Episode 19.14
December 22

Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper, and I want to start off the show by wishing all of you Happy Holidays around the world.
Chico: *starts dusting area with fake snow*
Gordon: And if you're a game show fan, a game show eating-zombie, a pig, or a hamster out there, then happy whatever holiday you celebrate also.
Christopher: Hog Yule-Pityule and Festivus.
Chico: *throws a handful at Gordon*
Gordon: Hey!
Chico: Let it snow, right?
Gordon: Yeah. Too much snow. I'm in a foot of it in Jersey.
Chico: *throws another handful*
Gordon: *throws snow back*
Christopher: Kids, stop that!
Chico: Okay, before we become a Winter Wonderland, let's get to it... from somewhere in our Winter Wonderland... WLTI... is... ON!
Gordon: We're going to be festive this week, as a number of people had good reason to be.
Chico: Chico Alexander here, Gordon Pepper there... and with us... I believe it's the first time with us... from Game Shows Overnight at BlogTalkRadio.com... Christopher Bligh. Hi, Chris!
Christopher: Hi gentleman, been a while since I've been on here.
Gordon: Chris has been in some round table discussions, but the first time on the big show.
Christopher: That is true...but its an honor.
Chico: Well, it's an honor for us to have you.
Gordon: And we are honored by the number of people who have visited us on YouTube. Now Chico, as you know, we have a spot on YouTube. And if their number of comments is any indication, I believe we know what most people want to talk about. And no, it's not the debut of Momma's Boys.
Chico: Although I will say this... keep the comments civil... or we will make an example of you. But you probably want to see the clip in question... Let's roll it.



Chico: Terry Kneiss just happened to be on the Price Is Right, and just happened to not only bid on his Contestant's Row item exactly right, but also bid on his Showcase exactly right... Enter the fracas.
Gordon: Yay, fracas! In the words of Jordan Hass (a good friend of WLTI) - 'This is the main story of WLTI for the next 3 weeks, I'm sure.' And it probably will be, Jordan.
Chico: The facts... are these. The show was delayed for a while before going to air. When it was shooting, tape stopped down for 45 minutes according to Golden-Road.net, reportedly to bring in Standards & Practices.
Chico: You know, to see if everything was on the up and up. Apparently, no wrongdoing was reported and the show eventually went to air. And for the second time in recorded TPIR history... Terry guessed the price on the nose.
Christopher: But it didn't air on November sweeps.
Chico: Nope. Could've aired there... didn't.
Gordon: No. Instead, the show goes on a week that most people would not be staying home and watching.
Chico: Except everyone WAS watching...as did everyone who had that clip.
Gordon: Now as you can all guess, just based on the number of comments on the YouTube page, we got flooded with email. Most of those emails are divided into 3 categories.
Chico: And they are?
Gordon: 1. How did that happen and was it a fix? 2. Could host Drew Carey have handled it any worse and 3. Would this have happened if the old regime was in charge? Let's go to #1 First.
Chico: One... was answered by Terry himself in a radio interview. "Do your homework. Watch the show, watch the show, watch the show." Couldn't have put it better myself.
Gordon: Terry figured out what we did. Big Board please?

