Trump: I don’t think he knows the meaning of the word flinch. He’s all bravado and has the bank account to back it up. His apartment was not quite so commendable. The tackiest, most revoltingly ostentatious waste of $40 million dollars I’ve ever seen. Jesus, I bet he would have the whole place dipped in gold if he could.
Sam: There such a thing as being overeager. He was crawling on the floor to demonstrate a metaphor and bowed to Trump and his staff like their were Japanese dignitaries.This guy just comes off as a chump with big dreams. He doesn’t have the fundamental strength to survive this competition. I will say that $1000 for a glass a lemonade move was ballsy, too bad he didn’t have the salesmanship to pull it off.
Ereka: She may be gorgeous, but a leader she isn’t… If I were here I’d stick to the sidelines and let the other women make the mistakes.
David: An MD, an MBA, and the personality of a carp. I thought he was the right choice to go. I’ve met several bookworms like him that couldn’t sell ice in the Amazon. He should become a high priced actuary, have two point five children, and move to Connecticut.
Troy: A born leader with the right attitude. He may have fucked up the opening round, but to be fair, the men simply couldn’t compete with the women’s <cough> assets. Trump told him flat out that he blew it big time and Troy took his lumps like a man. However, he was an idiot for not seeing the seaport was a crappy spot from the get go. He better start learning leading is more than being able to make decisions, it’s making good decisions.
Tammy Lee: Total dumbass. Bitched constantly, showed no enthusiasm, and had a frown on her face half the day. Even after Omarosa tactfully told her she needed to shape up she couldn’t get her rear in gear.
Oh, and I agree about Trump’s apartment. Gah! What is he, the Sultan of Central Park? All he needed was a few dancing girls and someone to feed him grapes while Sam groveled at his feet.
I didn’t care for Trump’s pad at all. I thought it was under-decorated.)
The girls had too much of an advantage in the lemenade deal. As soon as I saw that they were splitting into boy/girl teams, I knew the girls would take it. Especially the way they were dressed.
Not a bad show. I’ll give it a few more viewings at least.
That apartment wasn’t intended to look beautiful – it’s intended to showcase Trump’s bank account. It’s like he couldn’t move into the Met, so why not replicate the non-artsy parts in an apartment? Good job, Trump.
I can’t stand anyone on this show, so of course I enjoyed it tremendously.
I got hooked too. Sam was great, he came up with a couple of good ideas - trying to recruit women to sell, and then trying the $1k per glass move. Not only that, he’s the only one who’s asked for the job so far (even though he was desperate!)
This isn’t like Survivor where staying in the backround and not pissing anyone off can win you big points. I think Trump will be looking for the raw talent that he can polish. Being a little rough and brash won’t hurt.
But on the other hand, now that he’s gotten some attention, he better not become unbearable or the other guys’ll just frag him when it’s his turn to lead
Another reality junkie and I were doing play-by-play as it was on – she was surprised at how much time Trump was actually devoting to it. My take was – not necessarily that much, I’m not sure we didn’t see the bulk of his actual participation onscreen.
What’s he getting out of this, besides the publicity (and adoration) that’s oxygen to him?
I had been looking forward to this show for quite some time and wasn’t disappointed. I didn’t like the division of groups into male and female; it seemed particularly unfair in light of the given task–selling lemonade in a predominantly male environment. Having said that, I think it’s much tougher for women to work together on these kinds of tasks as evidenced by their level of cooperation last night.
I was surprised that the 16 candidates didn’t speak to each other when they were all initially in Trump’s outer office. I don’t know a single successful business person who wouldn’t have struck up a conversation; I assumed that was somewhat staged.
In the first five minutes I knew David was going to get axed and it was confirmed when he stood in front of people with the lemonade sign blocking their path. What an asshole.
I couldn’t believe that that the guys set up shop in front of the Fulton Street Fish Market. Even 50 yards away towards the wooden boardwalk would have been 10 times better.
Sam had some good ideas and if he can tone down the obsequiousness just a tad he may do ok. Trump will like his brashness and creative thinking.
Tammy and the black girl (can’t remember her name) were total bitches.
Versacorp sounds like a fricking evil multinational company led by a Bond villain.
Protege sounds like an escort service. I would have gone with Athena.
Trump actually does a pretty good job of setting the mood. He even managed to say a few sentences that didn’t have a self-aggrandizing remark.
