# "The Apprentice" -- season finale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496 "2006-06-05T16:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/1 "2006-06-05T16:26:36Z")
Okay, the second most boring season ever is almost over. Who’s gonna take it all – the guy with the weird mouth or the guy with the weird ears? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/2 "2006-06-05T18:09:05Z")
I’m hoping for Weird Mouth, myself. Lee is a smarmy little bastard, and I think it would be just wrong to give the prize to a guy that sat out two of the challenges. You knew the schedule ahead of time, dude. If you knew you couldn’t be there for two tasks, you shouldn’t have gone for it at all. It’s not a level playing field if you get to coast on the team’s efforts in your absence. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/3 "2006-06-05T18:23:01Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I’m hoping for Weird Mouth, myself. Lee is a smarmy little bastard, and I think it would be just wrong to give the prize to a guy that sat out two of the challenges. You knew the schedule ahead of time, dude. If you knew you couldn’t be there for two tasks, you shouldn’t have gone for it at all. I think that’s a bit unfair. Competing on _The Apprentice_ is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I think it’s a bit extreme to say that he shouldn’t have participated at all. If it was okay with the producers, then I’d say that he was well within his rights. Moreover, in the real world, people are routinely given accommodations for religious observances. If someone can’t deal with that, then that person should not be the apprentice either. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/4 "2006-06-06T00:52:17Z")
Lee deserves to win. Certainly, taking the high holidays off was a gamble. But he played it masterfully. He avoided getting into the petty politics that arise when one is working on a task, but maintained relationships with the important players. No-one really dislikes Lee, but if he hadn’t navigated the relationships carefully they certainly would. (Remember, Lenny, his best buddy, castigated him for observing the holidays. Clearly this was a yeoman’s job of politicking to get into his good graces. He also knew how to play the game. He was low-key in the beginning, a solid contributor. When it was his time to lead, he came up with momentum-shifting ideas (think of the aborted sandwich deal in the 7-11 pizza task, the price points on the Xbox task). His ideas were so good, even when they didn’t work out, he still got props for his on-his-feet thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/5 "2006-06-06T02:00:19Z")
Man, the people in charge of Lee’s charity are a bunch of ball busters. Some of their points are valid, but they’re very condescending and contemptuous in the way they make them. I’m not sure that having Lenny meet the players is such a bad idea. These are hockey players after all, so half of them are probably going to be Russian. It might be helpful to have someone talking to them who speaks Russian and can pronounce their names. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/6 "2006-06-06T02:00:33Z")
Good lord, did Lee eat stupid food for breakfast? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/7 "2006-06-06T02:04:22Z")
Funny that they missed Jason Priestly but they were Johnny on the Spot for Jaime Pressley. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/8 "2006-06-06T02:09:24Z")
This is going poorly for Lee and that’s too bad because he’s really a lot better than Sean. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/9 "2006-06-06T02:16:36Z")
Oh dear Lord… Lenny is just… weird at times. The scene in the locker room? What the hell was going on there? If I was Lee I’d have Lenny sequestered in a locked room where he can’t interact with anybody. Ballbusting lady is evil but I agree, Lenny is one sketchy character to have as your public face… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/10 "2006-06-06T02:17:22Z")
Is it just me or does Jaime Pressley seem unpleasant? The flat out guessing with the equipment didn’t seem all that smart. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/11 "2006-06-06T02:20:55Z")
Okay, I just missed about five minutes’ worth – how did the event go for Lee? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/12 "2006-06-06T02:21:22Z")
Hey Lenny, way to go opening the door for the chick behind you. Actually, this was a poorly managed part of the broadcast. Shouldn’t some stagehand have held the door open for the rejects as they walked through? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/13 "2006-06-06T02:22:32Z")
Lee = loser edit from hell ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/14 "2006-06-06T02:29:11Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Is it just me or does Jaime Pressley seem unpleasant?. I don’t know, I was kind of distracted by her hotness. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/15 "2006-06-06T02:45:54Z")
Lee is like _goat_? Oh, he said _gold_. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/16 "2006-06-06T02:50:35Z")
Heh. I though he said “goat” too. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/17 "2006-06-06T02:55:04Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I don’t know, I was kind of distracted by her hotness. I don’t see it. Carolyn definately looks hot tonight though. damn. Sean annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/18 "2006-06-06T02:55:22Z")
Bad call. le is smart and competent. Sean is a complete wanker. Who are the morons who voted for Sean? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/19 "2006-06-06T02:57:25Z")
BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! Lee was robbed! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496/20 "2006-06-06T03:08:22Z")
You know, I just can’t find myself getting worked up enough to actually _care_ about either one of them winning. A pair of wankers, the both of them. Ivanka, for all her money, sure needed to get her dress fixed, though – it was downright flappy around the arms, didn’t even _begin_ to fit her. For shame, Ivanka! Is it sad or what that I care more about Ivanka’s dress than the winner of the whole contest? Man, what a snoozer of a season. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-season-finale/359496.md?page=2)