The next Apprentice- in charge of a 90 storey skyscraper construction!

[CULWULLA]

sounds fantastic! the next apprentice series will see if you can oversee the construction of the 90storey Trump tower in Chicago
http://images.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2002-08/4061830.jpg

http://ktla.trb.com/entertainment/tv/chi-040426trump-redeye-3-story,0,4475193.story?coll=ktla-entnews-2

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/tv/chi-0404210245apr21,0,6156899.story?coll=sfla-home-dots-right-utility

[Muse]

Ouwh! A spinorrrf!

I'm looking forward to tonight's screening, even just to realise Donald Trump in a reality program. Who would have thought? Seems like the mega-rich can afford to take the time out for a few laffs. Hi Paris!!

If the spinorrrf goes ahead, I just hope it doesn't concentrate on the personalities too much and we get to see some of the scraper building process. Who am I kiddin'? (Gosh, I really don't care anymore who dislikes who, and who will do or say 'what' next.)

LOL @ the white ski-mask rings around the eyes. When not skiing in Switzerland, he makes reality!

http://images.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2004-04/411495.jpg

Click here for Trump's hair do's and dont's! Elliah Wood, Fidel Castro, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson sporting the Trump 'do'.

http://ktla.trb.com/entertainment/tv/sfl-donaltrumpflash,0,1506589.htmlstory?coll=ktla-entnews-2

[Avatar]

Donald do you want an Australian with green card for this job? I will put myself up for it! I'd get fired within the week most likely hahaha.

Fights with the architects and construction companies over reflectivity and height would no doubt be contentious.

[Muse]

I liked what I saw last night. I thought Trump would be hideous but he was quite likeable (under 'n by the rulz of the game).

BTW Ouwh Avy. A pip-squeak like you wouldn't last 2 days. ;)

[New Jack City]

I liked what I saw last night. I thought Trump would be hideous but he was quite likeable (under 'n by the rulz of the game).

BTW Ouwh Avy. A pip-squeak like you wouldn't last 2 days. ;)

So the Apprentice just started to air over there now?

[routemarker]

So the Apprentice just started to air over there now?
yep, very late, as late as we get The Amazing Race ( ie the winner already revealed ) but i think they had to wait for survivor to finish up so that they can concentrate on this beauty.

Its very entertaining, never a dull moment, i think ive found my favourite show.

[New Jack City]

yep, very late, as late as we get The Amazing Race ( ie the winner already revealed ) but i think they had to wait for survivor to finish up so that they can concentrate on this beauty.

Its very entertaining, never a dull moment, i think ive found my favourite show.

That sucks about the winner already being revealed.

It is an amazing show, I was hooked on it when it was on, definetely the favorite.

What episode you guys up to?

Can't wait for the Apprentice 2 this fall! :cool:

[Muse]

First screening last night.

BTW I would hardly call 9.30PM on Tuesdays late unless you have to go to primary school the next day ;) :tongue: I count that as prime viewing.

But yes, entertaining, not dull and a new fave.

I think Trump's charm has a lot to do with it. He certainly has used his charm along with other things, to do was well as he has.

With the internet, you can find out who the winner was anyway.

[New Jack City]

First screening last night.

BTW I would hardly call 9.30PM on Tuesdays late unless you have to go to primary school the next day ;) :tongue: I count that as prime viewing.

But yes, entertaining, not dull and a new fave.

I think Trump's charm has a lot to do with it. He certainly has used his charm along with other things, to do was well as he has.

With the internet, you can find out who the winner was anyway.

Not exactly with this show.

The finale was live and no one knew who the winner was going to be but Trump himself.

After watching the show, you'll start liking Trump more and more, he's a very likeable guy it seems like.

Keep an eye out for Sam all, lol!

http://www.realitytvclub.com/the-apprentice/images/sam_player.jpg

He's hilarious! Especially in the lemonade stand episode which isn't too far away.

