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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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When it comes to savory product placements, The Apprentice has had its share of duds. A certain cheeseburger pizza comes to mind. Well, just when the bile had finally settled back down after that Domino’s disaster, along came 7-Eleven with its take on how to destroy that most beloved of meals: pizza. Ladies and gentlemen: meet the P’Eatzza — a sandwich made from, you guessed it, pizza! Now, a normal 7-Eleven sandwich is bad enough on its own, but housed between two nasty slices of old pizza? It’s just a gastro-intestinal disaster waiting to happen. Not even the can-do attitude of aspiring corporate wannabes could make this sandwich look appealing — and you know me; I’m a total sucker for Apprentice product placement. I know Arby’s. Arby’s is a friend of mine. And you, P’Eatzza, are no Arby’s.
This second hour of the big Apprentice marathon started with the lovable ladies (a.k.a. the cliquey harpies) of Synergy confronting Michael about his indecisive leadership. They all told him he was lucky to have won because he was NOT responsible for the victory (oh SNAP!). Well, obviously Michael took this harshly, telling us, “It’s a complete blow to my character.” Character? Or ego? Actually, I shouldn’t ask that. Wouldn’t want to overload Michael with options. Cut to him ten hours later pondering, “Character or ego… I don’t know. Maybe I should call someone.”
Meanwhile, over on Gold Rush, Lee was still mourning the loss of his hetero-lifemate Lenny. It was a tough loss for him (and for us too, really — who else will provide the surly and rude observations that we know and love? Oh, that’s right. TRUMP). Anyway, Charmaine then confronted Lee, saying that down in the Boardroom he really acted his age by putting friendship over performance. Whatever, Charmy, Lee’s gonna be loyal to his cronies, and you’ll just have to deal with that. Yes, Lee stated that he couldn’t change who he was and that he’d always be partial to his friends. Too bad he had none left. Ha! SUCKER! I mean, FRIENDLESS SUCKER!
The next morning, that mistress of the dawn, Rhona, called up to the suite, but not even the most piercing ring could disturb the heavy slumber that had descended upon the candidates. Luckily, Charmaine arose from her beauty sleep and managed to answer Rhona’s call. The directions were simple: go to the park and meet The Donald. A quick morning montage later, and we suddenly found our intrepid group of lackeys standing in Central Park, waiting for Trump to arrive. Sure enough, we then cut to The Donald driving himself through the park in his hoity-toity McLaren SLR, or as I like to call it, “shiny Mercedes with cool vents on the side.”
God, he even sleeps annoyingly.
Anyway, this was a very special day, we soon found out, and not just because Donald had let the chauffeur stay at home for once. No, the big news was that George and Carolyn were reunited again for the first time since the season premiere. Hallelujah! Order is restored! My lifeblood… it’s coming back to me!
Well, before we could learn this week’s task, there was some business to attend to. Synergy had been on a winning spree, and as a result, they had to send someone over to Gold Rush. The Donald asked if anyone would like to join the other team, and sensing that he was no longer wanted or loved by his catty contemporaries, Michael volunteered to cross on over to the dark side. This was great news for Synergy, and Allie in particular was very excited. “One of the main reasons why we’re not going to lose this task is ’cause we got rid of Michael, and now he’s on Gold Rush. They have to deal with him, and how can we lose?” she boasted, hopefully foreshadowing a miserable failure on her part. She really is quite punchable, isn’t she? Something about Allie’s forced mannerisms and pea-shaped head makes you just want to shake her. I bet she’s an annoying drunk. The type that has two glasses of red-wine, gets a little hyper, says things like “I’ve only had two glasses of red wine and look at me!” and then passes out ten minutes later. Either that or she turns into a raging slut. But I think it’s probably the former.
As I mentioned earlier, this week’s lovable corporate sponsor was the bastion of high quality epicurean delights, 7-Eleven. Trump told us that there are so many damn 7-Eleven stores around the world that one is opening every five hours. That would make sense, really. Let’s not forget that opening a 7-Eleven every five hours is a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!
Anyway, Trump then revealed this week’s task. “They want you to launch a new sandwich called Pa-Eats-Ah,” he said, articulating every vowel (and then some) in what we later discovered was the P’Eatzza. Teams had to use a promotional giveaway and tie in the 7-Eleven racing team car into the task, and whoever increased P’Eatzza sales the most per store would win. Now, before we move on, let’s talk about something. The P’Eatzza. What the HELL were the executives thinking? That has to be one of the very worst product names I’ve ever heard. I mean, P’Eatzza? I know they were going for the pun and all, but why not go for something that doesn’t sound as dumb, like “Pizzawich” or some stupid name like that? And on top of that, it’s kind of hard to say, what with that apostrophe in there. I mean, who uses an apostrophe in a sandwich name? It’s not B’Mac. It’s BIG MAC. It’s not Wh’pper. It’s WHOPPER. It’s not Lil’ John. It’s… oh wait, yes, it is Lil’ John.
