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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Anybody else watching? I missed the first 20 minutes. Can anyone fill me in? thanks :-)

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i caught the first 10 or so. tommy talked about first impressions. then he picked two people and had them select teams. as each player was selected they showed us a little blurb about them

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Very apprentice like. Trumps not going to like this. LOL

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I'm not a big Apprentice fan having watched about 10 minutes total...but there wasn't much else on so I decided to check it out.

The format is definitely much the same except I think they change teams every week so that is a different wrinkle.

The assignment was to create a knock your socks off billboard like Tommy did to get his name known when he first started.

Tommy was underwhelmed with the results...but Man! What do you expect when you have 8 strangers who have never met before, a budget of $3,000.00, and 48 hours to do it...in the snow and the rain. Under those kind of conditions, I thought they did an admirable job.

Must say though...that this is without a doubt the most catty, backstabbing bunch of people I have ever seen on a reality show. And with all the seasons of Survivor, The Amazing Race (including the season before las which was the worst ever), and every season of Big Brother, that's saying something. I don't know if I will tune in again.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
You're out of style. You'll have to take the runway. :-)

Pinkij
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01-07-2004

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pinkij a private message Print Post    
I watched it to see how it would compare to project runway.I liked project runway better. I did think it was an Apperentice knock off. But the Apperentice was better than this show. Maybe it will improve.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I caught the last 50 minutes and to quote Mr. H, himself, I was underwhelmed. I agree with Mary that the teams did a good job with the conditions they were given. But the show definitely did not catch my interest like Runway did. Too bad as I was really looking forward to this one but now I doubt I'll tune in much.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
it's ok but moves too slow and there seems to be more commercials than normal

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I watched it. It was okay.

First ten minutes they did sort of short bios on the contestants and got introduced as a group to Mr. Hilfiger. He looked them over one by one and commented on how they were dressed. Most had made an effort to look rather standout. One guy wore baggy jeans and a nondescript green t-shirt. Hilfiger said he didn't think much of the effort he put into his attire.

Hilfiger then picked the two people whose outfits he like the best. One was a fortyish blonde woman from the midwest who was wearing a hot pink coat over a black skirt and zebra blouse. I think he said she looked very Park Avenue.

The other was a mid to late 30's black man who had a little beard that he had sectioned off with three rubber bands. He is a clothing designer, and he had painted art on his t-shirt, jeans jacket, and his shoes, maybe on his jeans too. Hilfiger loved the look. It WAS rather cool.

Those two then picked people one at a time for their teams, grade school recess style. They knew nothing about the others, so were mostly picking on looks. Hilfiger said the two people he chose would not be the leaders of the teams, that leaders got naturally selected.

Hope that takes you far enough into the show, KL.

Penpoint
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03-27-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penpoint a private message Print Post    
It is much more like The Apprentice than Project Runway; however, it's tackier than Apprentice, and Hilfiger's ego isn't quite as inflated as Trump's. The assignment was so ill-concieved and it's objective so poorly explained, its a wonder that the teams did as well as they did -- which was pretty bad.

I'll probably watch again if there is nothing else on.

Potted_plant
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08-29-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Potted_plant a private message Print Post    
I am in the minority here, but I liked it. Hilfiger seems to be more interesting & on the ball, than Trump. He can actually talk to the apprenctices/wannbe designers , without all the interview shots, where they feed him questions.......

Sunrvrose
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08-13-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunrvrose a private message Print Post    
I watched most of it and I was real real bored, and that's hard to do to me on a reality show.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 7:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
This show is lacking direction. Hilfiger said he wanted a designer for a new line yet none of the contestants have done this work. A boutique manager? If the point is to hire an idea person he did not say this. Why not clearly state what the job will entail. It could have been sloppy editing because he mentioned personal style as being important but never elaborated.

He gave a lot of lip service to leadership but did not make it clear why this trait would be important in the job either.

I am going to keep watching because I did like it despite the blatant and, so far, awkward duplication of the Apprentice right down to the moon shot in the night sky.



Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Its soooooo Apprentice... I thought Tommy Hilfiger looked very uncomfortable on television.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
even the music sounds like the Apprentice music

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
... in fact - Tommy H wasn't just uncomfortable to watch - it was almost painful to watch him.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
The Billboards were a disaster, but the task was ridiculous. Hilfiger seems a lot more real than Trump, though.


Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Puzzled - I will have to disagree with you there. Trump is very comfortable on camera (as long as its not "live" TV). Hilfiger was painful - he looked like the last thing he wanted was to be on TV. Trump loves to be on TV. Trump lives to be on TV.

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
I'm kinda torn, too. I found myself making Apprentice comparisons from the start. My first thought was, what does a billboard have to do with fashion design? And next week -- "tricking out" a car? Seems to me he'd want to give them tasks that pertain more to what he would have them do if they won. And as Fruitbat pointed out, he's gonna potentially give this great job to someone who has never designed before? Makes no sense to me...

Well, until they put another reality show on at the same time that I like better, I'm sure I'll watch (who am I kidding?), but I do hope it gets better as things move forward. And I hope Felix goes soon. He already gets on my last nerve (which typically means he will be there until just about the end...).

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i'm with puzzled. not that tommy seemed more real in his television presentation... in fact he seemed painfully ackward. but he seemed more like a high powered ceo to me. and he was in touch with the people in front of him. trump is a lucky, pompous b****** who i love but he is quite the a** at times. i could see myself respecting someone like TH.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Strange. I got the opposite impression about Hilfiger. Seemed comfortable on camera to me -- unaware of the camera. And except at the very beginning of the show, was not "obnoxious", bragging on and on about himself. I'll watch next week (or repeat of the first show?) and pay more attention.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
if you are referring to what i just said color i agree. he was not obnoxious. a good ceo isnt. except for the expensive suit a good ceo can blend in and relate to the rank and file. i just dont see the donald doing that. his main concern seems to be that the vip's get vip treatment.

there is something intangible about class. TH has it. DT wants everyone to think he has it but his personality and behavior is so contrary.


Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
You are right... but DT still makes for great TV. My comment was TH looks very uncomfortable on TV - too stiff.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
my immediate reaction to TH was not that the problem was TV. he seems like he might be a naturally shy individual. i could be all wrong about that. and absolutely DT makes good TV but after 3 years i was getting pretty bored with the same old self aggrandizing. TH had my attention. i hope the show improves but unfortunately these things are in the can long before they air.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
TH was comfortable when he was talking but was strained when he had to use a script. This makes sense because he is not an actor.

Both Tommy and Trump (I like how that sounds) are powerful, secure men with large egos. It is part of the territory and responsible for getting them where they are today.

I will definately watch this to the end no matter how bad it becomes. I have only walked away from one reality show that I started and that was Love is in the Heir. Now talk about bad!