October 2, 2006

Jason:  Way not COMCASTIC.
Chico:  Way ... not... Comcastic. And after the Pyramid commercial, I just don't know what to believe anymore.
Jason:  That was a cool commercial. Strange after doing that they purge GSN!
Chico:  Yeah. What's up with that? That question... not on the Categories Board. Let's see the Categories board, shall we?

Jason:  Looks interesting.
Chico:  And it's just you two against each other, so... yeah. Friendly competition, right? Gordon, your name's on half of this site. you go first.
Gordon: Lets just get this one out of the way now. PLEASE DON'T SQUEEZE THE SCHWAB
Chico:  Question: Stump the Schwab season 4 is over. Could we possibly see a season 5, and what would it take? Gordon, you're first?
Gordon: How long did it run? 3, 4, 5 weeks?
Chico:  Something like that.
Gordon: How much did the Schwab give out?
Chico:  At least $10,000. The big ass jackpot... $30,000, was never claimed. That's what we call "Big for Basic cable"
Gordon: Low budget. On ESPN Classic. The most to give out is $30,000? Even if it was won, that's a nice small budget for a small cable show. If you keep going on this phase, there will be a Season 30.
Jason:  Do I have to necessarily disagree? Because Gordon is right. Schwab gets paid by the pound. He gets paid in food. The budget is cheap, and the seasons are way short. This is the bastard child of ESPN that never seems to die. People seem to like it.
Chico:  Keeping it short, sweet, simple, and... well, kinda entertaining. I'll give the point to both of you.

Gordon: 1 Jason: 1

Chico:  Jason, a category, please.
Jason:  Margaret Cho and other unfunny asians.
Chico:  Question: Simple.. Cao Boi.... Funny or just annoying. Jason?
Jason:  Well since I have only seen him get the idol on Exile Island, I don't have that much to go on.  So I have to say I don't know.
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: Annoying, The other tribesmates should take the idol, carve out the insides, put water in it, and treat him to a tribal enema.
Chico:  See, that was a gimme question. Point, Gordon. You can tell from the other castaways that no one likes Cao Boi.

Gordon: 2 Jason 1.

Jason:  That annoyance will come in handy later with the idol though.
Gordon: It will be very handy for whoever takes him to the finals as the greater of 2 evils
Chico:  Gordon, your board.
Gordon: WE SAID "FAST", WE DIDN'T SAY "EASY"
Chico:  Harder Fast Money Round: Family Feud or Que Dice la Gente? Gordon?
Gordon: Can I go off the board and say Chain Reaction?
Chico:  Judges? *DING!* We'll allow it.
Gordon: Ok then. If would be fun it at the 150 level, they doubled the consolation prize and at 175 tripled the consolation prize.
Chico:  Jason?
Jason:  I'll actually ANSWER the question  :) and say Family Feud. Gente has answers in the Dinero Rapido which are 60 and 70 point #1's. FF rarely gets to the 50 level.
Chico:  Jason gets the full point for that. Sure Que Dice has many regional dialects, but they have a dictionary for that.
Gordon: But both rounds are still easy - especially with the bonus draw
Jason:  Though I do agree with Gordon that the Chain Reaction one is the hardest. We can do it though.
Chico:  And.. that too, Gordon =p
Gordon: I dont think either round is too difficult. When do you see a 60 or 70 in an American version?
Chico:  Once every quarter, Gordon. I'll give Gordon half a point, because Jason forgot the key words, "pre-episode 30."
Jason:  I saw it when I was watching last week....SODA was like 55 or something.
Chico:  Remember the question?
Jason:  Name something people buy by the case. It was the #4 question.
Chico:  Although I will say the contestants make Dinero Rapido into a pain in las pompis.
Gordon: But it rarely happens. Dinero Rapido happens EVERY episode you see a 50 or 60+
Chico:  Don't think too hard, guys. It's only a survey. =p

Jason: 2. Gordon: 2.5.