“Hey, guys, I found this random food in the trash. Let’s call it a P’Eatzza.”
Well, the first team we saw toiling away was Synergy, and guess what? The P’Eatzza was earning rave reviews! Allie happily stated, “I’m a very picky meat eater, and this turkey is quite delicious.” GREAT! I’m so happy for you! Nevertheless, with their taste buds doing the dance of joy, Synergy set about choosing their promotional item giveaway. The team wanted to give out something that people could use with their P’Eatzza, like a cup or a mug (or a better sandwich), and Tammy in particular was pushing for a drink cozy, or as she called it, a “coozy.” But NO! Project Manager Andrea had a better idea: hats! Because New Yorkers LOVE wearing 7-Eleven hats!
Even though everyone was opposed to it, Andrea made an executive decision. Hats it was. Yeah, she may have been a dictator about it, but that didn’t bother her. “There’s a lot of people that are like ‘You’re a total control freak and that’s your weakness,’ and I’m like ‘Really? Because I have a really nice life,’” Andrea said. So if you have a “really nice life,” why are you submitting yourself to this weekly embarrassment at the hands of reality TV? I love how proud she is of her success. And what has she done? Sold hole-punchers or thumb tacks or stickies or something like that? (Upon further review, it turns out Andrea has launched a successful sticker business. How wonderful for her. Maybe next she can conquer the world of wire hangers or cottonballs.)
We then broke for a commercial, and when we returned, we learned Trump’s weekly lesson: “Know your customer.” He babbled for only a few seconds, and then we immediately got right back into the action over at Gold Rush as we learned that Leslie would finally be Project Manger. For her promotional item, she wanted to give away a free cooler, which was not a bad piece of swag at all. I would certainly plunk down a few dollars to get one. Unfortunatley, Leslie wanted people to throw down more than just a few dollars. She was charging a whopping $7.99 for those damn P’Eatzzas, and cooler or no cooler, that’s a bit much for what looked like the nastiest sandwich of the new millennium. Lee did suggest lowering the price by a dollar, but Leslie was pretty sure that with the free cooler attached, people would pony up the extra money. Okay Leslie. Let’s try to remember something: you’re selling 7-Eleven quality meat and lettuce smushed between two old, crusty slices of cold pizza. I’m thinking you should be paying us $7.99 to eat that shit.
Well, Lee may have lost the pricing battle, but he wasn’t totally useless. He went down to the store that the team would be operating out of and told the manager to clear all the sandwiches off the shelves. It would be all P’Eatzzas all the time the next day. People wouldn’t even have any other choices. Then again, if you’re buying sandwiches at 7-Eleven, chances are, you already don’t care about choices.
Meanwhile, over on Synergy, half the team was handing out promotional materials to people on the street (I wonder if the flyers said something like “Come in tomorrow to taste THE WORLD’S WORST SANDWICH”). The other half was up at a photo shoot, taking pictures of a race car driver posing with the infamous P’Eatzza. Poor guy. He had to take a bite too. 7-Eleven should pay him an extra million dollars for being strong enough to force a thumbs-up gesture instead of barfing all over himself as any other human would do (7-Eleven is sooo not buying ad space on here now). For all those who care, Sean then told us that the team had come up with an absolutely smashing slogan to go along with the promotion: “Tasty food for life in the fast lane!” Kind of clunky. How about “Try this. You won’t believe how bad this is. Seriously. Try it.”
Poor guy.
Back at Gold Rush-ville, Tarek and Leslie were now hanging out in front of the computer, coming up with trivia questions. Why? That’s a good question. Didn’t seem to have to do with anything. Turns out that this was their little promotional device. They were going to ask random people trivia, and that would somehow entice them to enter the 7-Eleven. Sure. Sounds like a great plan. Hey, I even know a little trivia. What’s the worst sandwich that’s ever been created by mankind? Give up? P’Eatzza!
A little later, the whole team got together to talk about pricing. Turns out I got a little ahead of myself before. It wasn’t until now that Leslie proposed the $7.99 price tag. I don’t really have anything more to add. I just thought I’d clarify in case some avid Apprentice viewers attacked me for chronological errors. That would be embarrassing. It would be like going out on a date and eating P’Eatzzas for dinner.
