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lauriecake

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:16 pm

I kind of find the idea of Carolyn and Bill together hot. [/quote]

Hee, JellyBellys, I totally agree.

AlmondEyes

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:18 pm

Does anyone else think it is telling of past Apprentice seasons that the only winner to be brought back as a judge in future seasons is the winner of season 1?[/quote]
I wondered the same thing myself. Kendra and Kelly have obviously made quite the impression! Except not.

I know Kristi sucked during her PM turn and sucked as a team member, but she wasn't the reason Capital Edge lost . . . again. Just like how Toral wasn't the reason they lost . . . last week. But Trump clearly wants to do Jen M, so there you go. She should have been fired for that horrible presentation alone. And what the hell is so difficult to pronounce about Zathura? Oh, right, she's a beauty queen, and pretty, so why make an effort?

And the Bloven (tm Jacob) starts feeding upon itself in the (sixth?) week. And it was good.

Marshawn? Is the woman. Who else could basically say 'bitch, don't interrupt me' in the BR with such class and tact? And how stupid was Jen M. to interrupt Marshawn in the first place, since Marshawn was trashing Kristi? Speaking of Kristi - bitter, party of one? Table ready! How tacky of her to leave the BR without shaking Trump's hand (as someone upthread pointed out) and not thanking anyone? She's finally off of my tv. God got out of the tub!!

I'm so tired of Trump's damned inconsistency. He fired an Excel PM because he managed the task poorly. I don't remember who it was, since Excel has been on a winning streak. For the past two weeks, he's fired the person he'd been gunning for in the past, but didn't have the opportunity to fire earlier, for whatever reason.

I guess I never noticed Brian before because I couldn't see him. He's kind of cute, though damn near Lilliputian in stature. Must be a rule, though, that the PM's presentation skills have got to suck because he? Was pretty bad.

Free Randal!

thuganomics85

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:20 pm

Actually I think Wyclef is an excellent musician, and thought it would be a pretty fun reward to participate in (wasn't good for *my* ears to hear white boys get funky, but it had to be a lot of fun for them to do).[/quote]

I do remember that he did a song with Santana on the Supernatural cd. It was actually pretty good. He seems to be a great musician and I actually thought the reward was kind of fun..

Then again, I remember him also doing a song with The Rock. That wasn't so good. He bascially sung, while Rocky screamed "IT DOESN'T MATTER!" over and over again. As you can guess, that wasn't exactly a classic.

DannyVegas

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:21 pm

I assure that Wyclef is very well-known in the music world. In fact, today someone said they needed suggestions for songs about leaving and I suggested "Gone 'Til November" by Wyclef. (Good song and good video.)[/quote]

Sorry yruneh, it looks like Catlin alreay has your dream job. Maybe she'll send you a free shirt.

Slade2

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:21 pm

Add me to the list of people who hate Kristi and are glad she was fired - though Jen M should have been fired for pronouncing the name of the movie incorrectly.

Anyone know anything about Gainesville, GA, where Kristi is from. Many, many years ago, Oprah did a show on racism and some townsfolk from Gainesville (Georgia) were in the audience saying Gainesville was an all white town and wanted it to stay that way. I've never been able to remember if it was Gainesville Georgia or Florida or California, but when I saw Kristi's profile I decided to keep an eye on her. She didn't disappoint since she disliked Marshawn from the beginning. So, I've always hated her.

DannyVegas

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:28 pm

I kind of find the idea of Carolyn and Bill together hot.
[/quote]

I don't know about hot...but it definately works better than any other combination we've seen to date. This matchup definately appeals to the 18-39 year-old audience. I don't think there are a whole lot of 65 and older people tuning into see George.

catrina

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:30 pm

At least, for me it was the worst reward ever, because if there was anything I didn’t need to see, it was a bunch of white guys thinkin’ they’re layin’ down some wicked ass rhymes with Wyclef Jean.[/quote]

ITA, and yet now I want to hear the song in its entirety. Perhaps Wyclef disproves the old maxim that you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

What I thought especially sucked about the "reward" was the fact that even the men admitted they were all tired and it was hard to get excited. Wouldn't it have been better if the producers had let them go home and sleep and then hang out with Wyclef when they were better-rested instead of having to perform again like trained seals for the camera? (Of course that's what this whole show is really).

