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October 2, 2006
Chico: I hear one of the new DoND models is a client. Hayley on 25.
Gordon: Could be. She's got huge hair.
Chico: I found you, Miss New Booty. After that moment of wrong, I need some
retail therapy. Suggestions?
Gordon: I have a bunch of suggestions for your purchasing pleasure. The question
is - Are You Buying what They're Selling?
Chico: Depends on what they're selling.
Gordon: We'll see.. starting with...
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Clay Aiken's New CD, A Thousand Different Ways. |
Chico: Already bought it... for my sister.
Gordon: Did she like it?
Chico: She likes the "Without You" cover. Me, I can take it in small doses.
He's one step away from popera =p
Gordon: I'm sorry. I don't need Clay Aiken doing cover songs in my CD
collection, It's bad enough I have Paris Hilton in my collection.
Chico: Ugh.
Gordon: Don't ask.
Chico: Don't worry. And before you say anything, I just want you to say.... I'm
not judging you. Next?
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What about the other one...Ruben Studdard's The
Return? |
Chico: Ruben is back... I'll give it a listen,
since I was a fan of the first album.
Gordon: I hope it's more of the soulful album and not the craptacular rap songs
Chico: You mean like more "Sorry 2004" and less "Can I Get Your Attention?"
Sorry, Jazzyfizzle. I wasn't buying it.
Gordon: I'll buy it...barely. Next one...
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What about the Lost Idol? Mario Vazquez's debut
CD is also available. |
Chico: I tried buying it, actually. I can't find
it anywhere. Apparently Fayetteville loves Mario. I remember the first single.
Reminds me of Frankie J. I'm sold.
Gordon: I heard the first single. I'm going to use a word describing it that I
never thought I would say to his single...Formulaic.
Chico: Formulaic how?
Gordon: It sounds generic, like I've heard it before.
Chico: Granted, we've heard it before, but that's not an assessment of the
whole thing, right?
Gordon: Well, its an assessment of what I have heard so far. And can you not get
a copy because its sold out or because they aren't distributing it?
Chico: Sold out. But I did get the Whose Line season 1 volume 1 DVD...This...
I'd buy :)
Gordon: You stole my thunder...Next one
Chico: Sorry :)
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Whose Line season 1 volume 1 DVD...would you buy
it? (sigh) |
Chico: Why yes! Yes I would. How about you?
Gordon: I would actually. I would also buy a UK Version of the show if the
bundled it.
Chico: Agreed.
Gordon: Next one...
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Would you buy Project Runway Season 2? Especially
since the Chairman does not have Bravo? |
Chico: I'd ... rent. Because the Chairman has
bills to pay and isn't really that interested outside the conflict and... Heidi.
arrrr.
Gordon: I have Bravo. I love the series. I would buy it.
Chico: I bet you would.
Gordon: Would you buy...
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Jillian's Work Out Tape? She's no longer on The
Biggest Loser, but she has a program that will help you shed off the pounds. |
Chico: I have a fitness plan. And it's called
putting down the fork and driving to Gold's. I'll pass.
Gordon: Mari. Windsor. Pilates. Good stuff. Last one...
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Celebrity Duets. The CD. Yes, they will probably
release one. Thoughts? |
Chico: Pass. They were good enough for TV. not
good enough to blow $10 on. Sorry, guys.
Gordon: Actually, you were sort of right...witht he exception of Lucy and
Alfonso, they blew.
Chico: Nice try, though. Well, I think my credit card is maxed out. How abou we
pay for this with a commercial break?
Gordon: Sounds good to me. Then we wrap this one up...and get more letters.
Chico: We're back after this.
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Gordon: Gigadeal...or no Gigadeal?
Chico: No gigadeal! Okay, Gordon. We're running short on time, and you know
what that means.
Gordon: Quick Big Finish!
Chico: Survivor. Next on the block?
Gordon: Johnathan made a real bad team choice. He's in trouble. In the words of
Eddie Timanus, who's next on Race to go?
Chico: Let's see.. James and Tyler, maybe?
Gordon: That's my favorite team, biotch!
Chico: It's not like I'm rooting for them.
Gordon: I'll say Edwin and Godwin, just to spite you =P
Chico: Grr... heh. Anyways, how about Eric Barela on Jeopardy! Will we see him
again later on?
Gordon: I think he needs one or 2 more appearances. What do we have in mail bag
appearances?
Chico: The usual suspects. First up, Josh Johanneson...
Gordon: Hey Josh
To: WLTI
From: Josh Johanneson
Before I get to my
question(s), let me just mention one thing off-topic... the fact that my
e-mail 2 weeks ago, especially the question about the worst game show of all
time was placed right before an e-mail about bringing back one of said game
shows made me laugh my head off. If memory serves, it was Mr. Chairman and
his worst, Strip Poker.
