Apprentice 3 - Page 3

valkyrie · #31 02-11-2005, 12:35 PM

Wow, my cat could've come up with a better commercial than those people. I'm glad that what's her name got fired because she was just AWFUL. OMG MY BOYFRIEND IS A DIRECTOR. Yikes.

ZTAngel · #32 02-11-2005, 06:30 PM

My boyfriend is a Chemist. That now means that I can make different pharmaceutical drugs because I was able to obtain the information he knows through osmosis.

It sounds ridiculous but that's essentially what Kristen was saying. Her boyfriend is a director, she's watched him direct a few times so now she's completely versed in the world of directing. Uh...just because you sleep with someone who knows how to direct doesn't mean that you know how to direct. Knowledge isn't transferred that way. FYI!

HBADPi · #33 02-11-2005, 06:35 PM

I noticed this for the first time last night but did anyone else catch how they all have these pins they wear? I first saw it on one of the guys and I thought he was trying to stir up some publicity for his fraternity or something then in the boardroom I noticed they were all wearing them. It seems that each team got the same pin but different colors. Was that discussed in a previous episode and I missed it??

ZTABullwinkle · #34 02-11-2005, 06:38 PM

I saw the pins also. I was thinking they were fraternity/sorority badgesm unti lI saw Michael(?) wearing it on the right side of his jacket. I haven't been able to see if they are all alike or not. Good question though.

polarpi · #35 02-12-2005, 02:36 AM

I think they're probably pins "given" to them by Trump. The book smarts teams have pink (red?) M's and the street smarts have green N's....maybe so it's easier to identify them at a quick glance which team they're a part of?

I saw them a few episodes back, but I don't recall them making an explanation about them.

pinkyphimu · #36 02-12-2005, 12:11 PM

i am glad that trump fired kristen, but i am surprised he didn't fire erin too. honestly, she was making all of those crazy faces the whole time! i would have smacked her! i am sure it helped that magna kept their mouths shut while networth bickered. i can't wait till next week.

#37 02-13-2005, 06:25 PM

The pins may be ID pins but they might also serve the purpose of microphones as well.

During the Real World: Hawaii season, most of the cast would go around naked so the producers had to figure out a way for them to have mics on at all times (i.e. having a mic on 24/7 is a part of the casts' contracts). The producers made puca (sp?) shell necklaces with mics in them for the cast and said if they feel the desire to go naked to put on a necklace and that way they would still have mics on all day. The cast didn't know the necklaces had mics in them but they did. I saw this on an E! True Hollywood Story episode about Reality TV.

polarpi · #38 02-18-2005, 02:04 AM

Michael was dumb tonight - but what else is new?

I was really impressed by Networth's idea - definitely "out of the box" thinking (but in New York, a great idea!) While Magna's idea was good, it just wasn't very creative - but it was a nail-biter in the end to see which team won!

MysticCat · #39 02-18-2005, 02:14 PM

Ms. MysticCat and I both thought Magna should have won this task. While their idea may not have been as creative, it was the better idea, and except for marketing, it was better executed. NetWorth's idea just wasn't as good and was poorly marketed and executed. NetWorth simply lucked out.

NetWorth's idea may have been more creative or unusual, but it was also a harder sell and was likely to make less money, which matters when the goal is to make as much money as possible in one day. 15 minutes with a casting director at $25. That's a maximum income of $100 per hour, unless customers don't use their full 15 minutes, and that's assuming a steady stream of customers. Add to that the casting director service was geared to a limited market, rather than to the very wide market Magna targeted. Granted, there are a lot of people in NYC who want time with a casting director, but a lot of them are waiting tables and, as Craid said, "went to the class where they said 'don't ever pay to see a casting director.'" If I were a waiter/actor in New York, I would have questioned whether this casting director working out of a Streamliner for one day was on the up-and-up or was just a scam. Even if I thought it was on the up-and-up, I would have wondered whether I would be blowing my money or whether this casting director could actually deliver on anything.

Magna, on the other hand, had a variety of services to sell with broad appeal and could handle numerous customers at one time, giving them a much better potential for greater income. Seemed to both of us, though, that they should have charged just a little more.