I feel bad for Kirstin because I think she got especially bossy about *this* task because the float idea was hers. So I could see that if they lost, they could have turned it around and blamed her for the very idea. It might have made her a little more shrill than normal. I'm not saying she might not be more negative than a beauty queen, but I wondered if she felt on edge the whole task because she kept hearing in her head Carolyn saying "so who's idea was the float? It was pathetic."

Quiddler

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:33 pm

Personally, I think they both should've been fired.[/quote]Agreed, Seabreeze. I don't really have a problem with Kristi's firing (I mean, gah, that voice), but Jennifer didn't acquit herself very well tonight. I mean, girl shoulda totally been fired just for wearing those capri's to the boardroom. Then again, that one-on-one smackdown of Kristi? Awesome. <heh>

Markus: DO! SOMETHING! Damn. Markus wasn't marginalized by his team this week, he marginalized himself. Boy showed his true colors tonight. Damn...and just when he was starting to grow on me a little.

Nerdy white men rapping. <draws a shuddering breath> The horror .... the horror .... [/Marlon Brando]

Brian was "injected with Markus fluid." First reaction: hee! Second? ewwww.

Speaking of Brian...when did he get here?

Trumpy's "I'm a little impressed." Uh...was that a thinly veiled short joke? 'Cause it kinda came off that way.

Funniest moment of the night: Hop-a-long Rebecca dragging her suitcase to the boardroom. <snerk>

By the way, anyone know how I can simultaneously board both Randall's and Marshawn's Love Trains? They continue to impress me more and more each week. Love. them.

PS Jennifer? Z-A-T-H-U-R-A. (Look, ma: no N's!)

rsenor

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:38 pm

First, there was way too little Rebecca in this episode. Maybe she had an off-week, but I can't imagine that she didn't fire off some bon mots towards Kristi and Jennifer during her bitchterviews.[/quote]

My guess is that two things occured...one, Rebecca is trying to lay low and not make ANY waves after the Toral fiasco, at least for a while. She knows she has proved herself as PM.

Second, most of the work this week involved being mobile, crawling, etc. so I would imagine rebecca was benched for the builk of the task.

Klawzie

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:38 pm

On mispronouncing "Zathura"...... I'm of two minds.

1) They were tired, and it's possible (not saying "very likely", just "possible") that Jen is dyslexic or has a learning disorder. (Repeat, possible.) When I am tired, I will see extra letters somewhere they are not. Hell - I just noticed the other day that I've been mentally mispronouncing a common term in a fantasy series I've read for about ten years, switching letters and pronouncing it that way rather than the correct way.

If a word is not really a word, can you blame someone for having trouble with it? Same with odd names. I have an unusual name and after a few times pronouncing it by each syllable, I give up and let them call me whatever they want as long as it's pleasant and I could identify it as me they're trying to get the attention of. I went an entire year in high school going by "Rachel" (when it wasn't my name).

That said....

2) That's still not really an excuse.

The director/writer/producer guy (I don't remember them making it clear, sorry - also, not my task so I don't have to feel bad for not doing my research HO HO!) was very specific about wanting the name to be prominant and correctly pronounced.

If we excuse Jen's flub on a possible learning disability, then she is actually sort of doubly responsible for making sure she gets it right. I once called up a school councelor to make sure I had gotten the pronunciation of a possible employer's name correct. (Her first name was "Jeanne" which has several possible pronunciations - and her last name was... extremely unusual and the sort of name you'd see on Leno during the Headline's section for weddings.)

It was her job to make sure she got the name correct.

I hate this wobbling. Someone fire Barbie just so I don't have to have mixed feelings on whether or not she was a complete moron for getting the name wrong or "only human".

BuonGiorno

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:40 pm

Funniest moment of the night: Hop-a-long Rebecca dragging her suitcase to the boardroom. <snerk>[/quote]

And NO ONE on the team helped her?

rsenor

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:41 pm

I think this was filming while TA3 was airing, so Kendra wouldn't have been hired yet. Maybe Burnett and Trump realized that no one really gave a damn about Kelly and so they're not inflicting him on us? Or he's just too busy selling Trump Ice out of the basement. [/quote]

Exactly...they are watching, and they know we couldn't give two shits what Kelly thinks. heh.

