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April 17, 2006
Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper and we stopped taking
animal orders. We're now into wedding orders. Who wants a ring?
Mike: Only if it's made out of onions and it's deep-fried.
Jason: I want the ring of the banker's high offer.
Chico: I want a ring from Fox... telling me that they've chosen my song to
be on the most popular TV show right now. Then I'LL have the number one!
Joe: And you can tell everybody that that was your song.
Jason: Elton John reference...very good.
Joe: I'm cultured. :D
Chico: That's good. We need some culture around here.
Jason: (Burps) Why?
Chico: Because from Somewhere in America.... WLTI... is... ON!
Jason: T-3! T-3! T-3!
Chico: Chico Alexander with you, having fun constantly... Doing the WLTI
thing..
Jason: Word.
Joe: Can you aim at the darkness?
Chico: In with the Kingdom Hearts 2 reference is Pitt's own Joe Mello.
Joe: Hi guys. Missed you all at an awesome Tekkoshocon. Poor Greggo had 4
game shows and practically lost his shirt. The highlight of the convention
was definitely our VERY OWN PLINKO BOARD!
Jason: Sweet.
Chico: Yay Plinko board.
Mike: I saw that. Very nice!
Joe:
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SexyOnly got 200 Yen out of it, but all the other games were won, along with
an XBox 360 in the Showcase.
Chico: In with the Brucie impersonation is a man who wants to be known more
as a Jchamp and less as a guy who could've been in Spider-Man 3, Mr. K, Mike
Klauss.
Mike: It's spring break this week and I'm reacquainting myself with some old
friends--Bob Barker, Richard Karn, and Meredith Vieira.
Chico: Nice to be on Spring Break as a teacher, isn't it?
Mike: It's real nice, considering I have two more weeks after I return. And
four weeks from now,I will be a college graduate.
Chico: Congrats future grad.
Jason: ALRIGHT!
Chico: And last, but definitely not least, the man who will hopefully soon
be heard every Tuesday partaking upon trivial masses for breakfast, 95.5
PLJ's "Beat the Block".... Jason Block!
Jason: Unfortunately, this spring I am on hiatus.
Joe: *losing horns*
Chico: Know when you'll be back?
Jason: No I don't.
Chico: Ah. K. Hope it's soon..
Jason: Thank you. So do I.
Chico: *AIRHORN* Sorry, the banter bell just went off. Now we've got a show
to do.. First off, something Jason knows a lot about... You see this week in
Jeopardy!?
Jason: Yes I did. A good week, if you ask me.
Mike: Yessir. The week got better as time went on.
Chico: Very good. Good week, Bad players, but you know what they say. "Even
bad Jeopardy is good."
Jason: You had a few dominant players.
Joe: Holy Week, Batman!
Chico: You notice that this week had one big winner after another go on a
tear only to be forced to play the full 20 minutes of game instead of
relying on Daily Doubles?
Jason: Yes. Because everyone had the shot to win most of the week. The
bigger money allows for that.
Chico: This is true. But then again, you have someone not adhering to the
lost art of Final wagering and... well, you know.
Jason: I think people have lost all sense in Final Wagering.
Chico: It's like the loser in each game couldn't win because of it, and the
winner did win because of it, only to lose because of it afterward... Am I
confusing anyone yet?
Jason: Jeopardy players can't wager.
Mike: There have been some funky wager done lately. Players are overthinking
their strategies instead of going for the conventional wagers.
Joe: Hmm, overthinking seems to be occurring all over the place nowadays.
Gordon: And that's what separates the smart players form the weak ones. Lack
of betting savvy cost some people big time this week.
Chico: Good to know that I haven't confused everyone.
Gordon: Fortunately, there's no wagering in Deal Or No Deal, or we'd have
some really funky wagering this week.
Chico: Do explain, G.
Jason: Any funkiness like a pony this week?
Gordon: Not a pony - but a marriage proposal on Wednesday's show.
Jason: Did she accept?