Over here when it aired, it was at 9-10 PM.

[Muse]

Yeah, Trump certainly has charisma.

I thought he was going to be really mean in firing, but he wasn't at all. A pleasant surprise.

He was even lenient with Sam who already comes across as a "goofball".

Hey, but if the winner has already been revealed in the U.S., it would be on the internet easily for Australian audiences. Just enter into your search engines.

In Australia, it's on free-to-air.

[BrizzyChris]

I thought it was great, obviously a very similar format to Survivor.

[Muse]

I thought it was great, obviously a very similar format to Survivor.Survivor :? IMO Nooooo comaparison.

But to be fair, it's coming down to subjective comparisons and not objective views/opinions.

Muse :)

[BrizzyChris]

Ok, think about it.

Similarities:
Both have 16 contestants
Both have a Tribal Council/Boardroom
Both have Tribes/Corporations
Both have reward and "immunity" challenges
Both face a panel/tribe where they state their case and then get voted off/fired
Both have fantastic productions values, and look way better than any other reality shows.


The only big differences I see, is that in The Apprentice, contestants don't have to fight the elements (maybe they do, but I've only seen 1 episode), and they all live together.

[Orodreth]

Donald Trump's hair should be fired! Whats the deal with it???

[New Jack City]

Donald Trump's hair should be fired! Whats the deal with it???

lol! Wait till the later episodes, you'll see it blowing in the wind a couple of times! :eek:

Actually the creator of the Apprentice is the same of survivor, Mark Burnett. He co-produces and splits the show together with Trump.

[finn]

I couldn't believe the lack of interior design quality in Trump's apartment! It was revolting! How gaudy and garish can you get?!?! :puke:

Proves the point that money does not buy taste. The reaction of the female team when they got to go up and visit could have only been an attempt to suck up to Donald and his girlfriend, or to provide the show with some dramatic effect. :|

[routemarker]

lol! Wait till the later episodes, you'll see it blowing in the wind a couple of times! :eek:

Actually the creator of the Apprentice is the same of survivor, Mark Burnett. He co-produces and splits the show together with Trump.
I think everybody knows that hes Exec Producer. This show was heavily promoted during survivor time slots, banners during survivor, the works. Lucky here the shows are on the same net work where as US viewers will have to quicky switch from CBS to NBC if theyre survivor/apprentice fans.

[BrizzyChris]

I couldn't believe the lack of interior design quality in Trump's apartment! It was revolting! How gaudy and garish can you get?!?! :puke:

Proves the point that money does not buy taste. The reaction of the female team when they got to go up and visit could have only been an attempt to suck up to Donald and his girlfriend, or to provide the show with some dramatic effect. :|
Adrian, I was thinking the same thing. Its fine if you're trying to look rich, but I could never live in a place like that....its just TOO much. But I wouldn't change the girlfriend if she came with the apartment. :)

"When you get the money, you get the power, when you get the power, you get the women!" Fucking oath you do!!

[Muse]

Donald Trump's hair should be fired! Whats the deal with it???Once again, check out famous people sporting the Trump hairdo - it's kinda fun. Once it has loaded, click on the thumbnails below: http://ktla.trb.com/entertainment/tv/sfl-donaltrumpflash,0,1506589.htmlstory?coll=ktla-entnews-2

I couldn't believe the lack of interior design quality in Trump's apartment! It was revolting! How gaudy and garish can you get?!?!Maybe there are remnants of Ivana Trump's interior decorating ;)

Judging by her coat, is she wearing faux fur ar toilet seat covers sewn together?

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[Mr MacPhisto]

Judging by her coat, is she wearing faux fur ar toilet seat covers sewn together?

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!
Thanks Muse.

I'm holding a crucifix up to my monitor!

[Muse]

Protege Corp's advertising campagin tonight was the better. It was sexual yet classy.

