Celebrity Apprentice: Gary Busey Gets Fired (Happy Trails Ca’boy!)

Most of the drama tonight on Celebrity Apprentice came from team Backbone. Now determined to rid themselves of him, they named Gary Busey as the project manager. It was difficult to watch as their frustrations mounted, but they kept their goal in sight and let Gary hang himself. He did so, with a kite string.

The ladies unanimously chose Hope Dworaczyk  to be their PM. We haven’t heard much from Hope this season, but it turns out she has a lot of opinions. Hope was the PM on paper, but Ms. Star took over quickly (then wondered why everyone comes to her for answers). NeNe continued her negativity. Not much new on team ASAP.

The Apprentice: Stephanie Gets Canned (Liza slips into the final 4)

Tonight The Apprentice started with a recap of last week’s excitement. This time that statement was really true. The recap of Anand getting busted for cheating will make Trump’s greatest worst moments film archive. Then we saw Clint, at his meeting after winning the task, with Barry Sternlicht a real estate developer and founder of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Clint also won a $5000 Peir One Imports gift card. Nice!

The Apprentice final five are: Clint, Steuart, Brandy, Stephanie and Liza. I think at least two could go home at the beginning of this episode and it would just speed up the process. Stephanie talks a big game, but no one wants to work with her. Liza has show little or no initiative on any task and is the only one left that did not win as a PM.

The Apprentice: Anand is a cheater and Poppy gets fired too

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The drama was mostly in the beginning of The Apprentice episode tonight, as Donald Trump called all the candidates back to the boardroom. He immediately called out Anand, asking if he’d been texting during the competition. Anand stuttered slightly and finally said “no”. You didn’t have to be Judge Judy to see he was lying. This was going to get ugly.

Donald Trump asked Anand, repeatedly, “Do you want me to read you a text?” in a progressively more annoyed tone. Anand said yes for some reason. Trump then read a text to an unknown party (who must have given the info to Trump) that asked them to come down when Anand was the project manager and bring money for a task.
Trump:  “Pretty bad, huh?”
Anand: “Nobody came Mr. Trump.”
Trump: “I don’t care if nobody came...it’s because they don’t respect you that nobody came... This is why the country has gotten into so much trouble... this is the kind of thinking on Wall Street... Anand you’re fired.”
He did not even get a cab ride. The last we see of Anand, he is walking out the door and down the street.

"The Apprentice" Premier: The Recession Season

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Tonight was the premier of the “The Apprentice” on NBC. Donald Trump decided to bring it back to the original format after several seasons of “Celebrity Apprentice”. With the focus being on out of work professionals and the weak economy, it was definitely the right choice.

The contestants:
Alex, Anand, Brandy, Clint, David,  Gene,  James, Kelly, Liza, Mahsa, Nicole, Poppy,  Stephanie, Steuart, Tyana and Wade.

In this recession themed season of “The Apprentice”, all are unemployed once successful business people. David, an out of work sales rep and father of five, is seen making his weekly call to the unemployment office. It was hard to watch and obvious that David was once proud and now ashamed. (Not sure how it works with him getting paid the extra wage for filming “The Apprentice” and getting unemployment. I’m positive Trump has worked out all the legalities though.)