January 16, 2005

Jason:  Damn skippy.
Chico:  Plus, Gordon needs commentary work.
Gordon: Yah.
Jason:  PLOP PLOP!! Give me plop plop!!!
Chico:  Strike that... JASON needs commentary work. :)
Gordon: Speaking of using brains, how are the hamsters doing?
Chico:  Ralph had babies.
Jason:  That's good. Wait a minute...Ralph?
Chico:  Meet Pikachu and Gordon the Third.
Gordon: Awwwww
Chico:  The newest members of the Game Show Newsnet family.
Brian:  That's so sweet. :-)
Jason:  How cute.
Gordon: And mine's wearing glasses. Come here, cutie...
Chico:  Still have ways to go before they're powering the Choppler, though. And speaking of which, it's power on time. *hits on switch*
Jason:  Jackets!
Brian:  Roll that beautiful brain footage!
Gordon: Brian. My Line.
Brian:  Okay.
Gordon: (Takes out sledgehammer) MY LINE!
Chico:  Brian, RUN!
Brian: (Runs)
Gordon: Roll that Beautiful Brain footage while I go head hunting.
Chico:  A comedy of damn errors around here...
Jason:  LOL

Doug:  (impersonating Mark Thompson) From the four corners of the globe...to your frontal lobe... this is WLTI Brainvision News... with the award winning Brainvision News team.

Chico:  Okay, first up...

Remember Simon Cowell? Remember he had that show called "Star Duets" that he sold to ITV in the UK? Well... he sold the US version to Fox.

Jason:  Singing with the Stars...this could be fun.
Chico:  If you remember, the show takes pop stars and teams them with celebrities for, "Star Duets", HENCE the title.  Still waiting on a date for that, though.
Jason:  I think they will make sure they don't do what BCTS did.
Chico:  You mean crap out five ways?
Gordon: More like 9 ways. Nashville Star has done it. Even American Idol's season finale dabbled with the concept. I think it can be very successful - IF they get real singers.
Chico:  Meanwhile, the man of many barbs takes his seat with Randy and Paula on American Idol this week. I know you're looking forward to that, Gordon.
Gordon: Yay!
Jason:  This is the best time of the reality year.
Chico:  And Thursday is the best night for it. Next?
Gordon: Next up -

Deal or No Deal turns into Syndication or No Syndication. We've only seen 5 days worth of shows and there's already talk of it going a 5 day a week stripped version.

Brian:  Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Jason:  Slow that horse up people.
Chico:  Not so fast there, Ms. Peacock.
Jason:  Are we that desperate for a game show hit, that we need to syndicate a show based on ONE WEEK'S performance?
Chico:  Two words, NBC... Weakest Link. Think about it.
Brian:  Jan 5th 2002 was a bad time to premiere.
Chico:  Umm... yeah?
Gordon: Well...yes, they are that desperate. And it seems like they haven't learned from the Millionaire and Weakest Link Follies.
Chico:  I cite this week's Numbers Game...Give it time to gain recognition, THEN go with the syndie show.
Jason:  Millionaire Follies?
Gordon: Take hit show. Run hit show too many times. Drive show right into ground.
Jason:  That is true, but I don't think it hurt syndication of the show?
Gordon: Not Millionaire, but it killed the Prime Time Version
Jason:  True indeed.
Chico:  So ending consensus... Too much too soon?
Brian:  Yes.
Jason:  Yes.
Gordon: Yah
Chico:  Good!
Gordon: Next?
Chico:  Speaking of Millionaire...

As we speak, Millionaire is taping a month's worth of shows at Disneyworld... including today, Walk in and Win shows.

Chico:  If you're an avid follower of the Interrupt, then you know we frown on the WIAW.
Jason:  or as Maddie Suchard said....Walk in and Llama.
Chico:  Because usually, they get the walk-in part right, but they don't quite get the "Win" part.
Jason:  True.
Brian:  And they better get smart contestants this time or they've really f**ked it up.
Chico:  I'm going to agree with Brian on this one...
Gordon: The problem is that the contestants are picked at random, so you don't know what you are going to get. I know through the Millionaire boards that there are a number of smart people who are going to be there, but it's luck of the draw, so you could get a genius - or a llama.
Brian:  Luck that's not on the smarties side.
Chico:  But more likely, someone who's just there to get their 15 on the telly and go home and brag about it to their homies.
Jason:  Ugh. Play it for real people.
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: Next up...

Remember that game show renaissance thing? It's starting up. There are national calls for Deal or No Deal contestants, as well as a revival of Catch Phrase.

