Here's my review
The Apprentice: Episode 3
“8 Ways to Crazy”
This week, our intrepid Billionaire wannabees received their usual early morning wakeup call from some struggling actress playing receptionist #4, and were summoned to the lobby of Trump Tower. The Donald, flanked by his usual entourag, descended the escalator, his hokey “all hail the king” trumpets blaring in the background. The task at hand: Get cranky New Yorkers all fired up over a new product, “Vanilla Mint Crest” toothpaste (sounds pretty gross) with a meager $50, 000 budget and one day to pull it off. Both teams do a pretty decent job 'creating a buzz', considering they didn't have much time and 50K won't buy you much of anything these days. Kevin drew the short straw and was crowed Project Manager for Mosaic. That brain trust threw out such stellar ideas as foaming up the Hudson River and pumping Vanilla aroma into the subway system. (Hello, 9/11 anyone?) After a failed attempt to give away a 'chance for a million dollars', they settled on Circus freaks and cold hard cash.
Speaking of freaks, Apex was all about crazy Stacie J. Nobody likes her,they all think she is a lunatic, yet they entrust her with a rather important task: Secure the product to give away at their event. That didn't go very well. Seems she either can't count or has trouble with simple physics. She brings a van to haul a truck load of paste. The fact that Maria's error in negotiating the right printing costs put them $5,000 over meant little. Oh, yeah, Apex hired NY Mets catcher Mike Piazza to scrub his pearly whites in front of a small, yet enthusiastic crowd. (Why no Yankee?)
Then it was on to the Board Room (Dum, dum dum). Everyone agreed that the Piazza event was the clear winner, but the budget overage was Apex's ticket to the board room. Project leader Elizabeth invited Maria and, no surprise, Stacie J to join her on the firing line (She's about as popular as a cold sore on prom night.) Finger-pointing and name calling ensued, not about the task, but the dangerous and wacky Stacie J. It got so ugly that Mr. Trump, in a rule breaking mood,summoned
all the women back to get their take. Turns out they are all a'scared of Miss J, fearing that her wild behavior and unstable personality threaten their very existence. Her defense was a simple one. She repeated over and over: "I'm NOT Crazy." (sounds nuts to me). Apex pleaded their case with DT and Stacie J, the loose cannon was indeed...FIRED.
Updated On: 9/24/04 at 02:21 PM
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