Poor old Sam lol

I'm glad Jason got the boot. Insidious little creep. He was the one who asked The Don to "Let me finish" (like be quiet) in the first episode lol. That didn't win him any brownie points.

[Jimmy James]

I am hooked on this show - I don't even care the winner is already known - it's just really interesting to see these people try on these tasks and then go into the boardroom - plus the gratuitous shots of Manhatten don't hurt either!

Sam is so far my favourite - the first episode all I could think was that he must masturbate to his Donald Trump poster on his wall, but the more I see him the more I think that he embodies the entreprenuerial spirit of America - asking some guy to pay $1000 for a lemonade is what I'm talking about.

BTW - they idn't have to describe those Airplane photos as "Testicle Shots" you could tell what they were from the get go - goes 2 show Women have way dirtier minds than men! "How do you measure up" - LOL!

[Jimmy James]

BTW - Love the Theme Song - I was expecting something instrumental like Survivor - but I love jammin along 2 Money Money Money --- Mooooney!

[tayser]

What's wrong with you people?

:)

[BrizzyChris]

You don't like it Tayser?

[Muse]

Sam thought he had it "in the bag" after Mr Trump shook his hand. Instead got the heave-ho. Watch the guys turn on each other now that Sam has gone.

He looked a bit crazed, like an axe murderer when he got sacked. The way he glared at The Don like he was deeply betrayed & just sat and glared.

[New Jack City]

BTW - Love the Theme Song - I was expecting something instrumental like Survivor - but I love jammin along 2 Money Money Money --- Mooooney!

See what the Apprentice does? It makes us sport Trump avatars! :D

The theme song is "For the love of money" by the O'Jays, I can't seem to find it anywhere online though.

Sam asking that guy to pay $1000 for a cup of lemonade...lol, did you see how the guy was looking at him?

You love the show already? Just wait, you haven't seen nothing yet! It gets better and better every week. Especially with all the Omarosa drama!

On one episode they go up to the top 90th floor penthouse of Trump World Tower, you could only imagine the views! ;)

Speaking of views, this show provides the best shots of NYC on TV ever. :D

I want the show back! Thursdays aren't the same anymore. I can't wait for The Apprentice 2 in the fall!

[Muse]

Like Jimmy James, I'm hooked. :rock:

I just love all the aerials and street scenes of NYC alike - great stuff.

...and like Omarosa isn't one big drama after another. That's obvious. She's not a likeable character at all. Does she forget there are cameras watching her every gripe and quip, or she just doesn't care?

[Jimmy James]

Man she sat with the President (probably till the secret service found out and had her removed!) so that excuses her!

[Muse]

A banner advertising "The Apprentice" @ the base of Trump Tower that the City of New York asked to be taken down. There was no submission to the appropriate department @ City Hall to do so thus deeming it "illegal"....

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[Jimmy James]

Glad that Bowie got the chop and not Nick - who was in Sam's camp all along! Also glad that Trump gave the women a talking to about them using their 'assets' (in all 4 tasks so far) to get ahead. Still smarting that Sam got the chop - that guy was from a whole different planet and a lotto fun 2 watch.

[New Jack City]

It's been almost time to say :deadthrea

What episode are you guys up to now?

[Muse]

This thread dead!?! Not at all.

I think we're just half way. Tammy got the boot last Monday evening (It was moved from Tuesday evenings to Mondays').

Tammy was the "embaressing question" one - like when they went to (was it Yankee?) a baseball stadium to meet the the big-wig (and I don't mean Donald Trump's hair) there and he was waring an enormous ring - about 2 episodes beforehand.

Tammy pointed to his ring, said and asked "Wow, that's some serious bling-bling. Where did you get it?" The others in her team looked embaressed, I felt embaressed for them, more so for her, and The Don standing near just smiled graciously. That gal has to learn some tact lol.

[finn]

This thread dead!?! Not at all.

I think we're just half way. Tammy got the boot last Monday evening (It was moved from Tuesday evenings to Mondays').

