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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 10:45 pm
Well, I guess it's official. Now every single remaining contestant has made themselves look like a horse's patoot on camera. I agree that Melissa shouldn't have been fired, and I took great pleasure in her talking to Trump like he's just another person and not King of the Universe. It's just unfortunate that she couldn't leave gracefully. What I would've liked to have seen was Melissa telling her mother to stay in the game and take down Annie and Brande. Now that they don't have to split their contacts Joan would have a better shot, plus she would no longer be worried about helping her daughter to shine. She could just go all out to win. I still hold out hope that she will, although after that tirade it would be very awkward. Annie is just so transparent in her manipulations. I know she's being strategic, but she's being too obvious about it. Everything she does comes with a "for the record" kind of comment. You'd think Brande would've picked up on her "you have the final say" stuff. Cramer picked up on it right away. She positions herself to look good if they succeed but to take no ownership if they fail. Brande was just too blind or stubborn to see it. She should've been gone tonight. I guess Trump wasn't finished looking at her. I know I said this last season, but I still think it's ridiculous that the final decision comes down to how much money you've raised. That's just buying a win. Why waste everyone's time (including the viewers') with all these tasks when it just comes down to who has the richest friends? Just bring them all in on day one with a list of their contacts and figure it out. Why even call it "The Apprentice?" Just call it "The Fundraiser." Speaking of which, I thought it was a bit odd that Brande claimed she just wanted to raise $250,000 for charity. She could've done that without going on this show. I guess she and Annie can just coast from here to the end, since they're #1 and #2 in fundraising and that outweighs whatever mistakes they might make.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 11:10 pm
Annie should have gone. The way Melissa was treated by the mean girls would have made anyone explode. Bullying is hard to take. I hope Joan comes back and gives it back to the mean girls. I'd take Jesse over Clint any day. The problem is, DT dislikes Jesse, loves Annie and is hot for Brande (or any pretty body) so the final three will be Clint, Annie and Brande. Brande doesn't even know how to spell her own name. If it's Brande and Annie in the end, Annie will chew her up and spit her out. That's why Annie, who had nothing good to say about Brande for most of the show has befriended her. Annie knows she's easy pickin's at the end.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 12:41 am
Well said Curlyq and Mamabatsy.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 4:48 am
Mama, why do you say DT dislikes Jessie?? I couldn't watch. Every time I turned it on, Melissa was whining, Annie was smirking and Jessie was doing his passive aggressive stare. It was so frustrating!!!
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 5:13 am
They should rename this show CA Rolodex. Last season came down to who had the richest friends and this one is headed in the same direction. I agree Trump is keeping his Brande eye candy as long as he can. I think Trump really wants a Joan/Annie showdown finale.
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 5:19 am
Just saw this show for the first time last night. In my view it seemed like Melissa was not eliminated because of her performance in the task, but because the judges didn't like her. Brandi was clearly the worst and should have been sent home. For unknown reasons they seemed to think that the fact that she got all mad and pissy at that prospect meant she should stay, which is poor criteria for evaluating someone. Both she and Annie failed in the task and one of them should have gone. It's very unclear why Annie wasn't taken to task for her failure of ideas.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 5:30 am
I don't think Annie was "assigned the tasks" as she stated in the boardroom, so why didn't either Brandi or Melissa speak up and tell DT that? She just said she would do this and do that and the girls just kept their mouths shut about her pushiness. SHE was not the team player, IMO
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 5:35 am
The Right Guard people liked both ads but they liked the pictures/coloring from Clint's ad better. They said they could see using both ads. So it was close. Neither ad was a failure. So, at this point it came to fundraising.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 6:00 am
Annie's blog. For some reason, it won't let me post a new url (something about formatting tags), so if you click this link - Episode 9 is to the immediate right of the page. http://www.annieduke.com/
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 6:01 am
Interesting you tube of Melissa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b45zU3JIR1c She knows she's the only one that can control her mommy, right.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 6:33 am
