Trumps hair..Scary man, just scary. What in the hell would you CALL that style? Is is a side comb-over/swirl? Negative vs. Attractive. Priceless Mr. Trump. Priceless.

i used to think charmaine was ok, but her bitching and whining in the board room had me literally screaming "calm the fuck down!" at my tv screen...and i realize what an oxymoron that is.

I aint buying the authenticity of Trump’s hair until the guys from MythBusters get a crack at him. A cursory examination by that sycophant Charmaine, proves nothing. “Why yes Mr. Trump, your hair is silky, masculine and wonderful…and, and you sing well also!”

Breakfast with Chuck Schumer and a forced jam session with a disinterested Burt Bacharach-a-saurus…who in the hell is conjuring up these “rewards” this season? They should save these lame-assed rewards for the geriatric version of The Apprentice, and give the contestants something they might actually appreciate. Hey, here’s an idea: How about a reward that has some monetary value? All Trump ever talks about is money and wealth, yet NBC can’t ever seem cut loose with an extra dime to compensate the winning teams.

That boardroom scene sounded like a typical shout-fest on the McLaughlin Group-with Charmaine playing the part of an especially shrill Eleanor Clit. Oops, I guess I left the “F” out of her name. Trump had a hard-on for MENSA boy from the word go, so it wasn’t surprising to see Tarek get booted-especially after his disrespectful and frankly insubordinate behavior towards his project manager. He was a real loafer on this task…as opposed to Sean, who was just plain light in his loafers. Lee’s instincts (to focus on getting asses into the beautician’s chairs) were right, but he contributed nothing productive to his team’s pitiful effort. Had it not been for his facile political maneuvering, he might have been fired also, and rightfully so.

Wonderful recap, B-Side. While I agree Charmaine needed to go, Tarak did not deserve to be fired- for this task. The boardroom is like the Oscars, sometimes people get awards for their cumulative career. In this case Tarak, though he had improved, was fired for his overall ability to suck big time. That being said, I would have prefered to see another Synergy boardroom 'cause I want to see Allie go down. I want to finally see the blood on the walls!

Why did the one team have stylists at their disposal placing "product" and the other did not?? Did they just not take advantage of the stylists helping set up like the other team did? Charmaine is so whiny that I was happy to see her leave. All her badmouthing of Lee and not wanting to win because he would get to stay was getting so old and seemed so "high schoolish".

Charmaine should have got Trump's haircut. Then she may not have been fired.

My only regret is they didn't figure out a way to have a challenge that would have required Charmaine to wear a cheerleader outfit. Would love to have seen that before she got canned.

It appears I'm the only Lee fan. Why is scheming applauded on Survivor and denounced on this show? The object of both shows is to get to the final two and win, right? What's wrong with pitting your competition against each other? Lee is very sharp. I would love to have him working for me, that is until he engineered my ouster and took my job.

Best (and most ironic) line of the night, "He's not a snake" by Tarek about Lee. The devil's nickname isn't "the Prince of Lies" for nothing.

Tarek is a fool for not makin' a move on Charmaine in the cab.

There was a moment where I started to like Lee, but it didn't last. He's a rat.

Michael is useless.

Did anyone else notice that there appeared to be a gap in the clip in the cab where it looked like Tarek and Charmaine had just been laughing and were now trying to be straight-faced and solemn? Or was that just me?

JasonR -- you raise an interesting question. Why is scheming bad on this show but good on Survivor.

I guess my response would be that on Survivor, it's all about scheming to win a million. This show, however, is about winning a coveted business position. I think scheming is considered a less desirable trait in this scenario because it suggests how one would act in the workplace. And I personally would not want a schemer in my workplace.

Survivor on the other hand is an out and out game. I don't think scheming on the island necessarily reflects how someone might act in the real world.

What does everyone else think?

^i don't know..i think scheming is a huge part of the corporate world. everyone's always trying to "one-up" those who could potentially threaten thier chance at a promotion/job offering.
tough question.

I agree. Scheming is not bad, and should be encouraged when facing the boardroom. What I didn't like about Lee this episode (and in others) was his inability to give a straight (and honest) answer to a simple question. Like he couldn't even say who he thought should be fired, or like when he said Lenny did a fabulous job as PM...when clearly he did not.

susanarosa- i noticed that laughter on their faces in the cab too.
all i wanted, when they both got in that cab, was for them to give each other dirty looks and then start making out. just for fun.

Worse than Trump's need to prove that his hair is real is his need to regularly prove that his junk still works by having some hapless foreigner crap out another Trump spawn.

I love how, everywhere I've seen this episode recapped, people wanted Tarek and Charmaine to make out. I smell fanfic.

susanarosa, I caught that too. It also looked like they were trying to suppress laughter while waiting on the Elevator of Shame after the boardroom. I think there was some editing that went on here, they had to have been giggling in the cab.

What a bullsh*t task. Stock shelves with "product", print up flyers, and hand them out. Whoop-dee-sh*t. Whatever happened to ponies and skeet-shooting, ffs.

