THE COMMENTARY
Reality Editor Gordon Pepper and News Editor Chico Alexander provides commentary.

(This show was recorded on March 26, 2004)



Chico: Alright. Welcome to the nut house. This is the thing and we're the guys.
Gordon: Would you believe that this is our 22nd visit to the Nut House?
Chico: Yeah! 22!
Gordon: Well, we have the NCAA Tournament moving shows, shows moving on their own accord, and us playing Bracket Boys - but first - what do you think of the new GSN sched?
Chico: It's better than it could've been, really.
Gordon: I have to admit that I am pleasantly surprised and pleased by what I've seen so far - and I think that the World Series of Black Jack, which is much improved over the rendition of the tournament on the Travel Channel, could be a solid hit
Chico: I mean, at first, I really wasn't into the whole blackjack thing, but it grew on me, and Fake-a-Date is one of those things that should be bad, but beats the alternative which is, really...nothing. I'm...I'm surprised.
Gordon: It actually not only wasn't bad, but it introduces strategy into a dating show and they tackle it a lot more intelligently than I thought they would tackle it
Chico: Yeah. Could be something to watch, and might I add, better than most of the reality dating fare out there. Playing it Straight, I'm looking at your direction. Kenny vs. Spenny, still... Dark cloud. Come for the funny, it's few and far between...
Gordon: I don't like Kenny Vs. Spenny. The funny is wayyy too far and wayyyy to few between, and this type of Canadian humor doesn't do it for me at all. It's not as horrible as I thought it would be - but it's still not good.
Chico: I've been telling people, it's like "Kids in the Hall"... only not as addictive. Maybe they should ve put in drag or something. But I'll hold out final judgment until the next episode - Kenny's choir vs. Spenny's ... guitar.
Gordon: The kids in the Hall was an aquired taste - but they are good, like other acquired taste shows like Monty Python, In Living Color, David Chappelle, The Edge, etc. The next episode does look much better, and I think they will be better when they get to more original ideas - but this one just didn't do it for me. In terms of the drag - you'll be seeing it this season
Gordon: I bet you can't wait
Chico: Nothing says funny like a guy in a dress, but as a whole, I'm perfectly willing to give the new GSN a fair shake.
Gordon: They are much better than I thought they would be. So far, so good
Chico: Let's see if it continues. Now about Playing It Straight...
Gordon: Playing It Straight isn't horrible. So far, it's a cute idea - and although it's not as good as what FOX has been bringing out, it's still better than some of their other reality shows currently on the air.
Chico: I'll agree that it's cute and inoffensive, but it seems like a joke you hear over and over again and suddenly you still find it funny, but you're sick of the joke. It just drags on and on - and in this case, it's the whole cowboy motif. Maybe it's because I spent five weeks covering Cowboy U, but I'm getting tired of it.
Gordon: Fox wasn't thrilled with it, since they shipped it to the TIME OF DOOM - which is Friday night. Another game show that they shipped to another TIME OF DOOM - against CSI and The Apprentice - FOREVER EDEN. What went wrong?
Chico: Simple Fox premise: Overhype and underdeliverance.
Gordon: I think, Chico it's time to bring out an early BIG BOARD!!!! for how NOT to create a reality soap opera
Chico: 1) Don't overhype it. I know you believe in the project, but don't get carried away.
Chico: It only sets you up for a big fall later. You break this rule, all others are moot.
Gordon: 2) If you make it a game show, get REAL PEOPLE. Everyone on the show looks like an actor and actreess and it seems like they are acting - miserably. The great thing about the other shows is that these are real people - they don't need to act. These people are acting - and it shows why they are not on any pilot shows in the near future. The best characters have always been the ones that don't act...
Chico: Agreed, agreed. Case in point, (transition coming)... Adam Mesh.
Gordon: Which leads us to 3) - Make sure your people are likeable
Chico: That sounds like a corollary of two.