Gordon: The Subject: a $23,743 showcase.
Chico: I've got my trusty calculator.
Gordon: Let's look at the items being offered, shall we? Item #1. A Karaoke Machine Set. It's a VocoPro Sonic Station Pro. And it's actually $1,000. How do I know it's worth $1,000?
Chico: Vocopro.com?
Gordon: No. I know it's $1,000 because I've seen it on The Price is Right. At least 10 times. One of those times being June 2, 2008, so I definitely would know the price before I go to Studio 33 and audition. How many times have you seen it, Chico?
Chico: Once every week. Sometimes twice.
Gordon: Or you can say you saw the same system on the October 9th show
Chico: Second is a Golden West Billiard.
Gordon: Which was also on January 22, 2008 as well as other shows. The Table, BTW, is $2,800
Chico: And finally, a Hi-Lo telescoping travel trailer.
Gordon: It's been on the show at least 8 times since September
Chico: It's a 17 footer. Which is... about $19,943. Add it all up... $23,743. Easy.
Gordon: And where did we get these prices from? Oh yes, the show. Each of these items has shown up at least 10 times while they have been on the show. And THEY ARE ALL PRICED THE SAME EACH TIME.
Chico: Seems like this season and to a certain extent last one... we've had an overabundance of prizes cycling in and out ad nauseum.
Christopher: No bonuses or adjustments
Chico: No bonuses, no adjustments... well, in the case of the cars, you have the next-year-up-grade. But other than that, a Dough-nu-matic is a Dough-nu-matic.
Christopher: The name changes but the price stays the same
Chico: Basically.
Gordon: And if you keep the prices the same, chances are that someone will figure it out. And in this case, Terry (or Ted,) did. Do I think it's a fix? Not at all. I equate it to Michael Larson's Press your Luck Run. Larson figured out the board pattern, and he won over $100,000 legally from CBS. Terry figured out the prices, so he well-deservedly gets the win.
Chico: Just someone being enterprising.
Christopher: An easy estimation that has nothing to do with cheating
Chico: Which brings us, if you don't mind me skipping #2 for now... to #3.
Gordon: So how did he do this? He did it, thanks to The Price is Right production staff being lazy and not switching the prices around.
Chico: S&P didn't find any wrongdoing... and if they keep pressing.. they still won't. This is just a matter of a beautiful mind.
Christopher: And this is without Roger in charge
Chico: This IS without Roger in charge.
Gordon: And if it's out of order, I'm guessing the win was obtained much earlier than this.
Chico: But if you ask me, this has been going on for a while now... Ask our friend Aaron Huertas, who won dumbbells and $500. PLUS...add up the board game... and the video games...and there's a lot of price information around for people to get a read on these prices.
Gordon: So far, here's what the new production crew has on their resume in 4 months: a $30,000 Plinko win thanks to them not checking out the Board, a set of weeks full of technical glitches, and this. Not too good so far.
Chico: Very lazy...And there's really no excuse when you have four or five people doing Roger's job. If anything, the spread of labor should've made the show cleaner.
Gordon: And could you imagine if this was a Million Dollar Special episode?
Chico: Ouch
Christopher: Even more so, imagine even more if Bob was hosting
Chico: If Bob were to have hosted this round... I'm guessing the result would be the same. Prolonged pause, a little look here, a little delay there...
Gordon: I think if Bob hosted it, he would have made the moment magical. I don't think he would have butchered the delivery like Drew did.
Chico: But the result would've been the same. Thus going into item #2...An historical moment... and Drew turns it into a dead fish.
Gordon: Bob would have paused it and made mention of how wonderful the moment was.
Chico: Now, let's do a little roleplay here... Gordon, you be Terry....
Gordon: Yes sir.
Chico: and I'll be "Host". Not necessarily Drew, because, well, we have the video, we don't need to reenact it.

(And...Action!)

Chico: Gordon just bid $23,743 on his Showcase.
Gordon: I bid $23,743, Mr. host.
Chico: Gordon, the actual retail price... IS...
Gordon: (Waits)
Chico: 23 THOUSAND..
Gordon: (Gasps)
Chico: SEVEN HUNDRED....
Gordon: (Gasps)
Chico: FORTY....
Gordon: (Gasps. Goes out for coffee. Returns. Gasps)
Chico: THREE....
Gordon: (silence)
Chico: YOU WIN BOTH SHOWCASES!
Gordon: YAY!!!!
Chico: And just so I can say that I'm not kidding, check this out...(goes to camera) "$23,743..." *shows the card* That is dead on the money! Only the second time in TPIR history that this has happened... Now hold on for a moment... audience? Hold on...Gordon, I think you should be hosting this show... you know more about this stuff than I do!

(Aaaaaaand SCENE)

