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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I heard interviews with both Amy and Kristina from last year. They both like Jennifer M. and Kelly to go the furthest.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have to agree that commercials are sucking too much time out of tv shows. The average "one hour" drama is typically 42 minutes. Almost 1/3 of that hour are commercials.

Like Costacat, I FF through commercials now too. I just bought my second Tivo and I no longer watch live tv anymore. I watch my shows when I want via Tivo. And, I liberally use the 30 second skip function to skip commercials.

Re: The Apprentice, I'm amazed at how different Carolyn's behavior is this year. Last year I enjoyed watching her, though I found her rather icy. But this year she's just coming across as shrill. Yuck.

Pagal
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08-16-2001

Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kep421:

I have a Shi Tzu named Teddy. He is all black and weighs 26 pounds! He is the love of my life (just don't tell dh that) and is such a sweetie. Don't tell him I told you but he's afraid of thunder!



Kep421
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08-11-2001

Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My Tai was afraid of thunder too...

Gosh Pagal...would love to see a pic of Teddy... Tai has been gone nigh on to 3 years now... and I'm still not over it...*sighs*

Maybe you can't tell from the expression on the Trump pup, but Shi Tzu's have the sweetest dispositions!!!

Pagal
Member

08-16-2001

Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kep:
I'm so sorry about Tai - I dread the day my Teddy passes on. We have five dogs and if I had to do it all over again, I would take five Shi Tzus. We have two pomeranians, two yorkies and Teddy.

My email link is available in my profile if you would like to chat more. I will try to find a good pic of Teddy.

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't particularly like Carolyn this season.
Has she said anything in a nice tone yet?

She definitely has validity in most of her comments, but she just seems kind of condescending.
And sometimes her facial expressions really add to that.

btw - I love Shi Tzu's too! My Aunt has one and she is sooooo sweet!
I agree Kep421 - every Shi Tzu I've "met" has had a sweet disposition.

The photo above is hilarious! Very clever sweeping the fur from the ear over the head like that!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, October 01, 2004 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not quite sure where to post this, but I read in next week's TV Guide where Trump said there is a contestant on this season that makes Omarosa look "tame." (((sigh))) Just when you thought no one could be worse than Omarosa.

I've been watching the Saturday episodes because I love the boardroom scenes. While the Thursday episodes are mostly about the challenges itself, the Saturday episodes are close to 45 minutes of the boardroom. There's a lot of George, Carolyn and Trump getting in the faces of the contestants.


Sweet_tooth
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01-25-2004

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What are those clear shields that are on the table in the boardroom? I've seen something like them at presidential speeches and read that they are teleprompters.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Those are probably spit shields because the Donald is a self-professed germophobe.

Or...they could be windshields so that the hot air the apprentice wannabees spew doesn't mess up the Don's combover/helmet/swishything (whatever the heck that's called)!

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"I've been watching the Saturday episodes because I love the boardroom scenes. While the Thursday episodes are mostly about the challenges itself, the Saturday episodes are close to 45 minutes of the boardroom. There's a lot of George, Carolyn and Trump getting in the faces of the contestants."

Lexie, I had no idea they weren't exact repeats of the Thursday show. Are they only one hour? I'm going to watch it tonight. I'm so glad you posted.

Regarding the person Trump compared to Omarosa, I'd think it might be Jennifer C., who just got fired. Man, she was brutal the other night. However, she's gone, so don't know who a future TV Guide could be referring to. Hmm, maybe it's the tall blonde gal that's been with the men, but is going back to the women's side.

Jennifer C. is now going to lose her real-life job because of what she said about what she thought were Jewish women in her pretend restaurant. She thought they gave her a bad review and said something about "old Jewish women" which wasn't taken kindly by one of the roommates who Jennifer C. doesn't like and happens to be Jewish.

In the article about her real job being in jeopardy, she stated that she explained her remarks and even talked about her own Jewish relatives, but that wasn't aired.

I don't think she is the nicest person, but shouldn't Trump step up and give her company the whole taping or...shouldn't her job investigate further before just letting her go?

I don't think a very edited 'reality' show should be cause for someone losing their livlihood. Part of me thinks okay..she's a witch, can her; but the other part says it's a scary world out there if we can be fired for what we say in our homes (the apartment was her home during the taping.) Are the thought police and the pc police out of control?


Gen
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08-22-2003

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jen C. is a 31/32 year old woman, not a teenager, an adult. She worked in a company that provided a service (face to face with the public) for it's clients. She willingly became part of a reality show which has cameras and microphones on the participants 24/7. She should have known better than to say what she said, when she said it.

She is just too full of herself!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She wasn't in her home. She contracted to be on national television and knew she was being taped mostly 24/7. Her company was kind enough to take out a one page ad in the NY Times to publicize this event. After seeing the extra footage, she was a bigger b.... than you could ever imagine. Not only for her remarks, but for taking no responsibility and the way she treated Stacy was unacceptable. No company would be proud of this exposure and the bad publicity. Real Estate is all about getting people to like you and trust you so you get the listings and close the deals. They had every right to terminate her.

