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"The Apprentice"
marigold:
--- Quote from: apskip on January 10, 2008, 09:50:38 PM ---Tonight's second show was much like the first. It was the Gene Simmons/Stephen Baldwin(logical given Stephen's experience) show for the men, while it was the Nely Galan/Marilu Henner show for the women(logical given their experience). An executive from Pedigree Pet Adoption provided the challenge of the best 30 second commercial. Galan as Project Manager appeared quite unfocused and produced one featuring many different dogs with Henner doing the voiceover but not appearing on camera. Hired actors were used by the women, which in my view was absurd when you have all these high-value celebrities standing around.
Gene insisted on complete creative control in partnership with Stephen and they both froze the rest of their team out with a "trust us" admonition. With his known pet loving attitude, they logically used Lennox Lewis as their one actor, they featured only one dog, and they had Trace Adkins' voice(the voice of God per my wife) as the voiceover. The end result was fabulous and I knew they were going to blow the women away once again. The rest of the team attempted a raid on the editing room, but with 40 minutes left and the job not complete Gene bluntly told them to go away. Gene at the beginning had made a strategic decision to not talk to the Pedigree executive and find out what he wanted(the women did that) and he had a nasty exchange with Ivanka in which his lack of knowledge of her role was obvious and he actually insulted her.
The eyes and ears this week were Ivanka and a Macy's executive. The Pedigree exec stated that one of the commercials was so good he would be putting it on the air that afternoon. The Boardroom scene started with the usual BS and Gene Simmons sincerely apologizing with his sunglasses off to Ivanka. Then Donald played each commercial and stated that the clear winner as preferred by Ivanka, the Macy's exec and himself as well as the Pedigree exec was the Men's commercial. Gene Simmons won a paltry $20,000 for his charity. The men leave and the action shifts to who will be fired. The women talk and Nely Galan owns up to major part of the responsibility. Marilu Henner accepts repsonsibility for not putting herself on camera. Nely is critical of Nadia for not doing much. She also mentions Carol. When Donald asks for which 2 will join her in the final boardroom she chooses Nadia and Carol and deliberately avoids picking Marilu. Donald is immediately critical of that decision, but there is nothing he can do about it. He states that there is no reasons Carol should be there, which Macy's agrees with. So it is Nely vs. Nadia. Donald focuses in on the concept of whether Nadia could have functioned as the Project Manager on this one. She does not say unequivocally YES and he quickly decides to fire her. Nely escapes to fight another day even though her strategic decision-making, like Omarosa's a week ago, was abysmal. Donald said that he recognized that she had an off-day.
The preview of next week appeared to say that Gene Simmons accepts a Trump offer for one of the Men to switch to the Women's team. Also, those who missed either of the first 2 episodes can see them on NBC Saturday night.
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:tup: Thanks for the update tonight apskip.
marigold:
NEXT WEEK ON THE APPRENTICE (THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008)
TITLE: "MR. OUTSIDE THE BOX"
TASK: KODAK MOBILE PRINTING
Given an Airstream trailer and a graphic artist, each team must create and operate a mobile printing station for Kodak. One man moves over to lead the women's team, but the ladies turn on him and his dictatorial style. Disaster strikes one team at the 11th hour when they spill coffee on their computer, ruin their graphics, and must face the consequences. The Kodak executives decide the winning team, and in the end, another celebrity is fired.
Trump's Eyes and Ears: Ivanka Trump and Jim Cramer
Texan:
I watched this last night... I think Ivanka was making to much out of what Gene said. If she is there to observe she should observe, plus she should know she is not the big start on this show with all the celebrities.
I liked the ad from the guys, but did not like that they did not let everyone participate. Plus the girls did what was asked, show multiple dog ads, not a celebrity.
TheCinera:
Is it just me, or is Team Empresario really hard to root for? I thought Hydra's commercial was so much better than Empresario. Empresario is a mess, I think.
apskip:
--- Quote ---One man moves over to lead the women's team, but the ladies turn on him and his dictatorial style.
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This is a perfect description of how Gene Simmons operates on Celebrity Apprentice. However, if I had to guess which team spills the coffee, it would be the MEN.
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