Jason:  This Thursday in Philadelphia! I wish I could go.
Chico:  Me too... That would be a killer birthday present. "Hey, Chico... Happy birthday, you're going to be on Deal or No Deal!"
Jason:  Can we be the people yelling go go go when you have $250,000 from the Banker!
Chico:  Yes you can... every day of your life. Like, "You've got $200,000... which is good... But you have the banker where you want him!"
Gordon: Possibly - next article?
Chico:  Next one goes into the Game Tech file...

First, Wheel and Jeopardy! have announced that they will be the first game shows to air in HD (which I called a fallacy)....

Chico:  Anyone remember what the real first game show to air in HD was?
Jason:  TPIR?
Chico:  BZZZ! Wrong.
Brian:  Double Dare 2000
Chico:  Brian gets the point. Special week worth of HD episodes predated the announcement by six years.
Jason:  Wow.

The other tech thing: GSN teams with AOL Games for the World Series of Blackjack 2006. You can go to AOL.com and have a chance to sit at a table for your share at $1 million...

Jason:  YAY!!
Chico:  So Gordon... You got the hookup right now.
Gordon: Well, not the hook up as much as the ho-up.
Jason:  You must have a lot of them to recap over three weeks?
Chico:  Oh yeah.. *plays Ludacris' "Area Codes"* I've got hoes.... I've got hoes... In different area codes... Area codes.. Hoes... Hoooooooess... in different area codes... Area codes.
Gordon: Looots of hoes.
Jason:  (throws up my pimp cup)
Chico:  I got a pimp cup. It's called my J! bottle encrusted with bling and filled with crunk juice. Yeeeeeeeah, booooooy!
Jason:  You just gave me my idea for GSC5.

We start with the Donald, who was, and then wasn't running for office. a web site gives out gambling odds for Dancing With the media hos, Idol's Diana DeGarmo goes to Broadway...

Jason:  Thank you.
Jason:  What is she doing on Broadway?
Chico:  Acting and singing... Duh. =p
Jason:  What show?
Gordon: She landed a musical role in the musical 'Brooklyn'
Jason:  Oh Ok. Not bad.

Martha Stewart's conviction was upheld, Studs host Mark DeCarlo goes travelling, we get cast reveals on Survivor 12, The Donald holds classes at Trump University, The Richard Hatch Trial starts, Match Game and Love Me Love Me Not's Ross Shafer hosts the Hospitality Awards, Alexis Stewart wants to ban horse drawn carriages in NYC, and The Bachelorette's Allie G is already hawking her own Rotten Eggs T-Shirts, and you can all be a future ho as Starz the movie channel launches it's own reality show.

Chico:  So who gets your vote as Ho of the Week?
Gordon: Allie G gets the Ho of the week, easy.
Jason:  Why?
Chico:  Isn't it obvious? Not only does she master the "It's not me, it's the editing" excuse, but she finds a way to milk it for money...
Gordon: 1 episode out. One rant, and all of the sudden, she's hawking her own brand of clothing. Impressive.
Jason:  So she gets the WLTI Pimp Cup Ho of the Week award.
Chico:  New for 2006 :)
Jason:  I like it.
Gordon: Its got a snazzy ring to it. Next article?
Chico:  Next article..

The worldwide Sudoku craze is hitting the small screen... in the UK. Plans are in the works for a call-in show where viewers share their solutions to the 9x9 "wordless crossword".

Chico:  For prizes.
Jason:  I think Sudoku rocks and this will do well.
Chico:  I also think that sudoku rocks, but this will reek of "Satellite Bingo", a show that aired in NC during the 80s.
Jason:  Or the Bingo show we saw at GSC4 with Monty Hall.
Chico:  "Bingo At Home".
Gordon: 2 Words. Trivia Track. Ugh.
Chico:  Don't remind me...Finally?
Gordon: Finally -

Congratulations to American Idol, who wins the People's Choice award for Competitive Reality Show.

Chico:  Yay!
Jason:  yay!
Gordon: It's a good thing. You know what else is a good thing?
Chico:  The fact that it's returning Tuesday?
Gordon: Absolutely - and we'll be here to analyze the tar out of it
Chico:  Might I add that we're three for four in picking the winner. Thanks for nothing, Carrie Underwood.
Gordon: We was robbed. Revote! Will AI 5 live up to the hype?
Jason:  Of course
Chico:  Oh yeah. Alrighty, happy news time... done. Happy toilet time... coming. This is your Interrupt...
Gordon: Good job hamsters. Jason, give them the cheese.
Jason:  Good Pikachu. Good Gordon the third. They like the cheese

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