greenlight.

Want money? Come to the 'Bank of Hollywood', which features celebrities looking to give away their money. That's Ryan Seacrest's new idea.

Chico: Actually, it reminds me of something the British did. But still... Most Popular didn't work... Without Prejudice didn't work... Shark Tank is barely hanging on. And what do they all have in common? In the long run, it's all about contestants begging for money. These shows are really well put together and thought out, but in the end, people just don't want to see other people begging for money.
Gordon: Not in this economic climate.
Jason: Not with 10.2% unemployment.
Chico: Weird, yes, but they're you go. These are the times we live in. Something we all want to see, though... more games! Of the video kind, that is. Let's get loaded.
Jason: HIC

Next up for Ubisoft/Ludia's Game Show Video Games line.... Survivor and Amazing Race.

Chico: Now, Survivor's been done as a video game before. Amazing Race - haven't seen it. this should be interesting if not intriguing.
Gordon: Could be fun.
Chico: Could be. If you buy it... they'll make more...That's good, right?
Gordon: That is. And now I have some bad.
Chico: Uh oh.

Are YOU Smarter than...The audience on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, for dubiously making history.

Chico: Oh dear.
Gordon: Let's play Millionaire. For $3,000, in the Category of State Flags...

What is the only state flag to feature the image of a former U.S. president?
A: Washington
B: Delaware
C: Ohio
D: Illinois

Chico: That's easy. Everyone's heard of President Barack Ohio, right? Franklin Delaware Roosevelt? Billinois Clinton?
Gordon: So your answer is...?
Chico: A.
Gordon: Thank you
Chico: I'm afraid, but what did the audience say?
Gordon: Jennifer Colgan needs help from the Audience. The majority of the audience - 41% - went with D and Billinois Clinton.
Chico: Which would be a) a bad joke, and 2) wrong.
Gordon: The right answer is A. And this marks the first time in ANY edition of Millionaire where the audience is wrong in the first 5 questions.
Chico: Yikes.
Jason: Oh man.
Chico: That's... umm... what do you say about that?
Gordon: Now we know why we have a 10.2% unemployment rate?
Chico: Hmmm.
Gordon: Now usually I have some Haterade, but this week, I'm going to let Jason give us some, British style.
Jason: Thank you. We all know that Sharon Osbourne is a judge on multiple reality shows.
Chico: Yep
Jason: But she was on Opie and Anthony on XM Radio this week. And she was asked about Susan Boyle. She said two things...

1. [God] gave her the talent. But he hit her with a f------ ugly stick. 2. And she looks like a hairy ***hole. God Bless...and here's a Gillette razor."
http://www.celebitchy.com/79177/sharon_osbournes_mean_rant_against_susan_boyle/

Chico: Whoa. Can I remind the room that she helped make her? Granted, this is Opie & Anthony we're talking about. But still... Defend your decision, lady That's just Haterade defined.
Jason: Pretty much.
Chico: So we've talked about Britain a lot this week.
Gordon: We have. Are we going there for some more happy fun?
Chico: Nah, we'll go to Hong Kong.

Endemol is setting up shop in Hong Kong. It's a satellite office, so expect something to come to mainland China very soon.

Jason: Deal or No Deal...Yuan style
Chico: I could make a joke about Chinese food here... but I think I'll let Gordon take over.
Gordon: I'm not touching that with a 10 foot chopstick. But I got Media Hoes for you.
Chico: (plays "Pimpin' All Over the World")
Gordon: But first...a casting couch

Pros Vs. Joes is casting again for the new season. If you play football or basketball and you think you can beat them, go here:
http://www.realitywanted.com/call/5983-pros-vs-joes-now-casting

Jason: A gem in Spike's lineup.
Chico: It's a good show. We like it a lot around here
Gordon: It Is good, though I prefer the round robin style of eliminating contestants than their one and done court game shows. Now for Hoes...

In this week's Media Ho Report, Mario Lopez hosts Miss America, Simon Cowell spends $160,000 to help save a girl's life, Kathy Griffin will host 'Let's Dance'...

Chico: Which premieres after the final performance show of DWTS, because that worked so well last time.
Jason: Dance war, anyone?

Iron Chef visits the White House, Regis returns to hose Millionaire, Adam Jasinski is held without bail on his federal drug charges...ANT and DEC sign with ITV, Kara Scott is your new High Stakes Poker Girl, and Jake Pavelka will be seen on HDTV. That's the first HDTV show in Bachelor history. Isn't that great?

Chico: No. It's supposed to be gone. Why isn't it gone? I want it gone...Make it gone, daddy...
Jason: Helmet?
Chico: *helmets, runs, falls*... I'm okay.
Gordon: But none of them are the ho of the week.
Jason: Who is it?
Gordon: Your ho is 'iJustine'!
Chico: iBelieve we did that joke already.
Gordon: A person who's been all around the 'net and who wins on episode #7000 on TPIR is a No Brainer. Could there be anyone else?
Chico: Nope.
Jason: Nope.
Gordon: So Justine Eazarik, you win the Pimp Cup. And an iNote. And iThose...are your iHoes.
Chico: And that's Brainvision. J, shut it down.
Jason: Shutting down.
Chico: Still to come, we celebrate the year 2001 with a little Infiltration. But first... three is a magic number. This is WLTI. Give us 22 iMinutes, we'll give you 22 really bad jokes.
Gordon: iJokes.
Chico: Right. iJokes.

(Brainvision is powered by the letter I and the number 7000. Happy birthday, Sesame Street)

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