"Need we play more?"

Fucking genius.

Hmm.. are you aware that Song is out of business?

Hey sg-dub... great recap. I honestly don't know what part of the show amazed me most... A: the fact that Ryan decided to write, star and produce that abortion.
B. The amount that Ryan drank
C. The fact that Marcella never said a word.
D. Charles obviously checking out Ryan's crotch in those boxer briefs
E. The fact that Dawna had "never played Scrabble". What trailer park is she from??
I am in Hartford, but missed the game. Right now I have to go stock up on milk, bread, toilet paper and batteries before the "killer snowstorm" arrives.

"Have a nice flight, bitch."

I watched that like five times. I swear that's what he says.

Zoli Erdos -

Song is out of business?
I did not know that. I just flew Song very recently. I Googled this info and found one LA Times article.

That sucks.

Lensmanct -

UConn destroyed them as expected. And ain't it funny how everyone appears to feast on french toast every snow storm?

Aw, I felt bad for Marcella. She did speak against almost every one of Ryan's beyond idiotic ideas, but there really was no stopping him and his outta control narcissistic drunken ego, and she knew that she would go down with him. (Was a bit puzzled though when she described the giggle reaction as positive.)

That promo video was beyond horrible in every single way imaginable and then some, Somehow the double firing, or whatever the hell Martha calls it, just doesn't seem enough for Ryan's performance.

Hey Zoli! Where do you get your info? Song is not out of business. They are owned by Delta Airlines which has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection but that is not the same as "Out of Business". Actually, Delta is changing more of its planes to follow the Song model, which is awesome. I fly Song as often as possible. It's my favorite domestic airline.

I knew the moment Little League boy ignored the target audience that he and the Field Mouse Marcella would both be fired. Watching him get tanked during the task, and then called out on it, made it that much funnier.
Martha: "And after horseback riding, we are going to play Scrabble."
Jim: "Oh, I love Scrabble."
Bethany :"We got to horseback ride with Martha, and play Scrabble. It was a dream come true."
Too effin funny...
Shout out to CT peeps. Get the shovels ready.

I think Bethenny may win it. Jim and Dawn are both smart, but Jim is uncontrollable, and Dawna seems out of her element.

There will be no song airlines by June of next year. Delta will take over a lot of the routes, and most of those routes will probably feature the same planes, staff, etc. It just won't be called Song.

Hopefully I won't have to get out my shovel tomorrow morning. 75 and sunny, you just don't know.

I know ! I found it hilarious that they were advertising an airline that they are closing. Its the ultimate of product placement

I actually believe Bethanny will win this thing too even though the whole "she knows George angle" plays against her.
If anything she wants it bad AND I dont think they woulda shown the Scrabble thing if it wasnt meant to tell us something about Dawna, which incidently I still dont know anything about, except that she looks like she should be on Alla and Felishia's team ...
No .. wait a sec. Never mind

Martha announced the upcoming Scrabble game like it was the second coming. I may not be very good at Scrabble, but I'm pretty sure I could have come up with a 3 or 4 letter word...good grief, what is her major malfunction?

awesome shout out to the pregnant lady, s-g dub, you're a scholar and a gentleman

BTW, snow blizz hit chi, il too but I got the pancakes going, not the french toast

One of the best recaps evah!I love the picture of the boxing/head injury guy.
I wonder if ImClone's chief's policy on customer service was: ""Ask the customer what THEY want and cater to them." *sigh* Martha, they did you wrong! Never mind you selling the sh*t illegally, it's all their fault.
Hypothetical: I wonder what would have happened if drunkRyan would have played Scrabble with Martha? "heh heh...Look, I spelled Fug U." Hey, Ryan, toilet water's free, too, so don't be getting any ideas.
God Bless all those snowed in!Start going into the TVgasm archives--the Tony's are my personal faves. :)

Saranac Pale Ale ... Mmmmm!

If Dawna watched The Sopranos, she'd at least have been able to come up with "poo," "ass," and "the," like Meadow's boyfriend did in his Scrabble game.

Martha seems to have no social graces whatsoever -- instead of engaging her guests in some semblance of conversation on that horseback ride, all she did was talk about how beautiful her property is. And SCRABBLE? I'd have looked at my watch and suddenly "remembered" a prior engagement if anyone pulled that on me, then find the nearest exit.

Drunken Ryan was a riot (Ry-ot?) The only thing more tragic and engaging I've seen this week was the excellent meltdown on Runway.

It would be so cool to play Scrabble against Martha. I'd be playing words like camp, cupcake, felon, harridan, soulless, and even bitchify.

And by the way, sg-dub, UMass will win next year's Battle of the Border. Considering that all of UConn's current players will either jump to the NBA or be incarcerated (or both), Jim Calhoun will have his work cut out for him.

