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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:17 am
Thanks for the compliments Lizzi! I'm not the BEST spoiler around, because I stick my opinions everywhere, but those who know me, understand. LOL I agree that Toral really seemed sort of thankless while Rebecca was standing up (and taking the heat) for her. When Rebecca was talking about Toral's accolades, Toral was emphatically nodding in agreement. No humility. That's a shame. Was the first paragraph of your post about Martha Stewart Apprentice? Does anyone else find it interesting that the men went back on their rule they made up the first week, about how the PM should never be exempt, because they felt it gave them a free pass to slack off? I know Randall is a great guy, and I am not using this as a slag on his abilities. I just found it interesting that they changed their mind, despite the original reason they gave on the first show.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:45 am
Eeyore, that's a good point. Maybe the men realized that without the exemption there's not much incentive to take the PM role. If you lose, you're guaranteed one of the three seats in the boardroom.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 7:50 am
IIRC Chris was the one who was so adamant about never giving exemptions to the winning PMs and not all the men agreed with him (heck, even Markus got 2 votes in favor of exemption). I think the first week a lot of them just didn't think Markus, in particular, should get the exemption, but went along with Chris' argument.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 8:21 am
Why did the men wear geek squad t-shirts on the challenge?
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 8:42 am
Geek Squad is a roving tech support group owned by Best Buy. Guess the guys felt they were their own Geek Squad, since they were teaching the seniors how to use electronics from Best Buy. I thought it was really cute.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:13 pm
The Geek Squad T-shirt was product placement, but a cute one. Most has been said, so not to be redundant I will comment on that ridiculous Event Planner. Sheet cakes are a standing joke with caterers! It is a cheesy dessert and probably came from a grocery to boot. Food brings people in and makes them stay to taste everything as they browse. That is such common knowledge that it is unbelievable this woman did not prepare a better spread. 40's music playing softly in the background would have been a nice touch. Finger sandwiches too. A high definintion TV is a big boy toy and has a set up proceedure that was not done, as we saw. That piece of equipment is all about big bucks. It is a TV with a better picture, nothing more. This is what Torel was trying to demonstrate, not a Tivo. Bad choice. Prisoner, I agree. Loyality is big with Trump. He admonished Rufus for his lack of this when he spoke out against his team in the envy issue, last week. Curlyq, I also think firing the woman who just broke her ankle, in a stupid reward, was considered a bad idea by his lawyers. Rebecca was responsible for the loss. Trump has fired PM's who delegated important tasks and did not keep on top of the details. She failed to stay informed, chose bad technology, did not motivate her team, was inflexible and harsh. It was between the event planner and leader on this one. So Toral failed to set up the TV properly; that was only one station in a larger event and did not lose the task for them.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:58 pm
I think the more we watch this series though, the more we see how Trump is willing to make up the rules as he goes along, and then conveniently forget about them the following week, when the same situation comes up.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 9:36 pm
His corporation, his show, his boardroom, his rules du jour! I still watch, but I certainly don't look for consistency -- I'd go nuts!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 10:17 pm
The elderly ladies in our church put on a much better spread and make our hall inviting. Maybe these losers should have hired some church ladies.
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 5:27 am
Ok, I'm gonna make a prediction. . F2 Randal and Alla 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 6:22 am
They're going to have to keep the woman who broke her ankle around for a while. At least until it heals and she can walk without crutches again. Otherwise, they are going to have to re-shoot her "walk of shame" thing they do to the taxi, since when they shot that scene (hasn't it been made pretty well known they shoot those scenes in advance?) her ankle wasn't broken. Oh, and I noticed Jen's confessionals too. Like she was posing for a Miss America shoot or something. It was pretty silly looking actually.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 9:42 am
Puzzled, having just attended a Women's Ministries potluck luncheon at my mom's church yesterday, I must agree with you. Those church ladies do put out a spread! 
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 2:31 pm
Buggles - I think Alla will go. Ton's of negative press surrounding her past, that Trump didn't know about before taping started. She used to be a stripper, and was involved heavily with a convicted killer. EEEPS!! I think she'll go. Whogirlie - good point about the walk of shame.
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 4:33 pm
OMG - I sure can pick 'em lol I knew I saw something in her that was.... special 
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:40 pm
Alla didn't have anything to do with the murders. The publicity probably will result in her being fired, though. Good grief, don't the people casting on this show do any real research?
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 11:12 pm
Oooops!! Didn't mean to sound like she was a part of the crime. But yes, negative publicity in any case.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Monday, October 10, 2005 - 5:34 am
If anybody's interested, here's the link to the Smoking Gun's story about Alla the stripper and the convicted killer.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, October 10, 2005 - 7:22 am
Trump is not consistant but why should he be? Everyone before him is different and the circumstances vary greatly. The background information on Alla probably surfaced after the taping completed. Dirt ususally comes to light when the show is airing because it inspires internet detectives. And how do we know they did not know of this? This show is entertainment first and it may have been intentional.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, October 10, 2005 - 9:29 am
Wouldn't surprise me, at all, Fruitbat, if it was intentional. Anything for ratings.
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Lizziedi
Member
10-05-2005
| Monday, October 10, 2005 - 11:09 pm
Oops Eeyore--I just checked back on the board & found the first part of my post, was indeed about Martha Stewart's Apprentice. Sorry! I was switching back & forth between both threads! I do agree that re:alla -- it's about ratings in the end. Not going to hurt the show at all, although I seriously doubt that Trump would want her as his apprentice -- he does seem to require a history that does not include any felony associations.
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