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September 3 - Call the Whaaambulance!/What's My Zinger?/Push or Flush (1)

September 10 - Sixteen Candles/20 Questions: Brad Rutter/Push or Flush (2)


September 17 - Viewers Special #3/Ask the Doctor/What If...


September 24 - We (BLANK) Brett/The Good, the Bad & the Ugly/Paula vs. Simon

October 1 - On a Mission from Howie/Trios/Would You? Could You?

October 8 - Back to School/Are You Buying What They're Selling?/List Abuse

October 15 - Our Fifth Birthday

October 22 - Drew Carey... He Gets It/Whose Your Daddy/Roleplay (2)

October 29 - Halloween Party/We the Jury/Excessories


November 5 - Half a Mill in a Shoe/Higher-Lower/WLTI's Vs.


November 12 - The Strike/Deserted Island/What Were You Thinking?


November 19 - We Thank the Contestants/Accuracy or Idiocy/Play the Percentages

 

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Episode 16.12
December 3

Chico: Today on the big show... Italian racer.. British popstar... who is the best dancer in America?...Reason #42 why you shou'dn't hesitate to make a move on Survivor...One TV writer who made the green today...And a skunk and a news producer walk into TPIR...
Gordon: and believe it or not, they are not the same - though many people say they are.
Jason: Oh boy.
Gordon: In addition to that - hey Chico, have you seen your Xebec today?
Chico: Didn't they do Pilot Candidate?
Gordon: Uhhh...no. That and a whole lot more as from somewhere in Ty Treadway's Crib Notes, this episode of WLTI...is...on!
Jason: YES! Alright!
Chico: What's good. I'm Chico Alexander, alongside Gordon Pepper and back from wherever it was he was doing two weeks ago, Mr. Jason Block.
Jason: Thank you. Glad to be back
Gordon: Did you play with your xebec while you were gone?
Jason: ...huh?
Gordon: We'll let you guys know what a xebec is later on in the show. But right now, we'll give you another 5 letter word - S-k-u-n-k.
Chico: Yep. It had to happen sooner or later. Drew had his first skunk this week.
Jason: Skunk - a new world rodents related to the weasel...
Chico: It was on the Monday TPIR show.
Gordon: It had to happen sometime. Now a skunk is when no pricing game is won on The Price is Right.
Chico: It was a very hard lineup... Golden Road...Danger Price... Magic #... Double Prices (with special guest Wayne Newton)...
Jason: Wayne Newton? WTH?
Chico: Wayne was on hand to give away a trip to Vegas in Double Prices. Any Number... and Now or Then. I mean, you could theoretically have a go at one or two, no problem, but this was a hard lineup.
Gordon: I beg to differ with 'very hard'.
Jason: As do I. Double Prices, Magic Number, Now or Then, all gettable.
Gordon: Double Prices was ridiculously easy.
Chico: But Golden Road and Any Number...Just weird unless you know how to work'em.
Gordon: Any Number is medium in difficulty. Golden Road is always tough. But Now and Then was easy also. Magic Number is one of the easiest games to win. The show should have been AT WORST 2-4, certainly not 0-6
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: However, not all was lost. We did have on that show - a Double Showcase Win.
Chico: Oh yeah.
Jason: That was good!
Chico: The Showcase that won it...A raft, an offroad motorcycle, and a Ponitac Grand Prix... whatamibid?
Jason: $25000
Gordon: $26,969
Chico: The actual price was... $28,243. Victor Mercado's bid... $28,000.
Gordon: Yay!
Chico: Oh but yes.
Gordon: But not all was rosy in the land of TPIR
Jason: Oh no.
Chico: Nope. Fast forward a couple of days, and we meet a news producer from Tucson named Christopher Francis.
Gordon: What happened, oh swami Chico?
Chico: Well, he won a $2000 camcorder by bidding $2000 on it. That, of course, entitles him to $500 more. He lost Pushover.
Jason: And he lost the showcase showdown
