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Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Exactly, I like to see the brainstorming, and yup, I would have liked to see how they came up with the names. As for the twists, I don't see how making the one team sleep in the yard has had any bearing on the show, I think they would have lost either way. I suppose it is an incentive to do your best, comfy bed versus tent, but these people are there to show Trump their best. I totally agree with the one contestant who is annoyed that Heidi will remain the project manager until she loses, it doesn't really give anyone else a chance to shine. And the one team being immune from competing next week is lame. I can only hope if he splits the other team in half and ousts a whole side for losing that perhaps we will go back to a more standard format, two teams all in the house and more focus on the decision and creative work put into completing the tasks. While the reward of going to the Playboy mansion didn't offend me I thought it was a lame reward for them.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Was Donald being serious or joking when he went on about how he has the body (unlike anyone else in that room besides Carey) to wear that bathing suit?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I was hoping like hell he was joking, Julie! First off, there were several guys there that would've looked good. And secondly, well, um, sorry, but I'm not exactly sure Trump looks really hot in ANY style bathing suit, let alone a spandex one. (In fact, just the thought makes me wanna claw my eyes out!)

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I don't think any man would look good in that bathing suit. There are some things you want left to the imagination.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I was hoping to (that he was joking) but there was something about the way he said it that really made me think he might be serious. But no way could he have been. Right?

Scoutmom
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01-19-2006

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scoutmom a private message Print Post    
Trump was on Letterman last week and was talking about the tents. He said that they were really nice at the start of the 7 weeks of filming but that by the end of the time they were quite rank. So, I think they will be used for the majority of the time.

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buggles a private message Print Post    
I think Trump's statement that he would look good in the bathing suit was just him smugly flexing his power. Don't think he really believes it, but he got off on the fact that he could say it and everyone in the room had to nod politely and be intimidated by his ego. And his ego is a big part of what has made him successful, so he needs to maintain that image.

I agree with those who feel that this season is a disappointment. It has a distinctly 'second rate' feeling.... like a knock-off of its own self.

Imo the changes this season have sort of chipped away at the themes of 'success and achievement' that viewers subconsciously tune in to watch. You know, the opening with the Trump private jet and the 'money money money' theme...

For example, while I love Ivanka and agree that she is very astute and hot, she looks like she is trying to prove herself in this role, whereas Carloyn and George seemed already 'there.' Ivanka's critiques are every bit as good if not better, but imo there is a void left by George and Carolyn's departure.

And this tent thing also detracts from that visual theme of success, even if it is meant to highlight it by contrast (imo)

Instead of watching achievement, success and luxury and feeling a part of it for an hour, we got blindsided by some disjointed combination of 'survivor' meets 'hef.'

I'm thinking this season may go down in the annals of 'jump the shark.'

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
thanks costacat.

at least carey didn't come up with this:http://tinyurl.com/y27ymj

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I have been to the Mansion, in the 80's. I met Hef, he was very kind and sweet.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
LOL – I agree that Trump's comment about wearing the suit was a jaw dropping moment.

and

I think Trump's statement that he would look good in the bathing suit was just him smugly flexing his power.

okay you guys, I have a different take on it. DT started this season parading out his young wife and BABY. I figured it was like saying "Hey, I still Got IT"

When he made that comment about the Bathingsuit, I figured he meant he could 'fill it out' nicely (as per gonads). Ick, I'm trying not to think of Hefner OR Trump naked....bleccchhhhhh, I dont care how endowed they are.

In other words, he was making a point about whom could wear a tight suit like that.

I really liked the losing teams Patterns and cloth though. The winning team's outfits were drab, especially the men's suits.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Buggles, very good points.

I bet you are right about DT "flexing his power."

I never thought about Carolyn/Geo/Ivanka like that, but you are 100% right.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Abby, I think that's what is known as a "sling shot". And although I only wear thongs (it's all I own), I'm thinking that THAT thing gives a new meaning to the word uncomfortable. Egads!

Half of the ability (or not) of wearing a Speedo-type suit is not just the front package. It's also how it looks from behind. And a 50-something's sagging behind is not the most attractive in one of those suits.