Zagad

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:42 pm

ITA with most of what's been said re Kristi and Jenn. Given Randal's excellent question to Trump about which is more important, concept or team dynamics, and Trump's answer of dynamics, I thought Jenn should have brought in the whole team for support. If she had been stronger as a leader, she could have managed the group - said, look, I don't think any of you deserve to be fired, but I would like you here to respond to specific issues that I bring up in my defense of myself and my argument to fire Kristi. Handled the right way, she could have totally defused the popularity contest aspect, and made a real substantive argument for why Kristi should be fired.

Also, I think she decided she needed to get the red carpet (WTF?) just to get away from Kristi for awhile.

lauriecake

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:43 pm

they are watching, and they know we couldn't give two shits what Kelly thinks.[/quote]

I don't think they care too much about Kelly either.

rsenor

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:44 pm

I kind of find the idea of Carolyn and Bill together hot. [/quote]

I imagine Carolyn is pretty dominant...Bill would probably get a good whompin. Make that little bachelorette hoohaha whatever her name is look like nothin.

PinkyTuscadero

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:43 pm

I think Bill is the only winner whom Trump actually respects. I think he liked Kelly, but Kelly is boring. As for Kendra, I think he wants to keep her as far away from him as possible. She was a token female winner, at least in Trump's eyes, and I don't think he wishes to revisit that.

yadayada

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:45 pm

Nevermind.

Flavialynn

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:46 pm

Anyone know anything about Gainesville, GA, where Kristi is from. Many, many years ago, Oprah did a show on racism and some townsfolk from Gainesville (Georgia) were in the audience saying Gainesville was an all white town and wanted it to stay that way. I've never been able to remember if it was Gainesville Georgia or Florida or California, but when I saw Kristi's profile I decided to keep an eye on her. She didn't disappoint since she disliked Marshawn from the beginning. So, I've always hated her.[/quote]

I went to school in Athens, Georgia (UGA). Gainesville is about an hour northeast of Atlanta. The Oprah show you are thinking about was in a nearby county, but not actually in the town, or even the same county as the town. The counties in Georgia are extremely small, I believe there are about 150 counties in the state. I would assume the demographics of Gainesville to be the same as any other southern town.

Anyway... I didn't particularly enjoy Kristi's personality, but loved the accent.

"Markus fluid" + "our special sauce" = too many references to unpleasant liquids.

Perhaps there is a Chair / hair correlation. As Carolyn's distance to the Chair decreases, so does her hair. Awful!

canuck31003

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:46 pm

I kind of find the idea of Carolyn and Bill together hot.
I don't know about hot...but it definately works better than any other combination we've seen to date. This matchup definately appeals to the 18-39 year-old audience.[/quote]

I don't know about the masses, but I'm in 18-39 group and that pairing definitely is a quadruple yuck, IMO. I kind of like the idea of Carolyn being happily married to her George.

Anywhoo, regarding the preview of next week, I'm wondering why Trump had to come back early, no matter how badly a team did. I'm sure Trump was planning on coming back for the boardroom, anyway--does he have to return early to fire whoever immediately? What's an extra day or two? Does Trump have nothing more important to do that he's willing to interrupt his itinerary just to fire some reality show contestant?

Edit to add: I hope Rebecca makes at least the final four, but I think she needs a win as a PM as soon as possible or she's not going to make it.

LolaLilaLilly

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:49 pm

I think Trump really liked Boyfriend Bill too, didn't he resign him up with Trumpico for another year?

These women pretty much suck at marketing-style tasks, completley. And I'm tired of marketing tasks, lets get on to something new and different!

Their biggest problem seems to be with not wanting to put the name of the product on stuff, like the guys did "Zathura" should of been plastered on this thing, but instead you have to look for it on the girls' float.

I didn't completley understand the criticism on the float not having a "sense of scale" it's no as if floats are great dioramas as it is that need to adhere to a perfect scale. Who cares if the plants were bigger than the house and the planets were too small. Maybe the planets were far away?

I didn't get that part. I agree their float kinda sucked, and Jem M's mispronouncing the word was unforgivale. If you're trying to sell yourself/creation to a client and they have a hard to pronounce name you stay up at night saying that over and over to learn how to say it right! And it's not like it's a hard word to begin with, you just sound the damn thing out.