Chico: And he lost at the Wheel. But the biggest blow would come at the end of the show, when Rich said.... "The fourth on-stage contestant was found to be ineligible and will not receive his prizes." He said that he was a news producer. What he didn't say was that he was a news producer for KOLD, a CBS affiliate, if memory (and my three years in AZ) serve me right. So far as I know, that's a no-no.
Jason: Thats a big no no.
Gordon: MAJOR no no
Jason: And through the "sin of omission" he didnt say anything. Big mistake. You HAVE to be honest.
Chico: Wouldn't have been that much of an issue had he not gone as far as defending himself on his blog. And I'm not going to call him out here or slam him or anything... but he really should've known better.
Jason: No slams here...
Gordon: Oh, I'm ready to slam
Jason: Fire away if you must.
Gordon: I absolutely must - and there's a major reason for it.
Chico: Fire away.
Gordon: As you all know, when I was a little Haterade, I worked at CBS
Jason: A small 16oz bottle of Haterade, yes.
Gordon: Not just an affiliate, the major arm of CBS in NYC
Chico: The flagship, if you will.
Jason: WCBS-TV?
Gordon: WCBS-TV for CBS Sports and some news, yes. I spent 4 very fun years there. Now Mr. Block was with me the first time I went down to see The Price is Right.
Chico: And so far as you remember... you couldn't be called to come on down.
Gordon: Not only was the 'You can not be on the show if you did ANY sort of work for CBS' on the form that you MUST sign, but they had the eligibility rules announced on the loudspeaker at least 3 or 4 times when we were in line. Isn't that correct, Jay?
Jason: That's correct. They made sure if you were ineligible, you were ineligible. You cross your ticket out and sit away from the interview project. As a matter of fact, when a whole group of us went up...we were known as "The Ineligibles." Right Gordon?
Gordon: Right. I was so concerned about the eligibility that I DID ask a page about it.
Chico: They pretty much made sure you knew the score.
Gordon: There was NO WAY that you could have inadvertantly not have seen the warnings - UNLESS you didn't want to see it.
Jason: So for him to say the warnings weren't given...the credibility factor seems a bit strained.
Gordon: There's no doubt in my mind that Mr. Francis intentionally didn't ask about the requirements because he knew that he would be DQ'ed if he did. He took a chance and he got caught. Plain and simple. And now he looks like a buffoon and justifiably so.
Chico: And then came the whole deal with subsidiary vs. affiliate. If you are an affiliate, by my understanding, then you have a professional relationship with CBS and are subject to the eligibility requirements. That's why the run the disclaimer on any and all games broadcast.
Gordon: I'm not sure if you went to the website of KOLD, but there's a BIG CBS Logo on it. And if you've been working there for years, how could you not know that KOLD is a CBS affiliate?
Jason: Its pretty obvious.
Gordon: There's way too many holes in his story to believe that he didn't know what he was doing. And if he's been in the tv profession for as long as he has, this is inexcusable. And to be honest, what makes me more pissed is that by doing this and doing it intentionally, he prevented someone legitimate from going on stage, winning a nice prize or changing their life.
Chico: Again, he really should've known better than to do what he did. Especially given that he works in television.
Gordon: I dont know about you, but if I REALLY wanted to be on a game show and didn't want to be zapped, I'd immediately go and see if I was eligible.
Jason: Thats what I do. Every time.
Chico: Me too. It's not hard.
Jason: I make sure I am eligible. I never get on, but I check. It's usually either age or type of show, but I check.
Chico: Yep.
Gordon: So for someone who WORKS in television saying that he inadvertantly 'forgot' to do it? I'm not buying it at all.
Chico: You don't just forget that sort of thing is what you're saying?
Jason: Hell no, you dont.
Gordon: Not remotely.
Chico: Okay. Moving on...Take a listen to this...

