MandolinViola, the Post has really bad copy editing at times, so I agree that rogue is the word that should be there. I don't think it was the speaker who made the error, though, is my point.

And as to Martha's gig? There is still some discussion going on, from what I recall reading, about a primetime show for her as well once they see how the daytime one does. And I still think her taking over TA is a viable possibility. Not immediately, but after a while.

I've read that she's just going to do another elimination type show with Burnett. I would think her elimination tasks would not be based on business but arts & crafts, cooking & decorating. Maybe decorating a restaurant and picking the type of food to be served.

ITA with RainIsBeautiful. IMO, The Donald is synonymous with Apprentice, and would probably lose viewers if he was replaced. I wouldn't be interested in the show if he wasn't around. And I definitely wouldn't watch Martha Stewart on tv. No interest at all there.

Ivana's TVGO Insider interview is comic gold, guys. It's nice to see the growth she's experienced since her stripping stunt. Because, you know, why be bothered and burdened by icky traits like insight and self-awareness? Just be who you are!

MandolinViolin, according to dictionary.com, a roue is a



It's a term not widely used these days (more of a Victorian term), but it really does describe Raj's aspirations perfectly.

Well researched, Algae! And the second word I add to my vocabulary thanks to TWoP this week.

The word roue is also featured in "I Am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen"..."eager young lads, and roues and cads will offer me food and wine." [/dweebie Sound of Music reference]

eta Sorry Lambchop!!!

You're right, djmama! But now I'm gonna have that song playing in my head all day!

That's O.K. djmama! I like that song!

And there's an accent on the e, so it's pronounced "Ru-ay", as opposed to the sauce which is pronounced "Ru".

Well Gecko did get sucker punched by Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) and to a much greater dertriment to himself. Donald taking the coven's word and firing sideshow stacie just makes him look a little dumb, but it did no real damage to his businesses. Unlike Gecko who got taken down by his apprentice.
But that is all apples and oranges as one (Gekko) is a fictional character and the other (Trump) is a cartoon.
I am not positive, but I always thought that Trump was clearly one of the role models for Gordon Gekko. Maybe I am wrong, but it always seemed that way.
Still, firing Pam was his biggest mistake, IMO, of the season.

I also must comment on a few other tidbits I have read over the last dozen or so pages.

Chris and "carve". I believe in this instance carve = masturbation. That Chris is such a classy guy. I have never heard this euphemism but if you imagine the motions used in carving, or more to the point, whittling, it makes sense.

Kelly's detractors - I don't doubt that Kelly could be a hard guy to be around. But considering that the two guys quoted are Raj and Chris, I have to say my admiration of Kelly goes way up.
Chris is just a douche who had made cracks about Kelly's manliness when Kelly did a quick sketch for the fashion task. As far as I am concerned, anyone Chris dislikes can't be all that bad.
Raj I don't hate, but he can be so insufferable. I don't put much stock into the comments of a guy whose personality resides in his bowtie. Also, from what I have read about Raj, he is very pro-military, yet never served. Methinks he is a tad jealous of Kelly's real-life military background.

Stacie and tipping - I was not a fan of ole sideshow, but I never thought she was crazy and she was certainly unfairly maligned. But her poor tipping habits, combined with her other bad habit of purchasing expensive clothing, wearing it once and then returning it, certainly disappoint. Neither of these two instances are immoral or illegal. Just tacky. Very tacky and very telling. Mainly that Stacie probably isn't too considerate of others. Just my opinion.

One of the TV critics for The Star-Ledger of NJ has a long column today complaining about this season's problems (Trump's random firings, bad casting, scapegoating, etc.).

That's just the syndicated daytime series. Mark Burnett is also going to launch a prime-time series with Martha Stewart.

Here's the deal Stewart's company made with Burnett:

You were thinking roux.

For what it's worth (not much), roue without the accent means "wheel." As in the big one Raj presumably thinks he is.