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you HAVE TO check out the official website and read Omarosa AND now Heidi's episode commentary!

They are still getting their digs in lol
It's so Omalicious

Excerpt from Omarosa's Commentary of episode 2:

"(As a strategic move, members of her team may decide to keep her around because of her weakness, in order to later offer her up in the finals where she would surely be fired. An example of this would be Heidi Bressler from Season One.)

Then Heidi's Commentary of episode 4:
"Yes, I am late in the game but after reading Omarosa's reviews I decided I had to share my opinions to make this a bit more exciting....
...They actually make Omarosa look like a sweet young professional. Okay, let's not push it."






Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
>>Her company was kind enough to take out a one page ad in the NY Times to publicize this event.<<

The company did NOT take out an ad in order to be KIND. They took it out in order to drum up more business. (Which obviously backfired big time. Unless you think ANY publicity is good publicity.)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good find Luv!!! LOL at those 2!

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gen and Rslover, I watched last night and saw the extra footage and you both make valid points. If the company saw all the footage (that we weren't shown) and still feels they have a right to fire her, I guess she's fired. I'm still on the fence.

That doesn't mean I like her one bit. What I found more infuriating than her mouth in the boardroom, was her attack on Stacy in the apartment when she accused Stacy of starting trouble. Stacy had every right to talk to the other women about what Jennifer said. I didn't like how Jennifer tried to turn it completely around and put blame on Stacy.

Interesting read, Luv. I sure could do without seeing Omarosa pop up all the time. Why is bad behavior being rewarded?

Luvmykitties
Member

01-02-2004

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
discovered a website that shows additional footage. Most of it is what we see on Saturdays, but a couple of them have some additional footage.
So this is great if you miss a Sat. episode!

And Sam does a commentary on this site!

http://apprentice.tv.yahoo.com/
click on Exclusive Video

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
JB,
I obviously didn't mean "kind" in the literal sense. Of course, it was for business or why else spend thousands of dollars for the advertising. But, the point I was making is that they wanted to show that one of their employees made the cut over many others. The company expected her to set an example and represent herself (and them) in a favorable light. To that end, she failed miserably.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, i get it... It is hard not to take everything literally when there are no voice tones or facial expressions. In that case, nevermind.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I find it hard to believe that any company who has had Jen C as an employee for longer than one month, would not know what her personality would be.

Jen's personality is not one that would have lain dormant and then suddenly came to life on The Apprentice Show. Someone at Jen's place of employment HAD to have known she was capable of such behavior. Its highly possible that upper management was unaware, as people like Jen C. can and often do present themselves differently in front of management.

As far as firing her goes, unless she has a contract or union representation that prohibits firing without cause, the company is well within its right to fire her for any reason, except her age, race, creed, religious affiliation, etc.

There is no law that says a company CANNOT fire someone just because they made an @ss of themselves on national TV. Fair has nothing to do with it. I've never heard of any law that says a person cannot be fired because it would be "unfair". Employers do not have to hire or retain employees they feel do not "fit in" with their corporate ideals or image. I personally don't think Jen C. has any valid point to stand on in that area, UNLESS they have a contract or union representation that provides otherwise.

Now if Jen C. does have a contract that prohibits her from being fired without "just cause", I still think her employer would win any lawsuit. All they would have to do is get the Apprentice tape shown in open court.

If I were Jen C., I would be very cautious about filing a lawsuit against my employer, especially if I do have a contract. Contracts are not normally written just for one side. Her employers may end up counter suing her for damages alledging that she represented the firm in a very derogatory light, which may violate a term in her contract....

...Jen C. should tread lightly in this area....



Gen
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08-22-2003

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Carolyn was on the Today show this morning. Something was said about Jen C. blaming it on the editing. Carolyn said that if she had not said it, it wouldn't be on tape - she said it and it is on tape.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Carolyn is looking so much softer and younger this season!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did anyone see Carolyn's Dateline interview? She was good. I like her.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did y'all hear that George was going to leave the show after this season because--get this--he and Carolyn don't get paid for it! They just get paid by Donald, and their appearances on the show are just as Donald employees, so Burnett doesn't pay them anything additional. So George said he wouldn't do it again...and they are going to pony up money for him.

I can't believe the two of them have done it for "free" for two whole seasons.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, October 04, 2004 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For those of you that have been watching both the Thursday shows, and then the Saturday shows, do your opinions change about the firings after you watch the Saturday "boardroom" episode? I'm not so much referring to Jen C., even though she had no business bringing Stacy into the boardroom, I'm talking about the previous previous episodes.

BTW... my money is on Maria as the "next Omarosa."