"When Julianne Hough dances, she can have chemistry with a broomstick."

Chico: Who said it?
Jason: Helio Castroneves?
Chico: Good guess. But no.
Gordon: Jennie Garth?
Chico: Gordon got it.
Jason: Wow
Chico: Jennie had high praise after this week's finale, when Helio & Julianne upset the favorites, Mel B & Maks.
Jason: Two in a row for Ms. Hough.
Chico: Not bad for a chick who was on a short-lived show with William Shatner :-)
Gordon: Well, I also think that it wasn't as much of an upset as it was a massive brain-fart by one of the contestant still in the show
Chico: Marie Osmond & Jonathan Roberts... understandably bought it on Tuesday.
Jason: Marie....WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
Chico: And that might've contributed to Helio & Julianne's win.
Gordon: Actually, it was more like MAKSIM, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? When he said this - BEFORE the show

"Frankly, I think there are a lot of other people better than Marie. But it's about people's votes, and they wanted to see their favorites in the final."

Gordon: You absolutely DO NOT bash the audience favorite when you need the audience vote to win a competition
Chico: And this was that case when the will of the people overthrew the will of the judges. Apparently voters called, texted, and voted online en masse for Helio & Julianne, because they were the dogs going into Tuesday's final faceoff.
Gordon: And I'm sure that cuased people to not vote for Mel and Maksim
Jason: Bingo.
Gordon: And sometimes, not having people vote for you is just as damaging as having people vote against you
Chico: The audience, particularly for DWTS... are a very fickle bunch.
Jason: It's the American Idol factor.
Chico: And you can say that ability wins this one, but, and I've said this time and time again, this is purely a popularity contest.
Jason: Unfortunately. But yes.
Gordon: We go from bad verbal judgements to bad strategy judgements on The Amazing Race.
Chico: And it all goes to one new feature. The U-Turn.
Gordon: We'll get to the U-Turn later. First let's go back to last week's episode
Jason: Ok.
Gordon: Jason and Lorena get eliminated this week. That being said, they SHOULD have been eliminated last week, but one team kept them in through sheer stupidity.
Chico: Okay, tell us about Jason & Lorena.
Gordon: There are 2 teams left. Jason and Lorena and the two sister team of Marianna & Julia. We have a roadblock on milking a camel. The sisters know Jason and Lorena are in last, but as they leave, they do one of the dumbest things you can possibly do - they tell Lorena how to complete the Roadblock.
Jason: You have GOT TO BE kidding.
Chico: Oh geez.
Gordon: Not only does that allow Lorena to complete the challenge, that allows Jason and Lorena to catch up to and eventually overtake Marianna and Julia, who come in last and are eliminated.
Jason: Ouch.
Gordon: NOW forward it to this week. We have The U-Turn. This device allows a team to set another team back by forcing them to complete both halves of a Detour.
Chico: And who gets stuck with it this week?
Gordon: We have another all girl team at the bottom - they are the blondes Shana and Jennifer. They know that Jason and Lorena are behind them. They USE the U-Turn on Jason and Lorena, which effectively eliminates them from the race.
Jason: Thats a nasty Device.
Gordon: Now THATS what good teams should do. It's not about being nice. It's about winning one million dollars and eliminating your opponents when you have the chance.
Jason: I didnt say it was wrong, mind you? :)
Chico: It's a game, people. That's just how you play it.
Gordon: Now following that same thought process, we turn to Survivor. James. Strong as on Ox. Thick as a brick.
Chico: Out as Perez Hilton.
Jason: Ok...this was the dumbest move in survivor history.
Chico: And it's not even a question of why, as it is a question of how.
Gordon: With only 3 more weeks before whittling down to the final 3, this had to be the week to vote to get rid of James, or else he could use his 2 immunity idols and Idol his way there.
Chico: And this is proabably, in my mind, the biggest bonehead move of Survivor history. James, blindsided by... EVERYONE... could've used one of his two immunity Idols to save himself. He... Doesn't.
Jason: He had not one BUT TWO!
Chico: To quote Gordon... WHA?!
Gordon: James decides that although he s not in the main group, he is still safe. Wrong. He gets blindsided by everybody, leaving the idols on the table.
Jason: WHA?
Chico: It's in the title of the show. Survivor. You have to last by any means necessary, legal or otherwise. If you have the idol, and you know you're in danger, you are perfectly justified in using it.
Jason: and if you have two...use 1
Gordon: And logically thinking, if you use the 2 idols now, you still could win immunity - or set the game up your way and start eliminating players.
Chico: Now one would argue that James was a serious threat to win it. Especially given his strength and the fact that he had 2 Idols, but he failed where it counts.. the mental game. That's a mistake people only make once.
Jason: You need both.
Chico: And usually, it proves to be fatal.
Jason: Esepcially in this case.
Gordon: You could turn the game any way you wanted - like Yul did when he won Survivor.
Chico: Well, James was hardly the player Yul was, now wasn't he?
Gordon: Anyways, James was not available for interviews with the general public, which means 2 things: A. There will be a Survivor All-Stars, Volume 2 and B. He will be one of the players.
Jason: Makes sense.
Gordon: And maybe he will be able to play with a Xebec.
Jason: Whats a Xebec? Outside of anime production company.
Chico: I can field this one. A xebec... is a small, fast vessel of the 16th to 19th centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.
Jason: Sure. Ok.
Gordon: Now you've heard me bitch and moan about Crosswords, and my biggest complaint has been about the difficulty level. This past Friday's episode, however, has gone beyond the call of duty in terms of difficulty level. Can I have a Big Board please?


