Originally Posted By goodgirl What is it that draws me to this show? Will a bunch of C-List celebrities do any better than the usual contestants? <a href="http://www.nbc.com/The_Celebrity_Apprentice/" target="_blank">http://www.nbc.com/The_Celebri ty_Apprentice/</a> Premiere is Thursday, Jan. 3 Don't let me down Big Pussy!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Did anyone watch? I liked it. (I've never seen the Apprentice before. My sister said the real one is better.) I liked that I already knew (most of the) contestants.
Originally Posted By Ursula I hate Omarosa and I hope she fails. I loved that British guy in the clip when he talked smack to her.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Haha, that was AWESOME! Gene simmons was brilliant, and Omarosa (be sure you say it correctly LOL), was brilliantly stupid and annoying. Loved it! This is worth a quick read: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22503282/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22 503282/</a>
Originally Posted By goodgirl This show is going to be painful to watch. I can't stand Omarosa either. She's taking this too seriously. Like she thinks she's going to get hired by Trump. Gene Simmons was too cool. The "war room" is an interesting change. I sure miss Carolyn and George. I don't care for Trumps kids (by the way, did Don Jr. lose some weight?). I'm going to hate this show. But I won't be able to stay away.
Originally Posted By tapdancemom I won't be able to stay away either. I've watched every season. I like Gene Simmons, Steve Baldwin and "the Britsh guy" from America's Got Talent. On the women's side, I CAN'T STAND OMEROSA! Not particularly fond of any of them, maybe Carol Alt though for standing up to Omerosa.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Gene Simmons and Marilu Henner are the only people on the show that I would qualify as a "celebrity". And maybe Lennox Lewis, but just barely. Stephen Baldwin is a buffoon - just like on celebrity mole. And Gene Simmons hair is too weird - even for a donald trump show.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 gadzuux, I totally agree with your thoughts on Gene Simmon's hair! I was thinking before I saw the show that Marilu Henner should do pretty good. I know she's written books, had exercise videos and stuff besides tv shows, so she's a savvy business woman. She was responsible for bringing in almost all of the money on the girl's team the first night. I'd like to see Omarosa go, too, but the network probably wants her to stay around b/c she makes more drama. We'll all tune in every week hoping to see her go.
Originally Posted By cstephens I've seen a handful of episodes of "The Apprentice", but it wasn't a show that I watched on a regular basis. And celebrity versions of shows don't always catch my attention, but for some reason, this particular one did. I think the major curiosity factor for me is Gene Simmons. The thought of him going up against Donald Trump sounded like it was going to be fun. The first show started with the introduction of the celebrities. I'll admit to not knowing most of them, but then, they're mostly from areas that I don't follow. The only ones I really knew were Gene Simmons, Marilu Henner (from "Taxi"), Nadia Comaneci (though I would never have recognized her - but then, it's been a billion years since I've seen her), and Stephen Baldwin, and I've heard of Lennox Lewis, and once they identified him, I got that Piers Morgan was the Simon Cowell-esque judge from another reality show. I never watched "The Sopranos", so I didn't know that actor. And of course, I'm familiar with Omarosa. Once they divided the groups into men vs. women, the two groups were sent off to come up with their group names. I liked Empresario ok, but I really loved Hydra. With the hot dog selling challenge, the men in general and Gene Simmons in particular had the right idea. They're celebrities with lots of contacts. Instead of selling $2 dogs for charity, why not sell $1,000 dogs for charity? Using the phone was a way to expend minimal effort with maximum results. On the flipside, though, Omarosa's declaration that they were going to go with selling the product itself rather than using the celebrity and the women seemed like a thud idea, but the other women ultimately went along with it. As expected, the men crushed the women, raising something like $52,000 to the women's $18,000. And when it came time for the boardroom, Omarosa reverted to form, her protestations of her change notwithstanding. She never really accepted the blame for insisting on the failing business model and instead blamed other people. (And what the heck with the Latina news person who was totally backing her up? Yeah, she was perfect in every way, except that when it came to choosing the very foundation of the plan, she picked a sucky one, so the entire thing crumbled - you don't think that's her fault?) I'm not really sure why Omarosa focussed on Tiffany. But Tiffany never fought back adequately. When Donald Trump asked why she didn't call her major contact (Hugh Hefner) when Marilu Henner had called people, she didn't stridently tell him that Marilu did it by going against Omarosa's explicit directive. Instead, she went for the "I'm saving him for something better" route. That was her downfall. Had she laid the blame on Omarosa where it really belonged, she might have still been let go, but I think she would have at least had a fighting chance instead of going out with a whimper. Next week's episode looks interesting with the tease that Donald Trump is going to go after Gene Simmons because of some comment about Ivanka. /cs
Originally Posted By Ursula I don't even like Ohhhmarosa in a "love to hate her" kinda way. It's more of a "hope to meet her in an alley" kinda way. Gene Simmons is a god. If he doesn't win, I'd be highly disappointed. And it is nice to have something to look forward to on Thurday nights again.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I loved the guys commercial...I think it will get people running to the Animal Shelter! (I don't want to say much b/c you haven't seen it on the other coast yet.)
Originally Posted By Ursula ^Thanks! I enjoyed last night's show. However, I don't like many of the people on the show so if Gene ever gets the boot I will probably stop watching. When are the girls going to learn to use their celebrity? I'm ashamed of my gender after watching last night's show.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was sure the guys were making a mistake by not meeting with the guy who would ultimately judge their effort, but dang, that commercial they made was great.
Originally Posted By cstephens The previews seemed to indicate that it would be a good show, but the confrontation between Gene Simmons and Donald Trump over Trump's daughter was really just a red herring. Yes, Gene was mildly dismissive of and rude to her, but nothing major and when confronted by Trump over it, Gene apologized. The challenge this time involved Pedigree pet food, and each team had to make a public service announcement advocating dog adoption. Hydra came up with the brilliant idea of centering it around Lennox Lewis and a lovable dog. The commercial was amazing, with images of Lennox playing with the dog. The music alone that starts the spot is enough to make your eyes start to tear, and then the voiceover just adds to the emotion of the spot. Someone later on questions whether Lennox Lewis is well-known enough to be identifiable and that they should have identified who he was, but to me, it didn't matter. The image alone of the big black man turned into a puddle because of the little dog was enough. Empresario on the other hand decided to focus on several dogs, none of which had the same impact, especially since the voice-overs (supposedly of the dogs) were just awful. In the boardroom, the hispanic news lady picked Nadia Comaneci and Carol the supermodel. I think Nadia was fired ultimately because she was so weak and didn't stand up for herself (similar to Tiffany from the week before), but you have to figure that news lady is going to be headed for the door if she's in the boardroom again. Her biggest mistake was really in picking Carol as one of the two to rejoin her instead of picking Marilu. And on a side note, what in the heck was with the matching yellow and black outfits on the women?!?!?!?!? /cs
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I hope everyone saw the show tonight! I thought there were surprises in it, I liked the way they made (me, at least!) us think things were heading in one direction when they were in fact, headed in another!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling "It's a Kodak world...., baby." ROFL! I LOVE that guy! For me, Ursula said it perfectly in post #12. (and ROFL @ meeting Omorrrrrosa in an alley!)
Originally Posted By Ursula Well, there you go. I'll probably watch the last show for the recaps, but no one else left on the show is a celebrity that I like, know, or consider a celebrity.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I think Gene must have had other things to do in his life and was looking for a quick exit cause there's no other way to explain the stupidity.