Thinking again about what had to be one of the stupidest moves ever on TV, does anyone think that maybe Ryan had realized that he had used up his 15 minutes and probably did not want to work for this bitch after all? I can only think that he must have decided to say "F the whole thing...let's go crazy" (I mean, in the previous episode, his idea of having the car at the dinner table was not exactly brilliant either).
I can see him collecting on side bets with his buddies: "see...and you didn't think I'd have the balls to do something that crazy."
OR...he's just stupid.

Jim is really freakin scary... I kind of hope he will go into a total meltdown when he gets told that he "just doesn't fit."
It would be great to see him go over the table and try to choke Martha with her pearl necklace.

To all the CT people: once again, overreaction to the snowstorm by local media outlets is the case. Thank God I was able to get cases of soup and batteries. I just wish I had bought a can opener and a flashlight.

Dude, it is DOUCHE BAG not “deuchebag.� You made the same mistake in the last one. Don’t you have spellcheck?

Who does Ryan think he is..fucking Barbra Streisand, with all the writing, producing, directing and starring in? Geez...

Looks like that Dawna is going to win this one...

KH

Wait-- Dawna and Alla aren't the same person?

From Turd Furguson (#18):
"Dude, it is DOUCHE BAG not “deuchebag.� You made the same mistake in the last one. Don’t you have spellcheck?"

This coming from a person who misspells his own name. Good gosh. By the way, I just assumed that "deuchebag" was a reference to Donny Deutsch, who was conspiculously absence from this season's Apprentice but has made up for it recently by acting like the spokesmen for all Earth's males on every talk show and news show.

Okay I am really concerned that Martha's recent speech about how she can't believe she has to pick from two losers means that Jim and Michael Jackson, I mean Bethany, are the final two. You know what would be awesome if Martha cut them both. It's the one and only season of this apprentice, choosing neither would really be awesome. I love when the final judging happens after everything has aired. I think survivor would be way better if it happened like that...

Martha's weirdly obsessed with Scrabble. This from an Larry King interview with Alexis while Martha was "away".

KING: What does she talk about?

STEWART: Well, we talk about the normal things. You know, we play scrabble, and...

KING: You play scrabble?

STEWART: Yes. She was having a lot of fun playing scrabble until I started beating her. Now she decided she doesn't want to play.

I do not see Martha choosing Dawn-a!
Name too tacky---personal style non-existant. Cannot imagine Martha going with that taste level. Jim is just too inappropriate. Will not win. That leaves Betheny.....I mean she does have some sense of style....she is a "foodie" ....SHE'LL NAB IT. Finally, I love this show! I guess I the only one who will miss Martha's Apprentice!

OK, I realize I am very shallow and I ain't even gonna front about that, but now that Ryan (AKA the cute one) is gone I don't even care who wins. I happens with all the great reality shows. The hot guy will hang in there until the near bitter end and then he's booted for something stupid. I also realize I should defend my affection for Ryan but all I can say is "linen pants" "knees to chest" and "package."

Dogg Pound: Bull's eye -- it appeals to the hyper-literate passive/aggressive in me.

Check out the recommendations people listed on Amazon for the Michael Jackson Collection. Brilliant.

The "boxer" is a spitting image of Sammy Davis Jr., especially as the hookah-smoking caterpillar on an obscure version of "Alice in Wonderland"- need I play more?

sg-dub and Diana,

i loved this version of Apprentice, too. Martha's awkwardness and lack of social grace are every bit as entertaining as The Donald's pomposity and lack of social grace. I haven't SEEN the show in a few weeks so I have been reading sg-dub's delightfully colorful recaps to keep up-to-date. Thanks for keeping on with the flava, sg-dub!

Does anyone else think that Martha did this show as her community service penance?

need we play more? that was so bad! I thought the ladies would like ryan in his undies!

Is it just me or does it seem that we're left with the weakest of the canidates? I think all the good people were booted early on for lame reasons. Two more to go...thank goodness.

Go Huskies!!! Grew up in lovely Southington, CT so I'm a big UConn fan :-)

"Is it just me or does it seem that we're left with the weakest of the canidates? I think all the good people were booted early on for lame reasons"
Very true. This reminds me of that old SNL skit where there was a game show called "Eat it, drive it or sleep with it." and the contestents had were given a food, a car and a person and had to decide which was the lesser of the 3 evils. Later in the skit they were shown a brick of a head cheese, a 78 Pinto and the fat black lady from "What's Happenin'. I think it was Chris Kattan that said, "Man I don't wanna eat, drive or sleep with any of those." I have never known how he felt until this point in the shower. I don't wanna eat, drive or sleep with any of them now that Ryan is gone.

Sg-dub, I've been reading TVgasm from the very first recap of Lagun--er, never mind, for a while. I make it a point to never comment because, you know, some of us should just giggle and stay above the fray. BUT I have to jump in to say thank you for the Martha recaps. (You've seemed a little dejected about this task.) Looking forward to your recaps makes the show so much better! So, chin up 'dub,it's almost over. See you at "Project Runway"!

Also, could we take the honor of referring to oneself in the third person away from Diddy now that MTB 3 is over? Can we leave it to The Svan?

where is this past week's recap?! the finale is almost one! help!