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goobaletta
Perhaps he's referring to her confrontation with Jennifer C.? In any case, I think he's wrong about his assessment of Stacie J.

***New items for your perusal***

Pat O'Brien is going to have TD on The Insider tomorrow. Check your local listings.

Deconstructing the Trump-ster: Business lessons lesson from Episode Two of "The Apprentice" Richmond.com

Lawyer Gets Fired on "The Apprentice," But Biglaw Associate Hangs On Miami Daily Business Review via New York Lawyer

Bradford made TV Gal's column. Heh.

Bill's going to speak at Wake Forest University on October 13. Tickets will be available for the general public beginning tomorrow.

Another company trying to market themselves by using TA. These things blow my mind because so many of these operations have NOTHING to do with TA at any level. PR Newswire
txsunshine33
Okay this Richmond article just pissed me off with these...

Her lack of interaction with the others in Apex almost got her fired. She was unaware that Ivana had called a company meeting to plot the boardroom strategy. Stacie J. then sauntered into the meeting after most people had already decided to call for her firing.


Unaware of the called meeting??? It was a plot to deflect criticism away from Ivana herself you idiot -- she was purposely left out you idiot. And Stacie sauntering into the meeting as if she was too good or something to be there??? Idiot.

The bottom line? Every individual in a company is responsible for his/her own “impression management.” Stacie J. has positioned herself as an outcast through her own behavior, and has made it very easy for her colleagues to view her as expendable. It will be very hard for Stacie J. to change the negative attitudes that people have toward her.


Yeah okay fine. I get it. But what behavior, please tell me, caused her to be treated like this??? Again, idiot.

Maria is becoming a major player for Apex. She nominated Ivana to be project leader and her opinions and support are sought out by others in her company.


And she's also an idiot too. Walking 10 blocks when she should have got to the spot and called them to ask them where they were. Idiot.
NYCynthia
These things blow my mind because so many of these operations have NOTHING to do with TA at any level.

Hee. Actually, I think it's fairly brilliant (free!) marketing by LHH. They're a large company, respected as a leader in their field. They also know that people are going to be *at work* Googling TA. Why not try to catch the eye of a potential decision maker who was originally just slacking off at their desk?
goobaletta
TD makes Page Six. NY Post.

NBC MAY PUT BITE ON 'APPRENTICE' NY Post Stacie J. screws up?

Michael Ausiello's backstage report on the Emmy's TV Guide Online Scroll down to 3:45 and keep reading thru 4:16 for TA relevant commentary.

'Apprentice' winner visits business school, promotes book about reality show success. Emory Wheel. Bill visits Kevin's alma mater.

Bradford talks to People. If someone on AOL or a mag subscriber could recap, I'd be grateful. Thanks much.
mswestern
Happy to oblige, goobaletta.

Some quotes from the People article:

He is still proud of his decision to waive immunity, but admits that he misjudged Trump's reaction:

"I thought that by waving my exemption, I would show (the rest of the team) that I'm a leader who will go to battle for my troops ... I wanted to earn their respect so I could push the team to win even when I'm not in command. Obviously, Mr. Trump didn't understand where I was going with it. I misjudged (his) reaction to what I did. I didn't think it was going to be the kind of life-and-death situation that he made it into. I thought he would respect someone stepping up to the plate. "

He then blathers on about when he knew he was a cooked duck (when he saw Trump's reaction) and playground owners having the right to take home their balls. He's not the kind of guy who backs down once he's taken a stand, and he claims to now respect Trump more.

He doesn't quibble with the way he was depicted, but says he's "not always a bull-headed jackass".

The women on the show are vicious, there will never be another Omarosa, and his final words of wisdom:

"If you're going to be on a different page than someone, make sure it's not someone who can can you."

What a shallow pool he is.
goobaletta
Yay! Thanks, mswestern!
Tortolia
Obviously, Mr. Trump didn't understand where I was going with it.


So understanding your rationale (and, uh, ego) and thinking it was a stupid mistake are mutually exclusive?

Not quite, Bradfired.
FuzzyLogic
Did anybody catch Omarosa on "Girlfriends" last night? No. Okay, well she played a lesbian that suspected her partner of having an affair with one of the main characters. She looked scary and Rupaul-ish. But I guess that's not a bad thing considering the part.
BadLilSister
I thought that by waving my exemption, I would show (the rest of the team) that I'm a leader who will go to battle for my troops ... I wanted to earn their respect so I could push the team to win even when I'm not in command. Obviously, Mr. Trump didn't understand where I was going with it. I misjudged (his) reaction to what I did. I didn't think it was going to be the kind of life-and-death situation that he made it into. I thought he would respect someone stepping up to the plate. "


Yuck....up until now I still thought Bradford shouldn't have been fired....now I'm doing the happy dance that he's gone. What a tool.
MomToSean
Oh, and this:

he's "not always a bull-headed jackass".