Gordon: There's a big difference. Adam is an incredibly real, likeable person. Jerri, although she is an actress and a bitc...shrew, is also likeable because she's playing the game and playing it hard.
Chico: FCC! FCC! =p
Gordon: In Survivor, they spend half of the time in character development - same thing in American Idol. The ratings are great because the personalities are driving the show. Forever Eden has no such people, just people who are playing stupidly and getting drunk. Speaking of which - 4. Do not use alcohol as a prop. The only time that you have gotten any good conflict in FE has been when people have been drunk and have been getting liquored up while groping people. The casting people should be tarred, feathered and set adrift to the next immunity challenge where they get stapled on the mast of the nearest pirate ship.
Chico: Sounds like the next episode of MXC if you ask me. Or you could just have them live in the Mad Mad House... Now here's a series I actually like
Gordon: they have cool characters and fun contestants for the most part - which leads us to 5) - the only way to play the game is to know the rules. In a show like Mad Mad House, The Apprentice or Survivor, the players know that there will be twists but they know that the structure will always be the same in terms of how they stay and how they get eliminated, which leads to strategy. In Forever Eden (and at the end of Paradise Hotel, for that matter), people who were trying to be strategic actually got penalized for their actions - and usually got eliminated. The result - you have the feeling of dread every time something happens in Eden, so people have stopped playing the game and have actually tried to opt out of playing. That's never a good sign for a show.
Chico: Neither is 6) Being moved to the time slot of DOOM. If you stick any show in the Thursday or Friday night slot on FOX, it's going to get cancelled. Even Greed, as good as it was, didn't last for more than a season there.
Gordon: Finally - 7) Don't advertise something that isn't what you are presenting. Viewers turned in to see a new Paradise Hotel 2 with better game play. When they saw that they were getting sloppy seconds instead with bizarre rules and boring characters, they left in droves. As much as I poo-pooed the concept during the Summer, I think the fact that they don't have 2 episodes a week of this show really hurt them, because you don't get any character development.
Chico: I thought they left in droves from the first time we heard Ruth England say "Welcome to Eden".
Gordon: Whats wrong with Ruth England?
Chico: Not a damn thing. Just stuck in a premise, I'm guessing.
Gordon: Ruth England - stuck in a premise of Suck in a slot of DOOM
Chico: Shall we pray for her soul, now?
Gordon: Shall Ta'Shia lead the rites?
Chico: Hell yeah! That's a party right there. So while we pray for Ruth England's soul, we're going to do the whole ad revenue thing, but when we return, a man who sat in the hot seat and against a big board. We've got 20 Questions with Jason Block...
Gordon: Don't get Blocked out of the interview - sick with us
Chico: Word.

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Gordon: OK - We are here with Jason Block, who has run roughshod through both Who Wants to be a Millionaire ($125,000) and Jeopardy (4 Time Winner). Welcome to the show, Jason
Jason: Thank you...its a pleasure to be here. Do I have to referee this? Or just answer the questions?
Chico: Maybe a little bit of both.
Jason: (puts on a striped refs shirt) Ready to go.
Gordon: Always a fun time here. You ready to play 20 questions?
Jason: Lets do this.
Chico: Alright, it's time for 20 Questions With Jason Block! *plays Late Late Show 5 Questions cue*
Gordon: Ok - #1 - You have been on two different game shows. We can guess what the most exciting moment was - but was the moment that you had the most fun with and why?
Jason: The most fun was actually reading the closing credits on the first night of my Millionaire taping. No one before me or since got to do that.
Gordon: I remember that - that was cool
Jason: It took one take.
Chico: Kind of like a solidifying moment.
Jason: It was a dream come true. They asked and I said yes.
Chico: I cam imagine. Pretty cool. Okay 2) You were actually host of a one-off for Rosie... Who's More Addicted to Millionaire?. Good times?