Joe: Hells yeah.
Gordon: Deal...and Engagement...and a nice Wedding gift of $300,000+
Jason: Nice dowry.
Mike: Has anybody not accepted a marriage proposal on a TV show, at a
sporting event, or at some other gathering with hundreds or thousands of
witnesses?
Chico: I.... couldn't tell you. I've only seen three.
Mike: The answer is most likely no.
Joe: That would be funny. A proposal was going to happen sooner or later,
given that it's been done on TPIR a lot.
Gordon: I did hear someone say no on a radio once.
Chico: Really...
Jason: A few times actually. NY'ers aren't stupid :-)
Joe: Awkward, eh?
Jason: Very. I told you that when I was on Millionaire 6 years ago...they
tried to make me propose to my current gf.
Chico: .. No you didn't.
Jason: Well in between my first and 2nd show, they said do you want to do
it?
Joe: You think NBC pressured Porkchop to propose?
Chico: Would you honestly be surprised if they didn't?
Jason: I, (smartly, with all the pressure going on at the time) said no. Not
the right thing to do when my gf is very shy and is being watched by 30M
people at the time. She would have killed me.
Chico: Good call... You did eventually pop the question, right? O mean, only
what, 500 , 600 people are reading this a week :-)
Jason: Actually...no. But we are still together and will get married. I need
to get a job first. You don't pay well enough :-)
Mike: He doesn't pay period.
Chico: Sorry! I don't get paid well enough myself:-)
Jason: No wonder why :-)
Joe: Back to Deal, I did feel that Kay Jewelers did spring for the ring,
though.
Jason: How? Product placement?
Joe: Did you not see the Kay Jewelers box?
Jason: I didn't see it
Chico: Me neither.
Mike: Is it possible that Porkchop was chosen because he wanted to propose
to his GF on TV and he sprung for the ring himself?
Joe: As the box opened, the hand was obscuring it, but I thought I caught
Kay Jewelers.
Mike: I didn't see anything in the credits regarding the ring.
Joe: Mike, that's almost a certainty. Maybe I'm crazy. Use your TiVos and
see for yourself
Chico: Okay.. another weird instance... Deal was in a rerun on Friday....
What's up with that?
Jason: Good Friday. No one watches.
Chico: ... Oh.
Mike: Also it's a good budgetary move. It cost $10,000 per airing plus any
residuals to show a rerun. NBC surely made some good coin over it last
night.
Joe: No one should be watching on Friday afternoon, but I don't see why
there's anything at night.
Gordon: Good Friday = No Audience. NBC isn't going to be that stupid to burn
a new episode when no one will be watching.
Jason: Howie will be back on Monday.
Chico: Yeah, but I can't help but think that this is the Millionaire run in
fast forward.
Joe: Incidentally, I just found out that the Monday deals are tied for 15th
in the season rankings.
Chico: Pretty amazing stuff. You remember that when Millionaire was in its
prime, it reran the first weeks and added some stunts and it was never the
same since? I honestly think that DoND is headed on that dark path. I don't
want to think that... but I can't help it.
Mike: I like what Talpa does with its Deal or No Deal. Talpa airs a few
episodes, between 3 and 7, and then puts it on hiatus for a few months. It
keeps the game real fresh.
Chico: It just came back didn't it?
Mike: And it keeps us diehards eager for the show to return. (April 30, if
you're playing along at home.) Two weeks from tomorrow, Chico.
Chico: Cool. So what's NBC look like next Monday, then?
Joe: 4/17 8PM Deal, 9PM Cooking
Chico: AH.
Jason: And Deal is on Monday at 8 on the 24th.
Gordon: So the question is - what can NBC do to make the U.S. version of the
show fresh, but not overkill it?
Chico: What they're doing for the next two weeks, scale back a bit.
Jason: Run it new twice a week. Not three.
Mike: Watching Friday's rerun was like watching a new game. The changes from
December to now make the game much different.
Jason: And better thank you.