Yes, Bradfired (brilliant!). Yes, you are.
NYCynthia
She looked scary and Rupaul-ish

And that's new because...? Heh.

I wonder if StacieJ. walking the red carpet at the Emmys means she won?! How exactly did she get an invite?
archer1267
Well, Omarosa was there too, so maybe the bar's not all that high to begin with. And I think it's pretty common for "stars" from the highest-rated shows to be there, no? Weren't some of the Amazing Racers there too?

Entertainment Weekly's recaps are usually good for some snark, and I think this was spot on (the "12 year old" is Stacy R.):

If we're not listening to Spazvana and the Dragon Lady's seemingly inexhaustible supplies of insincerity (Maria wins Mixed Metaphor of the Night for her assessment of b.f.f. Spazzy's leadership abilities as ''She didn't step up to the plate when it came to taking control of the reins''), we're watching a 12-year-old struggle to have a personality, three indistinguishable sorori-blonds struggle to get screen time, and NBC struggle to convince us we've got another psycho black woman on our hands, when really I think she's just a former model who now owns a Subway sandwich shop in the Bronx and has probably got someplace better to be.

Also, DT was quoted in the most recent US Weekly on his not needing Viagra (a little defensive there, Donald? Who said you needed it?)...to paraphrase: "If you need Viagra, you're probably not with the right woman." I bet that's news to Bob Dole.
txsunshine33
I need to run over and read my Entertainment Weekly now...that was a great blurb.

Trump is so full of himself. ED has physiological and sometimes psychological roots that aren't associated with the man's relationship with his partner (since I'm sure it's not just a heterosexual disorder). Sounds so close to blaming it on the woman not being attractive enough to hang on her man or to remain desirable to me. Sometimes Trump is a turd headed pig. Just for that self-important statement, I hope he get it. Turd.
Reston
"If you need Viagra, you're probably not with the right woman."
Gah, another reason to HATE the hair, and just because he doesn't need it today doesn't mean he won't tomorrow, let him have an operation for prostate cancer, develop hypertension or diabetes .... got nothing to do with the woman/man/sheep you're with bub! And he looked Stooopid in that Emmy photo, hanging onto Ms. "Boobies hanging out tonight." And creepy too.
NYCynthia
I think she's just a former model who now owns a Subway sandwich shop in the Bronx and has probably got someplace better to be.

Heh. Except it's in Harlem.
txsunshine33
Here's some more excerpts from Entertainment Weekly that had me cracking up...

Raise your hand if you thought the men's plan to sell the ice cream for charity was a ''New York's Own Kwame Jackson'' sort of move. Right? I'm thinking, these dudes are so busted -- and then I'll be damned if they don't go right ahead and do it . . . and then throw their nuts on the boardroom table and ask Donald Trump if they could donate all the cash to leukemia research! I just about dropped my marzcapone at that one!


"throw their nuts on the boardroom table" -- kinda ewww

While I am aware that the show was taped last spring, and that my yelling at the screen cannot change the events unfolding before me, if for some reason there is like a rip in the time-space continuum sometime soon I want to be on record as saying that these women are the doofiest bunch of individuals I have ever seen in my entire life.


We aren't the only ones calling these women idiots.

Yes: I feel sorry for Stacie-with-an-i-e (and I didn't even have any wine). While the others debate the relative merits of strappy black sandals versus pink kitten-heeled flip-flops and then complain about being asked to use sex to sell, I can feel Stacie's inner pain, and frankly, I, too, am concerned that the Cold Cut Combos have been left unattended.


Another one identifying with Stacie. Girl, you better not turn out to be a psycho afterall. I've gone to bat for you from almost the very beginning.

Despite all of Ivana's ''unorganization,'' that one martyr-licious move managed to get him tossed out of Trump Tower with nothing but the clothes on his back, because the dude didn't even bother to pack a bag. Sigh. Let this be a lesson to you, kids: It's called hubris. And it's a bitch. And so, when she chooses to be, is Caroline. Er. I mean Carolyn. Crap.

What did you think? Was Bradford's firing fair? Do you pity the fool?


I almost feel like this woman should snarking over here!

One of the people who commented on this recap over there said that the only reason why stupid Ivana was let on the show was because she had that name and the producers thought it would be interesting to see how Trump would react to it.

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Okay, I went back to her first recap of the toy episode to see if there were some juicy excerpts there too. Here's what I found.