Not very sorry to see Kristi go, and Markus is creeping back onto my nerves!

JennaC

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:51 pm

Also, I think she decided she needed to get the red carpet (WTF?) just to get away from Kristi for awhile. [/quote]

I could see how she could get tired of Kristi; however, Jennifer should have sent Kristi to get the carpet all by herself. Jennifer, Randall, Marshawn, and Rebecca should have spent the time and the break from Kristi to rehearse the presentation.

Braxton Hicks

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:54 pm

What is it with Trump's obsession with Beauty Queens?

He buys Miss World and Miss Universe, which I can't imagine are financially viable as businesses.

Last year he could hardly contain his love for Erin. This year he has two ex-pageant winners on the women's team - and he doesn't fire Jen despite her obvious shortcomings. It's almost like he believes that having a pageant title means you can do no wrong.

Did he have a formative experience at an early age? Was he rescued from drowning by a woman wearing a sash and a tiara, and now thinks that all beauty queens have super powers?

Or is it that he just likes to have "Miss Universe' smiling mutely at him in his office while he expounds about how 'Money Is Important'?

n00b

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:57 pm

I'm wondering why Trump had to come back early, no matter how badly a team did. I'm sure Trump was planning on coming back for the boardroom, anyway--does he have to return early to fire whoever immediately? What's an extra day or two? Does Trump have nothing more important to do that he's willing to interrupt his itinerary just to fire some reality show contestant?[/quote]
Carolyn, because she's smart, was probably going to fire Jenn, and Trump decided he better hightail it back to fire someone else for some bogus reason.

I loved the reward myself, nice to see them all having a good time, and I doubt any of them are deluded enough to think that they're actually good musicians. The icing on the cake was Markus and his "YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS!"

canuck31003

Oct 20, 2005 @ 10:59 pm

is it that he just likes to have "Miss Universe' smiling mutely at him in his office while he expounds about how 'Money Is Important'?[/quote]

Hmm, maybe money is so important to Trump because that's how he's able to have beauty queens in his office ;o)

RhondaGC

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:01 pm

Maybe I'm naive, here, but I'm not as convinced as some that Trump kept Jen M around just for the "beauty queen" aspect. I think it was possible, as others have shown, to make viable arguments for either one of them being fired tonight. Both deserve to go and both will go eventually, I'm sure. Trump might have actually decided to fire Kristi for the reason he said--she was causing problems for the team. He's already had plenty of experience on this show with catty and bitchy women who won't work well with others and how they infect their team. Maybe he just figured he'd take her out of the equation on the theory that the team will operate better without her. (Although seeing as how he's about to restructure I'm not sure why it would matter. Actually, I would have liked to see Kristi forced to work with some of the men, who don't usually put up with her kind of crap very well). I don't think that was a wrong decision, necessarily. Like I said, I could have gone either way, and maybe he figured keeping Jen and losing Kristi was the lesser of two evils.

Then, of course, Trump does have a thing for long blonde hair, so who knows?

illogic

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:03 pm

It's good to know that Trump is running a marketing firm this year. Funny, I always thought he was a real estate mogul.

Caitlin M

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:07 pm

It's good to know that Trump is running a marketing firm this year. Funny, I always thought he was a real estate mogul.[/quote]
Fo' realz. Why has every single task been marketing? Since when was Trump in advertising and public relations? And more importantly, who thinks I can talk my PR & advertising professor into giving me extra credit for watching The Apprentice every week?

LadyKenobi

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:08 pm

Tonight's firing? Truly, The Trump Penis Has Spoken.

jodypow

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:15 pm

Yay! So glad to see Kristi booted. Next week, the silence will be deafening.

Every week, she's been loud and obnoxious. She wasn't much of a leader, but she's not much of a follower either. She always acts like she's in charge. Yes, she's a strong worker, but she needs to understand her role in each task.

Marshawn is shining, moreso than Marcus I think. She speaks very succinctly, and Trump understands, and, I think, respects her.

