Eee? EEE? 
:dubious: :rolleyes:
I honestly think the whole EEE thing was the single dumbest idea I have ever seen on any season of The Apprentice so far. It was so incredibly stupid that I almost think Scott wanted to be fired.
It was stupid, but he had Tom Green yelping in his ear so much, who can blame him?
I can totally see why Trump fired Scott, but jeez – he just got rid of pretty much the one likeable guy on the show. Sigh.
I was totally on Tom Green’s side with this one. Besides coming up with one of the stupidest ideas in the history of the show (as Tom said, EEE is a bra size, not a name), Hamilton also tried to mean girl Tom and shut him out. Scott came off as way too humorless and controlling as a PM.
I didn’t get the sense that Tom was trying to be annoying, but that he was trying to offer input and talk Scott out of making a fatal mistake.
I though it was kind of funny when Rodman was pitching his transvestite character idea and and making Scott Hamilton squirm (Hamilton belongs to a hardcore anti-gay, fundie church).
Even if Tom had the best ideas in the world, he was acting like a three-year-old. If one of my employees acted like that, I’d have told him enough was enough and/or had him leave. Heck, if one of my kids was acting like that, I’d have sent him to his room!
I was wondering why Rodman was obsessing on that. And what church does Hamilton belong to?
Hands up, everyone who has wondered if Hamilton was gay.
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I knew he wasn’t gay, but I’ve followed him since he was an amateur figure skater, 30 or so years ago – he’s a major figure (sic) in figure-skating, does TV commentary, was the impetus behind the Stars on Ice tour for many, many years, etc.
Didn’t know he was a fundie, though – interesting.
And it was funny as hell to watch Dennis messing with his head.
Tom Green was just being a freaking asshole, though – so much for our assessment of him as “surprisingly normal” last week. It was kind of funny when he interrupted Erin in the board room, though – the man just can’t fucking shut up.
I’m guessing Trump will go ahead and anoint him team leader next week, since he said that’s what he wanted – how do you think he’ll do?
Since the women’s team has a two-person advantage at this point, I’m guessing they’ll lose a member to the men’s team – how do you think that will be done?
Agree that two hours is about half an hour too long – hope they figure that out sooner rather than later for now, before they go to the traditional hour once the numbers are down a little. There was way too much padding this week – listening to people bicker isn’t all that edifying.
What I was noticing last night was how ADHD Trump can be – he’ll start asking someone a question, make it about himself, and forget to get an answer. (Like when he asked the Playmate why she wasn’t the model, then went on to tell her he’d hit on her at some point.)
Who I’m liking right now: The Playmate (who seems like a good sport) and Jesse James. These both seem like hardworking people who are able to stay on task.
The end product of both tasks was pretty second-rate.
(Sorry this is so free-associational – must be the combined effect of Tom Green and Donald Trump. :D)
Also raises hand I’m also ashamed that this was based purely on stereotyping.
I’m sorry that Scott was fired but only because he seemed like the most likeable guy on the show. That said, Trump was absolutely correct for getting rid of him because picking the name EEE was the dumbest move in the history of the game. The men’s presentation seemed superior in all respects except for that incredibly stupid name.
I’m surprised that Clint Black is so disliked on the show. He seems like a normal enough guy even if he does tend to interupt other people. It may just be editing but they all seem to do that as well. Jesse (I think) mentioned him yelling at others but I don’t remember them showing it. At any rate, I’m pulling for him because I’ve been a fan of his music for a long time.
According to my Dish Network guide, next week’s episode is only one hour.
Churches of Christ. He belongs to the same specific congregation at Pepperdine that Ken Starr belongs to.
I didn’t see Tom Green being an asshole. I must have missed that part. I saw him trying to brainstorm, be creatie and prevent a stupid mistake, but I didn’t see him being disruptive just to be disruptive. It was all task oriented. Hamiton just kept blowing him off and wouldn’t listen to him. hewas even kind of a dick when Green tried to point out that he was a cancer survivor too and had the same charity.
What about when Scott was out on the balcony doing a confessional and Tom came out and interrupted?
What about it? It was funny.
I hope more tasks are like this, where the players have to actually DO something instead of it always being who can extort the most money from their rich friends.
As for making him the leader, all it should take is some comment about “So, you said you’d be a better leader” at the time he tells the teams to pick their leaders. With the ouster of the previous leader fresh in their minds, I imagine the rest of the guys will fall over themselves nominating and voting for Tom.