Jason: Very. Another dream come true. I got to host a game segment on TV. Rosie (at the time) was very nice. Although there was something I wanted to do. When she got into the booth, I wanted to go in and do a romantic bit.
Chico: Would that have been a dream come true as well, Jason? =p
Jason: (shudders) no.
Chico: Just making sure.
Gordon: ROFL - I think we'll leave it at that, but that is a good segue to question #3 - Rosie has been a Lifeline on Millionaire - were you ever chosen or asked to be a Lifeline? If so, what happened?
Jason: I have been asked 3 times to be a lifeline. Never been called.
Chico: 4) What did you think about the Super Millionaire?
Jason: Loved it! It's back baby. They need to get rid of the kinks though.
Chico: Think they'll call you to be a Wise Man?
Jason: I hope so.
Chico: I hope so, too. Gordon?
Gordon: 5) I was fortunate enough to be sitting next to you during the Super Millionaire tapings - what was your most and least favorite part about the tapings?
Jason: The most favorite...just being there. It's home to me. The least favorite...the kinks. Hopefully next run they will work out of them.
Gordon: My personal favorite quote was when Regis said that the Mole shot the Bachelorette after one os the sound errors on the feedback
Jason: Scratch that...Paul Mecurio was not funny either.
Gordon: oh - busting on the Daily Show Homeboy?
Chico: LOL
Jason: Sorry, I am a Joey Kola guy
Gordon: I thought Paul had his moments, but he ran out of steam and he didn't know what to do with the excess time, so I have to agree with that - and I also have to agree that Joe Kola rocks. Chico?
Chico: I'm a Paul Mecurio guy, too. Sorry, Jason.
Jason: No Problem. Comedy is subjective.
Gordon: Paul Mercurio: Daily Show - Good. Improv for Millionaire - Bad
Chico: When he's at the top of his game, at least. Anyway... 6) going off to the other gig. How as Jeopardy!?
Jason: Jeopardy was tough but cool. I took a friend along and he got on the TPIR the day after my winnings.
Gordon: very cool - how did he do?
Jason: contestants row...consolation prizes.
Chico: So he was the guy that they cut to right before the second Showdown round.
Jason: One of the four...he mouthed "Consolation Prizes Rule" as they panned to him.
Chico: They do, you know.
Jason: Of course.
Gordon: 7) You did Jeopardy after Millionaire, and during that time, I heard people saying that the WWBATM people were looked down upon because of that. Was there anything that happened that verified this?
Jason: Not at all. I believe I was picked to be on Jeopardy so fast after my WWTBAM appearance BECAUSE they wanted to see if a WWTBAM person would "fail" on the tougher questions. I basically showed them I could do both. I was one question away from coming back right after 09/11/01 for the tournament of champions. If I remember right. It was taped in a solo studio.
Gordon: Were you in CA or NY when 9/11 happened?
Jason: I was in NY. But I remember that the tournament of champions would have been taped a month later. I honestly don't know how well I would have done.
Chico: 8) Thought of going onto another show?
Jason: There is nothing left for me out there. Pyramid is cancelled, squares is cancelled, as of now I cant go on Super Millionaire. Feud and the other shows don't appeal to me and I don't think I am eligible for TPIR.
Chico: So maybe somewhere down the line, but not right now...
Jason: Absolutely. I hope Michael Davies invites me to Grand Slam.
Gordon: 9) This is a 2 parter - 1. If you were eligible, would you ever go on any of the following - TPIR?
Jason: Hell yes!
Gordon: ok - Part 2 - Woulf you ever go on the reality circuit to either Survivor or Apprentice?
Jason: Survivor no...Apprentice yes. Survivor is more personality than Apprentice is.
Chico: Funny, we were just talking about that.
Jason: Apprentice, you have to have skills.
Chico: 10) Going into the general "what do you think" segue, you thought that AJ's third series opener was funny. Which parts?
Jason: Just the cheesy way they presented everything. The three "ways" they were choosing things.
