Over at the comedy event, Rebecca met again with those lovely ladies of Yahoo who wanted to know what sort of Yahoo tchotchkies would be in the gift bags. Because Yahoo hasn't been mentioned enough tonight!! That sexy, sexy Wenda Millard then wanted to know about the fundraising element, and again Rebecca reassured her that there would be no outright solicitations, only a demure brochure and envelope in the gift bag. I'm surprised Wenda didn't just attack every gift bag and shred the handouts to pieces. She HATES asking for money... at a fundraiser.

After another commercial break, we returned to Trump who then preached the second lesson of the week: "Respect." Or as Yaya from America's Next Top Model would say: Respeito! Anyway, Trump stated, "Always treat your boss with great respect. It makes you look good, and it makes somebody like me, ME -- do you understand? -- ME, the BOSS, feel even better!" Hmmm... where's he going with this? After all, Randal respected Trump highly. Rebecca must have some monumental f*ck-up.

Sure enough, she did. Trump arrived in his limo and no one was there to greet him. Dunh-Dunh-DUNH! Without fail, every single season, someone always forgets to greet Trump. People, he's a very needy man. You gotta greet him! It's a cardinal sin not to! Luckily, Trump only had to walk about twenty feet before he encountered Rebecca who then introduced him to various big wigs like charity hipster Jake Glaser, who, by the way, really cleaned up for the event. The whole "It's more important that I look hip than schmooze for donations" look was really impressive. His upper east-side friends would have been really impressed.

Anyway, Trump made a nice speech to the crowd and then ushered everyone downstairs for the comedy portion of the event. Unfortunately, that was about thirty minutes too early than the scheduled show start, which meant Rebecca and the team had to get the comics ready pronto. WELL! Nobody rushes PETE DOMINICK! The man is a comic genius! You can't hasten that sort of talent! Yes, P. Dommy totally freaked out about the schedule shift, suddenly changing from the "How ya doin'!" champ of a thousand finger-guns to the bitter, flustered guy who couldn't climb a rope in middle school. Man, it's too bad Rebecca couldn't land Joey Benefit. He would have saved the day!

Well, because Pete Dominick wasn't ready to go on, Chris had to take the stage to tell everyone the show would be starting in just a few minutes (the biggest lie out there), which caused Trump to remark that the event "might be a little disorganized, yeah?" Hey man, you're the one who caused the disorganization. I guess that was his revenge for not having a curbside greeting.

Nevertheless, Yahoo vixen Wenda Millard eventually took the stage and introduced Pet Dominick, calling him "a really popular guy!" Wenda LOVES Pete Dominick. Then again, he is very popular in Joyce DeWitt look-alike circles.

Hot.

Pete then hopped on stage and delighted the crowd, or at least George, who he savaged with a string of alleged jokes. Actually, all the comics ripped on George, but the old guy took it well, laughing heartily with his wife by his side. George is the best!

The Rosses

Overall, it seemed to be a solid event, and in the end, Rebecca announced, "We definitely rose awareness for the charity." I mean, she didn't raise any funds, but awareness is a fantastic thing too. Just ask Live8. We also returned to Randal's team as he hugged them goodbye. He was a proud man, that Randal, and later on, he and Rebecca hung out in the suite, recollecting about the day's challenges and the season as a whole. Fun times. And because this was a two hour show that needed to be filled, we then saw Randal and Rebecca reminiscing again the next morning as they shared quite the dainty brunch (Rebecca had a spinach quiche, Randal had an omelette au fromage. Okay, it's just a cheese omelette, but c'mon!).

Finally, it was time for the Boardroom, but wait! Not so fast! "Would you both have a seat on the sofa?" Robin asked. That needy bitch.

Rebecca and Randal took their seats, and then their teammates filed into the Boardroom to give The Donald the lowdown. Josh was a huge Randal booster, saying, "He remained very calm in the eye of the storm. Pun intended there." Oh, that was HILARious. But you should probably stop chuckling at your own dumb joke. Especially when it doesn't make sense. (The eye of the storm IS calm. And the expression is "calm before the storm" anyway, JERK! Know your phrases!!)

Trump then announced that Randal's team had raised $11,000 as opposed to Rebecca's who had raised... none. Gulp. When her teammates tried to defend her, George -- no longer chuckling from Pete Dominick's A+ routine -- asked, "Who's running the affair? Yahoo or you?" Uh oh, this is way bad for Rebecca. Thanks, WENDA MILLARD!

If it was any consolation though, I think Trump sort of called out Yahoo's temerity by saying, "If I were Yahoo, I would make a major contribution to the Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation." Ha, Wenda TOTALLY is gonna cost her company money!

Later, Chris defended Rebecca, saying she was a great manager and handled pressure amazingly. "But don't you think it's about going above and beyond?" Josh asked, interrupting him for no real reason.

"Rebecca went above and beyond in her management style," an annoyed Chris said.

"I disagree," Josh replied arrogantly. Um, you weren't even there. What the hell are you talking about?

Posted by B-side on December 16, 2005 8:04 PM