Andy After stating he wanted to hit someone in the back of the head with a shovel, he confessed to being a nationally ranked debater. I can't help thinking this undermines any threat of physical violence on his part.


Hee!

Stacie J. She's a former model, and now she owns a Subway sandwich shop in the Bronx. This is very admirable. But tragically, our friends in NBC casting have made sure that the token black woman also happens to be nuts. Sure, maniacally shaking a Magic 8 Ball isn't the same as pulling an Omarosa, but it's close, and if the scenes from next week are any indication, she'll be on Oprah in no time.


But by her next recap, she's not buying the crazy Stacie characterization.

Jennifer C. I am going to resist the temptation to point out the fact that there are so many Jennifers and Stacies on the show that they require initials and instead mention that this Jennifer is a dead ringer for last season's Jessie. Judgment will be withheld until we see her reaction to pigeons.


Must be the Shrimp segment.

That One 12-Year-Old-Looking Girl I didn't know NBC had picked up American Juniors. I dunno. I kept waiting for her to, like, tap-dance or something.


Okay, I choked on my drink over this one.

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In another general article on Entertainment Weekly, I found this interesting quote:

Some of the episodes have so much drama that extra footage may be added to NBC's Saturday-night ''Apprentice'' repeats. And with just two African-American cast members again, are there any Omarosa-level racial clashes? ''I think there's more racial tension than in season 1,'' Trump says. But Burnett demurs, ''How could it be more than last year?''


Sooo, does that mean that Trump thinks the Stacie thing is racially motivated? Cuz, I don't see anything negative going on regarding Kevin.
goobaletta
Thanks for sharing the quotes from the EW article txsunshine33! That was a lot of work.

I was just over at NBCUMV's TA pages and they've got five new photos up from the ice cream task.
NYCynthia
Oh my God, who wrote that? Hilarious!

That's interesting that Trumpy says there's more racial tension this season than last. Good God a'mighty, what are we in store for?!
goobaletta
Did anyone watch Pat O'Brien's interview with TD on The Insider? I forgot about it. Doh!

Donald Trump cries foul over Emmys. Big News Network.com

Scoop up `Apprentice' ice cream in South End. Boston Herald If you're in Boston you can get TA ice cream.

Trump trounces 'Benefactor' in TV ratings. AP via USA Today PHOTO.

Albert Chen's pick for next TA ouster. Sports Illustrated/CNN Very last item in his column.

Kwame to be part of "Relly Awards". MSNBC. Scary PHOTO of Regis and Kelly. I swear, she looks more like Kathy Lee every day. *shudder* Oh yeah, TD is nominated for a couple of Rellys too. Lucky, lucky man.

Nick's in Ontario on Thursday. CNW Telbec. He's announcing some business venture or collaboration. Not a lot of information in the press release.

Heidi's walking dogs now. Boston Herald. 6th line from the bottom.

From E!Online Kristin's chat transcript dated 09/20/04:
Simon took the question we've all been dying to have answered: Is Omarosa guest-judging American Idol? Simon said, "Omarosa? No, maybe she should've. She would've been quite funny. She would've been good, actually. We've had these guest judges on the road with us, but I would've liked her; I like her." So, is it a possibility? Simon shot my hopes down (kidding), "No, there's no chance, but the thought is good." Phew!

***New this morning***

Trump will be on Last Call with Carson Daly tomorrow night.

Trumpy makes Liz Smith's column NY Post. PHOTO.

Trump contributes mask to Dallas Heart Ball The Dallas Morning News Free registration. Apparently Cuban's not sent his back yet. Heh.

If you're near a Super K-Mart, you can get Trump Ice. IndyStar.com

Bill in Stevens Point, Wisconsin tonight. Stevens Point Journal

Donald, Jr. killed an antelope. Casper Star-Tribune. 3rd story on page. I guess all my bleeding heart hexing didn't work. Jerk.
NYCynthia
Heidi's walking dogs now.

Bwah! That reminds me of the very first episode where she nearly gets chomped by a pit bull while they're trying to sell lemonade.
DolphinFan
Heidi's walking dogs now.

Bwah! That reminds me of the very first episode where she nearly gets chomped by a pit bull while they're trying to sell lemonade.