Chico: Yeah, presentation was a big deal throughout the whole of the series, but this one was just... yeah, you're out there, you know?
Jason: Not a fan of the show. But I was hooked on the way they did things.
Chico: This isn't a game, it's a mission
Gordon: Should Peter Graves be hosting the series?
Jason: Oh dear. Mission impossible.
Gordon: Yep - That was a silly question - not my real one. This is my real one - 11) - Let's go back to Jeopardy. You were one Final Jeopardy question away from winning the whole thing.
Jason: Yes.
Gordon: What was going through your mind when you saw the question - and then take us through in your mind how everything progressed in that scene
Jason: I saw the question and knew I had to bet $8,900. But I didn't see the word "chronic" in the answer as I read it. If I saw that...it would be asthma. Chicken pox wasnt a bad guess. I wrote it down thinking I had it. Then as asthma ws revealed, I wanted to shoot myself, but I knew I did well.
Gordon: You did great on the show
Jason: I know I did. But all game show contestants pull the what ifs?
Chico: Yes, he did great on the show. Shouldn't be worried about it. We all think about that one time. 12) That "one time' for you... Did you get a lot of friendly reactions from it back home?
Jason: The best one was that everyone who I called knew the answer to the question...except me! tThe funny thing is I have friends who are asthmatic
Chico: That has to be killer.
Jason: It was. But I laugh about it now.
Gordon: That was a tough one, but you've had a lot more fun times - like the Game Show Congress that you went to this past Summer. 13) What was your most and least fun experience there?
Jason: The most fun experience was meeting you Gordon and all the game show veterans there. The least fun...was the 120 degree heat!
Gordon: Awww thanks (blush). For me the most fun experience was split between 1. Watching you go nuts on the Wheel of Fortune Slot Machine and 2. Destroying Bob Boden's team in Michael Berger's Game Show Program
Jason: And also not knowing who Kevin Olmstead was :)
Gordon: Well...uh...yeah, that too. The least fun for me was getting lost and then winding up walking alone on Friday night on the Highway trying to find a hotel - or anything.
Chico: I feel so left out. I must make arrangements to get out there next time.
Gordon: You better - the next one is in August at Television City. If you are interested, go to gameshowcongress.com
Chico: 14). The new GSN schedule in less than 15 words. Go.
Jason: New look, old shows, some reality, some gambling, interesting future...hoping for the best.
Gordon: And he has a word to spare
Chico: Agreed. There's the one. I'll spot him one.
Gordon: 15) Being that you are an Apprentice fan, of the people left - who do you think has the best chance to win and why?
Jason: I just see Trump picking a woman...and I see Katrina taking it. She is the strongest and smartest of the woman left.
Chico: You too, eh?
Gordon: Get on the Katrina bandwagon, baby!
Chico: But it could be hampered if she's stuck on the slump teams. There's a dirty joke in there, but it's my turn. so...16) Favorite show of all time
Jason: Not to go with the Bandwagon, but I think the simplicity of execution of TPIR makes it the best of all time. They have been doing the exact same thing (with variation) for 32 years. And Barker still has the goods to get it done. Honorable Mention: Pyramid(with Dick Clark) and Jeopardy
Gordon: Where would you rank Millionaire?
Jason: About 5th or so. Again. Simplicity and Execution. And a good host.
Chico: The trifecta.
Jason: Put Wheel of Fortune in 4th.
Gordon: Cool - which leads us to 17). You could host any Game Show - past or present. Which present one AND past one do you pick and why?
Jason: Present. Give me the hot seat. I want to be the host of Millionaire. Past - Match Game. That would have been a hell of a party. My dream 6, Nipsey Russell, Brett, Charles, Fannie, Richard and Betty White. I love Betty White to death.
Gordon: I figured you would say that - which isn't a bad thing
Chico: How could you not. Everyone loves her. 18) Besides game shows and slot machines, any other interests?
