Was that Trump’s girlfriend they were eating with? :eek: She was really hot! Definitely has a Monica Bellucci thing going on.
A friend asked me who I thought was going to get fired, and I said that I couldn’t tell the guys apart. Aside from red-pants/bowtie guy, the token black guy, and “the Bradford,” I can’t tell who’s who.
Same thing goes for the women, too.
I missed it, but my wife saw it and complained that there wasn’t a single Apprentice to like or root for–just different levels of indifference or hatefulness. This certainly wasn’t true of the first season (which we liked), but she was pretty turned off by what transpired last night.
Only slightly in Stacie’s defense, not a whole lot of them acted like adults, and certainly none of them appeared to be dressed like them. My company is “business casual,” but a lot of those women would have ended up in HR if they dressed like that for work. I mean, seriously, when The Donald’s girlfriend is wearing more clothes than you, you have problems.
Spacie doesn’t even have that going for her. A real whack-job.
Can we at least agree to refer to Omarosa by the childish, yet popular (around our house), and somehow fitting nickname of AssAroma?
“Do you smell something?”
sniff “Oh, my God… it’s Assaroma!”
“Gah, turn it off! Turn it off!”
“I can’t… it’s… like a car crash…”
I’ll go back to 2nd grade and sit in the corner now.
By the way, is it just me or is Trump’s taste in furnishings and decor way past garish and tasteless? Is this guy from Jersey? It looks like noveau mob-boss or jumped up trailer trash decor.
Yeah – but god bless him for it, it puts us all in a position to look down on him for lack of taste (and a dreadful haircut) – despite the fact that he’s got more money than god, which would otherwise be a source of despair.
I never thought that Omarosa was beautiful. Not in the least.
Receptionist Robin, on the other hand… Rowrr…
I think he’s a spaz, not just because of the bow tie and the hideous Republican pants, but you have to wonder about a guy who compares himself to Stalin and is nutty about the word “Empire.” He’s one of those twits who reads the biography of Lee Iacocca or business books like “Management Secrets of Attila the Hun” and thinks they’ll make him something he’s not. He has every possible sign of being a guy who’s loud and outrageous because he’s trying to cover up the inescapable fact that he is a total dork.
If you want people to notice your clothes, knock yourself out; the best business suit is the clothes that people DON’T notice because they aren’t so shabby, inappropriate, or loud that you notice them. And I don’t think he’ll impress Donald Trump, a rich man who buys his suits off the rack because he thinks tailored suits are a waste of money. What do you think a guy like that will think of someone who carries a walking stick and dresses like a villian from Dick Tracy?
AuntiePam, they did explain what happened to the football car; during their first meeting with the Mattel guys the toy guys said that similar products had not worked out. Personally I thought the end idea - an RC car you can trick up - was a great idea, and I’m actually kind of amazed nobody’s done it before. People love RC cars, and kids love to trick up their rides. It’s a great combo.
Having said that, The Bradford is getting a bum rap here. The ideas thrown out BEFORE his Football Car idea were retarded, the sort of ideas you’d come up with if you were never a little boy and knew nothing about them. (My First Drag Queen?) The football car thing at least pointed them in the right direction.
Yeah, no crap. An Easy Bake Oven for little boys? Come on!
I agree the guy with the wacky wardrobe is doomed. It’s a gimmick, nothing more. He’s trying to get Trump’s attention and stand out from the crowd, with some success, it must be admitted. However, does he REALLY think Trump is going to hire someone who needs a gimmick to stand out? Of course not. The winner will be someone who’s proven themselves to be competent, and the wardrobe screams “Look at my clothes, not my actions!”
Also, I wonder if they’re always going to be given the option to bring two or three people in with them. If so, it’s a dumb “twist”. The only correct choice is to bring two people. Bringing three people in with you means that (A) you’re so insecure about your position that you feel the need for an extra shield and (B) you’re so unsure of your ability to read and judge people that you can’t pick out the worst person on the team in two tries - you need three instead. To her credit, Pamela at least realized that sticking with two makes you look more decisive.
And another thing - I can’t believe that everyone didn’t jump at the change to switch teams and be project manager first time around. Come ON! What better way is there to show your intiative, drive, self-confidence, etc, etc?
Lessons I have learned from watching The Apprentice:
When the chips are down never ever take any kind of accountability or responsibility. It’s always someone else’s fault. Again, self accountability and responsibility are bad things, they will get you nowhere.
