October 30, 2006

Chico:  We can all stand to see dancers. Remember the ABC DoND pilot?
Jason:  I never saw it.
Chico:  It's at Russ Landau's website. You know who Russ Landau is, right? Game show/reality composer? Get this.. the march of the 26 was almost... a dance.
Jason:  Wow. He did the survivor theme!
Chico:  That's right.
Jason:  He's the yodeling dude.
Chico:  The original theme was very much James Bond hipster inspired. Anyhoo, we're back, and before we go any more non-sequitur than we need to, it's time for List Abuse. You three know how this works...I have lists. You tell me what we're talking about. We all have a laugh.
Jason:  Got it.
Chico:  Okay. First up...

Game show fans in general....
The Mainstream Media...
Jeopardy!....
1 vs. 100...

Jason:  BUZZ
Chico:  Just shout it, Block.
Jason:  People who Ken Jennings pissed off.
Chico:  Not exactly.
Gordon: Ding!
Chico:  The rest of the list...

Brad Rutter
Chazz Hale
Nancy Zerg

Chico:  Pepper?
Gordon: Things that Ken Jennings have written about in his internet blog?
Chico:  Close...Don, got it for me?
Don:    Things that Ken Jennings had gone after, so to speak?
Chico:  Don's got it. Things that Ken Jennings hates on.  The latest, 1 vs. 100.
Jason:  I actually have something on that. I was on the phone with Tim Sternberg last night, and whose episode will air next week.
Chico:  Do tell.
Jason:  And he promised to email us with the full and gory details. Pretty much he called it "the worst game show experience of my life." So Ken wasn't that far off.
Chico:  Again, fortune favors the "1" more so than the "100".
Jason:  True. I will let Tim tell it in his own words.
Chico:  Now wouldn't it be SOMETHING...I'm just saying this now, but wouldn't it be something... if one of the surviving Mobsters was called down to be the next One? Then you could put it on ABC Family and have the late great Peter Tomarken hosting. The kids would eat it up.
Jason:  Wasn't that Paranoia?
Gordon: It was, I believe.
Chico:  ... I see subtlety is not lost on you. Okay, next list...

The Treaty of Paris....
The Treaty of Paris...
The Treaty of Paris...
The Treaty of Paris...
The Treaty of... Versailles.

Gordon: Ding!
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: New titles of the next 3 Way Paris Hilton Internet Porno Video.
Jason:  Gordon wins!
Chico:  Not right, but I'll accept it.
Jason:  The right answer is Answers we heard on J! this week. They have done this before. it was cute.
Chico:  The fifth one, for $1000, was "What is the Treaty of Versailles?".
Gordon: The Treaty of Paris? Great video, starring a woman named Paris, a guy named Paris, a woman named Nicole, some other Greek kid...
Chico:  ... also starring a guy named Brandon and his favorite firecrotch Lindsay.
Jason:  Paris has been the home to a lot of surrenders...I mean treaties :)
Gordon: Wasn't Ben Dover in that one, too?
Chico:  NEXT!

Family Feud....
Let's Make a Deal...
Deal or No Deal...

Chico: ... that's the list.
Jason:  American Shows made into Spanish Game Shows.
Chico:  Block got it. And they were all good.
Gordon: Yes, but you can add American Idol in there as well.
Chico:  Haven't seen that one yet.
Gordon: Sure you have. It's not called American Idol though. It's called Objetivo Fama.
Chico:  Technically, it's more "The One", but I know what you're talking about...  Next up....

Kym Johnson....
Louis van Amstel...
Karina Smirnoff...
Maksim Chmerkovskiy...

Jason:  DING
Chico:   Block?
Jason:  Dancers on the new "Dancing with the Stars" tour.
Chico:  THAT... is correct. The last item on the list: Cheryl Burke. Here are the pairings of dancers and stars.. Joey McIntyre and Kym...Drew Lachey and Cheryl...Lisa Rinna and Louis...Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska...Willa Ford and Max...And Harry Hamlin and Karina...
Jason:  Would you go see it? I would. I think this is going to be a big hit.
Gordon: Nice to see that they now all have work.
Chico:  Yep. Anything to put off season 4 of Dancing for a few more months.
Gordon: And actually having something we WANT to see, instead of insipid C-level reality shows.
Don:    Indeed.
Chico:  Next list...

Poor betting...
Bad luck...
Not coming with your A-game...
Lack of Huevos...
Trailing at the end of Double J!...

Gordon: DING.
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: Why you are a Jeopardy LOSER!
Chico:  Not only that...Why you, as a Jeopardy! champion... will lose the next match. Happened a lot this week.
Gordon: Wheel of Rotating Jeopardy Champions, anyone?
Jason:  Pretty much. No one has had the domination factor yet this season.
Chico:  Sony Pictures is now outfitted with a revolving door apparently. I'll put it to you this way. I usually start photocapping champs that have won $100,000+ after a while. I haven't done that for a while now.
Gordon: Is the machine getting cobwebs?
Chico:  Hardly...Last one.

I'm finding it hard to adlib...
I have perfect hair and a winning smile...
I thank the heavens that GSN renewed me...

Gordon: DING
Chico:  Gordon?
Gordon: Things Bob Goen would say.
Chico:  No.
Jason:  Things Dylan Lane would say.
Chico:  Yes. Bob Goen does not have perfect hair :)
Gordon: At least Dylan Lane can ad lib a little.
Chico:  So there you go. Chain Reaction season 2. Get on it.
Jason:  We need better players...and you gave the show a chance. As fans, we thank you.
Chico:  And with that bit of gratitude, we're going to break. Next up, what's in Gordon's little box? I personally don't want to know :) But you'll find out... on the other side of the break. Buen Trato is next!
Jason:  MY favorite game!
Gordon: We'll see how favorite it actually is...when we come back.

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