Crosswords: The Vocabulary Enhancer

Xebec: Boat
Synod: Church Councilman
Agog: Full of Energy
Sable: Rodent or a Dark Black
Reeve: What Oswald is, according to Chaucer
 

Gordon: The subject - Crosswords: The Vocabulary Enhancer Crosswords is no longer a game show to me. Now it's just a vocabulary class.
Jason: Is that a bad thing?
Gordon: If you want to go back to college, no. If you want to play along in a game show, yes, Very. 1.0 Ratings inducing. Chico already gave us Xebec, which is a ship.
Chico: More specifically, a ship of the 16th to 19th Century.
Gordon: Next up - SYNOD. Any clue what it is, Jason?
Jason: None.
Gordon: A Synod is a councilman at a church This one is a little easier. AGOG Jason?
Jason: Surprised, dumbfounded
Gordon: Not really. If youre agog, you are full oif energy or zeal, like AGOG with excitement
Jason: ok
Chico: How about SABLE?
Jason: You mean a rodent you use to get fur
Gordon: Or a deep color of black. I actually knew what Sable meant. What about a Chaucer Character, Oswald the _____
Jason: (shrug)
Gordon: Reeve. How could you not know what a reeve was?
Jason: Of course. I knew that (yeah, right)
Chico: And you know what the strange part of this whole puzzle was? It wasn't that a guy named Googy won the show.
Gordon: It was that the bonus puzzle was ridiculously easy.
Chico: Bingo. And Googy came alive with 30 seconds to go on it, solving at the last second.
Gordon: But that describes the show for me. This show makes me feel Googy all over.
Jason: My head is spiining
Gordon: This is no longer a game show. This is a show that's mandatory to watch if you want to pass the Mensa Entry Exams
Jason: You think the pendulum has swung too far then?
Gordon: Way too far. I want the show to be challenging, not stupefying.
Chico: I don't know. There're like 40 some-odd clues to a Crossword, and in the 50-some-odd shows I've watched, none were this hard.
Gordon: If I'm a housewife looking to play along with a game show, I change the channel once I get to Oswald the Reeve.
Chico: Or at least the players never didn't "think". Unfortunately you change it to Temptation, see that they're doing something inane, and change it again... no wait. That's me. =p
Gordon: What about a show in the middle? Somewhere between how many fingers do you have and what is a Xebec?
Chico: Jeopardy! That's a nice in-the-middle show.
Gordon: Yes, now this is a show that talks about Argon and Sinew (2 OTHER crosswords that were used in the show), but they save those for the hard rounds. I assume you both know what Argon and Sinew are, yes?
Chico: Noble gas. Veins. Do you know what a Klink is?
Gordon: That would be a jail
Jason: Yes.
Chico: Well.. true. It would also be a TV writer from LA who just pocketed $70 grand in five games.
Jason: She is a damn good player.
Chico: I believe that makes her tournament eligible, but you gotta learn to crawl before you learn to walk. She plays a solid front game, but is hit-and-miss when it comes to finals.
Gordon: 5 timer should get you in. No telling if she's using that money for the strike.
Chico: No telling indeed, but in the meanwhile, she plays game six Monday.
Jason: We also had a 4 for 5 bonus week on Wheel of Fortune for almost 300K
Chico: I saw. A good run for movie week.
Gordon: Running through th rest of the week in reality, Heather, Carmen and Tres Bien are out of Top Model, Project Runway, and Next Great American Band, respectfully
Chico: And Pickel's out of AMSM.
Gordon: Did I tell you the new litter of hamsters are creating their own Jeopardy tournament?
Chico: And no, Gordon. I didn't know the hamsters were Jeopardy!-ing. Are they using the DVD system or what?
Gordon: I had to make them do it, after Jason corrupted them last week by showing them Dr. Phil's Decision House
Jason: Sorry.
Gordon: They are actually taking up writing duties for the striking writers. Amanda is writing about Models, Goodman has Sit Coms, House has Anatomy, Carpenter has wood working, Trela has electronics and KenJen has 'KJ'
Chico: That's scary.
Jason: Very.
Chico: Okay, let's do the news.
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. Hey, Gordon... I just filled up your January. And you're gonna love it. It's in the Datebook if you care to deliver it.
Gordon: I saw it. I have lots of dates. Wanna hear some?

