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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:18 pm
I think that Marilu knows what she is doing from a business perspective. The problem is exactly what she was saying, not a cohesive group. I suspect that if she got to hire her own people, she would win. It also seems like she's the only one on the women's team that has any drive. Now, I also have to say that, for her age, she really looks fantastic. I also love when she has the sideways smile on her face in the boardroom about some of the comments that the other girls make.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:37 pm
once again, it is proven that this isnt a legitimate show with Legitimate tasks...it is simply a popularity contest for people who have 'connections'. DT has lost his teeth this season. Remember the year that Martha Stewart had her version of the show and She would refuse the PM's choice IF it is was obvious it had nothing to do with the loss. DT also used to refuse the choices of PM that year too. DT is being walked over basically. He seems truly kowtowed by the Celebrity men. Glad that the women finally let DT know that they felt like all the stars were on the men's side therefore Huge advantage. Who should have gone this week? Nellie and Omarosa to BR and Om. gone. WHY? you ask. Because she didnt DO anything that we saw. She is not a celebrity, she did not have people to call. I feel Marilu and Nellie are keeping Omarosa because they know they will eventually merge with the guys and are worried that the men and weaker women will gang up against them/
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:48 pm
This is about "connections" ... but that is the name of the game this time. They are celebrities and they should call on their connections. The girls just haven't figured it out... I do recall in past seasons Trump criticizing the PM for not making a smart choice as to whom to bring in the boardroom. And he has fired the PM for exactly that...so I don't see this season as any different from that perspective...
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:53 pm
WHY did Nely make her friends go get a cashier's check? It does not make sense!
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Dlkuhn4
Member
07-14-2002
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:00 am
who got fired I missed the middle and end i guess you could say i missed the whole thing
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 5:56 am
Well, I finally saw this show! I fell asleep the moment it was over, so I guess I wasn't all fired up by it. This is much the way a non-profit operates! Contributions rather than sales of goods and/or services - Who did the "accounting" for the guys? Did they take turns? That wasn't something I was watching for, so I must have missed it!
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 6:41 am
<Now, I also have to say that, for her age, she really looks fantastic.> How old is she?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 6:49 am
Good question, Holly. She looks real good for 63, not so good for 51.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 7:00 am
How about for someone 55? (Which is how old she is.)
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 7:41 am
The one redeeming feature this time is that charities are receiving funds. Several of the contestants are just not "celebrities" in the same sense. It is just a TV show...
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 9:59 am
Vince really annoyed me last night during the negotiations. He totally tricked the women. I know it's a contest, but still, dirty playing. Stephen is annoying me more than Omarosa, and I didn't think that was possible! LOL about not trusting Vince because he was on the Sopranos (preview for next week)...geez...he is was an actor playing a part, that isn't real life! The guys sure do seem to fight and make up a lot. Re Ivanka smoking, maybe DT makes a loud fuss about anyone else smoking in a way to get to her in the hopes that she'll quit.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 10:08 am
The guys sure do seem to fight and make up a lot. LOL Isn't that just so real life? Well at least on the Jr. High schoolyard ... Guys just seem to sling it and then it is over... girls seem to hold a grudge and never get over it...
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:19 pm
Mary Lou was <25> for not taking advantage of David Hyde Pierce and the others from Curtains. He was just standing there in a cap, no one could even see him. I may have fired her for that folly.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:33 pm
Ita Sugar. I wouldn't have known who he was till she said his name and I love him lolol.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 2:28 pm
DUL it should play again on another channel. I'm pretty sure it is on during the weekend sometime. ********************* You know I completely missed the "real" negotiations. TO me it looked like O was whispering in Marilu's ear, then Got up, GRABBED the four that they wanted and ran for the door. the men didnt neg. at all, I think asking them which two the women wanted was supposed to Open the negotiations. Instead, the ladies got pissssy Oh, and on a final thought, Holy smokes does that Tracy guy have a good body. His face does nothing for me, gorgeous voice but I can barely understand him when he talks..but wow, that Street walking scene showed off his build and great legs. I am starting to think that the men are playing this game completely different than the women. As usual, women get aggressive and start picking on and wanting the less loud women gone. In the men's team a couple of guys are aggressive but WITH and AT each other. They arent going after the quiet guys, accusing them of not stepping up etc. Mind you, that could change if they ever lose. If DT doesnt change up the teams, we might as well not watch next week. well, other than to oogle Trace
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 3:14 pm
I think the women need to choose one leader for the remainder of the show and then follow her lead. Either MH or OS.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:54 pm
This is not about being good business people. It's stricklyl about star power. The men have more recognizable star power (and Stephen Baldwin's drive). Half the women's team is not very recognizable on the street. The women have been trying to play it like the traditional Apprentice. So of course it's not working (since it's all about the $$$ and not about the best run business). The men have their quiet guys (Tito and Lennox barely speak a peep, even when Tito was PM, he just let Stephen run the operation). Bring that team in the boardroom and then we'll see who is leading and who is following (Trace & Vince are also followers). Seems like the only "leader" is Stephen. He's trying to play like the regular Apprentice.

