Phew. Four hours of The Celebrity Apprentice in two days, and I am wiped out. Look, all you anxious Trump-ophiles, you may be sprinters, but I’m more of a marathon man. I pace it slowly, with the objective of seeing my challenge through to the end. Though I certainly did appreciate all of your kind words as you patiently awaited my piece. To you, sir, I don’t tolerate that type of language. And, madam, I believe that your suggestion is anatomically impossible. But thank you for the thought!
So, this weekend we were treated to double the Donald. Saturday night, NBC aired an extended edition of last week’s challenge, with Sunday night premiering week four of the show. Normally, there wouldn’t be much to say about “never before seen clips,” but, as with all things Trump, Saturday night’s airing was anything but ordinary. Instead of the expected additional color, we saw that half of last week’s episode was edited so as to provide us with no context! I mean, some stuff was just gravy, but others put the wedding competition in a whole new light:
One thought I was left with, that segues nicely into our discussion about this week’s task: What happens on the men’s team now, after everyone suggested that Dennis was actually hung-over and ducking them on the day of the task, instead of sick, as he claimed? Dennis is not known for suffering anything, particularly being hassled.
Which brings us to the beginning of Sunday night’s episode. This week, the teams were challenged with creating a presentation for a group of sales reps. The product? The reps own company’s videophone. Now, I may be naive, but how is there even a market for videophones, with webcams and Cisco networking systems abounding?
Anyway, the men and the women were flipping a coin to see who would present first. Dennis was sitting by himself. And then, for some reason, as Clint Black called tails, Dennis lost it, cursing Clint out, and getting in his face. Now, the incident would have seemed even stranger, if I hadn’t seen the extended version from the previous week. Apparently, Dennis managed to drag Clint out to a bar, and they appeared to have fun in one another’s company. But, in the boardroom, Clint pointed his finger at Dennis, as well he should have.
It looked to me as if Dennis was actually offended by Clint’s “betrayal.” Strange for a man not known for his emotions, but possible nonetheless. I think, that while Tom Green aesthetically appears more Dennis’ style, in reality, Clint speaks to who Dennis is inside. I know, a little too much sentiment for The Worm, but I don’t know him, so I’m not judging. Plus, he frightens me.
As always, the show had its ups and downs:
So, a concert by Brian McKnight beat Joan Rivers giving us a mental image of her getting a gynecological exam via videophone. Not surprising. The men finally claimed victory, and the women tossed Claudia overboard. If they can lose Melissa Rivers too, they’ll be down to their fighting weight, and this show could get interesting.
In other news, I am fully prepared to take back some of my earlier questions regarding Jesse James (like having no idea who he was), and to reinforce my later statement about him being a dark horse. I’m predicting Clint and Jesse in the finale, and I have a feeling that, at that point, Jesse will pull out his ace-in-the-hole, his wife Sandra Bullock, and her Hollywood friends … If I was the men’s team, I’d be pissed that he hadn’t done so beforehand. But that’s all speculation.
And, you know those ads that NBC runs after all of their shows now, like, “Wanna see more/hear more/do more”? There’s a new one featuring the Trump three, touting a “weekly lessons learned from The Apprentice” section on nbc.com. Does it get any better than that?
I don’t know about the rest of them but if you’ve ever seen Annie Duke play Poker you’d realize that the term “tough killer” definitely fits her.
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I haven’t, but I definitely thing that Annie is the best of the bunch. Brande Roderick actually seems semi-competent in business (seriously), and Natalie Gulbis has thus far been silent, so I couldn’t say.
As for the rest of them…if majority rules, maybe “tough, kill her” is what Trump meant! :-)
Can Dennis just please go home? I mean it he is getting out of control.
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You know, I’d agree, if he wasn’t simply being himself. Now I’m not saying that that’s a good thing, but you can’t fault him when the producers signed him up knowing full well who he was. And I’d argue that it was a major reason for giving him a call. His tirades on and off the court weren’t really a secret. I can still picture him ripping off his jersey and storming into the tunnels during playoff games!