June 6, 2006
'The Apprentice': The Playa Wins
So The Playa beat The Kid on The Apprentice. Not much of a shocker -- or a finale. Sure, The Donald tried to build suspense by announcing he hadn't made up his mind if he wanted to hire Sean, the pretty boy from London or Lee, the scrawny kid from Brooklyn.
Who was he kidding?
Trump made up his mind months ago, I'm sure. Nothing against Lee, who has a world of potential, but Sean is older, has much more corporate experience and is a charismatic (and extremely flirty!) leader. Plus he has good hair!
While the finale was only 90 minutes, it seemed more like 90 days since everyone already knew how it was going to end. You know, like Titanic. Still, there were a few funny moments. I cracked up when former Beverly Hills, 90210 pretty boy Jason Priestley was forced to eat a huge slice of humble pie when he showed up at Denis Leary's charity hockey game. "And just what is your name?" asked the clueless chick at the check-in table. You could almost see the steam coming out of Jason's ears. Hey, but that's what happens after your hit show dies and you can barely get arrested. I also loved watching My Name Is Earl's Jaime Pressly pulling a hilarious, bug-eyed Joy moment by calling Lenny The Russian "Apprentice Boy" for botching yet another simple task.
Speaking of Lenny, was I the only one who had no idea what he was saying when Trump asked him why he should hire Lee? At first I thought Lenny babbled something about goats. Since that made no sense, I activated my trusty closed caption. But even the closed caption was confused. It said Lenny muttered "goal." That didn't make any sense, either. I finally figured out he was talking about "gold." At least I think that's what he was talking about. Anyway, it was funny and made me scratch my head even more and wonder why Lee picked Lenny to be on his team.
The best sight of the night was Randal. The man looked like new and old money. And he was wearing more bling than P. Diddy. You could tell Randal learned a thing or two from Trump when he started hawking his website like he was on a late-night infomercial.
It was obvious that last night's boring finale paled in comparison to last season's. But that's what happens when the ending is a foregone conclusion and you have two finalists who don't really deserve the gig.
Posted by Kevin Thompson at June 6, 2006 4:18 PMAnyone that does not know the difference between one and won obviously has an opinion that no "won" should listen too.
Posted by: Gary at June 12, 2006 1:49 PMI though the right person won. donald could not appreciate the improtance of having someone who could think outside of the box, neither did he live up to the show title "The Apprentice".I think that the Donald found a way of making $$$ and finding talent at the same time. He dosen't want to teach it seems...He wants to be taught. Looks like he likes his trainee like he likes his women....Talented, able and ready to make(inherit) money.
Posted by: Ania at June 10, 2006 6:32 PMI'm sure Sean will be a worthy apprentice. But I hope, for his sake (as well as The Donald's) that he will prove to have just as much substance as he had style. He seems to be very able-bodied and intelligent, but moreso, a charismatic "entertainer" type, much "larger than life." Perhaps that's why Trump liked him so much; Trump and Sean are two peas in a pod.
Posted by: Lisa Carvin at June 8, 2006 12:08 PMHow 'bout the botched production at the end of the finale, where the newly-crowned Apprentice disappeared for about 2 minutes on his way to his crappy new Pontiac? The band tortorously vamped through the incipid 2 bar Apprentice Theme Song while even the people in the audience didn't know whether to clap or puke or leave.
Blah...it was embarrassing.
Posted by: Matt at June 7, 2006 9:05 PMLenny said; "Lee is like gold and gold dosen't tarnish"...it was perfectly clear if you speak Russian.
Posted by: William Proust at June 7, 2006 8:58 AMThe fact that the girl didn't even look up to see who came in could be the reason that she didn't know who it was. I felt bad for Jason. That whole thing was a disaster. I mean, Lenny thought Jamie Fox was there. Instead of Michael J Fox. Trust me. Under normal circumstances Jason would have been greeted in a totally different manner. Even that girl was upset. She said that Jason is one of their star players. I didn't notice that he was mad at all. He thanked her didn't he? I am not sure what you mean about the steam coming out of his head. I didn't see that at all. I thought he was very nice considering the situation. I am so glad that Lee did not win. He really screwed that hockey game up. Actually, the whole team did. It was a team effort.
The sinic that I am, I believe Sean created a love story to sale himself. He barely embraced his new love in his victory dance. In fact he ran out of everyone but himself. Let's see if they do indeed get married.
Bravo to Lee, he is a fine young man.
Posted by: francie at June 7, 2006 12:16 AMI thought Lee should have one. He was an extremely sharp young man for his age. If Donald wants experience, he should not be interviewing young people who are doomed from the beginning due to their age.
Posted by: drbeegee1 at June 6, 2006 11:23 PMand I thought Lenny said goats!! How did he make it in the first place??
Posted by: moorb redir at June 6, 2006 10:01 PM