The next morning, Gold Rush learned the hard way that when it comes to trivia, people just really aren’t that into it. Tarek attempted to reel in pedestrians by asking dumb questions about 7-Eleven, but predictably, no one cared, leaving our MENSA member to do little more than amble around and shout statements into the air. I’m sure there were many passers-by who wondered, “When did Orlando Bloom turn into a homeless bum?”
“Here’s some trivia: how many corporate executives does it take to design a TERRIBLE sandwich?”
Inside the store, Lee pestered Leslie about the price point again, saying that he had overheard two managers saying the price was too high. However, Leslie didn’t really care, and she thought Lee was simply being negative anyway. She dismissed her young minion and got back to hawking those P’Eatzzas onto whichever poor saps happened to cross her path.
Over at Synergy, Roxanne and Sean were being extremely annoying by yelling, “SELL! SELL! SELL!” to each other in some lame, British pep-rally way. Truthfully, there was nothing inherently British about the chant, but Sean was involved, and that was enough of a link for me.
Well, things were not so hot over at Synergy. Their P’Eatzzas were cheaper than Gold Rush’s, but their promotional item kind of sucked. The hats were all NASCAR-ish, and when Carolyn saw them, she was not impressed. She didn’t see a connection between the hats and the sandwich. “I’d keep walking,” she said. She then added, “Had they given away oversized foam fingers with Tony Danza’s face on them, well, now we’re talkin’ business.”
Carolyn may have been a downer, but that didn’t stop Allie from having an absolutely wonderful time. She was delighted that some people she had given flyers to the night before had actually returned to try the P’Vomit, I mean, P’Eatzza. “We actually made a lasting impression on some of these people!” Allie gushed. Don’t get too excited. Those people just wanted to be on TV.
Finally, some P’Eatzza customers.
Back at Gold Rush, it looked like Lee’s out-of-the-box thinking might just help his team out. He had somehow entered into negotiations to sell a thousand P’Eatzzas to some guy on the street. Lee wanted $3.00 per sandwich. The guy wanted $2.00. After much back and forth, Lee was unwilling to go lower than $2.50, and the entire thing fell through. Personally, I would have sold the sandwiches at $2.00. I mean, that’s 1,000 P’Eatzzas. There’s no way the other team was going to sell nearly that many. Plus, if I wasn’t mistaken, this challenge was all about units moved, not profit increase. That meant that the profit on those 1,000 sandwiches was nearly irrelevant. And even if the profit did matter, like I said before, that’s a huge sale. Oh well. Not worth losing sleep over. And the good news is that some hospital now has 1,000 less patients with gastro-intestinal malaise.
By the end of the day, I wasn’t sure who would be winning. The big lesson of the week was “Know Your Customer,” and clearly Andrea had violated that by offering up dumb hats that no one in New York would care about. But then Leslie had tacked on an expensive price point for the sandwiches that was clearly out of the typical 7-Eleven customer budget. I was on the fence, but I kind of thought Synergy might lose. That is until we heard the Gold Rush people talking about how they aced this challenge. Oh well. They totally lost.
“We deserve this,” Charmaine said. “We need it. It’s Leslie’s birthday tomorrow!” Well! Why didn’t you say so? I would have gone down there and bought ten P’Eatzzas! Just for Leslie!
Anyway, the teams made their way back to the Boardroom to hear the results. But first, Trump talked about the P’Eatzza: “You know who really liked it? George Ross.” Of course. George never found a snack he couldn’t warmly embrace. Instead of porn, George probably just looks at cookie trays.
Back to the challenge. Gold Rush did a fine job with their task, increasing sales by a whopping 608%. Wow. Even Synergy couldn’t believe those numbers. But those dropped jaws soon turned to smiles as we learned that Synergy had increased sales an even more whopping-er 997%. Ouch. That’s a spanking. And so Synergy won yet again, and for their reward, they got to fly down to Washington DC on a private plane where they had brunch with New York Senator Chuck Schumer. It was a pretty cool reward; although, Chuck wasn’t exactly the most exciting brunch host. “His father and my grandfather were builders together,” he said of Trump. The Synergy members all nodded politely and said “Oh!” as if they were surprised and delighted, but you could tell they were all giving each other sideways glances as if to say, “How can we ditch Schumer.”
After the meal, the team (sans Schumer) walked over to the White House and stood by the famous iron fence. Sean had his goofiest smile on as he took in the entire scene. This was followed by a lame speech about being an American, and then Andrea finished the whole thing off by saying, “Everyone in this interview process is living the American Dream right now.” Funny, I don’t remember the American Dream involving widespread humiliation on national TV.
“I’m goofy.”