January 1 has The Biggest Loser. January 3rd has Celebrity Apprentice, January 4th has 1 Vs. 100, January 6th has Gladiators, January 7th has Dance War, January 23rd has The Moment of Truth, and with the Strike still going strong, expect MUCH more shows to be announced.

Jason: I am glad 1 vs. 100 is back.
Chico: Me too.
Jason: The other three look like filler to me.
Chico: That, Deal, and AG... Oh, I'm going to be watching a lot more NBC. Interesting thing. Michael O'Hearn, one of the Battle Dome warriors... was chosen as a Gladiator. And we've come full circle. =p
Jason: Speaking of the strike...Negotiations are on or off as we record this?
Gordon: They are off after a plan presented by AMPTP was blasted by the WGAW
Jason: Basically $130M extra...
Chico: Sounded like fuzzy math to them, literally. Now the fight is being threatened to be taken to the DGA. We're talking big guns. But back to the date in the Business..I've got another date in the Business End. Wanna hear it?
Jason: Sure. (hands you the black bat)

"How Much Is Enough?" That's the question being asked in a new show on GSN premiering January 8. Actor and famed snowglobe collector Corbin Bernsen has signed on to host 40 eps from BBC Worldwide Americas.

Gordon: The format is as such - in the first round, people bid from $1 - $5,000. Only the second highest bid wins the money. In the head to head round, The person who stops an adding money pot first wins the money in the pot. I don't like the format to the show. Sorry.
Chico: I have to agree. the entire premise is interesting, but the execution seems at least to me a little bit hollow.
Gordon: It's one of those ideas that looked good on paper, but will probably not be too good on the execution
Chico: We'll see in January If our suspicions are correct. Meanwhile, I'm thirsty. Give me some Haterade post-hate...
Gordon: We'll start with some smart juice. Are You Smarter Than...

...Hulk Hogan. You remember that crash with Hogan's 17 year old son, totalling his car and landing his driving partner with permanent brain damage?

Jason: Yeah
Chico: What of it?

Now comes word that the day of the accident, Hogan was buying his 17 year old son 5 cases of beer.

Jason: Yowza!
Chico: Bingo. Book'em danno.
Jason: Hulk,....dude.
Gordon: According to police reports, there was alcohol in Nick's system during the crash. If that gets linked to the beer that Hogan bought him earlier on that day, then we may need a new host for Gladiators.
Chico: Hoo boy. Well, what else you got?
Gordon: I got a triple shot of Haterade

First up - Byron Velvick, who gets slapped by Mary Delgado as she gets charged by the police.

Jason: Ah...young love. (snicker)
Chico: Slapped is putting it light.
Gordon: That Bachelor record? Not looking too good. Also not looking too good -

Helio Castroneves's relationship, which is dissolved after 6 years. Now its coming out that they split up before the season of DWTS even started, if you buy it.

Jason: I don't. I think the horizontal mambo with Julianne might have happened. Allegedly.
Chico: Nah.
Gordon: Finally...

Jordan Sparks album is at #10 with 110,000 copies while her single is at #26 - both of which American Idol record lows for winners.

Jason: Why do you think that is?
Chico: I think the show, so far as producing pop acts, has soured.
Jason: There you go
Gordon: Blake's Album is coming out real soon. Good luck, Blake.
Chico: And it all goes back to that age old problem: finding good talent vs. making good television
Jason: If he breaks 50,000 CD's sold, he will be lucky.
Gordon: Jordin has a very good voice. If you've heard the album, you know it's not her fault. The writing and orchestration for the CD is dreadful.
Chico: It really is.
Jason: I have only heard the single, which I like.
Chico: "We need a CD before the new season starts!" "OMG what do we do?"
Gordon: Pretty much, which is a shame, because she deserves better
Chico: Yep. Sorry, Jordin. Well, with the money she'll earn on that record, she'll be able to get fully loaded, and I'll tell you why...
Gordon: Why is that?


WPT is going interactive for its sixth season, so says Steve Lipscomb, president, creator, and father of the WPT.

Gordon: OOOOOH
Jason: How so?
Chico: Quoting the article...

“Andy (Goetsch, VP online gaming) joins us to help us establish our rightful place in online gaming market. At the beginning of next year, we’re going to begin implementing a marketing plan that Andy’s helped us put together.”