Catie Copley is a dog who lives at the hotel? That's kind of odd. Unless the dog is some kind of beloved mascot or the pet of an upper management type.
NYCynthia
Sorta like the Peabody ducks, I guess.
flycatcher
From TV Guide Online news:

FIRED UP: Ungracious loser Donald Trump is furious that Emmy voters picked The Amazing Race for outstanding reality/competition program instead of The Apprentice. "I think I was robbed," he ranted on last night's Access Hollywood. "Everybody in that room thought The Apprentice was going to win and, as you know, the viewership was down for the Emmys. I really feel like they lost credibility." The Trumpster dissed Race — which also won the newly created reality category last year — calling it "an okay show that doesn't do nearly the ratings [The Apprentice does], and that doesn't have the acclaim." Talk about sour grapes!

To wash down your sour grapes, here's a tall, cool glass of Shut The Hell Up, Mr. Trump. Enjoy.
Circling Shark
Trump will be on Last Call with Carson Daly tomorrow night.


A celebrity and Carson Daly!
alyrae
The Trumpster dissed Race — which also won the newly created reality category last year — calling it "an okay show that doesn't do nearly the ratings [The Apprentice does], and that doesn't have the acclaim."


Oh no he didn't!

Trump- step off TAR. Now.
wiggygirl
Poor Trumpy, can't be number one all the time. Go home and cry yourself to sleep on your hideously tacky gold and marble covered pillows.
NYCynthia
Hey, as much as I love TAR (and I do!), he has a point with the ratings. That said, he should STFU.
goobaletta
Well, I'm glad TV Guide got the news online this morning. I found it last night and posted it shortly after midnight from some Australian news service on page 226 of this very thread. Practically the same quotes and everything. Granted, it doesn't have TVGO's snark attempts.
erik316wttn
MSNBC just reported that the first Presidential debate would be televised next thursday night (Sept. 30th).

I forget 2000. Are the debates limited to just 1 network or is it like my worst fear and every network will carry them?

Will The Apprentice (and Survivor) be moved back to Wednesday?
goobaletta
Dunno about Survivor, but TA will be on Wednesday and rebroadcast on Saturday as usual.
DolphinFan
In re Donald Trump's comments on TAR:
Don't forget that a comparison between TAR and TA involves a rivalry between the two most successful TV producers working right now in Jerry Bruckheimer and Mark Burnett.

That's been the case since the summer of 2000 when both men made their network producing debuts (in MB's case, his American one) and TAR1 didn't do big numbers while of course SURVIVOR became a phenomenon. Then we had more SURVIVORS, Jerry B hitting a grand-slam outside the reality area with CSI and CSI:Miami and WITHOUT A TRACE and COLD CASE and then MB coming back with TA and so on.

So it's understandable that DT was cold to TAR. You never praise a rival if you can help it. It's not as if doing that is second nature to Mr. Trump in any case.
goobaletta
I now understand why no one had seen TD yet on The Insider in answer to my question this morning. He was on today. I just watched it.

Pat O'Brien interviewed TD in his office on the 26th floor of Trump World Tower. Nothing terribly interesting until Trumpy announced his collaboration with the, IIRC, Estee Lauder people on Donald Trump: The Fragrance. And Trumpy being Trumpy made the point that it will be available in stores before Christmas. He also made the outlandish claim that if you wear it you'll be sure to make millions of $$$. I'm thinking that ought to be that Trumpy'll make millions of $$$.

Oh yes, the Insider Tip of the Day was from Trump. Don't use ATMs. He says he's never used one.

Heh. I'm sure the Visa people will love him for that. They make some of their biggest $$$ from folks getting cash advances.
AlmondEyes
Goobaletta on the case with the articles again this season!! Thanks a bunch to Goobaletta and to everyone else. Please keep 'em comin'!

After reading Nick's take on Baldyford's firing, methinks Nicky's been lurking here.

Gael, loved your MSNBC article about Baldyford.

MSNBC just reported that the first Presidential debate would be televised next thursday night (Sept. 30th).  I forget 2000. Are the debates limited to just 1 network or is it like my worst fear and every network will carry them?


Dammit! I think that only one network has the rights to the debates, if I'm remembering 2000 correctly. But to hell with the direction and fate of our country - if I'm wrong, what's about Survivor? Off I go to the Survivor thread to see if anyone's got the scoop there . . .
Vermicious Knid
Eau de Trump? That's just...no. No, no, no.
goobaletta
'Apprentice' dummy: Bradford's hopes melt like Red Velvet. The Arizona Republic. Pretty funny review. One of the best I've seen for this episode. Favorite line:
Somewhere, the jungle drums begin to sound . . .

About.com is covering Kevin's participation in TA2. The link takes you to his profile, and at the top you can find links to brief recaps of the episodes and how he did.

