1/14/07 "I have a fantastic body."

[t-bag]

What an absolutely hilarious episode. So many perfect moments. I can't decide what I liked more: Trump describing his mouth-watering body or everyone talking about Carey ramrodding things down throats.

Another great moment: Surya's excellent debut as a male model. Now we know why the NBC website dubbed him "The Hair".

[Firecat]

LOL....those moments were very funny.

The suit itself wasn't that bad, it was the print. If it was all white....it would have been a little better.

I'm actually kinda pissed off. They showed very little of the teams working on the task. And when did they decide on team names?

[doriangz]

The editing this season sucks really bad. We missed the picking of the names but how many ways of telling us tentcity sucks can they put on our screens ? They spent more time on the actual fashion show than on showing us the task. I was still into the Apprentice last season (one of the few) but I am starting to be bored. They are focusing way too much of the gimmicks and are losing the whole business catfights thing. Even though they show us more of the boardroom which is nice.

And did you notice that they spoiled next week's episode in the trailer ? They showed who would be judging with Ivanka and Trump therefore telling us which half of the team would lose the task. Another example of lazy editing.

[Tabby Lavalamp]

I didn't notice the spoiler, but I did see when Project Manager and Not Jaime Pressly leaving the mansion, Project Manager was running with her luggage in tow. :D

Heidi is quickly becoming my favourite this season. I love the way she's been handling herself in the boardroom so far, and unless she screws up royally on her first loss, she should be able to get through it with at least two wins in a row under her belt.
And the best part of the winning PM staying in that position? The knives are starting to come out! The underlings have certainly found themselves in an awkward position. The only way to unseat Heidi is for the team to lose. But do you want to shake things up enough to lose deliberately? If you lose, you stand a good chance of being fired, especially in you contribute to the loss.
If Kinetic wins their next task making it three in a row for Heidi, this could well be one of the best twists ever.

Finally, a question. Are there any gay African-American men who don't shave their heads?

[doriangz]

Incidently I am gay and I got a nice body and I wouldnt wear pink. I personally found it sorta offensive that Carey kept insisting this was a gay suit (how lame and cliche of his) and that that was their plan all along (when the other cute "straight male" said something in the car earlier about it being something he wouldnt wear, he was shot down as if he was wrong - not as if he wasnt the targeted market)

Btw I would want to see MOST of that team in tight bathing suits. "I have a nicer body than them". yeah RIGHT.

Heidi raises good points in the boardroom but she doesnt play it cunningly enough to win an advantage to her team in the long run and I am not sure that wont come back to bite her ass. And have you noticed how she was playing it against Nicole but at the end, when he fired Carey, she was playing it as if it was an obvious choice ?

This show has to be the highest concentration of hypocrisy in an hour of TV after the O'Reilly Show.

[chooch850]

Taking this show out of NYC was the first mistake. Getting rid of Caroline and George was the second. I agree with you guys. They don't spend enough time on the task. You can't figure out the dynamics of each team. And not having a new project manager for the winning team just stacks the deck for the show and doesn't give you a true candidate for the next apprentice. It's just too gimmicky this year.

P.S. I wonder what Rosie will have to say about "The Donald" firing a gay person.

[t-bag]

I noticed the PM sprinting away, too, Tabby. Can't wait to see the continuation of that next week, when she bursts into the backyard through the hedge and holds everyone captive with her thrilling story of boardroom intrigue, like Frank did.

Doriangz, I agree with your assessment of Heidi's boardroom behavior, but cut her some slack, man! She's got to be terrified of putting herself out there too much and trying to manipulate Trump too obviously. I liked how she perceived that no one liked Michelle and that she's slowing them down, so she fought her hardest to keep her on their team, even trying to get Donald to make her leave early, like Tim last week. And I like the way she immediately switches and, essentially, sucks the Donald's cock once he makes a decision. Smart playing, stroking his ego. "Yeah, it was really tough, but you made a really smart decision and ultimately the best one." She's really put herself in a great position, and now if she fails, it's her own fault. It'll be hard to knock her from the post unless she messes up terribly on their next task.

And as for the preview for next week giving it away, did it show Heidi in the boardroom again? Because don't they have immunity, so they don't have to compete next week? It wasn't very clear - or at least, not to me - about what their immunity entailed. Does this mean that someone from the backyard team is getting fired next week for sure? If so, then Heidi is guaranteed a third time sitting in on the boardroom, so the preview shouldn't have given anything away.

But as for lazy editing, in the stupid, gimmicky text message game they've got going right before the commercials, where Donald and Ivanka scream at us from two inches away from the camera, take a look at the five people they've thrown up for you to pick as the worst out of the episode. So far, they've given away both losing teams of the first two episodes by picking the three worst of the losing team, the project manager of the winning team, and then just a random fifth. This episode, it was Nicole, Michelle, and Carey, obviously, and then Heidi and, strangely enough, that crazy little black woman with the accent. So I knew right at the first commercial break who would lose and who would be the three up for firing. Hopefully they get a little more subtle with this in the future. And, really, throwing in that black woman? I've barely even noticed her. Once I saw her as one of the choices, I made sure to keep track of her throughout the episode to see what horrible mistakes she was going to make. She said two sentences. Two. Send the bitch to TentCity. Off with her head!