Jason: Plenty. Politics, Wrestling, Cars, Computers and Sweepstakes
Gordon: 19) Is there anything that you would like to add or say that we haven't covered?
Jason: I would like to say that I am sad that the Syndicators are not giving more game shows a chance. I think the format is way underrated as a TV format. And I think Pat Sajak is the best host no one talks about.
Chico: Which leads us to 20) Pyramid cancellation. Mistake or not?
Jason: Big Mistake. Too early to pull the trigger. The ratings werent terrible.
Chico: Especially with a growing audience. I feel cheated.
Jason: Donny believed in the show.
Chico: If I were him, I'd cut my ties with Sony. So far, not a winning track record.
Gordon: I didn't think it was without it's faults, but it didn't deservered to get cancelled
Jason: Not when a show like the Ellen Degeneres show had a point less average and is still renewed.
Gordon: And we still have the Ryan Seacrest show. Ugh
Jason: Lets take TRL and make it less entertaining.
Chico: As if TRL couldn't GET any less entertaining. Well, thanks for stopping by, Jason.
Jason: You are quite welcome.
Chico: Jason Block, everyone! Always good to see him. We're back after a break with our little version of March Madness, where instead of seeing the Cinderella clock run out for UAB, we may have a potential upset as Top Model goes against Dream Job, stay there.
Gordon: I'm getting the Shot Clock

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Gordon: We're back - and Chico has the wallet of $20's
Chico: You know how we do... Hey Gordon, the Jayhawks... are they from Kansas or Duke?
Gordon: I believe they are from Kansas - though one of them has migrated to North Carolina. In Honor of the NCAA Tournament, we are migrating to the first Reality Show Superbracket. Here's how this goes - Chico and myself have taken the 16 Reality Game Shows currently on the air and ranked them. We will then decide which one is better and go down the line. If me and Chico split, we will have a coin toss decide which show advances. You ready, Mr. Chico?
Chico: I'm ready. And by the way... Twenty dollars. =p
Gordon: Here are your seeds -

1. The Apprentice
2. AmericanIdol 3
3. Survivor All-Stars
4. World Poker Tour 2
5. Fear Factor
6. Mad Mad House
7. Dream Job
8. World Series of Black Jack
9. Average Joe 3
10. Fake-A-Date
11. America's Next Top Model 2
12. Nashville Star 2
13. House of Dreams
14. Playing It Straight
15. Road Rules/Real World Inferno
16. Forever Eden

Chico: "The Nashville by way of Sizzling Saddles bracket"
Gordon: So - you ready to play prognosticator?
Chico: Ready.. willing... able, baby...
Gordon: ok - Round 1 - The Apprentice Vs. Forever Eden. This is your typical 1 vs 16 match-up, I think
Chico: Yep. It's like Duke going against... I don't know, University of Alaska. Complete blowout, I'm going to the Apprentice.
Gordon: Or in this case Jamaica. I vote for Duke. I say Apprentice. Apprentice advances 2-0 - Next - AI 3 Vs. Inferno. Which one has the fire?
Chico: Sounds like another one-sided affair here. The likeables versus the not-so-likeables. I'll say the likeables.
Gordon: Well if you like an eternal soap opera with the same returning characters, you go with Inferno. I dont, so I go with AI3
Chico: Agreed. AI3 to the Elite eight, 2-0. Next up: third-seeded Survivor against Playing it Straight.
Chico: I think Friends proved that if you go up against Survivor, you're going to lose, no matter HOW good you are.
Gordon: Survivor hasn't been as good as it usually is, with all of the good game players getting toasted out early - I still think though that is has enough to get past a show that FOX mored on Friday nights
Chico: That and I'm still confident taht Rob and Amber are going to do it... until one votes the other out. Survivor advances.
Gordon: ok 2-0 for Survivor - How do you say about WPT2 Vs. House of Dreams?
Chico: Hmm.. Hard choice: poker or housebuilding... If I had to choose one... Poker. Sorry, George.
