THat episode was SUCH a let down after last week's fun. Magna didn't put up a unified front, and they shouldn't have tried to get Michael out of there if they weren't going to all present the same story. And the person who really messed up that unified from was Stephanie, who was mad about an idea that was hers!!! I was so annoyed.

Stephanie with her hair done up + glasses = hot. It's all about the glasses. Not sure why she was hanging under the desk for her call. At least we got a good boot shot. When she goes to the boardroom, hair is striaght, no glasses, I'm like "meh".

Michael did NOTHING for the ep, and the producers saw to it we saw every minute of it. I would have preferred to see Tana explode on one of her marketing schemes. Net Worth got almost no screen time, but they won, so it doesn't matter.

Danny was wrongully fired. He should have been kept on for entertainment value. He was clearly the most colorful candidate.

Michael should have been fired, so he can go back to his original job: an Elvis impersonator.

Wonder what was done that was so bad that both teams were called into the boardroom for next week's ep. You can tell the promo makers are really trying to lure in viewers.

"Next week, an explosive boardroom. What would make Donald say THIS?!??"
Donald: "Uh, er, I don't know what to say."

There was almost no Caroline this week. Not even a soda jerk reference from George.

Interesting. Michael's website prominently features him and Danny right on the front page. Wonder if that was before the sparks flew.

Did you guys hear the voice-over when they were talking about the IPods? Michael must have said "Ipod is crap" because the voice over was "Ipod is GREAT." And it was the voiceover because it was completely louder than the other audio that was going on at the time.

"Danny emerged happily from Trump Towers as he and the doorman exchanged thumbs up. I don't know what the doorman was thinking. Probably something along the lines of "I stand out here in the cold, and you don't have the decency to tip me? Yeah, thumbs up to you too motherf--cker."

I almost spewed hot chocolate all over my monitor on that one! Thanks for the chuckles this morning.

thanks for a good laugh this AM B-side.

did anyone else notice when Stephanie & Michael got into the elevator and Stephanie slipped her arm through Michael's arm? She's slick! guess she's just playing her cards right. maybe that was their plan all along... get Danny fired. oh wait, but she was in the pow-wow to get Michael fired...i'm so confused!

In The Apprentice, we have learned that while you may be best of buds one week, you will be at each other's throats the next week. Why? You gotta get the other person fired. Witness the great alliance and then the insurgency of the M&M twins. Blonde hair and denim were flying everywhere when it was boardroom time.

Hey B-side...
Another fab recab (oh speaking of fab...we should change Fabrice's name over on Bachelorette stuff to FABrice)....sorry 'bout that - got off on a tangent. Still p.o'd from that episode. Anyway, just wanted to comment on the taxi. Anyone notice how convenient and funny it was that Danny hops into a cab with the roof banner reading "HOTJOBS.com" -- maybe they have lounge acts available on there!? So glad they got rid of Verna. Personally, I think she's a professional actress and they put her on the show intentionally to stir the pot. She was a pain in my ass hole. Makes you wonder if reality really is reality anymore. I have the same feelings for Bachelorette and FABrice.

Also, loved the Alex reference!

And quite astonishing that every episode of this new season - the firing has been of the Project Manager who is generally the "elite" of the group -- especially in the first few episodes. You would never have seen that in prior seasons. Goes to show you what's left!

did anyone else notice that the only people who seemed to have attended the union square coffe carnival were old black ladies? i was scanning the crowd for my grandma. must have been a bus from the sacred olive grove first parker avenue baptist church.

Funny, chettogirl! I noticed that, too!

I just started reading your recap, took a large sip of coffee (Nescafe Columbian) , burst out laughing after reading your first paragraph and promptly sprayed my java all over my monitor and desk.......... if the rest of the recap is as funny as that was you'll brighten up this dreary, freezing rain of a Friday......(that is after I clean up my desk)

"Rhona, I Wanna Phone Ya"

ROFLMAO!!!

That is too good!

A most blah episode. Verna pulled a Verna, and that was so obvious; she was not prepared to get in there and mix it up. (Or maybe, she was left out of the off camera sex romps because of the institutional racism of her teammates, and thus lacked that extra ooomph to make it through the day that one gets when having frequent sloppy sex).

Not enough Carolyn in the episode also.

Actually, I thought this task was generously funded, and Michael's idea would have worked had not the women gotten all nanny-nanny. Like gosh, using sex and women to sell product, that's just crazy! Crazy! It would be like, I dunno, putting a sexy actress in a film and trying to make money on her image. That is just so, uhm, out of the box and absurd!

They had some $70,000 odd dollars... they could had a massive spread of breakfast foods like donuts, hired a mix of models (and/or stripper wannabe model types), and still gone with the Ipod giveaways, plus a cash award or two. Maybe have Ms. Columbian Roast, versus Ms. Mocha Java where people could have voted, with the tag line, "Taster's Choice, It's All Good, baby!"

But noooooo, they blow almost $60K on an event planner and still no marketing theme.

The only thing that perked me up and made me say "hmmm" (other than my Carolyn fix) was noticing that Danny's guitar looked like an Ovation, which is the same guitar my wacky sister wants to get after having spent $900 on a guitar that she now feels is "just not me".

The bit I find amusing in all of this is that, yet again, a contestant has managed to screw up the intended, DRAMATIC, double firing.

Last season, Sandy and Raj were set up to fail on the home renovation task. But then Sandy went and got all competent on us. That task was so clearly set up to be THE BIG DOUBLE FIRING, that later, when Trump had to do a double, he almost apologised to Wes, with his, "I'm sorry. I just have to do this."

This year, with the planned double firing coming down this week, (I mean, it's all over the web: FIRST TIME EVER! BOTH TEAMS CALLED TO THE BOARDROOM!) Verna went and screwed that up by bailing after six days.

However: The Wes and Maria firing was awesome, and it looks like this week's Boardroom might be unique.

Sometimes, spontaneous is better than planned...