I'm with B-side about scheming, I don't really care which idiot wins Survivor, but it's really getting hard to cheer on any of this sorry pool. I think Tareky was actually a pretty solid candidate, but seemed to always be taking the brunt of the blame (although his "educate your hair" theme suggestion was pretty funny). That said, when the tasks are of the nature that could be performed by a bunch of ambitious high-school students, focusing on accomplishment does seem increasingly pointless.

For the record, I'm calling shenagigans on this one. Why did Synergy seem to have staff there to stock the shelves for them, freeing them up to start on marketing right away. And in any case there was no indication that the win was due to anything other than the luck of foot traffic, which was not balanced out by anything like percentage increase over sales from a previous date.

The boardroom was entertaining, but too bad Tarek got so far off point. But Trump was more than happy to let him. He seemed completely uninterested in hearing about how the team performed. Bring back George!!!!! Oh, and Michael is a freak.

I dunno, I agree the show is entertaining but it's just keeps getting more and more random with every show and just winds up pissing me off.

I swear these tasks are becoming so boring and so repetitive that future casts should already know what’s to come just about every week before the show even starts filming. They should be anticipating these ridiculous challenges and coming up with strategies way ahead of time. How many seasons do we have to go through before teams realize that fliers DONT WORK.

And for the love of God, where’s George this season ??

Susanarosa, I noticed that too. In fact, it seems like no one could keep a straight face from the boardroom, on. First Carolyn had more than a smirk on - it looked like she was holding back gales of laughter. Then, as soon as the four candidates left the boardroom, Charmaine and Tarek seemed to be holding back giggles. It was funny when B-side mentioned a new editor this week, because I seriously thought there must have been someone off camera making jokes or noises or something.

Chronic (#18) I totally agree that Michael is a freak. I don't think he's playing with a full deck at all.

And how hypocritical is Lee? He claims to be so religious and devout that he must sit out tasks to keep up with strict jewish customs, which I totally respect, but then proves just how ethical he is by lying, scheming and backstabbing!
I hope Karma bites Lee on the ass!

Lee would be a great addition to "The Friendship"

Tarek shouldn't have been fired. I'd like to know who the hell he's going to pick as his apprentice because the pickings are slim. I can't see any of the remaining people as his apprentice. I thought Tarek would make the best apprentice even though he's a big mouth.

I think that Trump made a mistake in firing Charmaine. Don't get me wrong, I think she should have been fired, but he said she got fired because she needed to be able to lead difficult people. LAST WEEK, Andrea got fired for being difficult to work with, but Allie didn't. That just doesn't seem fair.

For a couple minutes this week, I actually liked Tarek. Sure he sucked in most tasks but when he did his Charmaine imitation in the van with Lee, I honestly laughed out loud. Especially over Charmaine's 'family' of shampoos and conditioners, hehe. Oh well! See you in the next Pirates of the Caribbean, guy.

YES, Michael is weird. I couldn't follow what the hell he was talking about in the boardroom, I was so bored by him and his 'expressionless' face & monotone voice. Crack a smile from time to time. Did he even laugh when Trump joked about a Charmaine gangbang?

-B-Side, great recap. :) thanks for mentionning the Rubble Man. Thinking about that song puts a smile on my face everytime. I thought there would be a pic of Carolyn's hair this week though. Her hair was worse than usual... she must have had a fight with her bangs that day.

You may have been fired Miss Charmaine - but your hair looks so "cuttery"...

hb

B-side, you are hilarious! It is not often that I laugh out loud at anything, but this was great:

"At one point, Tammy suggested the word "careers," but she might as well have said 'ass monkey c-nt face'".

Chronic (#18) - I also noticed the staff helping the one team. I wonder what was up with that? Why didn't the other team have that? Thats right, they had Charmaine leading and Tarek too worried about the non-existant theme. Nevermind. My Bad.

The Hair Cuttery? What genius came up with that name? Is it between the Pizza Eatery and the Grocery Shoppery?

No one has mentioned it but you B-side, but my fave LOL moment of this episode was Sean talking about "making babies" with Tammy. The whole uncomfortable thing with him picking in his ear sfterwards (and the fact that the camera lingered on it) was hysterical! Some of the apes I care for stick their finger in their ear when they're nervous so this just made me laugh and laugh! I still think he (Sean) is cute. I'm a sucker for a British accent I guess.

Kinda sucks Tarek got fired. He worked his ass off in every single episode.

Lee seems like he would make a better lawyer than a businessman.

And after watching the cab segment, Charmaine and Tarek probably got it on at Camp Crazy.

I have gotten into the habit of reading TVGasm before watching each episode. That way I know what highlights to look for, and it's much funnier that way.

TVGasm is like the Cliffs Notes you read before you (maybe) read the actual book.