Gordon: Great Strategy of POker vs a show that's been bounced around the schedule more times than J-Lo has been bouncing around with husbands. Poker lives on
Chico: Agreed. Next up, the Grubs of Fear Factor U. vs. the Stars of Nashville Star.
Gordon: This is where you can see a 5-12 upset - but I don't think it happens here. I like the musicians, but there can only be one Idol, ands I like my grubs. I vote for Fear Factor
Chico: I have to agree, only because, and anyone will tell you, I'm not big on Country music. But hats off to Buddy Jewell, the series one champ. Gordon: Buddy sounds great - and there is a LOT of talent with the new crop - but I dont see them eating moldy cheese pizza or dangling from a helicopter anytime soon.
Chico: But that, couple with the fact that it's a rip so deliberate that I'm surprised that FremantleMedia hasn't gotten involved PERSONALLY...
Gordon: Its not that much of a rip - maybe a small tear
Chico: It's a rip! People are joking about it, it's such a rip.
Gordon: OK - Ripping out way through the next match-up - Mad Mad House Vs. ANTM 2
Chico: Anytime you have two culties, it could go either way. But Tyra, sadly, isn't doing it for me these days. I think the music video might've been just a tad much.
Gordon: I like Tyra - but I think the besats win against the beauty this time around. I like Mad Mad House
Chico: Me too...Potential upset here... Fake-a-Date vs. Dream Job.
Gordon: Not to me - I like Fak-a-date, but Dream Job is cool here too. I'll have to stay with my sporting roots and go Dream job
Chico: The only thing that may hamper the former is a robotic host. Sorry. And at least when you're doing Sportscenter, being robotic is funny. I'll go with Gordon's guts here as well.
Gordon: Though no more Michael Quigley, please
Chico: No more... No more. Finally, Cinderella story Average Joe Adam Returns vs. the World Series of Blackjack... Oh god... Melana vs. Adam... AGAIN.
Chico: This one may be hard to call. On one side, you make a relatively boring but cerebral game fun to watch. On the other side, Adam. And everyone loves Adam. Brains vs. heart, heart vs. brains... brainhearts... ewww.
Gordon: Bravo to life's little ironies - I'll have to give Melana the win again, as I love Black Jack, regardless of how much Melana is in the show
Chico: That and less fights going on. But I don't really know. I mean, Adam's a class act. You'd be hard pressed to find that on TV. As much as I like the WSoBJ, we're going to have to go to a coin flip here.
Chico: That and the presentation's just out there
Gordon: ok - our first COIN FLIP of the competition - heads or tails?
Chico: heads.
Gordon: It's.....TAILS. WSOBJ advances and Melana is now 2-0 against Adam.
Chico: In overtime, no less.
Gordon: Yep - but how long will it last against The Apprentice as we head into Round 2?
Chico: Brains vs. Brains... Braaaaains...
Gordon: Card or Business?
Chico: It comes down here to not how much you have anymore, but how you use it.
Gordon: Yep
Chico: And so far, there've been at least 5 people on the Apprentice who haven't been using any. But it only makes it that more interesting.
Gordon: I like the Apprentice - much more interestigng than Black Jack. I say they move on.
Chico: Gotta agree. Next up, Fear Factor vs. WPT. Again, you can't go wrong with Texas Hold'em for gutsy decisions. And it seems like both have been on forever (one more than the other, but you get it)
Gordon: A Royal flush vs. A royal slug? WPT 2 has gotten enough attention that they deservee to move into the semifinals
Chico: Yep. Adn nothing says fear like flopping a full boat, I must say.
Gordon: True - WPT knocks out the longest running show in the bunch. What about AI3 vs, Dream Job?
Chico: You must be racking yourself here. You've got roots in both ESPN and singing.
Gordon: Especially since AI3's crop isn't as good as AI2. We haven't had a shocker yet - so I'll go with Dream Job and wait for you to force the coin tie-breaker.