Thanks for the link, alsep73. The Star-Ledger critic's fine one-paragraph summary of what's wrong with this show deserves a quote:

I agree that the Star-Ledger critic's review was right on the money. I especially liked this comment:



I know some people didn't care for them, but I liked them and I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that Trump may a bad choice with these two. Both made mistakes in their tasks, but I think Raj was fired for being weird and overshadowing Trump (remember that Trump had a chance to get rid of Ivana during this firing). And Andy was fired because in Trump's mind, he didn't control "his women."

I love this article, mentioned above. Especially the "flasher pricing"... that's just too... heee!

And they have great ideas, like bundling. Ivana was too narrow with her flashing idea. She should have had a price scale, and offered discounts for picking more than one option. Like, a panties flash would be $20, a bra peek would be $15, but both together would go for $30. She could sell kisses for $10 alone, or $5 if you purchace any flashing act.

The word "roue" is also in Pippin. "I could waylay some aging roue and persuade him to play in some cranny . . . "

I realize we are getting away from the topic, but if I can EVER find anything useful to do with my intimate knowledge of Pippin, I will be taking it, thank you very much.

I have loved Pippin ever since I saw it on Bravo with William Katt and Ben Vereen. A strange yet entertaining play. But I confess that I don't remember what song this is from. Or is it from dialogue in the play, Miss Alli?

To get back on topic, I agree that this is an excellent description of Raj:

So the pictures on the nbcumv site were for the wrong episode. What a f*** up!

Sam's commentary at Yahoo!

Gael's brief recap of Episode 14 at MSNBC.

Black Wharton grad doesn’t survive ‘The Apprentice’s’ racial minefield. BlackAmericaWeb.com.

Associated Press coverage of the final two, courtesy MSNBC. You'll be seeing this one everywhere.

Reality show contestants: All I won't for Christmas. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Free registration needed, but worth it if you're a Wes or Kevin fan. PHOTOs of Wes, Kevin, and a group shot.

No Aloha for The Donald. Washington Post. Free registration may be needed. This is one of those pieces I categorize in my mind as an oddment. It doesn't really have much to say, yet it made the paper. Uh huh. Second item in column - right next to the unflattering photo of Alec Baldwin.

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'Apprentice' Saunters to Finale. Zap2it.

TRUMP ROAST NY Post.

Jennifer, Kelly keep their 'Apprentice' hopes alive. AZ Republic.

Wow!! A three hour finale! I don't remember last season's finale being that long!

From Sam's commentary:





Hilarious! Still doesn't make up for the bizzare defense of Ivana last week...but it's a start.

It's nearly 9 a.m. here in California and nobody here has mentioned Kevin and Sandy on the Today Show this morning. It appeared to be a fairly wide-ranging conversation, and even included the Ivana / skirt-dropping moment.

However, in our market the entire segment came on without any sound.
Can somebody set out what they actually **said** ?

Thank y'all!

I don't know if this would be considered a media article, but I don't know where else to post...

I saw Sandy and Kevin on the Tony Danza show today. The meeting was brief, about 5 mins. Anyway, Tony asked right off the bat how Jenn M slid by, all the way into the finals. Sandy said Jenn only lead once, while she and Kevin both lead twice. And they bascially were discrediting her (or trying to). They also talked about what they were doing now... Kevin is back @ Law School and Sandy is back to running her bridal salon, wanting to make it national or something.

What bothers me about that is the fact that both of them fail to give credit to Jenn for being a strong competitor. Why does everyone hate each other this season? DT is the boss, and he's going to select who he sees to fit his org, with previous history in mind, but not solely basing his decision on what happened in the past, which is at least partly due to luck and not sheer skill. Anyway, both Kevin and Sandy seemed very jealous. I thought it was really immature behaviour... I mean acknowledge that you're not in the finals, regardless of what YOU think... They also didn't mention Kelly... just seemed like a shameless 5 minutes to discredit Jenn and to justify to themselves why they are better than her... Sad really. Jenn is so much better than all of this... and when the show's over, regardless of if she wins or not, she'll stick it to all these bozos.

I'd like to add my request for a Today recap to that of Chippings.

Say it ain't so! EDMONTON SUN

The Jerk School of Business. Fast Company.