Interesting how the show has a “Battle of the Sexes” setup. The audience will be able to reaffirm whatever stereotypes about men and women that they already hold–i.e. all the women have to do is bat their eyelashes and they will sell 4 times the amount of lemonade that the men sell. I’m betting ten to one that a woman wins the show. Trump already seems to prefer them.
Wasn’t Kwame the one who decided on the men’s first crappy location by the fish market? Seems he should have taken more heat for that. But I’m glad that smarmy pompous David was the first one to go.
Did anybody else think that the resumes of some of the contestants have been “tarted up” a bit? For example, one of the women is a self-described “top stockbroker” on Wall Street. If that was really true, what the hell would she be doing on this reality program? Why not just stay on The Street? Don’t the holiday bonuses for the top brokers top the $250,000 annual compensation that is the payoff for winning this contest? And as for these self-described entrepreneurs, with their own businesses off the ground and running – what the hell are they doing, neglecting their businesses (potentially for a year)?
I thought they did a brilliant job of editing the footage from that day. When the project was described, I thought for sure that the women would do great. But as they get started, the men seemed very focused and worked like a team. It was great when they got people to donate cups and the vending cart. But the women’s team started with an hour of arguing, getting lost, and in general seemed to have a very scatter-brained approach. So it was a surprise to me when they ended up making four times the money that the men did.
When I saw David with his sign running after the guy on the bike, I knew his time was going to be short. He’s very book-smart, but doesn’t realize how ridiculous he can appear.
And of course Trump’s apartment is going to be way “over the top”. He has it like that specifically to impress people. His whole career involves persuading people to put up money for deals he wants to broker, and showing off his apartment is a way of getting them intoxicated with visions of enormous wealth.
(But with all that wealth, can’t he afford a hair stylist for himself?)
Apparently, the teams were also given a set of rules for the day. Trump said that he thought Sam went too far and broke the rules, but that his assistant (who actually followed them around all day) said that he hadn’t. I really wish that they discussed the rules with us viewers. I wonder why they didn’t.
What was up with Sam going all “Single White Female” on Trump’s ass during his impassioned plea to stay by reciting the work ethic of Trump’s lineage? I’m surprised he didn’t start spouting Social Security Numbers. Sure - it is good to know the background of those you are dealing with but not so you can regurgitate it at any opportunity.
Best moment during all that? Trump telling that annoying turd to “Sit down”. I’m glad they kept him though - I want to see him blow up again.
Yeah, Sam is the most fascinating to watch because he’s so sharp one second and so pathetic the next. He has some great ideas, but his personality is such that he comes across as a total syncophant. If Trump had asked him for a knob-polishing right there on the board table, he would’ve done it in a second.
The women, on their mission, didn’t surprise at all: totally unorganized, sniping at each other, clueless… and of course they still made the most money. What New York dude isn’t gonna buy a cup of lemonade from one of them? However: now they’re going to relax and think they’ve got it all over the guy team, the guy team’s gonna dig in their heels, and on the next competition the girls are going to get their asses handed to them.
I’m glad he kept Sam because the guy doesn’t just twist in the wind – he does the Lindy hop, the cancan, the frug and the electric slide, and picks the one least appropriate for the occasion to boot. Stay squirmy, Sam!
And Sam missed out on one excellent sales point in his $1000 lemonade spiel: pay $1000 and you’ll end up on TV. NBC primetime. And then he should’ve haggled – even a $500 glass of lemonade would’ve been worth it. But falling back on “you’re buying a piece of the American dream” isn’t going to convince anyone who doesn’t already dream of being Donald Trump.
While some of the women’s success was based on sex appeal, they were also smart enough (eventually) to sell in a neighborhood with people who would pay $5 for a glass of lemonade. Every glass they sold was five times more effective than one of the guys’.
VersaCorp got started right away, but they should’ve invested a little more (time, at least) in research – where is a good location to sell? I’m no NYC expert, but having just been there, the Fulton Street Fish Market wouldn’t be my first choice. I think they settled on it because it was close to the stock exchange and they could get started quickly.
Question: what, exactly, did the other guys mean when they said Sam went “over the line”? Trump said he was glad to hear Sam hadn’t broken the rules – what rule did they think he broke? That wasn’t clear to me.