What is it with people interrupting each other all the time? When Trump specifically asked Alla what she thought, you could see Felicia yammering away about something. I thought Jen pulling Kristi aside to admonish her was great, but Kristi wouldn't stop interrupting long enough to hear what she was saying. Have the people on this show never heard of constructive criticism?

And another thing, once you've made your point about a subject, shut up and move on. Markus, I'm looking at you. As Bryan was trying to say, I hear you and we'll discuss it, but now is not the time. Instead, Markus keeps going on and on about his stupid point.

Oh, and Markus? Pick up a broom, damnit. You took yourself out of this one, mister. (At least that's what the editing showed.)

I think the reward was pretty cool in terms of making the guys a stronger team. They've got more cohesiveness than the women, but then, that's pretty much always the case. Women (and I'm one of them) often don't work well with each other in groups.

Jen, how could you so totally miss the mark on the pronunciation?

Kristi? Bad concept with the float. The scaling was all wrong. So whether you look at tonight's firing from a cumulative standpoint or a singular task standpoint, Kristi was still the logical choice for firing.

And, because it can't be said enough: Yay! So glad to see Kristi booted.

jesus206

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:18 pm

At this point, I like Martha's logic. She clearly explained why she kept Jim. She wanted to see how the rest of the team would handle him as both he and Jennifer haven't shown anything. So while Jim didn't show much promise , at least he would be a tool to examine how the others would handle him. So I applauded Stephanie's firing even if I thought Jim was hatable and useless.

Same logic should have applied here. It is clear Jennifer M is not cut out for the job. She is pretty lame. Kristi is definitely not cut out either and I hate her a lot more. Kristi will serve as a bigger detriment to her team than Jennifer M. But apprentice is not about hiring a team. At least she will be more helpful to the TV Show ratings and will serve as a tool to see how other contestants handle her.
So the KRISTIS are broken up. Aaaah, no clear villains left.

Anyway. Jennifer M should have learned from the last Apprentice how to delegate. It is simply amazing how bad most of the contestants are at delegation. Marshawn does realize that and she didn't have too many people doing something one person could have done just as easily. I never understood why a PM insists on having a posse accompany him/her for shopping(remember last year Tana and Alex and the bedazzler sparklers). That is such a waste of time. Why not at least practice your presentation in the van?

Anyway, Jennifer M, Kristi both deserved to go. I'd rather it be JenniferM since Kristi is good for the show as a featured villain.

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE ZATHURA?
What I am curious is if she mispronounced the name prior to the presentation and if anyone on her team corrected her on that?

Josh doesn't bother me on the men's team. When he complains, he doesnt have a bitchface on. My ears were bleeding from that "lead singer'"s voice when Wyclef was coaching him.

LolaLilaLilly

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:21 pm

I really think the Apprentice was hurt by bringing in all of these big corportations.

I loved Season 1 when they were doing things like selling lemonade, running a local rickshaw business, negotating prices on random things, fixing up houses and stuff. It was fun.

The latest seasons have just been:

Make a marketing campaign for Burger King.
Make a marketing campaign for Zahtura.
Make a marketing campaign for Sony.

Etc.

I guess the Tethno Expo episode wasn't exactly marketing, but we've had three others this season Dairy Queen, Lamborghini, Zathura. That's 3/5 tasks this season that was marketing related.

Let's seem some tasks where we actualy get to see some BUSINESS SKILLS!!!

AwNutz

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:21 pm

Truly, The Trump Penis Has Spoken.[/quote]

BRAIN BLEACH!!! I NEEEED BRAIN BLEACH!!!

outtacontrol

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:25 pm

I LIKED that Kristi told Jen to shut up at the end -- why should she even pretend not to be pissed when she'd just heard someone WHINE about her in the boardroom for god knows how long.

SO don't like Jen -- On the verge of tears voice, furrowed brow, "But Mr. TRUMP, she was unMANAGEABLE!" That's the only reason they lost? Not even. But Jen couldn't seem to get past the Kristi is a meanie tirade. How very professional.

tiggeril

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:28 pm

I LIKED that Kristi told Jen to shut up at the end -- why should she even pretend not to be pissed when she'd just heard someone WHINE about her in the boardroom for god knows how long.[/quote]
So what? It was still unprofessional and childish. Not to mention just plain bad sportsmanship.