On this morning’s Today show, the Kevin and Sandy interview was, I think, quite pleasant. Kevin did not sweat and shout, nor did Sandy butcher her metaphors. Both Sandy and Kevin were diplomatic and did not openly insult any other candidates.Overall, there were no revelations.

Matt Lauder brought up the “too much education” rational for Kevin’s dismissal with an incredulous tone and asked “what did Trump not see?” (Not an exact quote.) Kevin agreed, saying that he had never been fired for being too smart.

Switching to Sandy, Lauder asked about using “sex to sell” in selling the candy bars, specifically Ivana’s skirt drop. She replied that using one’s “femininity” in business is important, but a woman should not demean herself in the process of making a sale. About the "inexperence"... Sandy noted that running her bridal shop made her an excellent businesswoman, which is what we, the viewing, audience already heard her say on the Apprentice.

I did not see the Tony Danza show and I am surprised to hear that Sandy and Kevin were openly negative about Jenn. On the Today show, Sandy and Kevin only defended their worth and that they disagreed with Trump's reasons for their firing, but that it was his decision to make. Nevertheless, I would not be surprised, since there was no love loss between Jenn M. and the majority of the candidates.

ETA a disclaimer: I hope I was not too off; I did my best to give an accurate recap. If I misquoted or was incorrect about something, I apologize in advance.

Later during the day, the entire Today segment should be available at the MSNBC website (check the video section). So if your patient, I'm sure you'll be able to watch the whole thing.

In the meantime, I'd love a recap too.

The Edmonton Star piece is excellent! His snark on Stacy was delightful -- a "troll" indeed.

Glad he pegged Jen for being the vapid nothing she has been/is, and that there was probably much pressure to make it a male/female final two rather than the more logical (to me) Kelly/Kevin F2.

goobaletta you are my heroine for always posting these great links. I missed last night's episode to hear a concert of Celtic music, (mostly Welsh rather than Irish,) and so I find all this very helpful to give me an idea of what went down. It also reassures me that I was right to go to the concert rather than stay home and watch Apprentice, (my VCR is refusing to tape at the moment,) because apparently I would have have been hurling things at the screen.

Aw shucks, The Other Daughter, you have no idea how much I needed to read that today. Thank you. And honestly, I'd have much rather been at a Celtic music concert myself. Love that music. All flavors of it. From Afro-Celt to French Celtic to all the flavors around the UK and Ireland. Not too long ago I discovered a really good Belgian Celtic band. But that's not really about TA, is it?

And now for more news:

Murphy's Law School. Entertainment Weekly.

Inc.com's blog review of Episode 14.

The Trades review.

Apprentice Betting Scandal Confirmed. PR Newswire

What Kwame was doing yesterday. NY Post Somehow I can't imagine any of the TA2 people attending this sort of event. Well, maybe Andy in ten years.

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Interview With Bradford From The Apprentice Season Two. Reality Reel.

The Herbaceous Smell of Success: Two fragrances give new meaning to the term "stinking rich." Slate/MSN. One of the scents discussed is Donald Trump: The Fragrance. Most detailed description I've read.

The Today show clip is available at the MSNBC website. You can go through MSNBC, or you can go here for a direct link (link must be opened in Internet Explorer).

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 8: Pamela Day from "The Apprentice" arrives at "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Enagement" DVD Pajama Party on December 8, 2004 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

WESTWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 9: Pamela Day of "The Apprentice 2" television show attends the film premiere of "Spanglish" at the Mann Village Theater on December 9, 2004 in Westwood, California.
Pamela (headshot)

I wonder if everyone was wearing a tiara at the "Princess Diaries" premiere (I hope so!)


Pam looks very Candace Bergen-dy in the "Spanglish" pics

TRUMP POWER: The art of building awareness. Richmond Times-Dispatch. POLLS.

It's Trumplets! Motley Fool.

TRUMP'S FANS INHALE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. Miami Herald. Free registration.

Omarosa gets an award. Bob From Accounting. SATIRE.

From Chris and John's interview on fishbowl.comChris Interview

It contains spoilerish info.