Jason: WPT online. I am down with that.
Chico: As you all know, WPT will air on GSN next year.
Gordon: Id be even more down with ht if they have their own gambling site.
Chico: And there will be much rejoicing.
Gordon: And then we get to see gambling media hoes
Chico: And then we sing... *plays "Pimpin All Over the World"
Gordon: But first...the magic sofa.
Chico: The Password is... Casting.
Gordon: (DING)!
Chico: No, seriously. It's casting.

If you have a photo and a paragraph about why you would want to be a player on Million Dollar Password, e-mail it to milliondollarcasting@gmail.com

Gordon: Maybe you prefer to be a prom queen
Jason: Uh...no :)

ABC Family's new series "America's Prom Queen" is searching for current high school students who will compete to be crowned the nation's prom queen and the chance to win an awesome prize package!

This is your chance to strut your prom queen skills and compete your way all the way to the top to be crowned America's Prom Queen! at television's most amazing prom ever, this is your chance! Must be at least 18 years old and a currently enrolled high school student. OPEN CASTING CALL 12/8/07 Hollywood, CA

http://www.realitywanted.com/index.php/latest/1897?PHPSESSID=9332d7a0b12e5a973b488e91991405d6


Gordon: Now who wants some hoes?
Chico: Me!
Jason: Me!

In this week's Media Ho Report, Mark Ballas was injured in the DWTS finale (but dont worry, he's ok ), Biggest Loeser 2's Suzy Preston gets a skin body lift, Chuck Woolery talks about his rift with Merv Griffin...Paulina Porizkova replaces Twiggy in the next America's Next Top Model series, Ant & Dec, Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan willbe on the World's Got Talent...Corbin Bernsen helms How Much is Enough, Howie Mandel pitches with buy.com, Fandango host Bill Anderson gets a CMA Award...Maksim Chermkosky may be done with DWTS, Bucky Covington gets picked up by CMT, and Tucker Carlson gets 'Do You Trust Me'?

Gordon: But none of them are the Ho of the Week.
Chico: And who, pray tell, would that be?
Jason: Who?
Gordon: That would be Brad Womack, who has had a long week, ranging from contradicting himself on his tv tour to being called a jerk by Ellen Degeneres (and then having Degeneres apologize for it). Brad first says he diesnt want to do reality tv anymore - and now says he may change his mind. Now that's a Media Ho.
Chico: And... he's still single.
Gordon: And those...are your hoes.
Chico: And finally, we go global with Gordon's favorite non-singing reality show ever...

The Apprentice has been picked up in Africa. Casting is underway in Africa, Europe, and the US for said version.


Chico: It'll be filmed in Nigeria starting January 2008
Gordon: Any word on who the boss is gong to be?
Chico: Biodun Shobanjo. Info is available at www.theapprenticeafrica.com
Jason: Wow.
Chico: Should be pretty cool... And I should say this...I have no problem with the Apprentice as an idea. It's just that Trump takes it and makes it all about himself, you know?
Jason: You think?
Chico: Sure it's your platform, but in all respect, you're not competing to work for you, now are you?
Gordon: Well, if it's not going to be Trump as the head (which it hasnt been in the foreign shows), then the outlook will be different
Chico: But the idea is a good idea. Just getting that out of the way. Okay, land the choppler, we're done.
Gordon: Shutting Down (Booooop)
Chico: Okay, We'll go into happy fun time in a moment, but first, You Love to Interrupt - a couple of weeks ago regarding whether the network wanted Mike Symon to win Next Iron Chef. 70% don't buy it.
Jason: Feeding the animals.
Chico: After watching the Thanksgiving battle... I don't buy it either.
Gordon: That was not exactly a first glowing review for Mr. Simon
Chico: I'm not going to say he didn't deserve it.
Gordon: I am. Besh should have won it.
Chico: I'm in agreement with Gordon. Okay, your question...
Gordon: Sometimes, we like to make fun of things. So this week, we have a play on an earlier question we asked a few weeks ago.

Who is having the WORST week ever?

James Clement - For arguably the dumbest move in Survivor History
Hulk Hogan - Divorce and Kid problems
Jordin Sparks - The Albatross for American Idol with the worst CD sales ever for any idolist
Byron Velvick - Slapped silly on national television
Brad Womack - Being called out by America and Ellen Degeneres
The WGA - Striking and getting no respect

Gordon: Results next week.
Chico: Coming up, we're on the last train to Whammyville. This is WLTI, the game show world's answer to The Edison Twins.

(Brainvision is sponsored by The Next Great American Model Chef Pop Star Astro Physicist... The hardest competition to win... EVER.).


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