Tammy was the "embaressing question" one - like when they went to (was it Yankee?) a baseball stadium to meet the the big-wig (and I don't mean Donald Trump's hair) there and he was waring an enormous ring - about 2 episodes beforehand.

Tammy pointed to his ring, said and asked "Wow, that's some serious bling-bling. Where did you get it?" The others in her team looked embaressed, I felt embaressed for them, more so for her, and The Don standing near just smiled graciously. That gal has to learn some tact lol.

Yeah, I thought Tammy was tactless as anything a couple of weeks ago when they were organising the celebrity auctions, and instead of asking Carson Daly if he could think of something related to his industry (i.e. Music/MTV), she started pushing him to organise a golf day with Tiger Woods!

It's like, thanks for donating your time and celebrity status for charity, but we're not interested in you - however, we've heard you know Tiger Woods and we think we could get more money if you'd play golf with him and the buyer for a day! How LAME. Glad she's gone! :)

[Muse]

Yeah, lame....gone - totally.

I saw the Carson Daly "incident".

Tammy also did it with Regis Philbun. He was so patient while she prattled on with something he was obviously not interested in early on in the piece. The inpracticality of sending a busy man o.s. for a 2 day stay. By the end, you could tell by his tone that he thought she was a major joke. She was completely on a different wave-length to him and her team-mates.

Could you imagine Tammy and Sam running a business as partners; Rent-A-Clown for childrens' parties perhaps? Tammy was the epitome of being clueless.

...

[Jimmy James]

Good to see that Tammy was axed, she made me squirm with the way she treated Carson Daly, and Regis Philbin looked genuinely pissed off as a result of this!

Ch 9 seems to be promoting Monday's as the BEST BOARDROOM EVER! (Think Comic Book Guy!) so maybe this is the one that Omarosa bites it!

[Muse]

Dunno 'bout you guys, but I knd of like Amarosa when she is not grand-standing and being something she thinks she "has to be". You can see she definitely has the know-how - she just often channels her energies in the wrong directions.

When Amarosa is being cool and wearing funky clothes and hats being interviewed, that's when you see this one at her @ her most natural self.

It's not so important that The Don says it is all about business thinking that he is making us believe it is not personal. Part of doing good business is how you perceive others on a personal level. Donald Trump is a very personable man (he can afford to be so lol). Of course he looks at how people repsond to each other and the implications.

In Amarosa's case she will get the chop because she is rude to people and The Don has already voiced this. Equally you can't be rude to subordinates and peers as you can't be to superiors. A subordinate may be YOUR superior one day & they may have a long memeory :D

[Jimmy James]

Trump: I Almost Wasn't Hired For 'The Apprentice'
By Paul J. Gough
Staff Writer
Friday, June 25, 2004


Before "The Apprentice" began last January, Donald Trump had one fear: Failure.

Trump has had a long history of success in real estate, casino building, and even as his own brand. But as he told a standing-room-only crowd at the PROMAX&BDA conference in New York Thursday afternoon, he didn't necessarily know what he was getting into when he signed on to the Mark Burnett-produced reality show. His friends, more savvy to the ways of television than the real estate magnate, asked him if he realized that most television shows don't last the first season.

"Honestly, I didn't want to fail. I didn't want a loser," Trump said. "I hated hearing about the failure rate [of new shows], the loss rate."

He recalled how he attended the NBC upfront two years ago as new shows starring Whoopi Goldberg and Rob Lowe were introduced for the fall schedule.

"They're all gone now," Trump said. He didn't want to get a call from Jeff Zucker telling him that his show was canceled and, before an appearance on "Saturday Night Live," relayed that to SNL producer Lorne Michaels.

"Lorne said, 'No, Donald, they won't ever call'" when you're canceled, Trump said.