Does anyone have a link for this?

See happycamper's post six entries above this one.

This article was at www.sacbee.com

MINNEAPOLIS - Chris Webber wasn't pleased to learn his name had been used Thursday on NBC's "The Apprentice."
Webber said he had been contacted by the show's producers but didn't give permission for his name to be used.


"My lawyers are looking at legal action now," the Kings forward said. "There was never a part in the show. They wanted to entice me to come on there. But I said I really didn't care about being on their show. So no, I never agreed to do it, and my people are upset that they tried to use my name to snare interest for their last show."
Webber said the entire situation lets you know that "reality TV really isn't reality TV because that whole thing was staged."

Oh yeah, your name is the reason people are gonna watch the last show. Still doesn't explain why he was trying to cancel an appearance at the charity event. You didn't seem to care too much about that either.
Ok-so he knew the cameras and the people were from the show and magically an event named after him wasn't going to be part of the show.

O’JAYS TO PERFORM ON ‘APPRENTICE’ FINALE: Props finally given to group behind theme song.
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FINAL LESSON: DON'T LOSE YOUR COOL. NY Post.

Residents wait for their turn on 'The Apprentice.' Greenwich Time.

YOU'RE INVITED! TO TRUMP NUPS. NY Post.

Per Liz Smith the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in NYC "is featuring Santa Claus in the person of, yes, of course, Donald Trump." NY Post. Heh.

Brokers and buyers have a bone to pick with The Donald. NY Post. Last item in column.

If the earth were to open up and swallow that wedding, there would be about three people on that list that I would miss.

Or more accurately, after we get some first choice regrets, we'll start inviting some second choice types.

What an interesting mix. Where's his buddy Howard Stern? Or Bill Rancic? Or are these only "close, personal friends?" Ha!

From the Motley Fool article:



THANK you. Jesus.

I just thought of something. You know what would be great? If Martha Stewart did a tournament style edition of Iron Chef!

That would be awesome.

Today's NY Times Styles section has a full page ad for Macy's Herald Square store saying: join us for a private power lunch with the cast of The Apprentice!

Apparently if you buy $75 worth of stuff, you get to have lunch with them on Friday.

Please don't ask me to do links- I don't know how and even if I did, I don't know if this ad is online anywhere.

Anyway, to further illustrate my personal uselessness, there's a big color picture of three people who I think might be from this year's cast. One is a reasonably good looking white guy who is definitely not Andy (the only white guy I could ever recognize). Then there's a good looking blonde lady, and since as recently as Thursday I couldn't tell which one was Jen and which one was Sandy, I have no idea if the blonde lady in the ad is actually from the show. She might be Pam, and then again, she might not. Finally, and most strikingly, there's an androgynous brunette, who if she is anybody is Maria, and if she's Maria, wow (if you like the androgynous brunette type).

It's a great looking ad and I would be very grateful if someone here could look at it (I can't be the only one killing time waiting for the Jets game by reading the Sunday Times) and let me know if these are real Apprenti or simply models who look like they might be Apprenti.

Yes, ellisbell, they are from the Apprentice 2. The cast members in the ad, top to bottom, are Pam, Maria, and John. Really, who ever retouched the photo is an artist, because all three look like professional models. Although John is no surprise, Pam looks fantastic. If I were she, I would use this photo for promotional purposes. Heck, even Maria looks serene and that is truly an achievement to be admired.

ETA: Here is a link to the event description, but, sadly, there is no picture.

It's not really media but Gawker Stalker had a sighting of Maria sent in. The blurb on her reads:

Not much. But it's finale week and will very likely pick up. Or not. *insert eyeroll here*

Apprentice 101: Two down, one more to go before someone gets hired. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Bow tie at office may attract arrows from boss. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Free registration. Inspired by Raj.

It's hers to lose, says guy who did. The Jersey Journal. Somehow I missed this the other day. It's an interview w/Nick about the finalists. Typing of Nick, his column at Inside Pulse will hopefully be online later today.

What Donald Trump Smells Like slate.com review of the new Trump scent. heh.