Apprentice 3 - Street Smarts vs. Book smarts

I agree that Bren is odd, and, no offence to southerners, sometimes he annoys me, or maybe it was just his looks/queer fanciness.

I also think that Tana or Alex is going to win, or maybe Angie. Why do everyone in the magna team hate Stephanie?

Flirtatious, sassy Erin was not as poignant and convincing in the boardroom as she gave herself credit.

Donald Trump said that George and Carolyn did not want him to fire Angie and that he had to listen to them [his respected advisors].

With a flirtatious smile and a wink, Erin said, "Do you have to [listen to them]?"

Donald responded something like the following: "No . . . I don't have to . . . but I will . . . you're kind of a wise guy, aren't you . . . you know what, Erin . . . You're FIRED."

Erin looked shocked and on the verge of tears, she got up to leave. As she was walking out the door, she momentarily turned around to walk back in . . . maybe to say something . . . but decided not to. Out the door; down the elevator; out to the waiting taxi.

Her final words: "All is well in Erin-Land."

I predict Kendra, Tana, Angie, and Alex will make it to the final four.

I predict two women will make it to the final two and Kendra will probably be the winner.

And . . . where is Joah? Has she been on A2K since her man came home? I mean . . . she has to come up for air sometime . . . LOL

I think the more interesting question would be, what percentage of street smarts vs book smarts maximizes one's ability to be the best?

Well, that's easy, c.i.: Whatever combination I have...

Oh, and I want Craig to win.

The truth of the matter is the fact that the more we learn, we begin to understand how little we really know.

Did anyone notice that when Erin got up from the table the first time, she leaned over the desk showing her cleavage to Trump? It was a 2-3 second pause to allow Trump a good view. Her exit was also funny; it seemed she didn't understand "You're fired."

"Eww toilet seat….gross" made me want to snatch her by the tresses and tap dance The Wiz on her forehead. Where does she think toilet seats come from? There's no toilet seat fairy. If toilet seats are gross where does she plop her ass down? The, "As a former beauty queen and I know what a crown is…." comment made me want to reach through the TV and thump her upside her flat, 1940's hairdo'd head. Now that would have been a poignant moment for me. I was happy to see her self-satisfied, frying pan ass canned.

Chris is really getting clobbered over his tobacco chewing. He would be doing himself a favor to quit while he's on the show seeing how it almost got him the Cobra. Take the hint dude. He did make a good point about Erin in the boardroom when he said, "because she's an attorney she's always looking for that loophole, and that loophole is not committing to something." That point is a running theme of all Apprentice seasons. Some team members sit back, do as little as possible and blame the PM who more often than not is the one canned.

I'm really liking Angie after this episode. She seems to be the most the most sincere to me and is not timid at all to tell it like it is. She made a good point in the pre-firing boardroom about how she had never designed and held a how to clinic but she rolled up her sleeves and gave it 200% whereas Erin gave it .02%.

Alex is such a dork. How long do you think it took him to come up with his, "While Erin and Stephanie are space cadets, they are firmly grounded in the gravity of the fact that one of the two of them are going to get fired tonight" speech? Why does he care? He's on the other team.

Home depot owes Craig some money and his team owes him an apology. He hadn't done much until this episode but really came through on this one. Kudos to him.

Trump's not bothered by bad language. I'll be the expletives flew when his casino went south.

Erin's statement in the cab about, "her inability to use a power saw cut me off at the knees" as if that was the reason she was fired. WRONG! She acted is if this task was beneath her and didn't give much effort was what got her canned.

Looks like Mt. Chrisuvius is finally going to blow next week. Should be good.

RfromP: Good post!

Next week should be interesting given that Chris is a hothead. He immediately gets defensive and starts yelling. Not good! I recommend that he take a good look at himself on television and then enroll in anger management classes.

I remember the boardroom after the 2nd task rennovating the motels when the NetWorth team lost. Most of the attention was on the project manager who volunteered that he should be fired. Seemingly out of the blue, Chris launched into this volcanic tirade against Angie who had made some innocuous remark about the toilet replacement issue (wonder why toilets seem to be a reoccuring theme on A3?) I remember thinking, "who IS this guy?? I hadn't even noticed him before." Until more recently, he seemed to be under the radar on the tasks but each time NetWorth was in the boardroom, he would blow up about something that was entirely out of proportion to whatever it was that he was asked about (remember when Trump asked him if he was gay or didn't like gay people after the commercial project where both teams lost?) This guy is deservedly headed for the axe.