Chico: You see? That's a moment.
Gordon: And I could imagine Bob doing that.
Chico: That's milking the moment for all it's worth.
Gordon: And Drew, instead of doing that. He did...well...what was in the clip.
Chico: Now comes more questions... 1) Do you think Drew thought that something was up?
Gordon: I think he may have - but you can't show that expression or emotion when you're hosting. Again, the show is more important than the host.
Chico: That's right.
Gordon: We're talking just as much about Drew as we are about the moment - and not in a good way. That's terrible hosting.
Chico: When something like that happens, you got to put on your host face.
Gordon: And I think Maybe that Drew thought the clip wouldn't see the light of day...but it did, and Drew now looks like an uncaring dope in front of millions of people.
Chico: If I'm putting a positive light on this... I'm hoping that this will make him a better host, you know?
Gordon: I hope. In the first season, we saw Drew, who was still learning his way around, and we gave him a pass, assuming that he would find the learning curve. So far...Drew hasn't found that learning curve yet.
Chico: He's gotta find out who he is as a host. We know he's a good improv-er and a known giver... but he has to be a showman. He's almost there!
Gordon: In another story that may or may not be relevant, there was a study that came out saying that smoking pot kills your brain cells.
Chico: HA!
Gordon: Kids. Doing pot is bad. Brain cells dying is bad. Very very bad. Especially if you're trying to be a game show host and learn the rules to 80+ games.
Chico: You can just see him going for it... and he's reaching... and he's not there yet, but he can see it! It's annoying the piss out of me!
Gordon: Do you prefer Regis Philbin as a host?
Chico: Yes. Yes I do. How about Password?
Gordon: So now let's talk about a show that I don't think Christopher Bligh has any interest in whatsoever.
Christopher: lol
Gordon: Now for those of you who don't know Chris, he hosts Password games and tournaments.
Christopher: Yep. You guys has been to TPIR and I have been to MDP
Gordon: So I'm guessing he watched this past show on Thursday.
Christopher: I did indeed.
Gordon: The first episode certainly got off to a roaring start, as we gave out $200,000.
Christopher: And let me say in reference to one such celebrity on another show, there was no chairs thrown
Gordon: Christopher is referring to William Shatner, who got to the Pyramid Bonus round, and after screwing up a clue, threw a chair across the stage in frustration. If you were going to throw one that night, if may have been AT William Shatner.
Chico: Yeah... I had high hopes for Bill, because he's a known game player. But it seems like he's been channeling that escapade on the Pyramid where he couldn't even help himself.
Christopher: He really needed someone to shout Rescue 911
Chico: Aisha Tyler... She was the star fo the night.
Gordon: Shatner, who threw chairs around during a bonus round of Pyramid, scores, out of a possible 40 points to be had between his contestants...10.
Chico: That five points her round... per game. So Aisha Tyler... she was solid...And her player partners... equally as solid.
Christopher: Valerie Thatcher was in Part 1. Mark Coyle was in Part 2
Gordon: Valerie wins $100,000, and so does Mark Coyle. Now if he looks familiar, there's a reason for it.
Chico: And if Mark looked familiar, he was a grand champion on Temptation.... the NEW Sale of the Century.
Gordon: Coyle is also the first person to win a Car on said show, yes. one of the only bright moments in that show's history.
Chico: The only real change to the play that I have a bit of an issue with is $250,000 being safe money. Now there's only one level after that, it's the million.
Gordon: I'm not sure I have an issue with it. People haven't gone for it, even with the safepoint there.
Chico: No, but the capacity is there So it eliminates the great risk... do I gamble the $225,000 for a shot at the million?
Gordon: But most people will not risk $225,000 - even if it's for $750,000 more. As we've seen in Don't Forget The Lyrics, people will not risk $400,000 for a shot at $500,000. You want to see people go for the money - even if there's no risk.
Chico: I don't know... there's the show aspect vs. the game.
Christopher: And so far in the end game, we've yet to see a celebrity give the clues
Chico: How do you think that would've gone, Chris?
Christopher: I think there are good givers and receivers but this is one of the few instances in the history of Password that the contestants are better givers than receivers.
Gordon: Do you really want William Shatner giving you clues?
Chico: No thank you. Well, we'll get to see another bit of giving/receiving because it moves to its regular slot on Sunday... right after 60 Minutes. Good slot for that show.
Gordon: I think with the caliber of guests on Sunday's show - Phil Keoghan and Julie Chen - it wouldn't shock me to see either of them giving the clues.
Chico: Well read game show hosts, both of them.
Gordon: And so is Jeff Probst, who awarded a million dollars this past Sunday.
Chico: In accordance with the great prophecy that we laid down last week... Bob won. And all he had to do... was show up.
Gordon: We said last week that if Bob Crowley got to the final 3, he'd win it, because the Onion Alliance would all vote for him. Well, Bob got there, the Onion Alliance voted for him, and he won it. Bob wins, 4-3, over Susie, who got 3 more votes than I thought she'd get.
Chico: Sugar... totally blows it.
Gordon: She certainly does, giving a million dollar check to Bob as we get the final seasonal installment of...



Gordon: If you know that you can't win against Bob...why are you keeping him in the game?
Chico: *shrugs* If I had any hair, I'd be tearing it out right now... Sugar, you are a moron!
Gordon: Sugar's vote forces a tie as Bob knocks Matty in a tie-breaker, and in the process wins the million. If it was Matty in the finals, Sugar at least has a case against him.
Chico: Because Bob was better in making fire, he's a millionaire.
Gordon: He makes fire and Fake Idols really really well.
Chico: And for that... we have this...