Race Fan Alan

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:28 pm

Donald Trump thinks money is good. Who knew?

ElizaBennet

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:30 pm

Just chiming in to point out that Alla is amazing. I think that she is the most effective and forceful apprentice on the women's team. She's great every week, and if it wasn't for her backstory I think that she'd be getting more buzz as a final-two contender...

Also, Carolyn kicks ass. As does Randall.

mechitar

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:35 pm

Am I the only one who liked the reward? I thought it was totally cool. Yes, the song was a little painful to hear, but it was damn impressive considering it was put together in like an hour and performed by a bunch of white guys with little to no musical experience. Mad props to Wyclef Jean for making that even come close to working.

LadyKenobi

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:41 pm

go suck an acorn[/quote]

That... is my new Official Insult.

eurp

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:44 pm

I looked it up and "trump" can be a verb - used in card- playing but in other situations as well. If you think using "trump" as a verb is bad, I once had a classmate who, when asked to conjugate the verb in the following sentence: There were too few to fight - conjugated "too few".

Back on topic; I think I may be the only one who feels this way, but I don't feel as if I've seen what Randall can do that so many of you (and the wanabes as well) think he's really good. I'm certainly willing to say that I'm wrong, but could someone please tell me what I've been missing where he is concerned. I truly would like to know. Also, if Carolyn is in charge next week, do we get both Bill and George as her viceroys?

SmedIndy

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:45 pm

I would have loved that reward, just to spend time in a recording studio. That would have kicked ass.

I can't disagree with the firing - but it was ripe for a double firing. Jen is vapid. That's all I can say. Vapid.

Whoever said that Markus was the Ringo of Excel was insulting Ringo. Ringo was a heck of a drummer - because he knew his place in the whole scheme of the song. Markus is like Pete Best.

Lanka

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:54 pm

15 minutes into the episode it was clear that the women are losing and that at the end it will be between Jen and Kristi. Since Trump made it very clear that he has a permanent hard-on (ew!) for Jen, it was obvious Kristi was going.

As others have pointed out, Jen was responsible for the loss, but Kristi was worse for the team overall, but that's not why Trump made the decision that he did.

I feel bad for Randal about being stuck with the women's team. I think Trump picks his contestants like this: potential apprentices (men) and eye candy (women), and look, he split them along gender lines just so he can have all his eye candy at one place! Really, some of the women seem smart but not qualified (like Alla) or experienced (like Rebecca). The only female candidate that is really good, and that still has the potential to win is Marshawn.

Also, in the last episode we were questioning who was worse, Toral or the "blonde coven", and this episode kind of showed that if they did unite against Toral, it was because Toral *was* disrespectful to them. In this episode we saw no evidence of them even trying to turn on Rebecca or Marshawn. I think there were only two real members of that coven, Kristi and Felisha, while Alla and Jen M. were getting clumped with them without any real reason.

Brinswan

Oct 20, 2005 @ 11:56 pm

I wanna chime in and say I think the Wyclef Jean reward is certainly one of the best ones yet! Although I suppose it is less special knowing that he was also a prize on ANTM (hmm for some reason I don't recall that.) Anyhow, "shet EPP Jen, ah don't even wanna hear it."

Bassari99

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:12 am

What, did all these people take machine shop in high school? Don't get me wrong, because I think everyone should, but I know I would have been useless on that task. Yes, Capital Edge was outclassed by the Excel team, but I still was impressed that they possessed the skills to put that float together, despite all of the off-scale elements.

I like Marshawn, too, but I wish the producers would show her doing something more than looking poised and pissed. Kristi was an insufferable twit this episode (as she has been since day one), but she Alla, and Felicia were also shown to be real workhorses, which helped to make Kristi's firing seem a bit unjust. I understand why Trump fired her; Kristi's combative behavior in the board room didn't help her case, and her nasty disposition afterward made her even more unsympathetic. Still, I think she may have more potential as a leader than Jenn M. Unfortunately, poor Kristi is utterly clueless as to just how abrasive she comes across. Perhaps, Kristi is overcompensating for being so young and diminuitive.

Jenn sure is likeable, though I did not like the blame-shifting. Jenn was in way over her head on this task, though I think the rest of the team should also be held to account for some of her oversights. Shouldn't someone else have seen that there needed to be more mentions of the movie's title on the float, especially when Jon Favreau stressed that that was going to be one of the most important elements of judging the task?