Mike: No ponies, no Hummers, no proposals, no long lost relatives. Just play
the damn game.
Jason: Sorry Mike. I totally disagree...the more circus the better.
Joe: I agree with Block. It makes me think the NBC staff is having fun, too.
Gordon: I don't mind circus. I mind when the circus borders on exploitation
and affects the game - like ponies and hummers. I liked Mary Coyle's
relatives with the boxes, for instance, because it was fun and didn't affect
the game play. You wonder if the Pony wasn't there, if the guy would have
gone for it
Chico: I'm going to have to side with Mike and the Pepper on that one... But
I'm not saying that circus isn't bad... I'm just saying don't give me a
circus every show.
Jason: That's true. But I am saying at the right time, it works.
Mike: I agree with Gordon. Some circus is fine. This isn't This is Your
Life. Deal doesn't know if it wants to be a game show, a reality show, or
some freaky hybrid of multiple genres.
Joe: Well, I think it got a little out of hand this week, but it's normally
one gimmick/week
Chico: See, the relatives were cool.. The pony... not so much? You got to be
careful while treading such fine ground as that, you know
Jason: That's true.
Chico: There is a non-descript line. You cross it... That's it.. You can't
go back to past greatness.
Gordon: Agreed with Chico. DOND hasn't passed it...yet. They are coming
dangerously close, though.
Mike: At what point does the circus turn into a liver for little Billy or
something which hasn't been seen on TV? Deal can't and won't cross that
line. How can you no deal a surgical procedure for a family member? It's
borderline unethical.
Gordon: I can see it now. 1 Million is a liver for little Billy. 1 penny is
Chopped liver.
Chico: That's... just bad.
Mike: It is bad, but are we close to that point?
Jason: I don't think so.
Gordon: I hate to say it Mike, but we could be.
Chico: Let's hope not.
Joe: This isn't FOX, Mr. Haterade
Gordon: Money for houses, loans, debt, ponies. When is money for an
operation not far behind?
Mike: Again, I agree with Gordon. I hope not as well, but we're getting
close to extremes.
Jason: Well isn't Extreme Makeover Home Edition the same thing...a sob story
for a new house?
Joe: But that doesn't pay for a spleen.
Gordon: Let me use an example. Someone just had, let's say, tonsillitis
which cost $8,000. He's unemployed and doesn't have medical insurance to
cover it. SO he goes on DOND and tells the story. I don't think we're too
far away from that.
Mike: Not really. It's not a sob story for a life-saving operation. I can't
wait for the day when someone goes on Deal to get a new boob job.
Chico: But to put it on TV like that...
Mike: And sadly, that person will be a dude.
Gordon: We welcome Miss Candy Cayne - the Sweet Transvestite from
Transsexual, Transylvania
Jason: Wow.
Chico: MOVING ON!
Gordon: Who need money for boobs? Speaking of boobs, Simon Cowell has lost
his brain as Bucky Covington is gone from Idol.
Chico: Thank you :-)
Joe: And there was much rejoicing.
Gordon: Yay.
Jason: Nice segue. Bucky today had a comment that "Simon Isn't Helpful in
his criticisms."
Gordon: Actually, he hasn't been this week.
Chico: Now if we can get rid of that other blond North Carolinian, we'll be
in business.
Gordon: Ain't happening for a while, Chico. Sorry.
Chico: I know. But it could. I mean, look what happened to Mandisa.
Jason: Not going to happen.
Chico: Let me dream, damnit:-)
Gordon: Mandisa picked songs that appealed to...well, I don't know who it
appealed to exactly. Kellie picked great songs for the past 2 weeks.
Chico: Except for that song about Suds in a Bucket... What the heck was
that?
Gordon: Well, that was 3 weeks ago, so I'm trying to forget about that
Chico: Ah. right.
Joe : It's a song that my roommate can't stop playing. The clothes are
hanging out on a line, too, right?
Gordon: Tell us about Suds in a Bucket, Joe.