Back up in New York, Leslie was having the worst birthday EVER (well, not worse than Aneesa from Real World. Her birthday is on 9/11, and if you remember, when the World Trade Center went down, no one called her to say Happy Birthday. Poor thing. Fun fact: Kristy McNichol’s from Empty Nest was born on 9/11 too. I know this because one of the people I was with on 9/11 said “Today’s the birthday of my friend, Kristy McNichol. She’s having the worst birthday.” Or something like that. True story.) Okay, I’m back from my random tangent. Point is that Leslie was having a really sucky birthday. No one was feeling like celebrating, and her birthday cake looked like it had gone completely untouched (I bet George was chomping at the bit to come bursting into the suite and take a slice of that thing).
Not everyone was having a terrible time. Michael certainly saw the upside in everything. He told us that he felt like he really fit in with the team, and he was happier there having lost than when he had won with Synergy. Yeah, okay, whatever. Just go find a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. That should occupy you for several days. Cut to Michael hemming and hawing with the book, pondering, “Do I run through the crocodile infested swamp, or should I take the road to the volcano. Dammit! What do I do?”
Down in the Boardroom, Leslie immediately attacked Lee, saying that he was negative the whole time and went missing for forty minute on what turned out to be a shady deal. Lee replied that it wasn’t a shady deal and that he wasn’t being negative at all. The two went back and forth, and somehow, in the middle of this, Charmaine suddenly turned into a walking, talking 7-Eleven billboard as she talked about the P’Eatzza.
“It’s two things that Americans love. It’s a pizza! It’s a sandwich!” she said with a spokesmodel perkiness. Being a pizza AND a sandwich is a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!! By the way, is it a distinctly American thing to love sandwiches? That seems awfully broad. That’s like saying, “Those Frenchmen. They sure do love water!”
Anyway, Trump was highly impressed with Charmaine all of a sudden. “You know what, Charmaine?” he said. “You are a great presenter.”
Being a great presenter is a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!
Well, the bickering soon started back up again, and Leslie insisted that Lee’s disappearance from the store for forty minutes severely hurt the sales of the team. This got George all hot and bothered as he snapped, “What are you going to sell? It’s a SANDWICH!” He then added, “In my day, you didn’t have to sell sandwiches. People would just come to the soda jerk and say ‘Hey, gimme a sandwich!’ And you know what? WE GAVE THEM A SANDWICH!”
As much as Leslie wanted to attribute Lee for the loss, it was clear that the pricing was what killed them. Trump and his buds absolutely grilled Leslie about the insane $7.99 price tag, and as they reamed her, Lee chimed in with several kiss-ass remarks. Eventually, Leslie called him a politician, and it was no surprise that when Trump asked her to bring back two people, she chose Lee. What was surprising was that she brought back Lee exclusively. That’s right. No second person. It would be Leslie vs. Lee, and as much as I liked Leslie’s quiet style, it seemed like Lee might have the upperhand. But then again, Lee didn’t have the official endorsement of Charmaine, who made a special point to praise Leslie before she left the room.
When Lee and Leslie returned to the Boardroom, an all-out bickerfest went down. Lee bragged about how wonderful he was to pursue that deal, but Leslie shot him down with the remark, “You’re a hero if it went through, but you’re a zero because it did not go through.” Ooh! Leslie with the sass! It’s not anyone who can take a tagline from The Mask and turn it into a Boardroom zinger.
Unfortunately, that was Leslie’s last great moment. From that point on, Lee talked and talked and talked, and when Leslie tried to get a word in edgewise, Lee just kept on fighting, completely railroading her out of the spotlight. Instead of defending herself or saying anything of note, Leslie was reduced to saying irrelevant comments like “You’re out of control” or “This is what he does.”
Blah blah blah.
Well, it was obvious where this was going. Trump fired Leslie because of the pricing, and with that, the quietest cast member was sent home. Out in the lobby, Lee and Leslie hugged goodbye, which was oddly heartwarming. It’s nice to see people act like adults from time to time. Leslie then headed off to the taxi, and we returned to The Donald who, as usual, sought the approval of his cohorts. Of course they told him that he’d made the right decision, and so Trump said, “Okay,” and then flicked his hand as if to say, “Smell ya later, Leslie!” Being cavalier is a THIRTY BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY!
See ya. Wouldn’t want to be ya!
As the show came to a close, we then saw Leslie riding in the cab, marveling at the run of luck she’s had: lost as Project Manager, got fired, and all on her birthday! Oh my! With that sort of luck, she said, she should buy a lotto ticket! Uh, actually, no. You have what we call “BAD LUCK.” Just go to Ben & Jerry’s an enjoy a double scoop of New York Super Fudge Chunk. With your luck, it’ll probably fall on the floor.