Bob Crowley

Chico: Bob Crowley... professor... expert craftsman... MVP.
Gordon: Yay. These are the shows of Holiday Past. Now we go to a show of holiday present.
Chico: *breaks out a holiday present* Get it? Holiday present?
Gordon: It's time for our review of the week. Ryan Seacrests's new show called 'Momma's Boys'. And If this is supposed to be a holiday present, then please return the gift.
Chico: Would love to. This was just BAD.
Gordon: Here's the premise. 36 ladies. 3 men, who have no say because the decisions will be made by their moms, who are complete sterotypes of their ethnicities.
Chico: Nice to know they're typecast, isn't it?
Gordon: We have a plethora of actresses and sportsmodels, a few Adult Magazine models, and a number of movie starlets, but they are all out looking for love. Honest. You buy that, right?
Chico: You want me to say yes, don't you?
Gordon: ...no. No I don't.
Chico: Good.
Gordon: Because I don't buy it.
Chico: I was about to say. So yeah... Don't buy it one second.
Gordon: Meanwhile, the mothers aren't much fun, either. One of the moms don't want no people of color or other ethnicities around HER son, which, of course, will give us the required fireworks.
Chico: Drama!

	MOMMA'S BOYS - NBC
	CHICO	GORDON	CHRIS	AVERAGE-O-MATIC
	F	F	NO GRADE	EPIC FAIL

Gordon: Drama? yes. Good TV? No. Utter Fail? Yes. F.
Chico: Agreed. F. Stick to your other jobs, Seacrest. Seriously. It's that bad. In FACT... let me go to my little magic box here. Momma's Boys placed a DISTANT second. It's got half of the audience of "Without a Trace". This is "Without a Trace"... over there by the door... is "Momma's Boys".
Gordon: What's really damning - it got less than 50% retention out of the finals of The Biggest Loser (Congratulations to MIchelle Aguilar, btw)


Michelle Aguilar

Chico: That's basically two red flags there. I'm guessing that Augustus is going to have dinner rather shortly. Nothing like Mom's home cooking, right?
Gordon: I hear Augustus has already started his Holiday feast.
Chico: So THAT's what that sound was.
Gordon: Yeah. We'll get to that later. Right now, speaking of the Holidays, a Priest and a Rabbi enter a game show. It's Rabbi Vs. Priest on Are You Smarter than a 5th grader. And here, to give us the play by play, is Chico.
Chico: Right. First up, Rabbi Rick Brody. Last week, he played the $300,000, but missed it.
Gordon: Giving back $175,000. Not cool.
Chico: The question, in 5th Grade US History...

In the 1850s, the U.S. bought about 30,000 square miles of land as part of the Gadsen Purchase. The land is now part of two U.S. states. Name them both.

Gordon: That would be Arizona and New Mexico
Chico: That WOULD be Arizona and New Mexico.
Gordon: Yay!
Chico: Having lived in Arizona during 5th Grade, I knew that from first-hand experience.
Chico: Rabbi Brody guessed... California and Nevada.
Gordon: If you spent a minute to think about it, It was the US purchasing land from Mexico. Those are the only 2 states in the south congruent to New Mexico next to California.
Chico: And they were both the same state at one time.
Gordon: Right. Nevada...is not congruent to Mexico at all, so that's a bad guess to begin with. If the Rabbi thought about it, he could have figured it out. Instead, like the rest of the game, he answers quickly, and it costs him.
Chico: Yep. Now this week, we have a double whammy here. Rick Miles is an Episcopalian priest... and he's been on the show before but NOT as a contestant1
Chico: You may go "WHA?" now.
Gordon: WHA?
Chico: Rick's daughter Meghen was a contestant and he knew what the million dollar answer was. She... didn't. So now he's here to restore some of the family honor.
Gordon: And he certainly did. Like his daughter, Miles also gets to $500,000.
Chico: But unlike his daughter, he sees the category of Music and opts out.
Gordon: And unlike his daughter, Miles...doesn't go for the Million Dollar question. And Ironically, he DOES know the answer.
Chico: So that's his money.... Wanna see the question?
Gordon: Sure do.
Chico: Here it is. 5th Grade Music for what would've been the million.

What composer wrote the 1812 Overture in 1882?