Chico: I still think there are a couple good ones to save the season. I can think of five, so I'm tossing. heads or tails?
Gordon: Tails - always bet on tails
Chico: Heads.
Gordon: blah
Chico: Idol lives to play another day - but not without letting a scare pass them by.
Gordon: Speaking of scares...What About Survivor vs Mad Mad House?
Chico: Rob and Amber or Art and Avocado?
Gordon: This version is predictable - Art and Avacado aren't. I'll go with Mad Mad House for the upset
Chico: I'll have to agree with you, only because a) we've seen the most likeable/hatable players pass by the wayside and b) we've yet to see anything turned on its ear here. So we get an upset, leading us to... the Final four: Apprentice, WPT, Idol, and Mad Mad House. First up, Apprentice vs. WPT. Again, brains vs. brains. I might have to go to the Dean Smith book here. Play hard, play smart, play together. They both play hard. They both play smart. Playng together, though....
Gordon: This may be the toughest one yet. I love them both - but I will stick with the Top seed and go Apprentice
Chico: I don't know. Doesn't seem like an anything-goes, anything-could-happen thrill here. Until something amazing hapens next time, I'm going to the World Poker Tour.
Gordon: OK - coin toss again - heads or tails?
Chico: Tails
Gordon: it's heads
Chico: That was a closie, though.
Gordon: We are 0 for 3 on the coin call.
Chico: I wanna see your coin =p
Gordon: Apprentice moves to the finals - does Mad Mad House or AI join them?
Chico: Hmm... British witch or British bitch. I'll go for Idol. Only because I'm a singer - and part time vocal percussionist.
Gordon: Gotta go with Cinderella. Mad Mad House right now is the more exciting show. Get the coin
Chico: Okay. ready for 0-and-4 here?
Gordon: Sounds good - I'll stay with Tails
Chico: Oh my god... You called it right.
Gordon: BWA HA HA HA
Chico: Evil laughter around!
Gordon: So we have the Donald vs. The Alts. Apprentice Vs Mad Mad House - who wins?
Chico: Part of me wants to throw this one to the viewers... But I'm going with the Donald. Mad Mad House... You're fired.
Chico: Four-finger point and everything.
Gordon: I have to agree - the Alts are good - but the Donald is better. The Apprentice wins our Bracket Tournament
Chico: Of course, if you don't agree with us, you're always welcome to throw an e-mail at our direction: Hit up GSNNwriter(at)aol.com or chialex(at)nc.rr.com if you want to do that.
Gordon: We'll be hearing some more about this, I'm sure - but right now, we need one more break before the big finish
Chico: Done. Be right back.
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Chico: Coming in June to a local NBA market station near you. Running close on the Villains yelling "Time's Uuuuuuup!" so it's time for... the BIG FINISH!
Gordon: Who's next to go in AI3?
Chico: I'm going to say this until it gets in her little head. Camile, your nerves will be the end of you.
Gordon: I think she's toast. Next?
Chico: Survivor: Who gets derailed from the All-star Express?
Gordon: Alicia and Jerri are the most annoying - and they will be the next on the hit list. Who's next to go in Mad Mad House?
Chico: If it were up to me, I'd say that Tim wuold go.
Gordon: Tim needs to do some massive brown-nosing, but if he does, Loana's days are numbered.
Chico: The Apprentice: Katrina is gone. Who follows her.
Gordon: Amy has already show than Nick is expendable. Him or Troy will be leaving
Chico: Final question: Tonight's TPIR: Will anyone crack six figures?
Gordon: No doubt - will anyone crack 7 figures?
Chico: That, my friend, is why we play the game. We'll be watching. Hope you will too. For Gordon Pepper, I'm the sneezing Chico Alexander... yes, spring is in the air, folks. Next time is the "blooper show" where we sift through our backlogs and try to remove our collectinve feet from our mouths. Until then, that's a game over...