[doriangz]

@ T-Bag.
Good observation about Heidi propping up Michelle in the boardroom.

And to asnwer your question, no, it is not Heidi that is shown. It is a member of the "losing" team of this week. From the look of the previews they will be divided in two mini-teams of three and one member of the backyard group is shown sitting next to Trump meaning the group he or she is not a part of will be the losing group. Heidi's team will be resting in the house (btw how much do you want to bet they will spend more time showing us how sweet it is "to have won last week" than on the actual tasks of that week)
I could tell you whom it is in the boardroom - and therefore who will lose but I dont wanna spoil it to those who didn't notice.

Btw question. If the backyard group is divided in two groups of three , does it mean the three winners will join the other in the house. Minus the firee it would mean there would be only two losers left in the backyard - which would piss me off if I was them !

[Tabby Lavalamp]

But as for lazy editing, in the stupid, gimmicky text message game they've got going right before the commercials, where Donald and Ivanka scream at us from two inches away from the camera
I have to say, I love how cheesy it all is! When Trump says the name of the person chosen to go to Tent City, it's obvious he prerecorded everyone's name and they edit it in. It reminds me of The Simpsons where there's a "personal" greeting from Krusty where he speaks most of it, but the personalization is put in by some random guy. :D

[HoneyBunny]

I loved watching the winners with their ears pressed up against the hedges listening to the losers...
What is it with Kristine's face?
The thought of Pasty Ass Donald in that pink speedo thing was bile producing. Having to watch Carey in it was punishment enough.
Does anyone else think that the winning team is getting fed up with Heidi's royal treatment? I smell mutiny in the air.

hb

[JulieM]

Heidi wins hands down as the biggest butt kisser in the whole world...and she has such little presence. I'm afraid that with her attitude, she is first to go.

I was secretly hoping as they had themselves pressed up against the hedges that somebody would fall through them or a bee would sting somebody.

Carey's swimsuit looked great, just please on somebody less muscle bound...shudder.

Surya's man fur....double shudder. Yeah they shorted them a couple of models to get an Apprentice out there, but please, couldn't he have worn a tank or something. Ewwwww. Man fur or man boobies....big turn-off.

[doriangz]

To Surya's defense, it is not that he is that hairy, it is just that the hair has a very unfortunate placement on his chest.
And remember that there are only two men on that team and, as nice as the other guy seems to be, between the two I would have picked Surya too.

Ironically I didnt think the pink swimsuit looked that great on Carey either (color or not color).

[Pattijoretired]

But does the winning team really want to stage a loss? because if they do not only does one get fired they have to live outside. And the other team hasn't been keeping things that neat out there. They sure don't clean up their dishes.

[Pegster]

I'm actually bothered when the Apprenti are forced to do a "fashion" challenge. Just because someone (Carey) isn't talented in fashion design, it doesn't necessarility mean that he isn't a strong candidate. I know that they want the winner to be creative, but I don't think these types of tasks really relate to life in The Trump Organization.

This isn't Project Runway, afterall.

[Pattijoretired]

There was nothing on tv earlier and I caught and episode of Gay, Straight. pr Taken anyway a guy on the show had on a swimsuit like the one on last nights show. It was black and blue striped (wide stripes) it didn't look as bad as last nights suit, but still it wasn't right. The guy wasn't gay wither he was the taken one. I bet if he watched the show last night he probably has burnt that suit now.:D

[roob]

Add me to the list of people who hate the new PM-until-you-lose twist. Heidi got to be PM originally because she had camped before...bfd.

She managed to pick a good team, which was likely luck more than anything. And she's won two tasks - barely - because the other team had at least one royal fuck up per task.

It may make for good television, but it's a shitty way to get a clear perspective on each candidate. I mean, it wouldn't hurt to see how Heidi did in situations where she was being told what to do, would it?

[giffordsaz]

I to do not like the rules of play this time around. It seems like they have throwm Survivor and the Runway show into it... what next... Top Chef type challenge?

Trump was on the Free FM radio station this morning with Adam Corrolla and he stated by week 4 the 'camp' in the backyard gets skanky.... very nasty!:scared:

[giffordsaz]

Pattijo, what lovely puppies you have!

[Pattijoretired]

Pattijo, what lovely puppies you have!

Thank you. I have another one but she wasn't around for that picture she was in the house asleep on the bed. She isn't the same kind of dog as the other two.

Your puppy is a cutie also.

[giffordsaz]

Thank you. I have another one but she wasn't around for that picture she was in the house asleep on the bed. She isn't the same kind of dog as the other two.

Your puppy is a cutie also.

A cutie that will soon be a mommie for the second time! Her first litter had just a little boy... we are hoping for a few more!

Thats what the teams need to do again... a dog wash, or hey it is L.A., pedicures on the street..., botox at the beach.
hhhmmm what would be a new and different challenge?

[doriangz]

Alright. I was wrong. No spoiler in last week's preview.
But the image I saw wasnt in the episode and I know that for sure because of the clothes

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Mark my words. At some point during the season, Frank will be in the judge chair at Trump's left. I dont know when. But I know he was shown there in the previews last week.
I may be crazy but if I turn out to be right, I wanna say I told you so !

In the meantime, i was wrong :)