Gordon: As a Music Major myself, I better know this one. Peter Tchaikovsky.
Chico: The ironic twist is... Meghen knew this one...It WAS Tchaikovsky. But still... that's $475,000 more than Meghen won, so... *raspberries*
Gordon: After 5th grader, we go to Don't Forget the Lyrics for a musical Love Connection. And hence we get Love Connection host Chuck Woolery!
Chico: Yay!
Gordon: Now Chuck was first known as a singer, so you would think that we'd hear him sing. We...don't.
Chico: Boo. He is available for help at least, right?
Gordon: Nope. No help. Just him being smarmy to the 2 contestants, who get set up for a blind date.
Chico: That's... just.. a horrible tease. HORRIBLE.
Gordon: True. but at least the show was fun. Give us the 2 romantic lotharios.
Chico: The two ... luv-aaaaahs are J'Nae Fincannon & Mark Weiser. They make it up to $500,000 with this song..."Allentown" by Billy Joel.
Gordon: Billy Joel is cool. Good music. One of my favorite songs is Pressure.
Christopher: (Pressure rules--same album)
Chico: Hey GORDON! It's time for a sing-along! But here's J'Nae and Mark singing... "Allentown".

(sing-along: "Allentown")
Well we're living here in Allentown...
And they closed all the factories down...
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time, filling out forms, standing in lines...
Well our fathers fought the second (NINE WORDS!)

Chico: Guesses? Gordon, if you don't get this, I will kill you.
Gordon: Don't kill me. But I know the song....'World War. Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore.'
Chico: Yep. N'Jae & Mark get it right for $500,000... You however, get nothing.
Gordon: What makes today different than any other day?
Chico: Nothing. :)
Gordon: The kids stop at $500,000, both claiming that it's a good date.
Chico: Sure is. Meanwhile, Eve is reenacting the "USSR Concert" That's just cute.
Gordon: Eve and KenJen seem to have some sort of a thing going on. KJ's playing the piano while Eve sings.
Chico: Ironically... It's "Pressure" I'm guessing she saw GSN: MeowMeowMeow too. Way to channel that grit. 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)

Gordon: Start us off, Mr. Alexander.
Chico: Will do. We start the Business End with a greenlight.
Gordon: Green to match the holiday shrubbery?
Chico: Yep.

GSN has greenlit a Newlywed Game redux for 2009 from Michael Davies. Forty eps are slated. No host, though, as of yet.

Gordon: There's been extensive casting calls un the NYC area for contestants. If you want to be a part of it, go to embassyrow.com.
Chico: I think this is interesting, though... They're actually calling for newlyweds and "goldyweds" to compete AGAINST each other. Michael Davies usually knows what he's doing. Let's see how he handles this.
Gordon: I like the concept. Let's see the execution. Meanwhile, have a bat (hands over a candy cane bat)
Chico: Okay... It's a red bat, so you know it's not good.

As tipped off by our guest today, Navarre is shuttering BCI which means... no more Fremantle-based best-of DVD sets for the foreseeable future. So enjoy the Match Game... Enjoy the TPIR... Enjoy the Password. Enjoy the Game Show Moments Gone Bananas... because chances are we're not seeing any more.

Gordon: Aw :(
Chico: No joy
Gordon: I guess that would be The Last Noel.
Chico: Well, maybe you have some good news...
Gordon: I don't know yet about that, but I have some good dates. Want some good dates?
Chico: Okay, to the dates

We don't have any new shows being debuted (as both Clash of the Choirs and Duel were unmitigated disasters last year), but we do have Christmas Deal or New Deal and Million Dollar Password to enjoy.

Chico: And it's also Pricemas this week!
Gordon: AKA let's see if they can screw up a holiday show.
Chico: It's Christmas... Why, Santa?
Gordon: Before we continue, let me say something for the record.
Chico: Okay...
Gordon: A number of emails have asked us if we want The Price Is Right to fail. The answer is no. We don't want the show - or any show - to fail. We just want the shows to be better so they don't, and we have no problem voicing our opinions to do so.
Chico: We do. We love the show, we don't want to see them at any less than their best.
Gordon: And when they aren't, we call them on it.
Chico: That's right. Just stating facts here. Meanwhile, we've got a little Loaded for ya
Gordon: Hic.

Lycos has a new online game show free to play, called CatchUp Coverall. The premise... cover one bingo card for prizes. Including... cash money.

Gordon: Sure. More Bingo. Why not?
Chico: Is it me or is Bingo getting big? I mean, am I the only one thinking this?
Gordon: Looking at the ratings for National Bingo Night and Bingo America...and seeing that this is just easy, uninspiring, lazy tv programming...it's you.
Chico: Well, I tried. Next?
Gordon: Next, I put up Bingo cards and draw them on chalkboards.

