September 27, 2004
Gordon: Ryan has left us
for therapy. While that is going on, Chico has a new
game. Ready to explain it, Chico?
Chico: Yes I am, Geoff. It's called We Love to
Interrupt's VS. And it's your
classic "who's better in what" battle.
Gordon: The 8 Ball spell has left me. I can think again.
Now that I have my
GSNN card back, Chico, would you like to explain the
game?
Chico: We'll have six categories of two aspects each.
We'll gauge those
individually and come up with a winner. Today's battle:
The Benefactor's Mark Cuban
vs. The Apprentice's Donald Trump.
Jason: (ding ding)
Chico: Let's get it on! First category: The Name....
Gordon: How can you not like Trump as a name? Trump in
itself is used to mean
to take over or to outclass. (Ad yes, I am glad that
Aldo isn't here to argue
the other side).
Chico: Also lent its name to one of three memorable
games in 1990. The other two being The Challengers and
Monopoly.
Jason: Besides, Trumpster sounds better than
Cubanmeister.
Chico: This one goes to
Trump (Cuban 0, Trump 1) Next: day job.
Jason: Hmmm... dealing with whiny pro athletes or dealing
with whiny
contractors?
Chico: Mark: Owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Donald:
Owner of anything with
the word Trump in it. I'd go for the athletes myself.
Gordon: I wouldn't want to stare at sweaty contractors
for 2-3 hours for 82
times. Gotta go with Cuban.
Jason: Yep...ditto.
Chico: This one goes to Cuban (Cuban 1, Trump 1) Next
up: The game. The
Benefactor: a series of tests for 16 candidates in which
one wins $1,000,000. The Apprentice: a series of tests for 18
candidates in which one wins
a job with Trump.
Gordon: Hmmm looking at smart people try to win a cool
job, or looking at
people grovel in a meaningless game where no one knows
the rules. Let's go with
the semblance of a game and Donald.
Chico: This goes back to "giving a man a fish" vs.
"teaching a man to fish."
Jason: Oh come on... can you picture Trump watching
someone play Jenga?
Chico: I could.. but the tower would have to be
T-shaped.
Jason: And it would have to be "Trumpga" or something
like that
Chico: "My game of Jenga is the best game in the world."
Jason: Human Jenga doesn't count.
Joe: How pray tell do you play that? Lots of naked
women?
Jason: I hope so.
Gordon: I'll bring the Coconut Oil.
Jason: (See, I told you I'd get Gordon to the point of
our censors.) :)
Gordon: Well, that wouldn't be censoring. Now if I added
the pornos and the
troja...
Chico: Gordon, for the 1146th time... that was NOT a
challenge!
Gordon: We're keeping count, aren't we?
Jason: I passed that on to Chico when WLTI started, yes.
Chico: This one is obviously a draw. Unless of course...
it isn't. I'm not
quite sure of anything. Let's give it to the Donald.
(Cuban 1, Donald 2)
Gordon: Before I get this canned - next subject?
Chico: Target audiences is next. Cuban: The geeks and
other counter-cultural
revolutionaries... Ours included. Trump: The
masses.... Anything with the
masses can't be good...
Gordon: The Apprentice is going after all ages. I don't
know what Cuban is
targeting. Gotta go with Trump.
Chico: This is your personal opinion, right?
Jason: Are we sure that 8-ball Stacie is targeting all
ages?
Gordon: Well, you would think that they would be
targeting the young
audience, but where they put The Benefactor, it isn't
being shown in a good chunk of
the country at the 8pm time thanks to football.
Chico: It's being shown AFTERWARDS.
Jason: which is targeting the drunk post-MNF crowd?
Gordon: Not in all of the US. On parts of the Pacific
Time Zone, it's being
shifted to Tuesdays.
Chico: I didn't know that.
Gordon: I'm sure the drunk MNF crowd can't wait to see
the Benefactor. Besides, I think that after football, you'd turn it to
Sportscenter - especially
since there are some major baseball races going on.
Jason: I'm not sure either show has a real target
audience, except for "as
many people as possible."
Chico: I still like the idea that these people know Mark
Cuban for his geek
ventures... But by default, this one is a draw. So we go to
the next subject: Fun
Fact. With Trump, you lead your casinos into double
bankruptcy. With Cuban, you
lead the Dallas Mavericks into contender position.
Jason: This may sound crazy, but advantage Trump.
Chico: Care to explain that one?
Jason: Because he may be leading the casinos into the
depths... but no one
seems to mind.
Chico: Except comics looking for material.
Jason: Which benefits Last Comic Standing. So everyone
wins!
Gordon: Well, his casinos are less than 2% of his actual
wealth, while the
Mavericks, which is Cuban's pride and joy, is where most
of his money is.
Chico: "I want to be just like Trump... so I can lead my
casinos into double
bankruptcy"...
Gordon: I gotta agree - who else can lead a whole bunch
of casinos into
bankruptcy? That takes talent.
Jason: Yes, but that meant you *had* casinos to lead
into double bankruptcy.
Gordon: And I still have 98% of my worth - so I can buy
MORE casinos!
Chico: Looking back... That's gotta go to Trump... May
be sick and sadistic,
but it's valid.
Jason: Also proves he's at least cyborg. Maybe even
human.
Chico: (Cuban 1, Donald 3) Or at least Titan. Last
category... the push.
Today's Push: catch phrase. Cuban: "You've just blown
your shot at a million
dollars."
Gordon: I personally preferred his quote of 'No Balls,
No Babies'.
Jason: Yeah, that was great. LOL
Chico: In that case... Cuban: "No balls, no babies."
Trump: "You're fired."
Hmmm.. Both sound equally as crushing.
Gordon: I'll have to go with Mark, just simply because
its original, and we
all know where Trump's quote came from. Even before
Vincent K. McMahon...
Jason: Even if I do cringe in pain when I hear Cuban say
it.
Joe: Yeah, really. I like Vince's delivery of "you're
fired" better myself.
Chico: I don't know. I'm a fan of brevity.
Jason: or Spacely. :)
Gordon: I remember that quote from Mr Spacely. Jetson!
Yoooooooouuuuurrrre
FIRED!
Jason: oh Lord...Gordon and I with the same thought.
Shoot me now.
Gordon: Would you like to hold the 8 Ball, Jason?
Jason: NO!
Chico: Hold on. I gotta show this...It's an LJ
icon I made...
Joe: ROFLMAO
Jason: I think Trump should do that. :)
Gordon: That's so precious
Joe: I like it.
Jason: Why do I look at that and think: "Spacely:
Steamin' mad at dirt."
Gordon: Aldo is here. Let's ask Aldo - Which character
does the best You're Fired - Donald Trump, Vincent McMahon or the Jetson's
Mr. Spacely?
Aldo: Vincent Kennedy MCMAHON!!! "Austin........... UR
FIREEEEEEEEEEDDd"
Gordon: So Trump is last with his own catchphrase -
Gotta give it to Cuban.
Chico: Because he has a low opinion of George. Okay,
that's VS, as Mark Cuban
is literally one-upped by Donald Trump, 3-2. Coming up,
the Big Finish and
the Biggest Big Five... ever. How's my Trump
impersonation?
Jason: Don't quit your day job, C...
Chico: Oh well. Can't win'em all. We're back after this.
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