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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 1:38 pm
I think Lenny should have been fired 3 times already. I don't think Bryce should have been fired. Not in any way.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:21 pm
I'm not sure this was such a great task either as someone said above. Usually professionals (who majored in music) are the ones companies hire to come up with these jingles. Considering that, I thought both of these teams did great. As for Lenny ~ he's still my favorite even if he does not fit into Mr. Trump's world. When Mr. Trump commented that he didn't believe Lenny when he said he didn't know what a jingle is, it only showed me how little real experience Mr. Trump has with first generation immigrants who aren't wealthy and living in his world. Sometimes I wonder why they even bother having more then 4-6 contestants on this show ~ it seems so pre-planned.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 1:25 pm
Just an aside, but isn't Mr. Trump married to an immigrant?
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 2:17 pm
I'm still having a hard time with Lenny not understanding what a jingle is. Doesn't he ever watch TV? They should've just told him a jingle is a song you hear in commercials.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 6:37 pm
"Just an aside, but isn't Mr. Trump married to an immigrant?" As I said - I'm talking about immigrants who do not come from Mr. Trump's world of wealth and position (or who look like supermodels for that matter). Just my opinion. I deal with alot of immigrants from Asia, South America, Russia, etc. and it's not uncommon to find out they don't know about popular tv shows or well known celebrities even when they've been here for a length of time. Sometimes it's a matter of not watching tv and other times it's a matter of watching channels geared to specific cultures. Either way, it didn't surprise me that much that Lenny didn't know what a jingle is. And like Babyjaxmom, I couldn't figure out why they didn't just sing a commonly known jingle to show him an example of what one is. But then he's another easy 'fire' so why bother? I'm sorry - in the first season, the show actually raised my opinion of the Donald. Now I'm finding that with each new season, my opinion is going downhill more and more.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 6:50 pm
I'm not willing to let Lenny slip by that easily. He is savvy enough to be successful and get the attention of DT for this show. He's one of the finalists because I think he understands more than he lets on. DT did say he had been here 14 years and was surprised that he didn't know what a jingle was. I was surprised too. I am also an immigrant and had to learn English as a second language. I would venture to say I have a better command of the language than most who were born and raised here. That being said, let me say in my poor English, "Lenny is no dummy!" LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 9:02 pm
Maybe Lenny just didn't know the word jingle. He didnt say he had never seen a catchy song on a commercial, maybe he didnt know we actually have a name for them.........maybe (God forbid) he doesnt even know what 'Sweeps' means! lol
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, April 07, 2006 - 9:34 am
Auntiemike, I'm astounded that English is not your first language! I never would've known, had you not told us. Your posts are always very clear, concise, and unlike some of us whose first language is English, correctly spelled! I'm very impressed!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, April 07, 2006 - 9:59 am
LOL - I agree but now you've put the pressure on her! Hopefully, she won't be re-reading every post she makes to make sure everything is correct. I groan sometimes when I re-read some of what I have written.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, April 07, 2006 - 11:01 am
Babyjaxmom, thanks for the compliment. Jimmer, I would dread re-reading some of my posts. Not for correctness but for content. Yikes, sometimes I wonder "what was I thinking!" It is fun to share on these boards, however. People are very understanding....and forgiving.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 2:07 pm
bite me 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 2:09 pm
Well some people are very understanding and forgiving. 
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 10:10 pm
I always look forward to Ketchuplover's posts as they are short, succinct and entertaining. 
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 2:26 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur WOW a 25 hr fast and multiple prayer times during the day. Now I understand why George and Lee had to be absent. snip* depending on the nusach (version) of the prayers, some communities pray continuously from morning until nightfall, while some include a short break In Israel, public non-observance (such as eating or driving a motor vehicle) is taboo. Yom Kippur there has the nickname "Festival of Bicycles," referring to children's practice of freely riding their bicycles in the streets without motor vehicles presenting danger. In Israel on Yom Kippur there is no broadcast television, no public transportation and the airports are closed. There is no commerce of any kind in the Jewish areas. I cant imagine their military closing shop for the day.
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Brad_ups_man
Member
07-13-2004
| Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:17 am
I just saw the latest show on CNBC and I must say, way to go Bryce for standing up to Trump and Carolyn and not backing down from your beliefs. I was really impressed at how he didn't let Trump railroad him. Sure it got him fired, but at least he didn't brown nose and bow and scrape like so many contestants do in the boardroom.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:33 am
I liked what we saw of Bryce on the show as well. His logic for who he brought into the boardroom was pretty good. After all it wasn't like they did a bad job or the executives hated the jingle. They just felt that the other team's was better. So what does Bryce do? Bring in the team members that made a couple of mistakes but worked hard and contributed to almost winning the task? Or does he bring in the two team members that contributed absolutely nothing toward winning the task? I think that Bryce made a solid decision bringing back Lenny. Bringing back Lee didn't work because there is no way that Trump will fire Lee for observing his religion – though as someone mentioned earlier, it's not clear to me what the Israeli armed forces do on these holidays? I think that Trump's employees appear to be real "yes men and woman". I'm impressed that Bryce stood his ground.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, April 10, 2006 - 4:03 pm
Doesn't really matter what the armed forces do since Lee is hardly one of their numbers. No matter what their religion, I'm pretty sure our armed forces don't take religious holidays during national conflict times either. (Of course, it's hard to make a direct comparison since our country has never had the level of hostility on our own soil that Israel has had since it inception. I really think we have a hard time comprehending what it would be like to live in a dangerous country where there is fighting every day.)
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, April 10, 2006 - 4:04 pm
Oops, forgot to add that I do agree w/Jimmer; most of Trump's people are "yes" people -- but George and Caroline (and other senior members) do seem to have a voice. However, I'm betting he's not looking for an APPRENTICE level employee to second guess him. 
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