Joe: Girl turns 16. Girl meets guy and runs away. Parents are peeved and
sing about it. The end.
Chico: Ah.
Joe: At least the dog lived and the truck still works
Chico: I think that came out in theatres. But we digress. Well, we're
getting into the time in the show where the judges are being a bit
meticulous about what they're saying, so much to resort to codewords... Big
Board, please.
What My Heart (REALLY) Wants to Say...
(with apologies to Gareth Gates)-
Affected: warbling on key
- Indulgent: 100% me... zero percent audience
- Dawg: good!
- Karaoke: note-for-note copy
- Make it your own: make it your own
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Chico: Title: What My Heart (Really) Wants to Say. If you get that pun...
God help you :-) First off... "Affected." What does that mean, Gordon?
Gordon: What it means is that the tone is completely off and even though the
pitch is dead on, it wounds like you're being massaged by a Swedish Masseuse
while singing the note. See Rasmussen, Carmen
Jason: LOL
Chico: No! I don't want to see her!
Gordon: You should. I've seen her latest cover. she looks hot.
Chico: ... Okay, you touched my curious nerve now. Another one that just
popped up this year: "Indulgent". Hidden meaning: good performance... not
good television. Plays on your strengths as a performer, but not on your
audience.
Jason: Right.
Chico: And they're being real Nasty about it, like "You're going to make
good television or we'll shoot you!"
Gordon: Actually, it's more than that.
Chico: Really.
Gordon: Self-indulgent means that you are picking songs that you like or
want, and completely ignoring the audience.
Chico: ... That's pretty much what I said... Plays on your strengths as a
performer, but not on your audience.
Gordon: But it's not just playing on your strengths. It's about listening to
the audience. Chris is an excellent example. He sings songs that he likes,
but in order to win this, you have to use songs that the audience likes, and
if you sing songs that the audience doesn't know, it will cost you. It
killed Mandisa, and it could kill Chris
Jason: It could very soon.
Chico: Any other nice little knickknacks that the judges like to kick
around?
Joe: Dawg? ^^;
Chico: Friend... Overall good guy.
Gordon: Karaoke
Chico: "Very much amateurish". I mean, have you ever been to a karaoke bar?
Gordon: 'A Karaoke' performance is when you are trying to repeat the song
note per note, and you aren't doing anything to make the song original, or
'make it your own'
Jason: "Make it Your Own" is also another phrase they use.
Chico: That pretty much speaks for itself.
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: If you are doing a song, do something different. make us see why you
can sing something that reminds us of you, and not of any other singer
Chico: And who's doing the best job of that so far?
Jason: Taylor.
Chico: He's gonna run out of breath soon.
Gordon: Taylor is doing a great job. Katharine also sang lights out last
week, and...Kellie is doing well too. I give her points for rocking out.
Chico: As much as it pains me, so do I... One more entry, then we've got to
move on... "Raise you game". Basically means, "be better than yourself." And
then be better than that. You really are better than you think at this sort
of thing.
Gordon: Or that we have seen it before and you have to raise the bar or
level
Chico: Give me something you haven't done before.
Gordon: Or do something in a different genre than you're used to.
Chico: We could spend all day on this, but it's time for a preview of coming
events... Who's watching I've Got a Secret on Monday?
Jason: I am.
Gordon: Yah
Chico: The critics all say "Prepare for good things."
Mike: I'll catch a rerun.
Chico: People like the throwback aspect. This and the upcoming Game Show
Marathon has me thinking... Is the throwback the new wave of the future?
Jason: Yes! Big time. And I love it.
Gordon: I think this is what GSN should have been doing to begin with - give
us remakes of classic games. When you can get that original programming on
the air, then you can go for classic new shows.
Joe: Well, GSN certainly seems to have figured out some good home-grown
programming.
Chico: They got it four years ago TODAY when Whammy! premiered. From that
came Lingo and Russian Roulette, two of their better originals.
Gordon: I'll differ with that on you, but that's another discussion for
another time.