Are YOU Smarter than...William Shatner, who has decided that a famous Muppet is called HERMIT the Frog.

Chico: Isn't there a band named Hermit the Frog?
Gordon: After that last effort by Shatner, it should be D'oH-ermit The Frog
Chico: Ah.
Gordon: But WAIT! There's more!

Are you Smarter Than...Tanzania Hicks, who needs a course in European Geography.

Chico: Let me set the stage for you
Gordon: Go for it, Mr. Family Feud recapper.
Chico: The question on the Feud: "Name a foreign country people vacation in where it would be easy to pack on 10 pounds." Her opponent in the faceoff says France - #2. Tanzania gets one shot to beat her and says... "Paris", which is 1) Not a country and B) a city... in a country that's already been guessed.
Gordon: Well, Chico, maybe she's thinking the way I'm thinking.
Chico: How're you thinking, Gordon?
Gordon: Well, in regards to a different Paris (she of the My BFF variety), if people get to eat in Paris (being that Paris has been well travelled, an probably has a lot of tourists visit), then you would probably be able to easily gain 10 pounds. :D
Chico: Oh.... OH... OHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! NEXT TOPIC! Haterize me, please!
Gordon: I won't.
Chico: Really?
Gordon: Really. I won't. He will


CANADIAN IDOL

Chico: Ah.
Gordon: And the cuisine of choice for Augustus this week: Canadian.

Canadian Idol has been 'replaced on the schedule due to the current economic times'. Maybe the lack of ratings may have affected the economic quality of the show.

Chico: That seems to be the go-to rationality for anything cancelled... Blame the economy. Why don't you just come out and say "Hey... it's not doing as well as we thought."
Gordon: It makes you look better when you say 'It got cancelled because the economy couldn't handle it' than 'it got cancelled because the show sucked.'
Christopher: Will America follow?
Gordon: No - as long as they stay at the top.
Chico: We'll have to see... Although I don't doubt that we're not going to see number one finishes all over the place. Sure it'll show that eight-year itch, but it's still going to place top of the board. Just watch.
Gordon: Though the fact that they are avoiding Thursday nights may be very telling.
Chico: So it's a wait-and-see.
Gordon: So we've seen Canada. Where else are we going?
Chico: We're going to China, y'all.

The John de Mol created "I Love My Country" is heading to China to coincide with the 60th ann'y of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Chico: The show comes from Holland. We're talking 52 weekly one hours for Sichuan TV. That's a year's worth of show. Hmm... Now I think that John de Mol is prolific...He's responsible for some of the world's great hits... Fear Factor...Big Brother (ugh), Deal or No Deal... But one year of new episodes without break... isn't that a bit cumbersome?
Gordon: It's a long show, but if the production is shrunk down, they can get it done in a few months.
Chico: Possibly.
Gordon: What abut some American Hoes?
Chico: Wee! *Plays "Pimpin' All Over the World'" Okay, Gordon, who's in the ho-dometer this week?

In this week's Media Ho Report, Samantha Harris (Dancing With the Stars) joins The Insider, Marissa Jaret Winkour hosts Dance Your Ass Off, Cheryl Burke releases a workout DVD, and Carrie Underwood will perform, at The People's Choice award

Gordon: But none of them are your hoes of the week.
Chico: Ho of the week is...
Gordon: You have co-hoes. And they are both making a lot of money. We start with Ben Silverman, who signs a new 3 year deal with NBC despite torpedoing them to last place. Then you have Mike Fleiss, who signs a double digit exclusive deal with Warner Brothers TV. Chico, I'm sure you're thrilled.
Chico: Elated.
Gordon: I can tell.
Chico: Where's the wall with the Jason-sized imprint.
Gordon: Wall - That way. There's a hole in it. (Hands Chico the helmet)
Chico: Thank you. *runs head first into wall... trips through hole... * Someone was supposed to fix that!
Gordon: Jason, why didn't you...oh he's not here this week. Never mind.
Chico: Okay, that's Brainvision. Shut it down.
Gordon: (Shutting Down)
Chico: Okay, still to come, Travis Stork and his army of ho's with MDs don't have anything on us. But on the other side of the break... One shining moment.... it ain't.
Gordon: This is WLTI. Give us 22 minutes, we'll give you 33 bad game shows...next!

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