Sad freakin’ commentary when even I don’t care enough to post …
Damn, twickster, I was online last night waiting for you, but couldn’t be bothered to start something myself. Pretty dull, especially when the promos were indicating a shocker. (Yeah, I know, I know). Missed Ivanka…
Ya should have posted in this thread and said “yo” – I was online, just kind of puttering around – I usually watch with rysler on IM but she blew me off last night …
Okay, speaking of “bait and switch” promos – who was making out by the pool? I totally missed that.
Yeah, I guess we’re all in that boat. Remember when this used to be fun? When we charged the SDMB and waited anxiously for the Raj Ratings? Remember when The Apprentice actually warranted a new thread every week?
Aside from thinking that the firing was bullshit, I have nothing really to say.
I won’t spend my own valuable free time to comment, but now that I’m at work…
Another ho-hum episode. The best part was watching the promo monkeys scramble to come up with a decent ad for this week’s episode. For those who didn’t have the pleasure, it looked something like this:
Announcer: “This week on the Apprentice… SOMEONE. SCREWS. UP. WHAT COULD SOMEONE HAVE DONE TO MAKE THE DONALD SAY THIS???”
Cut to Donald cordially saying: “Why did you do that?”
Oh, and they also touted the beginning of an Apprentice Romance, which was about as exciting as unbuttered toast.
As for the episode itself? Another snoozer. If what’s-her-face that got fired could have strung two words together to defend herself, she could have easily pinned the blame on the PM. Yeah, her ideas sucked, but they were SOMETHING. Instead, they ended up going with NOTHING. And on top of that they’re trying to sell some meat & fruit concoction? Yech. The PM should have been fired for that loss. There were too many mistakes to pin on any other one person.
Edit:
I think that was the piano man and the girl with the horrible voice on his team (Not the hawt one, Stefani? The other one). They never showed the canoodling. I guess they’re just trying to keep us staying tuned.
Hey, we got to see Sean again! Have any of the apprentices other than Bill ever made an appearance on a later series?
I was sure which team would lose as soon as they described their specials. Arrow’s was same old, same old plus some taco strips. Nothing truly outstandingly new – which is a good thing in the circumstances. It’s a minor enough change for a customer to say, “what the heck” to without having to give it much thought.
OTOH, Kinetic had, what, a chicken/mango/pineapple salad? That’s majorly different, and I suspect most male, and a good chunk of females who are doing a fast food lunch, want something more solid and filling than fruit along with their chicken.
As for the girl who got fired: I think the real problem was that she got “two chicken suits” stuck in her mind and didn’t come up with anything else at all. She just kept going back to bleating about the chickens/bravado, instead of accepting the turndown and going on to something else. Did they have ANYTHING in the way of signs, banners, balloon, any excitement?
And, hey, here’s an idea: put up signs saying this new delux bowl costs, oh, $6.99. But hand everyone a coupon for $2 off TODAY ONLY.
Her second problem: she interrupted when Trump was speaking a couple of time. Kiss of death.
Did anyone else wonder at how the vocal Arrows (all men) were jumping to pick the guy instead of either of the girls they were offered?
The teams started like this:
Kinetic: 7 women, 2 men
Arrow: 3 women, 6 men
Arrow had lost 3, bringing them down to 2 women, 4 men. And then they pick another guy, leaving the teams at:
K: 7w 1m
A: 2 w 5m
Almost back to Men vs. Women, aren’t we?
Oh, dear. I fear I am the only person left watching this show. It looks like even Ivanka has bailed on it.
So, another really lackluster episode.
Watch the Apprentices collect honey – not that has any effect on the outcome.
Watch the Apprentices run the canning line – not that that has any effect on the outcome.
Watch maybe 20 seconds worth of Arrow’s planning session, and way less than that of Kinetics – which have MAJOR impact on how they do.
<sigh>
Aaron (?) deserved to be fired, IMHO. His major sin? The idiocy of bringing the girl into the boardroom IMMEDIATELY AFTER Trump calls her a star.
And he had zero reason defense for it. He said it was because she’d failed at making bulk sales, which was exactly as true for the guy who was with her. Why not bring HIM into the boardroom instead?
