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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:13 AM
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Any Apprentice fans??? I cannot wait to see the Finale!
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:15 AM
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1. Me either. I hope it is Tana. I think she is great.
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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:26 AM
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5. I thought she was great too...until
Last week! WTF world was she in?? She seemed completely obliviuos to what was going on around her. Very dissappointing b/c I was pulling for her b/c I think Kendra is a little snobbish and rude.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 12:54 PM
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12. I missed last week's episode, so I didn't see that.
I think Kendra has a superiority complex. I really hope Tana wins.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:12 PM
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13. uh-oh. Watch last week's.
Betcha money you'll be changing your mind...
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:37 AM
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8. Same here. I think she would be a great choice!!!
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:19 AM
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2. I think Kendra has it in the bag.
Trump doesn't like Tana and she did herself no favors on the last task. (Although I think her job was more difficult.) But this one's a no-brainer. It'll be Kendra.
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:23 AM
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4. I agree
Tana shot herself in the foot in the last task. She pissed off the aide to Pataki, treated her team badly and brushed off the legitimate criticisms from the client.
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:57 AM
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11. i think it's Kendra all the way as well.
:thumbsup:
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:22 AM
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3. Tana is imperious
Edited on Wed May-18-05 11:26 AM by Strawman
That crap with the boss not leaving at the same time as the help last episode was ridiculous. I can't stand her. I like Kendra. She works hard, has good ideas, always does a good job, and seem like a good person.
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:27 AM
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6. I'd have said Tana, based on the execs opinion... But...
She rubs me the wrong way... She's oddly elitist... The types who spit on the people they come from... Like the immigrant who votes for tighter immigrations laws because now they think they have made it, so fuck everybody else...
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:13 PM
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15. have interviewed and hired many people, I can say that
Some people interview really, really well. Then, when they start working for you, you're like... THIS is the same person???
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:33 AM
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7. I was for Tana until she called her team the three stooges
in front of Carolyn. That was tactless. In a high powered position like that, you have to pretend to like everyone and treat everyone equally and with respect. It's almost like it was a planned thing to have her do a 180 degree turn and act like what they perceive a street smart person would act like under pressure.
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ernstbass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:53 AM
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9. Tana's behavior was appalling last week
The fact that she bad mouthed her employees to anyone and everyone clearly shows that she lacks the professionalism to work for this corporation in an executive role. (of course I thought she was weird when she went into the boardroom and bragged about her bedazzler at the olympics - I always thought jewels and sequins were a tacky look)I'll be shocked if Kendra doesn't win.
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 11:56 AM
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10. i agree, she's so unprofessional.
i also lost respect for her when she knew she wouldn't be fired because she was project manager and won the week before and just bailed on Kendra and went to bed. rude, selfish, completely unprofessional and does not deserve to win, imo.
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:13 PM
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14. I hope Kendra wins!
she's competent and professional. I was a Tana fan until the episode where she left Kendra to do the Pontiac brochure by herself because she can't pull an all nighter. And last week's project was incredible! How could she have done worse?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:15 PM
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16. One of my students is best friend with her sister
And, from a personal viewpoint, thinks Kendra is very nice.
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:19 PM
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17. Get out!!!!
Really????
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:29 PM
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21. For real!
The day before the first show she told me. The day after the first show, I asked who her friend's sister was, because the only one who I thought had showed integrity for not easily scapegoating Danny was Kendra. She laughed and said that's her! She's even showed me photos to prove it, although I believed her.

Pretty cool.

God, I'm such a reality show geek!
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:42 PM
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26. I hope Kendra wins.... To be fair, her task was easier this time...
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:47 PM
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28. Au contraire
Watch the Yahoo Insider video and look at the task sheet. They were pretty even. But, what fun is it to show something going well, instead of someone crashing and burning on national TV?
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:53 PM
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31. Hmmm, I only watched the show...
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:54 PM
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32. I agree. Kendra just made it look easier.
when Tana didn't have any plan for the parade of kids (what order, what flags) and so didn't realize that she was missing the US flag, I thought, "what has she been doing for a day and a half?"

I think that the missing flag was a trap set by the producers (like Bill's missing sign in season 1), but I'm sure that Kendra had a similar trap; she just didn't fall into it. Tana wouldn't have either if she'd had a plan.

But the sneaking out so that her "employees could feel like employees and she could feel like the boss" was just pitiful and sad. You could tell that she got her ideas about what a corporate environment is like from TV.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 02:44 PM
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34. Possible Kendra Traps
1.) Danny's sing along with the sponsors.
2.) The Playstation rep's fake, "Oooh, we're pulling the sponsorship."
3.) She mentioned in passing that Michael had found the missing signs.

I could write about this for days, but promise I won't!
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 03:03 PM
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36. She'll still win.
They'll drag up that stuff just to make it close, and hence more dramatic.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 03:46 PM
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38. And this one ain't even close....
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:41 PM
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25. That's my take too
I was a fan of Tana until she bailed on that project. Then when Kendra did a great brochure on her own, Tana tried to steal her thunder by trying to take over the presentation.
I really thought that was low. She sank lower in my views last week.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:49 PM
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29. My FAV moment last week?
When Kendra came home crying, and T was ll fake, it's okay, sometimes I cry when things are bad too, hughughug... then the look on her face when she realized Kendra had tears of joy! gigglegigglegiggle

I was actually semi on the Tana wagon until the Pontiac challenge, even though I could tell she was kinda fakey. Last week was just OMG.
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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:25 PM
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18. When is it on?
Is it tonight?
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valis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:28 PM
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20. Thursday, 9PM east
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:26 PM
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19. My vote's for Kendra
That Desk Apprentice she designed is sitting on my office desk this very moment. Wheeeeeeeeeee!!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:35 PM
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22. The Pontiac Solstice task sold me on her
Way to go. Great creativity, work ethic, etc. Bad everything else from Craig and Tana that week.

Way to go, "young lady"!
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:39 PM
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24. me too! after that task, I rememered other good things she had done
like being the only one not to scapegoat Danny and setting up the exclusive deals in the putt-putt task. Then, I started to really like her. I think she put up with that "butthole" Craig better than could be expected.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:50 PM
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30. He's an employer lawsuit waiting to happen n/t
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 02:06 PM
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33. That did it for me too
Before that, I was ambivalent between Kendra and Tana. Kendra not only pulled their butts out of a crack, but Pontiac liked her work so much that Pontiac decided to produce it. Plus, she was very professional when Tana stepped up and tried to take credit. She just let her work speak for itself.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:36 PM
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23. Go Kendra!
You deserve it girlfriend!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 01:46 PM
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27. I'd only watch it if Trump pulled a Bud Dwyer after firing the last person
Yeah, I'm a sick fuck like that.

You're Fired. *bang*
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 03:00 PM
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35. I think Kendra's the best Apprentice of all 3 seasons
Burger Wars Episode - stands out from crowd and says Todd should be fired instead of Danny. Todd gets fired

Hotel Fix Up Episode - Makes deal for 13K of Hotel furniture for 7K

Mini Golf - makes exclusive cross promotion deal at Chelsea Piers, nails win for Magna

Fuse Auction - Wins as project manager

Pizza Sales - Markets pizzas to local offices for large volume sales, helps win task

Wearable Tech - Conducts market research with Tana, helps win the task

Staples - again, market research with Tana helps win the task

Teeshirts - Understands task, sells wearable art instead of teeshirts, contacts artists contact list, wins despite albatross of Craig around her neck
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 03:16 PM
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37. Plus she has humility. Not a fat ego.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-05 03:47 PM
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39. Agreed -- it would be a close one between her and Bill
in TA1.
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