Again, I think adelikat did a fine job of TAS-ing a lousy game, and I think his goal of getting more consoles on tasvideos is a worthy one. That said, it seems clear to me that this (lengthy) debate has been reduced to the question of whether selection of a "lousy" game, and not necessarily a lousy TAS in itself, is enough to justify rejection of a TAS. I offer the following excerpts from the tasvideos 'guidelines' page:
http://tasvideos.org/Guidelines.html
* The game should give an impression of complexity; it should not be overly easy or straightforward.
* There should be enough variety to entertain. It should not have, say, 10% of it entertaining and 90% boring.
* It should not be a bad game in the first place, such that it distracts the viewers. (NES Front Line is then cited as an example)
Thus, tasvideos does recognize that some games are just plain "bad". If Gordo the Lab Monkey doesn't meet the above tasvideos standards (which I think is the case), then any TAS of it should be rejected.