I would say, however, that the preoccupation with his chewing tobacco habit seems a bit odd when other candidates from before (Heidi, for one) and now (Bren) smoke cigarettes.

I agree that everyone on Magna should be pleading mea culpa to Craig over the "box" project. Craig didn't seem a likely candidate for the final 4 until last week but I would predict that he, along with Alex, Bren and the lady (her names escapes me) who came up with the idea in miniature golf project to get exclusive deals with the other merchants should make the finals at this point.

I suppose most folks have read the news that Chrissy boy got arrested for assaulting someone in a Florida Bar where he and some friends were celebrating his continued "success" on the Apprentice.

Oh yes. I read that Chris was trying to enter the Seminole Casino in Tampa to attend a birthday party for John (a contestant who was fired earlier) and there was a $20 cover charge to enter. He blew up, refused to pay the cover charge simply to get in the door, and generally made a loud, obnoxious a$$ of himself which frightened other people.

He was arrested for disorderly conduct, ended up sitting more than 5 hours at the police station, and had to pay a $250 fine . . . .

I'll see if I can find the link to the article.

I'm glad he's off the show. That guy was a tool.

What do you think of the Kendra / Tana / Craig team?

It was like watching the story of the "Little Red Hen."

"Who will help me," Kendra asks.

"Not I," says Tana as she reminds us that she can go home and sleep without any worry 'cause her a$$ is exempt.

"Not I," says Craig as he reminds us that the human body is not made for working all night.

So Tana and Craig go back to the luxury apartment and crawl in their beds.

"Fine," says the Little Red Hen . . . I mean, Kendra, "I'll do it myself."

And she worked and she worked all night long. She finished the job. She created a fabulous brochure all by herself.

Wasn't it just sickening to watch Tana as she attempted to gobble up all the credit at the presentation? I was glad to see Kendra take the reins away from Tana . . .

Well, it wasn't easy. Tana wasn't letting go and Kendra had to tug several times . . . but Kendra finally took control and finished the presentation.

Congratulations Kendra!

Yeah, but that means Kendra should be in the ad business. Perhaps that's the job the Donald has in mind, heading up his PR/ad department? The rest of them? Maybe he has a position open for the department head of Maintenance Engineering.

I don't believe anyone would hire someone who refuses to put in an "all- nighter" when such is obviously called for.

I just don't feel there is a single one of them that is worthy of really being hired. What an embarrassment.

Finally Trump got rid of Chris. He's been pulling that team down something fierce.

And he has zero control over his emotions. Can't contain his anger, can't contain his disappointment....

I liked Tana up until this last show. I cannot believe that she said that - she could sleep because she was not in danger of being fired - what a cop out - it definitely could come back and bite her. I also couldn't believe Craig - I thought more of him also. This fit in so nicely with the Donald's comment at the beginning about how if you are unwilling to give your all you don't belong in his organization.

I tip my hat to Kendra. No matter the outcome - she has won. Imagine the endorsement she can use in the future - she put together essentially on her own a marketing tool for GM. She is pretty much set. I also loved that she did step up and take over - she was the best for it as she was the only one who really knew the product they were selling.

I think everyone has figured out that you don't get fired for having done nothing. Otherwise Chris would have been gone a long time ago. I also was disappointed in Tana, who I thought was really good until now. She and Craig left her high and dry knowing that if they lost she'd get canned (like Angie last week -- give her all the work, when she screws up, she's the one that gets canned). I think the only ones who are worth a **** are Kendra and Tana.

I also enjoyed watching Chris and the boys endulging in wishful thinking that they were a shoo in to win just because they were all men and the other team had two women. They deserved that ass-whoopin. Couldn't have happened to a better team.

I can't believe Tana was dumb enough to say that to the camera... All of these episodes air before the final decision.

They all seem to have this mindset that it's all about not being fired this week. Whereas it's apparent that if you make it to the end you're judged on your performance throughout the process.

Remember the Home Depot task? George and Caroline talked about who were the standouts.

And I agree, they deserved the ass-whompin'.