Not that it would have mattered, since "The Apprentice" was one of the top shows of last television season, and a key building block to NBC's future without "Friends." Trump, who also professed to know little about television, seemed to question several of the strategies that helped "The Apprentice" hit it big. Trump said many of his friends didn't catch "The Apprentice" when it was first run on Thursdays but on various reruns scheduled during the week, including multiple airings on CNBC over the weekend.

He also wondered about NBC's plans to broadcast a "director's cut" of next year's "The Apprentice" on Saturday night, including more of the boardroom scene that normally gets left on the cutting-room floor --and more, of course, of Trump.

"I'm not sure I agree with that, either," Trump said.

"The Apprentice" returns to NBC next season, with two runs beginning in the fall. The number of contestants has been increased from 16 to 18, and on Thursday afternoon he said the second run of the reality series is "far better" than the first earlier this year. He said the quality of the candidates is stronger this year and the tasks are more difficult, involving a number of unspecified but big corporations.

"In the first one, we sold lemonade and crap like that," Trump said to laughs from the crowd. "I'm not knocking lemonade. It did very well." But he said the show's success the first time around made it easier to make deals with companies for product integration, including a soft-drink maker.

"If we had called these companies for 'Apprentice I,' they would have laughed at us," Trump said.

Vince Manze, whose job at the NBC Agency involved promoting the show, said there were more product placements this time around.

"The product integrations in these types of shows are a natural," Manze said.

In a question from an audience member, Trump said that he was aware of other mogul-type shows on other networks, including Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's show on ABC and Virgin founder Richard Branson's program planned for Fox. He said the politically correct thing to say would be that he wishes them well.

"But the truth is, I hope they bomb," he said. He later amended that to hoping the rival shows do well but not too well--"but I don't think they will."

[Muse]

That's all we fuckin' need - more product placement!

Quote: "The product integrations in these types of shows are a natural," Manze said.

.....for who? Dipwit justifying his position @ NBC. Fuckin' tool.

Anyway, it's nice to know that The Don is human. Kinda comforting. OMG Paul Gogh, Donald actually has fears!?! Hold me up!

Erika truned out to be from cutey-pie to a real areshole. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Mr MacPhisto]

To be honest, all I watch this show for is to listen to Donald Trump.
I'd rather listen to him for an hour than watch his potential protoges play reality TV 101.

[Muse]

^ Yerrr, that's taken for granted. Without him....pffft. It's just a by-product with the contestants in between Trump and fab pics of NYC from choppers.

[Macca-GC]

To be honest, all I watch this show for is to listen to Donald Trump.
I'd rather listen to him for an hour than watch his potential protoges play reality TV 101.

I agree. The show would be nothing without Trump.

They should do an Australian spin-off. With Kerry Packer, Harry Trigbuff, Frank Lowy or even Gerry Harvey.

[routemarker]

Harry Triguboff should search for an aprentice, world tower can be the boardroom and suite setting. Losers leave in taxi cab from liverpool st.

[Muse]

They should do an Australian spin-off. With Kerry Packer, Harry Trigbuff, Frank Lowy or even Gerry Harvey.What the Fuck! None of those you mentioned have not even even one iota of the charsima that Trump has. They are all uncouth slobs and don't have the same social skills that Trump has either.

[Macca-GC]

This is Australia. Be realistic.

Gerry Harvey does have charisma and I think he'd be good.

Admittably, Kerry Packer and Frank Lowy definately would be a bad choice.

[Muse]

:?

I was being realistic.

Harry T. would have been laughable. How about Harry S? lol

[Jimmy James]

Gerry Harvey looks like an old woman! Packer would probably spend his entire time in the boardroom hooked up to a monitor.

Maybe they should make Jamie Packer the star - he can get the contenders to set up and run a dodgy Telco in under a day

Actually a really genuine good choice would be Lindsay Fox, make it a kind of Blue Collar apprentice. Fox has his fingers in a lot of pies (well maybe not as many as Mike Goldman but that's from another thread!