TwistTie

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:13 am

%&$&%*"(& Global TV (canadian network that carries the show) and cutting out the taxi aftermath! They've been so good so far this season and just when I saw how pissed off Kristi was thinking this one is gonna be good, cut to the shrunken credits and a promo for Without a Trace.

I think at this point I'm glad Reunion is running in the same timeslot. I can tape the CNBC repeat on Friday without risking not seeing the taxi aftermath.

Times like this I really hate Canadian content laws

CaptainSnarky

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:18 am

As I despise Wyclef, when the Trumpinator said that hanging out with him and recording a song was going to be the reward, I snatched up my remote and hit that FF button with a quickness. Watching clueless Chipsters trying to "rap" is not my idea of a reward.

Marshawn is kicking twenty-five kinds of ass, up from fifteen last week. When she addressed the Bloven and basically said, "Grow the fuck up, beyotches" and later when she pointedly told JenM "Let me finish," I (silently) cheered.

Josh needs a metric ton of Shut the Fuck Up, and a side of You Useless Dickwad. He's the type of person who thinks he's witty, insightful, and direct, when in reality he's cloying, predictable, and toolish. When the PM is bitching someone out, it isn't necessary for you to stick your geek head all up in the business. If you've got beef, you wait your turn; other wise, you keep sweeping and keep. your mouth. SHUT. Capice, Josh? Of course you don't; you're too busy borrowing from the Hateful Jim Textbook of Metaphor and Simile.

Magsi2

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:23 am

What, did all these people take machine shop in high school?[/quote] Now that you mention it, my hubby asked me who helped them to make the floats. He said he didn't think that they would be able to create them without some outside help. Mind you, he WAS watching the ladies arguing about something, but I found this to be funny. I'm sure someone had to be available to help them, although it did look like the guys were doing it themselves. I don't remember if it was mentioned that they had assistance or not. (Martha's groups had lots of help for their task last week) If they really wanted a good one, you would think that "professional float builders" (I have to imagine that someone has that title) would be around for this task. Trumpy missed out on another advertising revenue possibility with that one. He could have charge the "professionals" just to be around and be seen. Of course the "professionals" would have to make only the biggest and the bestest and the YOOOOGEST floats out there in parades today....Oh the possibilities!

Jeebus Shuttlesworth

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:23 am

YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS! The ladies...are freakin'.

What's with all the inappropriate rewards? First, playing hockey for the girls team, and now singing a rap song for a bunch of white guys. I nearly wet myself when they played it while Jen was walking back to the suite. It sounded like a horror movie with men being tortured to death.

Zenthura = Jumanji. Worst movie ever.

I laughed when the guys said Markus was good at ordering food.

I'm not gonna cry over Kristi getting the ax. She's the leader of the Bloven, and even said as much in her taxicab rant. Bye bye, bitch(es)!

FlyingKite

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:26 am

I wanted them both fired too. Maybe next week we can have a bloodbath in the boardroom and really chop out all the deadwood. He's fired two before, seemed logical he'd do it again tonight.
Felt bad the guys had been up 36 hours then go on reward, but they seemed to perk up and have fun anyways. But that 36 hours explains why Josh was hell bent on getting lazy ass Marcus to pick up a broom and help out. Did he even do any painting after acting like he didn't understand the request?
What did Randel do on the team (besides tag along for the red carpet purchase)? And why did no one help poor hop-a-long Rebecca with her suitcase? I disliked the whole team seeing her have to hop like that, pretty petty not to assist the girl on crutches.

DanniPintauro

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:28 am

Holy crap was that reward terrifying. I was traumatized enough by Adam's singing on the DQ task; now he's "rapping"?! My boyfriend wouldn't stop harassing me with the "ladies" part after the show. Finally, I said, "Didn't that reward part totally give you the creeps?" His reply? "No, it totally gave me a boner."

Sigh. That is what I live with.

In other news, does anyone else see Alla as an extra from "The Dark Crystal"?

Marie Laveau

Oct 21, 2005 @ 12:31 am

Am I the only one who thought Trump kept referring to Marshawn as "Marsha"?

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