And add me to the "I miss Carolyn and George" bandwagon. Of course, I guess Carolyn wouldn't be around this season, no matter what. But at least George alone would add some credibility to the season!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
The ratings have been < stellar.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Its turned into the Trump show between him and Ivanka and I'm sick of his whole family. I don't like this season at all, either, because of the tents thing. Stupid if you ask me.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I miss Carolyn and George, too.

And after seeing Trump's albino white feet and ankles, I don't want to see that man in ANYTHING that covers less than a full suit, including vest and tie!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hopefully, Trump will at least copy Hef in one way and stay covered up in public.

It didn't seem like much of a prize for most of the winning team. I'm guessing that the most time is spent on whichever organization pays the most to be on the show. I posted an article somewhere here about the show on the 27th being a competition between the two teams to create a new Pollo bowl for El Pollo Loco and marketing them at different stores. El Pollo Loco said they wouldn't be putting either bowl on the menu and that they did pay to be included in the show.

I also miss Carolyn and George. They actually gave Trump some credibility. Ivanka is someone he SHOULD be proud of, but smacks of nepotism.

All I can think about the tent is either too much Survivor envy or that tentmaker paid a freakingly high amount for product placement! (No I don't think it was that, really)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh and no I didn't think Carey looked like Marcellas, Beau, or any other bald, gay, balck man.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, January 15, 2007 - 11:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
i'm watching the Golden Globe awards. since he:

http://tinyurl.com/y27ymj

just won a golden globe....the "sling" will probably be the next best seller. lol

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Not a single person on that team stood up and said "the buyers are not going to buy a pink Speedo-type suit".

Michelle did object to that suit and they all, especially Nicole, came down on her for it.
I have never watched this show except for a few eps of the first year. The only reason I'm watching now is I'm a tv addict and there's absolutely nothing on to compete with it right now. So, I would like to know:

What happened to Carolyn? I always got the impression she was Trump's right-hand girl.

Where's George?

Has Trump always been this <100> in dealing with the contestants?

As I said, I would never have touched that suit after it had been worn by someone I didn't know unless I knew it had been washed; however, Trump was rude and insulting in the way he handled it. If he didn't want to touch it he could easily have had someone put the suit in an open gift box with tissue paper and handed it to the guy. Instead he chose to try to humiliate and degrade him. It did look like an anti-gay move on Trump's part IMO.

The tent thing is no big deal. I live in a tent when I work fires every summer and I don't get any frills whatsoever.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 2:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Trump fired Carolyn, said she wasn't doing her job because she was doing too many appearances.. basically she was too popular.

I heard that she was hired by Microsoft, so she's probably in a saner place.

George, AFAIK, still works for Trump, but not on the show.

I agree he was insulting and that was unnecessary, what he did with the suit.

I guess I'm not that squeamish. Things don't live that long on fabric and besides, you just touch the outside and then wash your hands. People have to change diapers and care for sick people or little puppies all the time and they just clean up afterwards.

He's always been rude, but perhaps is even more rude this season.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
One thing that surprises me is that Beverly Hills zoning allows tents to be pitched and lived in there. I might just have to test that law at George Clooneys place .

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I wouldn't have touched someones bathing suit after they have worn them...lol...you never know what nasty stuff might have leaked or if there is any genital sweat still residing. <shudder> Just as I won't pick up someones underwear after they have worn them.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
I thought that "The Donald" held up the suit with both hands after the pencil incident.

Did I imagine that?

I prefer the Big Apple to L.A. I has more zing!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I like the hussle and bussle feel of NY better too. I chuckled when they showed the skyline of L.A. it was so simple compared to what we routinely are shown of the NY skyline.

I don't see the big deal about touching that swimsuit it's not like it was used in a porn movie. It was kinda silly in my eyes but Trump is silly and does everything for effect so I wasn't surprised.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
It wouldn't bother me to touch someone's suit (certainly holding it by the part that goes around their waist) anymore than it bothers me to touch the door handle at the local Starbucks.

Trump is just trying to make the show interesting and get people talking. It looks like he has succeeded to some point.