Jason: Has it been 4 years?
Chico: It's been four years.
Joe: 4/15/02 according to Brad Francini.
Jason: ok
Chico: So, yes, when watching IGAS on Monday, prepare for a good game,
prepare for a good product.. Prepare for something a few months down the
line. These things always seem to happen in threes.
Gordon: we'll see what happens.
Jason: I will reserve judgment.
Chico: Good thing to do. Meanwhile, ... LET'S DO THE NEWS!
Joe: JACKETS!
Gordon: Hamsters!
Chico: MICE!
Jason: MICE
Chico: PHRASE!
Jason: here we go.
Gordon: Roll That Beautiful Brain Footage!
Joe: SONG!
 Doug:
(impersonating Mark Thompson) From the four corners of your globe to
your frontal lobe, this is WLTI Brainvision News, featuring the Award-Winning
Brainvision News team.)
Chico: *hums along with last few bars of MCTYW.
Joe: <3's for Doug
Chico: Okay, Gordon, what've you got first?
From the World of Gambling, we have...leaks! Survivor 12's winner may
have been leaked to betting sites, who have shut down betting to it.
Joe: Will they ever learn?
Chico: Greed is a powerful motivator. Will this all end? Probably not in the
near future unless network brass steps up security. Remember how tight
security was to protect the winner of the first Survivor's identity?
Jason: 4 diff Aztec shots. And no one knew.
Chico: And they digitally made Gervase a white guy. Not many people go that
much out of their way for that.
Joe: That, I missed
Chico: But back when this was the opening salvo on the reality game genre,
people weren't lax about it.
Jason: That's true.
Chico: And now, I guess they're being lazy.
Jason: Very. It happens at least 3 times a year. All on CBS shows too.
Joe: Because the money's in the bank already
Chico: Makes you wonder, doesn't it... Next up...
GSN is planning a salute to Mom... A Mother's Day Family Feud marathon is
in the works. On the marathon, episodes from the first two eras featuring
mothers as captains.
Jason: Very cool.
Chico: So, yeah, we're just looking at about 8, maybe 10 regular episodes.
Gordon: I like the idea. I do like GSN's themes
Chico: They have some good themes.
Jason: Sounds cool.
Chico: Makes you wonder what they'll do for Father's Day... Next, Gordon?
Gordon: Next up...
In the new show department, this week is Celebrity Cooking Showdown!
Whoo-hoo. We also have Big Brother's new twist...All Stars!
Jason: The All-Stars will be voted on by the public. 12 out of 20.
Gordon: 20 Big Brother Contestants. You vote on the 12 you want to see in
the house for one more run.
Chico: Chicken George!
Gordon: Maggie!
Chico: Wha?
Gordon: Seriously, I'd want Will to go back in there, but I doubt that any
winner of the show would last for very long.
Chico: Right. They're touting that the audience will have more of a role in
this series of Big Brother... and speaking of which... Who wants to get
Fully Loaded?
Joe: works for me
Gordon: Sure
If you're a fan of interactive television... that doesn't require you to
stay up at ungodly hours of the night, then take note of this date: August
1, 2006. 25 years after MTV, ReacTV, TV's first interactive gaming network,
starts up.
Chico: They're aiming for services that allow cable channels in the 70s.
Take from that what you will.
Gordon: Will it have more access than GSN?
Joe: GSN's on 52 in Pittsburgh. It's 99 where I normally live.
Chico: Quiet, you :-) Anyway... 50 million viewers are expected to see
ReacTV's launch.
Joe: Do they have any previews of programming?
Jason: http://www.reactv.com/ is their
web page.
Chico: Interesting thing in the press release... "The maverick InterNetwork
sees itself as the "Robin Hood of TV," and has also publicly pledged to give
back 30% of its net ad revenues to the viewers at home and work who watch
its ads and games." Bold move.
Joe: Sounds like good PR to me.
Jason: Very bold.
