Celebrity Apprentice (open spoilers!)

[pepperlandgirl]

I've never watched Apprentice before. I think Donald Trump is a despicable, unlikable, slimy little man, and also I usually only watch reality shows that deal with cooking or fashion. But...I'm watching this season for my favorite guilty pleasure. Bret Michaels.

See, I like Bret Michaels a lot because of Rock of Love. Over the course of three seasons, I realized some things about ol' Bret. He's smarter than most people would give him credit for. He's a pretty sincere guy. And he's charming. Strange but true. I honestly miss him on my TV, and so I was psyched to learn he was going to be on Celebrity Apprentice.

Anyway, the two-hour premiere was last night. I was happy to see that Bret had a strong showing, despite the fact that everybody thought he was the weakest person on the team. Bret has spent the last three decades keeping the peace in his band and wrangling sluts, so I figured he would do a good job as a manager, and he did. I sincerely hope Blago is the next to go home. Oh my god, what a trainwreck that douche is.

I think it's clear that Sharon Osbourne is probably the smartest in the whole group. I think that if they had set a higher price point for their food, like the men did, they would have won the competition and that was mostly due to her efforts. I think the women absolutely sent the wrong person home, and as much as I like Cyndi Lauper, she's clearly the weak link with the least to offer her team.

[Sarahfeena]

I didn't watch it all yet, so I'm not reading your post. But I will be back.

[OneCentStamp]

I haven't watched it, but I can't believe Sharon Osboune is on there. She is an enormously successful businesswoman in her own right.

[pepperlandgirl]

Well they are playing for charity, not for their own personal gain. That's probably Sharon agreed to it.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Ok, finally saw to the end. Some more or less random thoughts:

Cyndi Lauper still seems to be living in her own space, after all these years.

Trump is getting even coarser and more obnoxious. Essentially bragging about how much tail his money gets him? IN FRONT OF HIS KIDS?

I know they're giving Blago the douche edit, but I think that they're helped by the fact that he is a douche.

I think the men are right, throwing Carol under the bus was a mistake, in upcoming challenges they're going to need somebody who can write. Better to toss one of the eye candy chicks. (As usual, I have no idea who many of these "celebrities" are, so I can't assign names to some of them at this point.)

The usual Burnett misleading editing. "The men have made a horrible mistake with their high price point." Uh, no, actually, the men kicked butt because of their high price point.

My wife and I aren't sure how committed we are to the show at this point. We've pretty much agreed:

(a) Any more Joan Rivers (or, god forbid, Melissa), and we're gone.

(b) Somebody better get drunk or naked pretty soon.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

Well, I dunno..

Probably better than last week, but still nobody drunk or naked. (Although a lot of Lauper cleavage again.)

Thankfully, nobody from the Rivers family.

Not sure if we'll keep watching, maybe we're Trumped out.

Still, some entertaining moments. The editing showed quite clearly why people may have just a little trouble understanding Sinbad. At first my wife thought he was speaking Ebonics, but then it was clears that the Brothers were having just as much trouble following him as the white guys.

Does nobody who goes on this show ever watch the show? The suits are always about the product placement.

What say you all?

[Cluricaun]

I actually watched this last night because my fiancee had it on while I was reading. I'm happy that Sinbad hasn't updated his wardrobe since the last time I saw him. I was hoping that he'd be wearing something made of windbreaker, and I wasn't disappointed.

That's about as much as I got out of it since Rod Blagojohe9oaiysdioh is on it, and living in Illinois I've had juuuust about enough of seeing that guy on TV ever again.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

I wonder if Blago has any idea how they're consistently editing him as a POS blowhard.

[Cluricaun]

I wonder if Blago has any idea how they're consistently editing him as a POS blowhard.

There is a fantastic chance that they don't need any editing to make that possible.

I saw his wife on Make Celebrities Eat Spiders or whatever that one was called, and she seems like a nice lady, but he's a roaring shithead all the time.

[pepperlandgirl]

Blago is getting on my last nerve, but at the same time, it's kind of funny to have him around. I'm going to miss Sinbad a lot. He was my second favorite celebrity, but he just sort of fell apart in this challenge. He really wasn't a good project manager, and Bret might have been a little weird, but he did have a point with his frustration.

I know I'm only going to keep watching as long as Bret is there. Trump is so obnoxious (as if, of course, Blago), and I don't really find the challenges that interesting. Plus, two hours?! Good god almighty, I don't think I'll have the stamina for this every week.

[Sarahfeena]

Blago is being humiliated, and you have no idea how happy that makes me.

[Oliveloaf]

Blago is being humiliated, and you have no idea how happy that makes me.

I'm not watching the show, but!

If Blago is being made a fool of, I'll chip in to pay for production costs.

My God that man is a moron.

He is actually "hosting" a radio show in Chicago now. It's brokered, meaning he buys the air time. It's creepy as hell.