[Muse]

:rofl:

[New Jack City]

Good news here, they started showing the re-runs on CNBC, we're up to the plane marketing episode! :D

What episode you guys up to?

[Muse]

LOL That's the "sexy" episode. Who could ever forget Protege's marketing campaign!?!

Amarosa got the chop last week for the art gallery escapades and "rough diamond" Heidi got it in this week's episode.

http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/rough/behead.gif

[Macca-GC]

Lindsay Fox. I agree. He'd be good.

Which brings me to a really stupid point that has nothing to do with this conversation. Avalon Airport. Stupid bloody JetStar.

[Macca-GC]

I think Rene Rivkin wouldn't be too bad either. That is, after he gets out of his 'periodic detension.' The Boardroom could be on his yacht. They could go to a different part of Sydney Harbour each week. Manly, Kiribilli, Darling Harbour, Homebush, Watsons Bay, Wooloomoloo Bay, McMahon's Point, Parramatta.

The challenges, commit insider trading and get the lowest fine or jail sentance.

[Muse]

^ LOL. Or Rodney Adler? See who can let down their family dynasty that was built up by your forefathers from total unecessary greed?

Now here's a man with charm. At least The Don spent some money on his "do"!!

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,223191,00.jpg

[Jimmy James]

Muse u gotta fill me in on that guy who is he?

As for Rivkin, I can see it now, he certainly has an ego to match Trump, I could imagine the challenges right now, sit through hours of his infomercials, both teams have to come up with the best illnesses to get out of the boardroom, instead of George and Caroline we can have Chris Murphy and Sofie Formica.

What about the Apprentice: Joe Gutnick - don't get me started, teammates renovate one of his properties on the Gaza Strip! The Winner gets to spend a year checking his beard for ticks!

[Muse]

LOL @ Gutnick's "Whailing Wall" ticks....eewwwwwwww!!

Rodney Adler = FAI Insurance guy @ the centre of HIH's falldown as one of its directors.

J.J. Tried to hyperlink a couple of artilces to read about poor wittle Lamb-chops here but won't allow to hyperlink. So "Google It".

Ouwh, who's gunna get the boot tonight!! *Licks lips in anticipation*

[Macca-GC]

Hey, Gerry Harvey just started a new venture. I think he would be the best option for an Australian spin-off.

[Jimmy James]

Thanks Muse - it's ringing a bell

[DrDan]

Congrats Bill!
I knew he would make it.

It was definitely worth waiting until the end to find out the winner, despite it finishing at 12.30am (I had to get up at 6.30am the next day!)

[CULWULLA]

amorosa stuffed up it up kwame! dickhead.
but bill was a trooper. cant wait to see the series with trump plaza in chicago!

[Mr MacPhisto]

^Great finish, both Bill and Kwame deserving finalists.

What is Amarosa's problem. That woman is evil, or as Kwame put it, "intelligent, but a space cadet".

[atkinson1]

So is that the second series now? I've seen the first series - it was cool. Love the music when the 'not-fired' are walking back into their suite at the end.

[Jimmy James]

The second season will start in a few weeks on Ch 9. Also the next season of Survivor (I'm predicting 7:30 Tuesdays for that)

[DrDan]

can't believe this thread hasn't been revived for the new series of the apprentice! Just as good as the first!

It would probably be up to its fifth episode now - 2 episodes back to back this week.
Most shocking thing that has happened so far would probably have to be the firing of branford - because he was cocky and gave up his 'ímmunity' - inexcusable by Mr Trump's standards.

[hoffburger]

it has been a cracker so far, plenty of different things happening like when trump brought all the women back to the boardroom so they could talk about staceys mental problems. is it just me or are the girls really bitchy this season

[atkinson1]

I rekon they're dramatising things to beef up the show, and make it more dramatic than the first. Trump has been firing people for reasons unrelated to the challenges quite alot.