What did you think about this episode? Should Trump have fired Leslie? Or Lee? Should she have brought anyone else into the Boardroom?
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What about chocolate chip cookie dough or cherry garcia? Anyway, thanks for the re-cap B-side. Leslie should have taken someone else in for support. If two people were attacking Lee, he might not have been able to get a word in. But I agree with Trump (I feel so dirty…), Leslie needed to go because of the pricing. It was really dumb not to lower the price especially when Lee told her that the 7-11 managers thought it was too high. Listen, if a convenience store employee thinks something costs too much, you should pay attention. I also agree that Lee should have sold the sandwiches since it was about increasing sales and not profit. But at least he tried.
I can’t wait until Lee gets fired. If it were up to me, his ass would have gotten the boot weeks ago. Of course, I don’t envision him leaving anytime soon…he has become Trump’s lapdog (or maybe it’s the other way around).
Anyway, he hasn’t seemed to have done anything in any of the tasks since his time as PM. This sandwich deal was the only thing actually, and that still fell through. Maybe he did it on purpose, I don’t think he seems to care if his team loses as long as he has positioned himself so that he won’t get fired.
Maybe George should have been fired for actually liking the P’Eatzza. What a horrible idea; it does make you wonder how many execs it took to think up this awful “sandwich” idea.
I was upset to see Leslie fail as she did. She was probably my favorite cast member because she didn’t try to outdue or boast about her superior lifestyle. But what was she thinking — $7.99!!! Sure you get a free cooler; but you’d have a hell of a medical bill after eating the stupid thing. B-Side, I was in total agreement with all of you AKAs for the stupid thing.
I don’t think the competition ended up being about units sold so perhaps they should have left the other crappy sandwiches on the shelves. Had they sold the regular faux meat sandwiches, they might have had more money come through the dive.
Andrea — ugh — shut up about your “great life.” It is so complete and wonderful and yet you are actually on this show. Who cares about your stupid sticker company — invent something or create something original. It is as if she wants us to actually believe SHE invented stickers.
Lastly, do we really need business lessons from Donald anymore if they have NOTHING to do with the show? The last two episodes did NOTHING to support his business tips. NOBODY knew their customer this week just as NO leader could make a decision on the other episode. How are we supposed to be successful Donald if you don’t give us tips that actually work
So I missed the first half of this one, but I saw enough to realize that I thing I was at one of the 7-11s on the day they did this. Did one of the teams hand out bite-size samples? The stupid thing is they were there in the morning. So all the grumpy New Yorkers are there in this cramped store trying to get their coffee and instead they have to fight through video cameras and annoying people thrusting sandwich bites in their faces. We all just ignored them. Plus the idea of a pizza sandwich from 7-11 just sounded hideous. I think I said something bitchy about it being way too early for this to one of them.
They passed out donuts at my job this morning and I am on a huge sugar high, so when I read that tidbit about Aneesa/Kristy McNichol/ 9-11, I giggled like a school-girl with swollen nipples!
Andrea is an asshole and I want to see her raked across the coals.
Pizza with LETTUCE and turkey … MMMMM! How many Lettuce and turkey pizzas have you seen on a pizzaria menu — none? There’s a reason for that.
Does anyone know if it was cold or hot? I imagine it was cold, so the cheese would have been all nice and coagulated, with the grease separated from it. I’m THERE!
Call me crazy but I sort of missed the duo of Bill and Ivanka in this episode.
Is it just me or this season is really entertaining because there’s no one to root for? I mean, all of this people behave like they have not one iota of common sense. I would root for Roxanne but she’s into that weird menage a trois (platonically, I hope) with that british dude and that’s just really repulsive.
Great recap B-side, & Clarice you almost made me spit out my coffee!
You know, I really hate the fact that I hate Andrea-being a woman it is nice to see a successful, assertive female become a business success & I hate that people don’t like it when women aren’t “nice” in the business world while it’s ok for men to be assholes, but I just can’t stand this self-righteous, stick-up-her-butt tranny!
B-side, you are so right about Allie, except I bet she’s an annoying AND slutty drunk-everytime she encounters a living, breathing male during one of their challenges it’s like she’s in heat.
Oh, another thing-why was Leslie looking for sympathy because she lost on her birthday? Boo fricking hoo. I agree, go get some Ben & Jerry’s-my vote is Phish Food or Karmel Sutra.
If Andrea’s life is so great why does she wear that tacky orange eyeshadow?
Thanks for the recap, B-Side.