And I agree he’ll move a woman over. My guess is that, again, he’ll just have to say that one woman has to move, and that poker player will volunteer/be volunteered to go. Which likely would be for the good – her way of speaking her mind without the courtesy deferrals and such is a much more masculine pattern of speech and shouldn’t offend men the way it does the women on her team.
I thought Scott Hamilton lived here in Nashville? At least when he called into the local radio station last week he said he never missed a Predators (pro hockey) game when they were in town. So I doubt he goes to church at Pepperdine, however he certainly could be a Church of Christ member here. He seems like a down-to-earth, likeable guy.
StG
You and he obviously both thought so – it struck others of us as assholish. Potato/po-tah-to.
Hamilton was talking shit about him behind his back, and had basically been a dick to him for the whole task. Tom walking into the TH while Hamilton was badmouthing him was humorous in context.
As I said –
Hamilton deserved to be fired for that moronic name he chose as well as for being so stubborn when Green tried to warn him of his mistake.
Rodman is getting on my nerves with his total apathy. Why is he there, attention whoring? Clint Black was a real dick in the war room cutting everyone off and Herschel Walker was too, yelling at Green to shut up and calling him a liar even after Green politely told him not to. The team is a mess and only Jesse James seems to have a shot at winning, assuming they don’t do anymore tasks that can be won with rich friends. Maybe his wife Sandra Bullock and some actor friends of hers will rescue him if that comes up again, though.
I have to confess that I have quite a crush on Natalie the golfer. What a beautiful woman, and so sweet and down to earth. I’m glad she opened up somewhat this week. I didn’t know if she was star struck or just painfully shy last week. Most likely the latter considering that the biggest “stars” on that team are probably the Rivers duo.
This week’s challenge seemed really unfair to the men. I wasn’t at all fooled by the “Oh noes, the men’s store is packed and we don’t have anybody in ours” misdirect. You knew all along that the women were going to win. I also hate the “who has the richest friends” challenges. I’d like to see the celebrities have to get by on their own working with the common man, not working their cell phones.
I thought Donald made the wrong call in firing Tom. His reasoning seemed to be that Tom did poorly the week before and didn’t do well as leader either. By that some token, whatever has Dennis done that was good for anything? He was a non-factor last week and he was a no-show this week. I did love his excuse, “I’m allergic to cats”. So I guess the dot.com m/billionaires were out walking their cat?? This excuse hinges on Tom being too drunk to tell the difference between a dog and a cat. When Dennis said that he wouldn’t have opened the door for Phil Jackson or Michael Jordan, Trump should have given him the axe.
They need to show more Natalie on the women’s team. The little jig that she did when they announced that the women won made me feel giggity. I’m hoping that they’re giving her the winner’s edit at this point.
Next week is back to a 2 hour episode. If you didn’t see the preview:
Dennis gets in Clint’s face and makes threatening gestures.
Yeah, I definitely would have fired Dennis – whether in addition to, or instead of, Tom, I don’t know. “I just didn’t answer the door for 20 minutes, no, there’s no scenario where I would have responded to anyone pounding on my door.” WTF?
And when he did finally call in, Tom said it was Dennis’s doctor – but then in the board room, Dennis made it clear he didn’t need a doctor, because he knows his own body.
BTW – how late was Tom, exactly? The clock on him when he did get up was 9:40 – but I hadn’t been paying attention to what time the others headed out.
Tom deserved to be fired for the utter incompetence of the presentation of their store. If they can’t decorate themselves, they figure out someone who can.
Who paid for the women’s decorations and suchlike? Do the teams have a budget for that stuff, or did Melissa’s friend “donate” it, or what?
Also – nice to see Annie and Melissa not fighting.
It was pretty obvious that Tom and Dennis were lying through their teeth. For one thing, they had conflicting stories about whether the dot-commers had dogs or cats with them. Also, Dennis said that he had a severe allergic reaction, whereas Tom claimed that he had an infection. It’s also extremely implausible that Dennis would not answer the door, not even to say that he was sick. The notion that Tom would be knocking on his door for 30 minutes, without even calling his team to say that Dennis was running late, was also a paper-thin implausibility.
They should have both been fired, and Dennis deserved it even more than Tom did.