Hair Cuttery was impressed with Charmaine and offered her a job. Good publicity, too.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/05/01/daily10.html

B-side, I have this friend who is sooooooo in love with Allie. He totally wants to do her. He says she gets more and more attractive with each passing episode and would even risk castration to be her man slave. Just thought you'd like to know she actually has a fan base. He needs your help and guidance during this dark time.

I'm normally a Lee fan, and it often seems like Gold Rush loses on the points he raises but are ignored. Their one recent win was with him as project manager. But I lost soooo much respect for him with his "three guys taking orders from a lady" sexist crap.

Anyway, I fully expected the impression of The Donald to be mentioned. I forget which of the women did it, but in her interview she used the word "'uuuuuge!" That was a 'uge deal! A 30 BILLION... oh, never mind. But I laughed at the dropped H a la Donald.
Speaking of Donald's speechcraft, I love his More You Know. It's like Darryl Hammond is doing it, but it's Trump himself!

so glad i'm not the only one who thought that lame ass song was a rip off of Jurassic Park.

I love this show!

I missed last week, so for the record - I am thrilled MANdrea and her tawdry "millions" are gone. YEAH! I don't even love to hate her, I just hate her.

Lee cracks me up. He is like the lost, genetically engineered offspring of Adrian Brody and Jerry Lewis - "Three men taking orders from a Laaaay-deeee!" Ha Ha Ha.

Normally I would find his underhanded, manipulations kind of repulsive, but in this case I loved it. Everyone on his team has said at one point or another that they don't trust him/he's always looking to position himself, etc. So, why would they all automatically just believe him? If you don't trust your instincts in business, you're not going to go very far!

I can't stand Allie, she looks like an adult version of a Cabbage Patch Kid. Sean is so slimy, and gross - if he had pale skin he would look the guy from Napoleon Dynamite - Ewwww!

I predict Lee and Charmaine as the final two. Who's Michael?

JasonR-I think Lee is playing the game great, but I'd respect him more if he admitted what he was doing. Now he's just like Allie who insisted she did not try to make anyone go along with her on the whole Andrea thing when that is exactly what she did.

Funny, funny episode indeed. I wonder if Trump will ever have an episode entitled "Sexual Harassment" with his penchant for always commenting on a female contestants physical qualifications. Well, all of them except for Andrea.

If she is a whiner and a nagger, would that make here a wigger?

Michael is so LAME.

"that's aside the point"? Sigh. I still love you B-Side.

I take it all back. "ass monkey c-nt face" = CLASSIC!!!

Anyone else notice that when she was examining his hair all of a sudden his hair was being blocked out by his arm and the camera was zoomed out?

Trump is balding and has a bad combover. Yeah sure its "all your hair" its just that it all starts at the back of your head and is swirled up.

Zharak(#31)-I thought the exact same thing about Charmaine & Tarek. I'm willing to bet they went to a bar, got trashed, got a room & had wild, nasty lovin' all night long. I wonder what being a member of Mensa could contribute in the bedroom?

tvaholic- #42. I think f'ing a Mensa member would either bring really verbose dirty talk during foreplay, or really verbose explanations as to why he couldn't get it up.

"The Grocery Shoppery" -- good one, ATCmurph (#29)

I'm pretty sure I saw Tarek leaning in towards Char as the Elevator of Shame doors closed. No doubt they agreed on the silent treatment, tho I was hoping they'd hold hands or lean in towards each other or something.

Does anyone know why they have to share a cab? Can't they just hail another one if they feel like it? (Remember the Clown Cab ride of Shame, where too many people piled into the one cab?)

I mean, I'm sure they're contractually obligated an' all, but seriously, isn't it "game over?" What can TPTB do?
Do these guys get paid for appearing on this show??

Donna, those end of show cabs are props. You can see that the medallion numbers (those black stenciled numbers on the side of the cab) are covered over with yellow and black magnetic signs AND the cab rooftop sign is for Yahoo Jobs every week. NOT a coincidence it's a major sponsor of the show. It would have to be that way so the cab could already be set up w/ cameraman in front passenger seat, etc.

BTW, always wanted to tell you your screen name rules. You watching So NoTORIous? Hilarous. I have such newfound respect for Tori Spelling based on her ability to make fun of herself. Best since Jennifer Grey played herself on the short-lived, but awesome "It's Like, You Know."

B-Side, shame on you for not taking full advantage of the absolute best moment of this episode, if not the whole season. Zoobabe was the only one who mentioned the complete hilarity of watching Sean talk about Tammy. "She's a businessy girl from Beverly Hills..." I could have died! He actually growled!!! I literally watched this ten times over. He is the biggest putz I have ever had the good fortune to witness. The picking of his ear afterwards, my God! I nearly wet my pants.
You were spot on about the Burt session. Also Michael's oddness, what is he-Trump's pet? "For the record, Charmaine did not cry once during this task." Are you kidding me? (Although to be fair, that was quite an accomplishment for her.)
All that paired with Trump's completely sexist comments and Caroline's micking facial expressions made this episode one for the archives. Do I smell an Emmy? I agree with you B-Side-this is the best show ever!