I watched the episode last night and I couldn’t believe Gold Rush would try to have people pay $8 for that shit. And some people really DID pay that? Wow.
And it’s funny you mention Allie possibly being a slut when she drinks because I pointed out last week or the week before that she seemed really horny. Hehe!
Anyways, next week, I’m still debating in my head if I should watch that Celebrity Cookoff show… is NBC still having Naomi Campbell participate and risk the lives of the sous-chefs like that??
Bauer’s Sweetheart – LoL. Yeah, no shit! A trip to a GOOD salon wouldn’t hurt her.
Firecat, re) Lee, i’m in agreemnt, i thnk he knows how to play the game in such a way that no matter what happens, he won’t be fired.
as 4 that sandwich, u have got 2 b kidding me, just LOOKING at the stupid thing was enuf 2 gimme diarrhea, gross! seriously, who’s gonna thnk that looks tasty?? can’t imagine even the most starved highway trucker would dare 2 eat that, lest he risk upsetting a bowel movemnt all at once!
does any1 else thnk Allie looks like Kyra Sedgewick (kevin bacon’s wife)? Sorry if some1 brought it up b4, i haven’t read all the recaps.
Sean, pls shut ur mouth, u’re making Brits worldwide cringe w/ embarassmnt. He’s 2 much, seems like a caricature of an overly British person.
Ooh! Leslie with the sass! It’s not anyone who can take a tagline from The Mask and turn it into a Boardroom zinger.
I believe that line was first used by the inimitable Robert Van Winkle in the seminal 90s hit “Cool as Ice.”
“Why don’t you drop that zero and get wit this hero!”
This has been the WORST “Apprentice” season of all. If not for the ‘Gasm recaps I would have quit watching altogether. Now I get my kicks picking up on the stupidity of all these fools. From totally classless Lenny to annoying Brent to the insufferable Andrea to lapdog Lee. Wow. They should take this cast and put them on “Survivor, Manhattan Island”. Seriously, if these are the best they could find from over a million applicants, then the talent coordinator on this show should be roasted over a slow fire. Can anyone think of just one likeable character?
Didn’t those girls sing that in HERCULES, too?
That is the most disusting sandwich I have ever seen. I feel bad for the race car driver that actually had to eat it.
I call it a coozy! Most people I know call it a coozy too!
WHat the hell kind of a sandwich is that anyway? YOu get your hands all messy eating it no matter what you do. ANd a napkin wouldnt work becasue it would get stuff in the sauce and cheese…7-Eleven, you suck!
Turkey and lettuce on pizza??? Who is the genius who came up with that idea? Good god.
Lee is such a loser. I will cackle with glee when the Donald fires his ass.
Yes, Dave J! I thought I was the only one who thought of Vanilla Ice everytime I heard that line.
Who in their right mind would pay 8 bucks for a pizza?
Does that first pic of Andrea in the hat remind you of Felicity Huffman in “TransAmerica”?
Damn it. My tv guide didn’t list a second episode, and I wasn’t home, which means I didn’t see this episode.
However, that may not have been so bad because I’m absolutely hating the life lessons the obnoxious bitches (Sean included) at Synergy are learning. They didn’t win this task because they got rid of Brent and Michael in the most vile ways possible, they won because Gold Rush screwed up and lost.
Damn. At least there are a couple of decent human beings left on the show, so I’m not quite ready to give up on it yet.
You all can hate on Lee all you want, but I kind of like the boy wonder. Covering your ass when someone else is making a bad decision you don’t agree with is an important skill in corporate America. Why should Lee throw himself on his sword when he knew the pricing was way too high and made his opinion known to Leslie? While Lee’s 1,000 sandwich deal did not come through, at least he was thinking big, instead of standing out on the sidewalk acting like an asshole like the rest of his team. Developers like Trump are risk takers and I think he appreciated Lee trying to make the big play, even though he failed to close the deal.
P.S. not surprised to see Chuck Schumer on The Apprentice. He’s a decent Senator but he’s definitely a camera whore. Every week he does some stupid ass press conference on Sunday because no matter how lame it is he knows he’ll get on TV because the media are dying for stories on what is always a slow news day.
You poor ignorant reality tv watchers….you still don’t get it….Andrea is a man, who will come out on final episode. I can’t believe nobody can see this coming…
I agree with the Lee bashers…when he ducked out of 2 challenges due to his “religion”, he should have been fired. What if he were a brain surgeon and one of his patients needed an emergency operation…note to Lee..people work on religious holidays….what an arrogant idiot.