Learn how to place blame and point the finger. If you have a leader then it’s obviously the leader’s fault because they can’t lead. If your the leader then it’s obviously your staff’s fault because they are inept. Remember, it’s always someone else’s fault, not yours.
In the business world board rooms they never discuss why the idea failed, they discuss who’s fault it was that it failed.
The goal was an “innovative” idea, right? What the heck was up with the crustacean action figures? I mean, reaaaaal innovative. :rolleyes: I personally think they would have done much better with the backpack water gun that sprays where you look. Who came up with that idea?
Also, Silver Fire’s right. Chugging Dom Perignon from the bottle???
Trump’s hair is even better this year. Gotta love it.
My first episode to watch and I am hooked.
A few random thoughts:
I was AMAZED at the 13 hour turn around by the Mattel people. Talk about talent!
The loser guy looked JUST LIKE the kid who played Iceman in the X-Men movies. The googly eyes lady reminded me of an actress from Seinfeld (the episode where Elaine is fired by Mr. Pitt).
Staci HAD to be intentionally trying to be the next Omarosa.
I loved that Trump made fun of the “guy with the cane” not only upon meeting him, but also at the reward dinner.
As a new fan of the Apprentice, and a long time fan of Survivor, I feel Mark Burnett is one darn talented producer.
The female Executive VP scares the crap out of me.
Do you think someone on the losing team had to bite their tongue not to respond to the old VP’s comments about toys when he was a kid being simple? Of course toys were simple. They hadn’t invented the wheel! 
And Ted Geisel and Mark Russell and …
In the face of evidence … I stand by my statement
You obviously haven’t seen ‘The Casino’ (for which you should be thankful). He’s had two hits and an equal amount of misses (Well, The Restaurant was decent, but I’m skeptical of his upcoming boxing show).
Wasn’t Maria (the one who was talking about wanting to rip Bradley’s jugular out) the one who threw out the idea for My First Drag Queen? (Good God, had these women even seen a small boy before? Even I know that little boys like cars and trucks, things that go boom!, and things that are gross. Evidently, Bradley was the only one of the 18 who realized he was dealing with the booger-jokes-are-hilarious demographic.)
Frankly, I though Bradley had a pretty good strategy: instead of wasting time letting the women through out more stupid ideas, he went with the idea he felt had the most potential, along with a backup in case that didn’t pan out. When he saw the football thing wasn’t going to pan out, he threw it out without a second’s hesitation and went with plan B. More time with the prototype folks gives them more time to tweak as needed. (And honestly, I think the kids would have responded to the football thing better than they did to the Crustacean Nation, so they would have won either way.)
The men were coming up with trading cards and stories and such for all their characters, so there was actually quite a bit for them to do after they turned it over to the designers. While Rob had something of a point about Pamela not delegating well (part of being a good manager is knowing how much direction people need, but that’s awfully hard to do with someone you’ve known for 18 hours), part of being a good employee is seeing for yourself what needs to be done. And yeah, he was toast the second he trotted that bit about not being given something to do. Does he really think The Donald is going to sit there telling him, “Okay, now you need to do this, that, and the other thing”? Oy.
I didn’t really get the feeling that Stacie is nearly as crazy as the others were making her out to be. She seems like a high-energy person who doesn’t do the sit-around-doing-nothing part very well. This could be good or bad for her with Trump. He likes the movers and shakers, after all, but not the ones who move and shake so much that they alienate people.
Watsonwil, Carolyn should scare the crap out of you. She’s rarely overtly aggressive like she was last night, but she’s always a shark. Her usual m.o. is to keep quiet while you make the noose, then ask some very pointed question that shoves your head through the loop and opens the trapdoor.
I didn’t watch the first season, and I don’t know that I’ll keep watching the second season, but for my money, the leader should bear the responsibility for the lack of success, barring any gross specific negligence by a team member. So unless someone loses the plans they were supposed to deliver, or steals money, or misplaces a decimal point so the product the team is told costs $1 to make and they’re selling it for $5 and the actual cost is $10, the leader should take responsibility and say, “Maybe we would’ve had a better outcome if someone else had led the team”.
I did see Trump on Leno the other night and he said they were showing less activity and more boardroom because that’s what the viewers want. Personally, I’d rather get an idea of each person’s actual participation.
StG