Chico:  Gordon, you're still leading. Please choose.
Gordon: THE BIGGEST LOSER WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
Chico:  Question: can anything save the Biggest Loser from potentially flaming out? Gordon?
Gordon: I was going to say an all nude edition but...
Chico:  EWWW!
Jason:  Hell no! My eyes!
Chico:  BAD GORDON! NO HOME GAME!
Gordon: Seriously, no. Its a good idea that's run it's course. Unless they change the format and make it more interactive, then no
Chico:  Okay, Gordon. Jason?
Jason:  But I never thought I would say this...what is it opposite against? ANTM. Move it and you may have a shot.
Gordon: I dont think even a move will help. All this season has been is 50 states...then take the Top 16.
Jason:  People have been inspired to lose weight with this show.
Gordon: Inspiring, yes. Doing anything new to breathe life in the show...no.
Jason:  If you move it from the slot, you might give it one more season. Last Comic Standing was declared dead...and it has a new life.
Gordon: LCS was only dead because they were dumb enough to move it into the Fall season.
Chico:  After the words "Special Edition", you're done. You cross that line, there's no going back. Point to Gordon.
Jason:  Bah.

Gordon: 3.5. Jason: 2.

Chico:  Two more cats, Gordon. Please choose.
Gordon: URGE OVERKILL
Chico:  DoND on Friday: milking the prize cow or testing the water for 1vs100? Or both? Jason?
Jason:  It's where DOND should be in the first place. They should have never
put the show on Thursday. This is both in a big way.
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: Actually, if the last contestant on Friday actually had some decent numbers up there, it would have been milking the prize llama, as he wants one. And we would have seen one - but seriously, I think they had the Friday plan all along. I think the REAL test day was Thursday, to see what ratings it could bring up. Now that the answer is 4th, NBC will move DOND out of there and put in a sacrificial goat in that slot.
Chico:  I nominate Crossing Jordan. Talk about "times that come". Both combatants score. I mean, if you get shoved for a game show no one outside the fandom has heard of... that's telling.

Gordon: 4.5. Jason 3.

Chico:  Final category. Double or nothing time. the category... and I just wanted to say this... I QUIT THIS BITCH! The question: Most infamous game show host turnover. Gordon?
Gordon: The answer you want may be Richard Karn for John O'Hurley, but the REAL answer is Pat Sajak filling in for...a departing Chuck Woolery all the way back in the second season of Wheel of Fortune.
Chico:  Jason?
Jason:  You are almost right. It was when a kicker named Rolf Benirschke was introduced as the new host of Wheel after Pat left. He was not the right fit and the fans knew it.
Chico:  What if I told you you were both wrong?
Jason:  Excuse me?
Gordon: What answer do you have, Chairman?
Chico:  I quote J. Keith van Straaten when he was replaced by Blaine Capatch on "Beat the Geeks"... "Apparently the producers were ready to make changes, and apparently, I was one of them."
Jason:  WTFBBQ?
Chico:  That's the most infamous. At least where I'm sitting. Pat was still doing nighttime Wheel. And Chuck... well, that parting was amicable, I believe.
Gordon: Eh. I thought Jimmy Kimmel leaving would be more infamous, as the show tanked right after that. At least with Van Stratten leaving, the shows ratings were already only so-so (btw, I attribute that too too many geeks, and not to Van Stratten, who is a very capable host).
Chico:  ... hmm.. didn't even think about that. Well, Gordon. you win. Anything you want to share?
Gordon: Don't forget to watch The Price is Right on October 5th (that's this Thursday) as you get to see our ugly faces on TV once again.
Chico:  Ahem. Some of us are boyishly cute... Or so I'm told. Heh. That was a pretty good Categories round, eh?
Gordon: Pretty good. Makes you want to buy something, eh?
Chico:  Let's buy stuff! Yeah!
Gordon: We'll go exchange the TV time for shopping time when we come back

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