Finally, did you see the Trump boardgame on the table in the Boys and Girls club “Lounge”? What 10 year old kid would 1) give 2 craps about playing the game 2) want to see The Donalds ugly mug on a table in their new clubhouse 3)AARRGGG WHY DOES THIS MAN STILL HAVE A TV SHOW ON?
I really don’t feel like debating this issue again as we hashed it out here ad naseum last week, but bottom line is Lee stuck to his principles and opted to worship and was prepared to accept any consequences that resulted. How about the ballplayer Shawn Green, who wouldn’t play during the playoffs when the game fell on Rosh Hashana? No one should be forced to work when it’s prohibited by their religion, but it should be a matter of personal choice.
Trixie, I just noticed that you put “religion” in quotes. Does Judiasm not count as a religion in your book.
Trixie, I just noticed that you put “religion” in quotes. Does Judiasm not count as a real religion in your book?
I definitely think this win went to the biggest ass-kissers.
Are we still on this religion controversey? I mean come on, I don’t practice any religion, was never baptized or christened or saved or anything, but I still respect people’s choice to observe & practice their faith as their relgion requires them to. My God (am I allowed to used that?) people, are we all just robots? Do we live in France where relgious diversity is banned??
P’Eatzza truly is one of the worst names ever invented. Why does putting the word “eat” in there modify the original word? “P’Eatzza: Different from regular pizza, because you EAT it!” What do you do with regular pizza? Car repair? Crown moldings?
Allie annoys me too, but she’s further down on the list behind Andrea and Tarek. Has she been a PM? I’m too lazy to go to the Apprentice site and check. I ask because I nearly changed the channel when I saw that effin Andrea was the PM again. Hats and pizza? That ranks up there with Theresa’s genius idea of using a horse and carriage at the Chevy Tahoe retreat. She’s lucky that other genius Leslie decided to charge $7.99 for that nasty sandwich or else Andrea would have had to explain the hat/pizza connection to Trump in the boardroom.
I agree with Tony A. (#16) that there aren’t many likeable people this season. Roxanne might be okay but her participation in the threesome with Allie and Sean is kind of unnerving. I’d like to see her get to the final two but I doubt it will happen as Trump seems to find some kind of random reason to eliminate the people who seem like they have a little bit of sense. As much as I hate to say it, I see Andrea clawing her way to the finals but I can’t tell who will join her there.
I guess I’m rooting for Lee or the Sandra Bullock chick. The fact I still don’t know her name kind of reflects on how if you take away Lenny and Bruce, how utterly forgettable this season will be.
JasonR,
You are right, I think Lee is one of the best candidates on the show. I don’t really see any one being the hands down favorite. All of the candidates have shown weakness at times and none of them look to be any good.
Did anyone catch what appeared to be a borderline antisemitic remark from Trump? Lee at one point asked which group cared the most about price points? He answered his own question and said seniors and college students. Trump kind of smiled and said, “Oh, I thought you were going to say something else.”
Maybe I’m overreacting, but did anyone else think this was a reference to jews? What else would Trump have meant…especially directed at Lee?
Soriner, I caught that too. My girlfriend and I looked at each other like, “He didn’t just…did he?”
And there is aboslutely no excuse for mocking Lee for choosing to observe a religious holiday. It’s not as if he was asking for special treatment, or trying to get out of work and not even going to services. I’m sure if he was a Muslim who had to observe a strict holiday no one would even question it for fear of appearing “insensitive.” And please, don’t come back and try to say I have something against them, I don’t. Let’s just try not to be prejudiced against anyone.
That’s absolutely what Trump was suggesting. Although I would call it a stereotype, I wouldn’t go as far as to say borderline antisemitic. Quite frankly I wish my wife would be more Jewish and actually look at a price tag once in a while.
I agree about the comments regarding Chuck Schumer being a camera whore. Maybe it’s a New York thing, because Hillary does the same…..
Lee should have taken the fact that 2 holidays were coming up into consideration before joining the show. It’s not fair to his teammates. Anyway, that’s besides the point because it’s over and done with.
It’s true Lee should have closed the deal at any price. He did think outside of the box, and it was a brilliant move. I’ll give credit where it’s due.
Lee was dishonest in the boardroom in regards to Lenny. He shouldn’t hold his friendship higher than his team. That conversation he had with Charmaine pissed me off, and it showed what a fool Lee actually is.
The shuffle of Michael to the hapless Gold Rush team was a good and necessary change. It was pa’athetic how his former teammates dissed him after last weeks win. If only he could have infected Leslie with some of his indecisiveness, she might have paused to rethink her fatal pricing decision.