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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:48 am
The women have been trying to play it like the traditional Apprentice Thx to Omarosa! I feel she is the <25> causing each and every loss. Each time the women were substantially behind in $$. Of course they are.....as IF Omarosa has rich buddies to call! it is like the women are always too few to win. my point? it is six guys making calls for donations- against four women. I'm surprised it was even as close as it was.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 3:32 pm
I have a question regarding Elizabeth(the brittle bones babe). Shouldn't she wear a shirt that says STAY THE **** AWAY FROM ME.?
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:08 pm
it was 6 against 5 for the challenge and thats the price you pay for losing. finally nely stepped up for the womens team and started calling some contacts for donations. ridiculous that it has taken 4 challenges for them to realize that this how this apprentice is working. i feel bad for tiffany, nadia, jennie and carol as they were essentially sacrificial lambs for this show. they have been given non leadership roles and the 3 "stars" have failed but are still kept around. didnt know who piers was before this show but he is making me laugh with his comments. also found it funny when marilu said that her and david hyde pierce are from the taxi/cheers days. when was pierce on cheers? never. not to mention that frasier started on the air a good 10 years later than taxi. i feel a corporate reshuffling coming up
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:45 pm
I said 6 against 4 because I feel Omarosa has zero 'star' power and definitely doesnt have anyone to call for Big Donations. In my opinion it is like working a person short. Oh, and I should have said in my above post i think that Omarosa is 'toxic' to the group .
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 8:48 pm
i agree, omarosa has no money contacts
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 9:13 pm
IMO there will be some kind of mix up of the teams. 1) one man will be forced to go to the other side. 2) one man will volunteer to go to the other side (hardly likely). 3) Donald will make the 2 new PMs choose new teams with the male PM going 1st (kind of a grade school dodge ball pick type of thing). 4) Donald will just assign 2 "new" teams (like, "let's start this over") I believe it will be option 3 or something along that line.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:12 pm
The real sad shame about all this is that if those women had showed up ten minutes earlier with their cashier's check, there'd be no discussion of what's wrong with the women's team. They did very well considering how small they are. I also don't blame Marilu for not trying to degrade David Hyde Pierce in the way it was suggested she should have. He's not a contestant and had no incentive to make a fool of himself for that show. She was lucky to get him there at all. It was unfair to suggest that the men's team won because they were willing to do any embarrassing thing to win. The knight suit didn't seem to be bringing in a ton of money. People just thought he was weird. They got the win because of their phone calls and Nely's cashier's check problem. I do think Jennie was the logical choice to go, if you're looking at future challenges. She and Carol seemed to be waiting to be given a chance to shine rather than seizing opportunities. I'm glad Omarosa called out Carol for flying under the radar, and equally glad that Carol pointed out how Omarosa's negative energy was eating the team up from the inside. Carol had better be the next PM if she still hopes to win this thing. The negotiation seemed silly. The women were told to pick two, and got two of the four they wanted. They wasted a little more time whispering, and then got a couple more. They ended up with three of their original four picks, which was a pretty good outcome for them. Are they staying together every night, or do they disband and go to their hotels? I just notice that the fired ones leave without luggage, and it makes me wonder if they've been staying there at night. We don't see the usual wakeup calls, either.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:23 pm
I'd bet those stars have their own hotel suites.
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