NetWorth also should have marketed the day before -- though I guess they couldn't 'cause they were all just sitting around trying to hire a casting director. (Once again, John shows himself as the MVP of that team.) Thinking back to the bridal shop task last season, they should have used the internet to get the word out -- perhaps going through a source that would have given them credibility with their targeted market. Their failure to do so meant no customers for half a day.

Over at Magna, when Michael came and complained the third time about how the services couldn't be marketed, Bren should have said "Fine, go over here and alphabetize cards or something equally useful and out of the way" and sent someone else out to market. I was surprised that Trump, George and not-Carolyn never mentioned that.

As for Michael, what a complete loser. That whole giving Trump his business card, telling Trump to look him up in Boston ("I mean that. I own a big parking lot.") was just plain pathetic.

WCUgirl · #40 02-18-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by MysticCat81
As for Michael, what a complete loser. That whole giving Trump his business card, telling Trump to look him up in Boston ("I mean that. I own a big parking lot.") was just plain pathetic.

What the heck is that supposed to mean, anyways? "I own a very large parking lot." WTF? Was he serious?

pinkyphimu · #41 02-18-2005, 07:00 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MysticCat81
[B]Ms. MysticCat and I both thought Magna should have won this task. While their idea may not have been as creative, it was the better idea, and except for marketing, it was better executed. NetWorth's idea just wasn't as good and was poorly marketed and executed. NetWorth simply lucked out.

NetWorth's idea may have been more creative or unusual, but it was also a harder sell and was likely to make less money, which matters when the goal is to make as much money as possible in one day. 15 minutes with a casting director at $25. That's a maximum income of $100 per hour, unless customers don't use their full 15 minutes, and that's assuming a steady stream of customers. Add to that the casting director service was geared to a limited market, rather than to the very wide market Magna targeted. Granted, there are a lot of people in NYC who want time with a casting director, but a lot of them are waiting tables and, as Craid said, "went to the class where they said 'don't ever pay to see a casting director.'" If I were a waiter/actor in New York, I would have questioned whether this casting director working out of a Streamliner for one day was on the up-and-up or was just a scam. Even if I thought it was on the up-and-up, I would have wondered whether I would be blowing my money or whether this casting director could actually deliver on anything.

Magna, on the other hand, had a variety of services to sell with broad appeal and could handle numerous customers at one time, giving them a much better potential for greater income. Seemed to both of us, though, that they should have charged just a little more.

NetWorth also should have marketed the day before -- though I guess they couldn't 'cause they were all just sitting around trying to hire a casting director. (Once again, John shows himself as the MVP of that team.) Thinking back to the bridal shop task last season, they should have used the internet to get the word out -- perhaps going through a source that would have given them credibility with their targeted market. Their failure to do so meant no customers for half a day.

Ditto....even i thought of that...lol.

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Originally posted by MysticCat81
As for Michael, what a complete loser. That whole giving Trump his business card, telling Trump to look him up in Boston ("I mean that. I own a big parking lot.") was just plain pathetic.

this was just silly. i really thought they would show trump throwing the business card in the trash. that would have been funny! i read somewhere that a radio station that mike interned for here in boston thought it was funny he was on the show. they said something to the effect of he didn't do anything here. it definately rang true of his performance on the show. he must be a trustfund baby.

ZTAngel · #42 03-04-2005, 12:11 AM

Ummm...so since when is Audrey attractive?

#43 03-04-2005, 12:15 AM

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ZTAngel Ummm...so since when is Audrey attractive?

I think we missed the same thing. I didn't think she was all that good-looking. I mean I am NOT, by all means, the next Heidi Klum or Cindy Crawford, but Audrey isn't attractive by all means. I think she needed an attitude adjustment because she's extremely immature for a 22-year-old and she wants to tell others who are probably 10 years older than her to be more of an adult and grow up? Bawawah!

pinkyphimu · #44 03-04-2005, 12:23 AM

i totally missed the episode, but saw audrey leaving....anyone care to recap?

SATX*APhi · #45 03-10-2005, 11:54 PM

FINALLY!!!