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Gordon: Nope. I said it.
To: WLTI
From: Josh Johanneson
It was hilarious! Whether
intentional or otherwise. Anyway, to get back to the point...I have a 3-pack
of questions, 3 short of a sponsored segment. ;-)
1. Deal seems (for the most part) to be
better paced this year. Primary example: The 2-hour special at the start of
the season which actually *gasp!* featured 2 hours (minus commercials) of
game, as opposed to 40 minutes of game and 1:20 of filler and commercials
like last season. That's an average of 40 minutes per game, which would be
close to what a Deal or No Deal syndicated show would inevitably be, a
30-minute show. Coincidence or no coincidence?
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Gordon: No coincidence there. I can add that once
the big money goes bye-bye, it really goes a lot faster.
To: WLTI
From: Josh Johanneson
2. I know you're not the
people to ask this question, so forgive me, but I have to rant a bit. First,
the question... Why does NBC hate the Mountain Time Zone so much? I mean,
last season, we were consistantly playing for our shot at $10,000, but this
season, out of 6 shows (Friday's still pending at time of writing), we have
gotten to play Lucky Case once! I can understand why one would do it on
2-hour specials... because we air 1 hour earlier than the Pacific Time Zone
and that makes it problematic for processes, but come on! No shot at
$100,000 last week during the 1-hour shows and only 1 out of 2 so far this
week at $10,000! It's as if they're telling us Mountain...eers (for want of
a better term) to not bother at all! ... That feels better. I needed to get
that off my chest. Sorry about yelling...
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Gordon: We feel your pain. Really, we do.
To: WLTI
From: Josh Johanneson
3. I do remember Gordon
complaining about how the game is boring because of the inherent lack of
complete and total risk when one gets to the end of the game, opening one
case at a time so how would you like a game which plays like a combination
of our version and the U.K. version? One would still start with 26 cases and
go down by 6 to 20, 5 to 15, 4 to 11 and 3 to 8 in the first 4 rounds but
instead of continuing to go down from there, like the U.K. version, it would
stick at 3 per round, going to 5 cases, then to 2. It would certainly
increase the risk factor, but at the same time, it would take away the sense
of control the player might have in those later stages... So, how do you
like that idea?
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Gordon: I think that it's a bit too much on the
other side in terms of risk. To go from 5 to 2 is too much. What about 8 to 6 to
4 to 2?
Chico: I think that would take away from the banker aspect. The bank offers are
crucial to the game as well.
Gordon: That's true. All things considered, 1 at a time is better than 3 at a
time.
Chico: Totally. As for the increased timing, it would still create a straddle,
as 30-minute shows are 20 minutes with commercials. We learned that the hard way
four years ago with Millionaire. But still, it could work. It'll be interesting
to watch if NBC keeps the existing format or goes with something closer to the
international versions.
Gordon: And as this past week has shown me, there are people that will risk,
under the right circumstances.
Chico: True. Thanks Josh! How about a shorter letter now? This one's from Jason
Wuthrich. Thanks, Jason!
Gordon: Thanks Jason!
To: WLTI
From: Jason Wuthrich
Time once again to find out what you messed up. I've never given much ink
to this "Curtis Harris" guy. Unless he's the illegitimate child of Curtis
Warren and Phyllis Harris, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Also, "Justice" is not offically
cancelled--yet. As it stands right now, according to Fox, it and rookie
sitcom "Happy Hour" are both due to return after the World Series.
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Chico: Thanks, J. First off, we saw what
happened to shows that were pulled and returned after the World Series... more
than likely, they don't return for long. Of course, there is still a glimmer of
hope for both shows, and given the chance, I'd do the shows proper justice. But
then again, everyone says that.
Gordon: Based on the abysmally bad ratings for both shows. Saying that they
haven't been cancelled yet is like saying that the Thanksgiving turkey hasn't
been stuffed yet. Not yet, but it's an inevitability.
Chico: All this talk about turkey is making me hungry. Let's get something to
eat.
Gordon: You know, we used to have Jason Elliott be stats guy. Now we have Jason
Wuthrich as Stat Guy. If anyone else wants a position on staff, email us at
wlti@gameshownewsnet.com.
Chico: We love to hear what you think... and yes, be brutal. We're grown, we
can take it. That ends another episode. Thanks to Jason Block for appearing.
And thanks to you all for reading. We say this time and time again, without
you, we're nothing.
Gordon: True. For Chico, this is Gordon, wishing you all a pleasant game over!
Chico: And spread the love.
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