Not good, Tana. D Trump left not pleased.
Key Tana Line #1…
To Bruce Jenner: I think you’re looking at the next Apprentice.
…Equals Red Flag/Major Kiss of Death Warning #1
Key Tana Line #2…
I’m a shark in a goldfish outfit. I’m a killer.
…Equals… Okay, then. I guess. Ahem.
Kendra’s team and event, on the other hand, turned around marvelously thanks to a cohesive team and adept client relations all around. Even George seemed to be in a good mood… and there’s just something about that that gives me a warm glow.
But I digress.
There could not have been a bigger difference in a way the final task ended. While Tana imperiously dismissed her dumbkopf common flock, real emotions were expressed between Kendra and her team.
The comparative strength of Kendra’s team (and her relatively easier task of managing a video game championship) may pull her to a win, but it’s her attitude that should really be what puts her over the top. I wasn’t enthusiastic about Kendra early on, but she’s proven to me and all of the naysayers week after week that she has the guts and intelligence and balance to take on the rough waters of Trump Land. Tana’s performance was borderline sickening, and I think even Daddy Trump himself can smell out an ego that’s puffing out the seams of an ordinary performer.
The end of the show threw a major curveball to normal Apprentice operations, as team members from the final task filed into the boardroom as the closing credits rolled. Tana, who had already taken some major body blows in the boardroom from Trump and Carolyn, looked dazed (some might say bedazzled, but not me) and confused.
Now, it’s onward to the live finale next week.
And I’ve got to say to Kendra, “Win it, baby!”
‘Cause you know you won’t see no kind of you go girl! from this here writer.
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Project Greenlight - Bravo
The final show of the season was a bittersweet experience for me, as I had developed strange cathode-induced attachments to many of the main players involved in the creation of the B horror film, Feast.
I felt proud of first-time director John Gulager for pulling off a film that everyone – at least the producers and the studio – seem to really like. When Gulager had lunch in New York with Matt Damon to discuss the film and the process and what was next, I felt like I (and the audience) were there as well, getting a glimpse at how Hollywood really operates.
Article comments
1 - Bennett
Like an Eloi hearing the sirens that promise a tasty dinner, this is my second week of being drawn to the Ray.
Good stuff Eric, what time is Contender on? (and how have I not seen this program?) I guess my Survivor habit is way too lowbrow for your weekly Ray? ;-]
2 - Tom Johnson
Eric, have you been watching Veronica Mars? I'm very surprised if you haven't - this has been one of the highlights of the season for me, making Tuesday nights a very complex routine of running from room to room as our DVR attempts to capture everything we need to see (Gilmore Girls, The Amazing Race, Scrubs, The Office, and Veronica Mars all intersect in one way or another (GG overflowing into the 8 o'clock hour, annoyingly!) And if you haven't, please do catch up when it's eventually released on DVD. The season finale Tuesday was a stunningly intense occasion - only Lost has managed to outdo this show's twists and turns. It only wants to be a teen-oriented drama, but it's far too smart and complicated for most hormone-addled kids, apparently, because I only hear of adults watching it. And this show certainly deserves a much bigger audience.
3 - Eric Berlin
Bennett -- Eloi drawn to the Ray... I love it! I'll have to try to work that in for next week. Contender is on at 8 or 9 on Sunday nights. There's only four boxers left right now, but you are absolutely guaranteed great matches leading up to the $1 million title fight.
Once upon a time, I did consider myself too high-brow for reality television, but as you can see, that was in the deep dark past (probably 2002 or so). So no, not too high-brow to watch Survivor. I've just never gotten into it, but I've also never likely given it a proper chance to grow on me.
4 - Eric Berlin
Tom -- I chatted with Chris B. recently about Veronica Mars. Sadly, I just missed out on it this year. At any rate, up until a few weeks ago, I was covering 10 shows, which was just about the max for what I can handle. I will try and pick up on it next season, however.
I've never seen GG, though I've heard good things about it from time to time.
5 - Chris Beaumont
You only watch 10 shows a week?
I do that in 2 days! plus I go to the movies and watch DVD's.
It's true I have no life! The RAY IS ALL!
6 - Eric Berlin
You are truly a ray-a-holic Chris... *but* we have different styles. I'll write 500+ words if I really dig a show, which takes a wee bit of a hit on my overall quantity. Plus... have to admit I'm a bit of a TV snob, so the idea here is to promote the best shows on TV that I receive, that I watch, that I end up writing about.
Skewed and biased? Oh for sure!
Seriously: I'm looking to up the ante on the shows I watch by a degree, and tone down the writing quantity. The C Ray Fray is pushing 2,500 words a week, which leaves precious little time to get to my other writing duties, I'm afraid.
7 - Chris Beaumont
Mine is going to be late, if you couldn't tell. I was helping a friend move today and that took all day, It will probably be up tomorrow evening.
Yeah, you do write more than me on it. I only started it to give a quick overview of my viewing habits. But different is good, don't want to have 2 essentially the same columns now! :)
8 - Eric Berlin
Yeah, absolutely. I noted a while back that the two columns are very complimentary -- quick overview of many shows vs. my in depth on a smaller number.
So you can tell me (as you have) what I've been missing out on!
9 - Bennett
Contender.... Yes! Recorded it last night and just found time to zoom through it. Ouch, those punches! All you had to say, to get me to the Ray, was Rocky and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Leonard was a big part of our teen years, no?
You wrote ('nuther thread)
"Bennett - Grew up in Alameda, eh? I spent five years in and about the East Bay: Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond. One of my wife's best friends lives on the water in Alameda with her husband, two kids, and a whole host of dogs, cats, ducks, hamsters, and so forth. A cute little dog (name of Janet Reno) would usually stop by as well. Rumor had it one of the guys who played with the Allman Brothers for a bunch of years lived next door. Great area, great views of the Bay."
Yeah! We lived one street over from Balena Bay Yaught (sp?) Harbor, before anything was built up. Paradise for us, always fishing, busting into the Navy Base, getting caught. (MPs have NO sense of humor), delivering newspapers to Lamonica and Stabler... True!
Grand parents lived two houses from the beach on Grand Ave. Many great memories from my childhood.
10 - Eric Berlin
Stabler? Very very cool.
I have a lot of good memories of the East Bay but in general am very glad to be out of there now.
Contender was great last night once again with an amazing fight at the end. Loved finally being able to see these guys go seven rounds. It was actually tough because I wasn't rooting for either one, but I wound up being really happy for Manfredo. You can't not like and admire that guy.
11 - Bennett
The crush of humanity became too much and I moved to Seattle for a few years, then to Vermont. I don't see moving again. Alameda was a nice place to grow up in, but 40 acres in Vermont is where you want to go through middle age.
Since I didn't know either of the fighters, I wasn't really rooting for either. The openning of the show had the knockout from the previous show... That'll give you brain damage!
Looking forward to Sunday, then Tuesday for the final fight.
Thanks for the heads up, to Obey The Ray.