How in the hell could Leslie so definitively settle on a price of $7.99 per sandwich with no rudimentary market research is beyond me. It seems like she pulled this number out of her ass! Lee at least showed some spunk and creativity by trying to set up a side deal with some guy who was prepared to buy 1000 units. It didn’t take a stroke of genius, but rather common sense, to visit the damned store where the food would be sold. How else were they to assess their prospective clientele? Since Lee grew up in the neighborhood, Leslie should have trusted his instincts on pricing.
In the boardroom the heretofore quiet Lee proved to be a fierce street brawler- who it appears could teach Senator Schumer a thing or two about filibustering. I too was startled by that cryptic anti-Semitic suggestion by Trump. One would have to be a dolt to interpret it otherwise. I see what direction he’s sailing that yacht, and it looks like he’s heading right towards a huge iceberg covered with the initials “ADL”.
What’s that dismissive hand gesture, followed by the word “chew” supposed to signify? Is that how he adjourns his meetings? What a disrespectful prick!
Trump thinks that because he is a billionaire, he can say whatever he wants.
^edit to finish my point.
It’s a luxury he didn’t afford Clay from last season (who made a similar comment regarding Adam)
Oh yeah, I caught the “cheap Jew” reference too. I guess the only reason it hasn’t been made a bigger deal is because Lee smirked and didn’t take offense.
Okay, I can’t believe no one else brought this up, but maybe I am the only one who missed this: what on earth did the photoshoot with the race car driver have to do with ANYTHING in this task? I’m not being sarcastic – since it aired I have been trying to figure it out. The other team didn’t do a photoshoot. I didn’t see the ads playing a role anywhere in the show. Where did this come from?
I actually thought this was one of the better episodes of the season. Maybe because it was more sales-related than marketing-related for once, and I enjoyed seeing Lee use his brain while the rest of the cast members concentrated on promo items or trivia questions. (Honestly, though, trivia?)
B-Side, LOVE the Aneesa reference. So random, yet so true.
I thought it was kind of odd that Donald asked Synergy to volunteer a member to switch teams. In other seasons, didn’t he usually insist on a trade? Even though GR was down two players, the move of only one person couldn’t have put them on a level playing field. I felt like he was secretly rooting for Synergy to win.
JasonR..The placing of quotes around the word religion was faux pas on my part. I dont even know why I used quotes..I think I was trying to infer that perhaps he was shirking his responsiblities. I hope I didnt offend anyone. MY BAD!!!!
I have NO problem with anyone observing their religious beliefs, however I have a problem when they try out for a tv show KNOWING well in advance that these holidays fall during the taping. Wouldnt a prudent person say to themselves, “gee, I’d love to go on the Apprentice, but it falls right smack in the middle of my holidays, and since I won’t be there during the tasks, perhaps I shouldnt audition…Thats all.
Trix,
Apology accepted.
Lori, you are right. The whole attempt to do a promotional tie-in w/ the race team was pretty random. Probably something 7-11 insisted on for TV purposes and not for any reason having to do w/ contest itself. God knows Manhattan is a hotbed of interest for auto racing (not).
BTW, when did Matt Lauer start racing cars?
Is it just me, or is Bill Rancic turning into a creepy Anthony Perkins clone with a phony smile frozen on his face? Every time he appears on camera I can hear the theme from Psycho in my head.
RDW1299: Norman Bates is an improvement on Bill — I think someone should search his crawlespace for bodies.
But … is his hair gatting better?
Ugh, I hope they fire Lee pretty soon.
His ass kissing is almost as bad as Andrea’s bitchy attitude. Tony’s right, worst cast on apprentice yet.
holyterror: No, his hair is not getting better. In fact, it’s getting worse. He needs to try something other than those $5 haircuts he gets on 42nd Street.
It’s the combination of the messy spiked hair, the weird phony smile, and those beady snake eyes that make him look so strange.
I was particularly creeped out when I saw Anthony ….. er ….. I mean ….. Bill ….. around all those kids.
Zharak: You are correct – this season the entire group of candidates sucks.
Trixie,
You don’t need to apologize for putting religion in quotes. But you do need to apologize for equating brain surgery with marketing. No one is going to DIE if they don’t hear the new slogan for the new Chevy Tahoe or whatever crap they were trying to hawk that day.
I get the impression that Andrea has always been a CUNextTuesday,even when she wasn’t a millionaire sticker queen. I bet her employees think she’s rotten bitch. She displays no evidence of good people management.
Watching Bill Rancid in that commercial chewing on his own face was painful. Does joining the Trump organization make one facially disfigured from stress? I seem to remember him being much better looking before he was hired.
I still think Apprentice would be more interesting if he cast more B type personalities instead of all Type A’s. And more average joes.