For those who haven’t been meeting their “blowhard with a bad hairpiece” quota recently, there’s a new season of Celebrity Apprentice starting up.
Lots and lots of “oh man, bummer you can’t get work” celebs (from Joan Rivers – with daughter! – to Andrew Dice Clay to Dennis Rodman), plus one I actually like quite a bit (Scott Hamilton) – and The Donald and Ivanka and George (poor Carolyn, I hope she’s found a better boss somewhere).
Anyone else willing to admit they’re planning to watch?
I love Scott Hamilton but I don’t think I can watch this show even for him. I may try it and change my mind. What is he thinking going on this show?
He is thinking about raising money for the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, for which he is a spokesman after they diagnosed and successfully treated him for testicular cancer. He puts on an annual ice show in Cleveland which has raised more than $10 million for the institute. It’s all about the publicity for the cause.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the info.
I find the vague temptation to watch to see Dice Clay, but I can’t get through more than 30 seconds of Donald Trump. Please tell me how you bankrupt a casino. People place money on a table, walk away, and you get to keep it.
The first Celebrity Apprentice was actually a lot better than I had expected, so I’ll check this one out. (Plus no Assorama this season, so that’s already a step in the right direction!)
Tonight’s premiere is a two-hour show. Cheese ahoy!
I’ll certainly be watching – I *have *to!
I will say last season was better than the previous season of non celebs. I didn’t like that it had so much emphasis on how big their friends’ wallets were, but it provided plenty of amusement (not to mention a number of shameful moments).
It’s a dirty job but somebody’s got to do it? 
I agree that going celeb was the right direction for this show – the non-celeb version wasn’t working. I also found the first celeb season pretty entertaining, and will be interested to see if they can make it work again. Will they find ways of setting up challenges based on something other than who can call their friends the fastest?
Dear Lord, they’re still making these? Ugh. Enough already.
I found myself surpisingly liking the first run of this show, but I have a severe aversion to Joan Rivers, so I might not be able to take this one. Maybe if she gets ousted first…
I *hope *so. I think I remember reading somewhere that they were going to try to do that – but who knows. When you’re dealing with Trump, you never know what you’re going to get.
So far…
It has been focusing on who has the richest friends. But I guess that’s to be expected in the first episode. I had a feeling Annie Duke would get some dough from poker players. I mean, some of these guys bet tens of thousands of dollars on a single bluff – they can afford to throw a few bucks at a cupcake.
Woohoo! 2 hours is more than enough to watch Andrew Dice Clay. Glad he won’t be on my TV screen any more. Now I can really enjoy the rest of the season. 
No kidding. I actually fell asleep at the end! Andrew Dice Clay is a dinosaur – he should have been extinct years ago. And he claims to be the biggest comedian ever? Jeez, man, move into the present day.
How about the dick measuring contest between Trump and Rodman? Rodman saying “i’m the biggest star here,” and Trump saying, “No, I’M the biggest star here.”
Insecure much, Donald?
I hope this doesn’t just turn into a season of who can call the most rich friends to come and pay $5000 for a cupcake.
So far, the Playboy model is kind of annoying me. It looked like all she was doing was calling in sugar daddies.
Tom Green has been surprisingly normal. I wonder how long that will last. He must really need work.
Isn’t Herschel Walker supposed to have Multiple Personality Disorder? Is that all better now or could things get really interesting?
Yeah, but at this stage in the game, that’s what it’s all about. As I recall, last season the Playboy bunny got in trouble for not calling in Hef & Co. in one of the first tasks. She wanted to save him for later and Trump fired her.
A few thoughts:
About the only thing of worth for me with Andrew Dice Clay was the opportunity to meditate on the difference between assholes who make for good TV – like Coach in the current season of Survivor – and assholes who just make me want to claw out my own eyeballs, like the unlovely Mr. Clay. I haven’t come up with an answer yet, but it’s an interesting question. What’s the difference between “Jesus, what a tool – what’s he going to say next?” and “Jesus, what a tool, I want him to DIE!”?
Dio – Is Herschel Walker really nuts? What’s the story there? But what a lousy fucking job he did as team leader – yes, the two unleadable dicks were unleadable, but I saw no evidence that he’d even tried.
And speaking of nuts, what was with Dennis Rodman sitting in the damn truck? Is he pathologically shy or something? Not something I’d expect of someone who does (did?) drag so publicly. His explanation made no sense whatsoever to me – as in, I couldn’t even figure out what he was saying to poke holes in it.
Men I like so far: Scott Hamilton (of course), Tom Green (agree – *suprisingly *normal), Jesse James (isn’t he married to Sandra Bullock? will we see her at some point?). They all seem hardworking and willing to leave their egos at the door. Suspect the divas will self-destruct upfront and leave them to it.
Melissa Rivers is only 41. She looks a fuck of a lot older than that.
I was kind of taken aback by how much the women hated Annie Duke. I have kind of a similar personality type (okay, people, enough dithering – here is the task, let’s do it), so I was empathizing like mad with her. How much will the fact that her teammates don’t “like” her do her in?
Women I like so far: Her, and, uh … don’t really particularly like or dislike any of the others all that much. Joan Rivers is a tool, but I can’t bring myself to get wound up about it.
Re: pricing – I thought the men’s idea of the $20 base rate was good – “It’s for charity, and you get to meet a star.” How did the women win overall, when they were selling them for $1 and $5? Did they just have more big donations, or did they sell more overall, or what?
Here is more about Scott Hamilton: http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/40465282.html
Twicks, you hit it right on the head…Rodman is really, really shy. Might not seem like it based on his persona, but popular opinion here in Chicago when he played here was that all that stuff is like a mask for him.