Fired up: Donald Trump is the greatest show on Earth -- Just ask him Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Bill's participating in New York is Book Country events PR Newswire. It's all going down in Greenwich Village in Washington Square Park and at NYU on October 2 & 3.
NYCynthia
Suzanne Condie Lambert? What snarky goodness! Didn't you also post an article of hers about the first ep?
goobaletta
Yup. The link is HERE on page 221.
whycantispeak
Unless things have changed, I am pretty sure all three major networks will be televising the debates. But the networks aren't stupid, Survivor and The Apprentice no doubt will be televised next week, maybe later that night, or on another day, like Wednesday!
NYCynthia
Thought so, thanks goobaletta. I like her style.

whycantispeak, did you mean to put that in the scheduling thread?
goobaletta
'Apprentice 2' panelists agree Stacie J. won't last. Cincinnati Enquirer. Meh.
txsunshine33
'Apprentice 2' panelists agree Stacie J. won't last. Cincinnati Enquirer. Meh.


My money is still on these wannabe pundits will be wrong and she lasts longer than they think. There's quite a few flakes here and tons of room for other people to do some boneheaded things like Bradford. So far, she seems one of the few who get the concept of keeping his or her trap shut.
NYCynthia
Hmm, what's interesting to me is that it doesn't sound like any of these people "got" the Saturday footage--or didn't see it.

ETA: blockedwriter, that was my subtext, yeah, and it makes me mad too.
blocked writer
Hmm, what's interesting to me is that it doesn't sound like any of these people "got" the Saturday footage--or didn't see it.


Grrr! This is one of the reasons I'm still so aggravated at the editors. The "Crazy Stacie" label is going to stick with a lot of people.
goobaletta
Yay! It's TA Thursday! *happy dance*

Taken to task - Trump may be grating, but 'The Apprentice' has lessons to teach Star-Telegram. Free registration. A funny TD caricature and a photo of Bradford.

'Apprentice's' Kepcher judges new season Philly.com. Free registration.

Getting the scoop on 'The Apprentice' St. Petersburg Times-Floridian. PHOTO of the pint container. Snarky.

Dish on Bill Chicago Sun-Times Spoilery but in a non-specific way. Scroll down about halfway.

Idiot Box Savant: 'Survivor' vs. 'The Apprentice'! Las Vegas Mercury. Snarky.
NYCynthia
Funnily enough, remember that article you posted a couple of days ago that snarked about random companies putting out PR about themselves using TA's name, while having nothing whatsoever to do with the show? That press release was for a company called Lee Hecht Harrison and whaddya know:
"What they've done is taken a business environment and made it a sports competition," said Stanlee Phelps, an executive coach in Irvine, Calif., with Lee Hecht Harrison, a careers services company. "To call it real business is definitely a stretch."

Hey, dudes, you guys gotta get your stories straight! Do you love it or hate it?

iceberg-toothed carnosaurus known as Omarosa

Bwah! *off to email a marriage proposal to this writer*

Thanks as always, goobaletta, these are especially delicious today.
flycatcher
This line from the Las Vegas Mercury article had me gasping in suppressed hysterics:

This season's "Survivor: Vanuatu--Islands of Fire" [started] by menacing the Survivors with spear-wielding, real-life Vanuatu tribesmen, which was the cheesiest thing I've seen since they gave Rupert a million dollars because if he was sad, the terrorists would win.
goobaletta
TRUMP'S TV RIVAL FIRES BACK NY Post

Trump World Magazine launch party NY Post Second item. Scary Trumpy PHOTO.

The NY Post also has an article about the Tony Danza Show in the Entertainment section. Nary a mention of Vetrini. Heh.
NorthShoreJane
Edited... goobaletta and I must have been posting simultaneously.
Hawkwild
From the NBC Website:

THURDSDAY, The Donald Demands a Boardroom First And Takes Everyone By Surprise!

Like, spelling the days of the week correctly?

You're FIRED!
goobaletta
BWAH! Hawkwild, YOMANK! Too damn funny.

You're Hired! Donald J. Trump Signs Multi-Year Deal with Aramis and Designer Fragrances; Donald Trump, The Fragrance, Available Nationwide in Mid-November Business Wire. CLICK HERE to see a larger photo of the packaging on MSNBC.

Donald Trump to Launch `Trump - Think Like a Billionaire' on QVC. PR Newswire

Kwame and Katrina strut their stuff for AIDS charity fashion show on September 30th in Santa Monica. The Argonaut

Okay, this one makes me mad. AP This writer, Susan Barber, obviously didn't watch last season because she makes this incorrect statement regarding Kwame:
After all, Kwame heard Donald Trump's infamous line, "You're fired," and came in No. 2 on the show's season finale this spring.
Trump never said those words to Kwame. He simply told Bill, "You're hired!" In my mind there's quite a difference.
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