Gordon: Nice. Will they have shows with purple video game characters and
women in skin-tight leather pants?
Joe: WHAT?!
Jason: Throut and Neck and Playmania, If I am right.
Gordon: Just Throut and Neck, but yes.
Joe: Anyway, I'm surfing the reacTV website, and I see a 2007 Target
of $5 MILLION/day in prizes
Chico: Some call it a lottery, I call it a pension plan :-)
Jason: 5M a day...they think they are getting over $1B in ad revenue?
Gordon: What about games with a Love Cafe? Will Burt Luddin be on reacTV?
Chico: Hell to tha no. :-)
Joe: But they say it's for 2007.
Gordon: Any shows on Horse Racing and cleaning up Horse Manure?
Jason: GORDON! :-)
Chico: Someone get me my book of Zinkin. :-)
Joe: Right now there's not much of anything on the site, but that $5 Million
per diem target sounds awfully lofty
Chico: Well, when you consider that right now NTN and Buzztime are big
business... Maybe not
Gordon: Any shows on people wanting to go on dates and other people faking
it?
Joe: Gordon, is there something you're trying to imply?
Chico: Okay, that's quite enough :-) And no, no shows where players are
staying up all night and studying material for a quiz either.
Joe: I think there's only one way out of this debacle (and I think it's
hoes.)
Chico: *plays "Area Codes"*
Gordon: I don't think GSN has had shows on Media Hos
Mike: How about an interactive game about media hos?
Gordon: We could do it
Chico: I've actually played a game on hoes.
Mike: Gordon Pepper's Ho Streak
Gordon: In this week's Media Ho report...
Liz Hasselbeck gets a Stalker, while Bad Day continues to be a good song
for Idol...
Jason: #1 song in the USA.
Joe: Kids these days and their music....><
Your judges on Last Comic Standing 4 - Kathy Griffin, Garry Marshall and
Tim Meadows. Jermaine Taylor comes out about I've Got a Secret and the
Banker is revealed...in the UK.
Mike: Tim Meadows? Yikes. It makes sense, though.
Chico: True. Comedian.
Jason: Former SNL Cast Member...check.
Chico: Needs work.
Mike: Remember who's behind LCS4, Lorne
Jason: Yes I know. That's why I wont watch.
Mike: And Lorne Michaels loves his Tim Meadows.
Gordon: The ho of the week is...for the second time...Paula Abdul!
Chico: And her family jewels. Hey.. I made a funny.
Jason: A 2-Time HOTW...impressive.
Joe: Didn't Omarosa have a longer streak?
Gordon: Paula files charges, makes fun of Ryan Seacrest on David Letterman,
AND gets a deal with QVC to sell her jewels. All in a week.
Chico: That... is ho-worthy. Ho-RLY.
Joe: YA RLY
Gordon: final article?
Chico: Final article...
Millionaire is on the block. Celador is putting all of its TV formats up
for sale. One interested buyer? Endemol.
Gordon: Makes sense
Chico: Endemol, as you know, are the outsets behind Fear Factor and Deal or
No Deal.
Gordon: If you want a 30 minute DOND, what a better way to package it then
with a 30 minute Millionaire
Chico: I can see where Endemol stands to gain from this move, should it go
through.
Joe: I think everybody sees it.
Mike: The Aussies can do a 26-box game of Deal, with questions, a box
guessing game, and the occasional end game in 22 mins. w/o commercials.
Chico: Or newsbreaks.
Mike: The pace is ridiculously fast but it can be done.
Chico: It can be done. ... we done. Shut it down..
Joe: Jackets!
Jason: good mice
Joe: Feed, etc.
Chico: What's next on the block, Gordon?
Gordon: Next up, we go to see Da Judge, and then we get a new game
featuring...pictures!
Joe: Oh god
Chico: This is good stuff. Don't worry!
Joe: Is it ASCII?
Chico: You'll see... after this. This is WLTI. Fox attitude... Sony guts.
Gordon: and unfortunately, GSN's budget
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