I am getting an overall sense that the heart of Arrow is a boy’s club that wants to protect its members vs. disposables like the new guy and the women.
Kinetic this week? Meh. Not much in marketing or planning, I guess they simply were better at one to one selling. I think their new PM really, really lucked out.
Totally. Once again, they totally underpriced their product.
My favorite part of the ep: When notorious germophobe DT was taunting Arrow about going back to the tents … “the mildewy tents, the dirty tents, the disgusting tents … the tents are disgusting, right?”
You’re not the only one who watched, but I do have to say that, next week, once The Amazing Race All-Star Edition starts, I’ll be bailing. This season is just doing nothing for me.
Yes, it was truly idiotic to bring Nicole into the boardroom. Not only did it make him look like a doofus (“I’m bringing her in, but I’ll tell you now, I don’t think she should be fired” 
), but if Aaron had escaped the firing and Surya went instead, both Nicole and her man friend there (Jim?) would have been gunning for Aaron to go the next time around.
I do, however, think it’s wrong of the other team to try to protect Surya when they have no idea how he’s been performing the past couple of weeks. And Sean himself wrote down that Surya was making the issue way too complicated when they started the marketing talk.
Yes, that was funny. I am, however, heartily sick of the tent-dwellers making it sound like they’re so bad off. “This is the worst thing in the world! We’re living like dogs!” You’re living in a tent in Beverly Hills, not some third world country.
Obviously the teams switch again next week, if Nicole and what’s-his-face are kissing by the pool.
Yeah, me too. 'Cause gathering honey – there’s something DT has never done in his entire life.
I didn’t even realize there was a thread for this show this year!
I am watching purely out of inertia and because there’s nothing else on Sunday evenings that I want to watch (till next week, obviously). I’ll probably watch the rest of the reason just to say I went down with the sinking ship. This has to be the final season, doesn’t it? Please? Because I can’t see even Trump persevering through another round of this turkey.
As for last night’s episode, I was so looking forward to freakouts over the bees. What did we get? Nada. Zilch. Zip. And the rest of the ep was such a snoozer that an hour later, I had trouble even remembering who had gotten fired. <yawn>
Okay, I missed the first 20 minutes (“TAR” premiere ran over) – what was the task?
Bueller? Anyone?
They had to promote a Priceline.com special. I think both teams did a raffle/giveaway. They were located in a mall. Hell, I’ve been watching it, and only paying half-attention.
My husband and I also tuned in late, after watching TAR. I had even told myself that I was done, done, done with The Apprentice. Next week, when it moves to 10PM ET, I probably won’t bother.
Anyhow, I thought Aimee bore a resemblance to a young Helen Hunt . Then I recalled thinking that Michelle looks like Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole reminds me of Demi Moore when she was first staring out on General Hospital in the 80s.
I must really be uninterested in their work if all I can think about is which celebrities each candidate resembles.
Also, when Donald, Don, and Surya were behind the table in the boardroom, I referred to them as The Trio of Tragic Hair.
Tasks? Talent? Whatever.
I enjoyed the episode well enough, probably because I again employed the use of my magical DVR remote to skip the reward, the bickering by the losing team, the canoodling, and the boardroom until what’s-her-face got You’re Fired. I think it could actually be a pretty decent 15 minute show. 
Hee!
What I continue to be amazed at is the way so many of the fired apprentices cannot seem to remember that what they say in the taxi ride is the final, lasting image they will leave. Nowadays employers routinely google applicants. Do you want them watching you throw a hissy fit on UTube?
Aimee, for example, did anyone see her as anything other than a pissy, whiney baby during the cab ride?
So you’re mad, so you hate the guts of everyone on your team – this is not the moment to let that out. Dig out the platitudes: It was a valuable experience. You have learned new things about leadership and yourself, and that will make you better in all your future doings. Stuff like that.
Okay, it will make for bad tv, but that isn’t YOUR problem. Your image is.
Also, I do not have the magic of DVR to rely on, so I only saw it once, but…did she offer a hearty “Fuck you” to her teammates before getting into the cab? That’s what it looked like to me.
I dunno, but she certainly threw a glare that knocked me back on my seat. She was seriously ticked.