It seems that all the challenges are either bugging friends for donations, or whipping up commericals for Trump's sponsors. How can celebrities be expected to put out a decent ad campaign? They dont know much about marketing or advertising--unless it about themselves. Clint did a decent job, but his team had no faith in him. He hasnt been my favorite so far, but I was glad to see him win. Annie did push her whole viewpoint on the leader get her to use it then sit back seemingly immune from firing--as that one guy pointed out but was ignored. Annie is a very good manipulator and its funnny that Joan was the only one to see it. But MelissA SHOULD NOT HAVE TOLD ANYONE HOW SHE WAS FEELING, IT just put an even bigger target on her back. Jesse seemed to have held his thoughts in for so long that he exploded last night. his attitude was awful. Seeing Melissa storm out of there like an angry child was not unexpected, but still surprising at its intensity. You could see her talking to someone off to the side about not coming back in. I guess she was refusing to that bit you see of the firee in the taxi cab saying their goodbyes. Too bad Joan walked off too. Should have stayed for revenge or something. I get the feeling a lot of celebs arent too happy being on the show. Maybe it turned out a lot different than they were led to beleive.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 6:46 am
But MelissA SHOULD NOT HAVE TOLD ANYONE HOW SHE WAS FEELING, IT just put an even bigger target on her back. You know, I was wondering about that as she was doing it. But I was also thinking she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. She knew she was being manipulated to take the fall and I think it would be very difficult to just go down without even fighting for yourself. I thought they treated her horribly. It was almost hard to watch. I'm not even a Melissa fan, but those other two were nasty.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:13 am
The following is not my post, but Brenda's. But I can't word my thoughts any better: So this is really about who has the richest friends? Is that what it boils down to? It's not about the best leader, the best innovator, the best team player? I'm very disappointed if that's all it's about. Melissa should not have been sent home tonight. Brande delegated everything to Annie. Annie designed and presented and they lost. They barely let Melissa do anything. But she leaves because she doesn't have as many rich friends? I would be furious too. Now I agree, she could have left with a little more class. Well, a lot more class.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:15 am
Regis and Kelly had a call with DT on their show. DT said the note he passed said 'we have t fire Melissa'. he also took another dig at Jesse, 'he's married to Sandra Bullock, i just don't get it'.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:17 am
Smokey is so right!!! Melissa was treated terribly. She had all those ideas and B&A totally ignored her. She had such a tough team to work with. And then to be fired because WHY??? And what did that have to do with the task at hand?? Makes no sense. If the biggest moneymaker is supposed to be the Celeb. Apprntc. then WHY even bother with tasks? Have a money drive type contest every week and the lowest Moneymaker leaves... What a croc this show is!
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:18 am
Did he say anything about Melissas tirade or if Joan is coming back?Anything about Brande or Annie?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:18 am
Wow--(about the note.) So was the note written just after Melissa interuppted the guy who thinks he is God?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:19 am
And Trump makes it a crock.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:22 am
He said that he wrote the note cause the other judge had been so adamant that brandi be fired. I can't remember exactly what he said about the tirade but he thought Joan was out of line for her attack on poker players and again resorted to the usual line he seems to use when someone disagrees with him..something about Melissa having some kind of mental issues
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:26 am
I guess if you are chosen to go, theres not much you can do about it, unless you are Brande. Is there any interviews with Joan and Melissa out there? I'm sure they have plenty to say...
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:27 am
So the input DT "wants" from his minions means nothing, what a surprise.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:42 am
Apparently I missed a good show last night. So if I understand it correctly, Melissa was fired and wasn't gracious about it? And then because SHE was fired, Joan took her toys and left the sandbox, too? Seriously? If that's the case, then it only proves that the two weren't there to compete against each other, but to team up and compete against everyone else (which is one of the reasons I'd quite watching in the first place).
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7:52 am
Last year it was clear that Piers won because he raised the most money. Annie, Brande, and Jesse got it. This is really just a silly game show. Melissa's the only celeb I remember who went ape over being fired, because it seems that everything's been handed to her on a silver platter, so she acted like a spoiled brat. It's true that the worst thing you can do when you're bullied is to whine to the bully. That just gives them satisfaction. Bringing up her injured tendons was so babyish. It's sad to see a grown woman acting like an entitled sore loser, especially over a silly "reality" show. Joan was only marginally better. I agree with those who said she got fired for interrupting Trump. I think also that her complaining about the "mean girls" didn't help. Employers hate to have to deal with that sort of garbage.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 8:17 am
Employers hate to have to deal with that sort of garbage Exactly! In the real world of work, bully and bullied would have been spoken to and perhaps even sent for some sort of class. All incidents and complaints would have been documented in HR. And the loudest complainer, right or wrong, would most likely get the boot. Because the bottom line is you have to work together
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - 8:21 am
Costa, "...wasn't gracious about it" is a huge understatement! And then Mama Bear called Annie a xhore pit viper and a Nazi.
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