The Apprentice (IRL) - Preshow Discussion

scholes19

Did anybody see the snipet in the indo.s business section on sunday,aparently the apprentice is coming to our shores! a TV3 production!
its probably gonna be ****e! a couple of scummers,boggers,d4s and tards competing for the job! not 2 sure how is taking mr sugars position!
betcha he wont use the infamous phrase-' your sacked'
cant wait to see this piece of ****e!

Cyrus

itd be ben dunne or someone

ojewriej

Michael O'Leary maybe - That will be 7 euro for a "Being Fired" Surcharge.

Wheels

scholes19 wrote: »

Did anybody see the snipet in the indo.s business section on sunday,aparently the apprentice is coming to our shores! a TV3 production!
its probably gonna be ****e! a couple of scummers,boggers,d4s and tards competing for the job! not 2 sure how is taking mr sugars position!
betcha he wont use the infamous phrase-' your sacked'
cant wait to see this piece of ****e!

Unless you're illiterate then it clearly stated in the Indo who Alan Sugar was, it's Bill Cullen. Also, the phrase is "You're Fired" which almost all English speaking bosses on the show are contractually obliged to use.

Quality

Wheels wrote: »

Unless you're illiterate then it clearly stated in the Indo who Alan Sugar was, it's Bill Cullen. Also, the phrase is "You're Fired" which almost all English speaking bosses on the show are contractually obliged to use.

Whats the bests one of the firsts tasks will be selling Apples on Moore Street...:D

Gekko

scholes19 wrote: »

Did anybody see the snipet in the indo.s business section on sunday,aparently the apprentice is coming to our shores! a TV3 production!
its probably gonna be ****e! a couple of scummers,boggers,d4s and tards competing for the job! cant wait to see this piece of ****e!

That's more or less what it brought to my mind as well!

Utopia Parkway

Wheels wrote: »

Unless you're illiterate then it clearly stated in the Indo who Alan Sugar was, it's Bill Cullen. Also, the phrase is "You're Fired" which almost all English speaking bosses on the show are contractually obliged to use.

Can never take Bill Cullen seriously since Gift Grub's Dr Bill ripped the pish out of him.:D

Robbo

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Can never take Bill Cullen seriously since Gift Grub's Dr Bill ripped the pish out of him.:D

Week 7: This week the candidates have to manufacture, market and distribute an upmarket coddle to the farmers markets of South County Dublin.

Elmo

Bill Cullen is Ireland's answer to Sir Alan Sugar and Donald Trump.

The Irish Version of the hit BBC/NBC series has been commissioned by TV3.

I think Ben Dunne would be more suitable and better known to take on this job.

mike65

Jesus, leave it out.

Mike.

Mr E

Everything I know about Bill Cullen I learnt from Gift Grub, indeed and I did.

Quality

I dont think Ben Dunne and the showbiz lifestyle mixes very well;);)

Elmo

I dont think Ben Dunne and the showbiz lifestyle mixes very well

Let his past be forgotten. He would be far better then bill cullen

tbh

why oh why oh why didn't they get michael o'leary

gucci

Or Roy Keane....im sure his selection policy for new players for Sunderland isn't as thorough as the apprentice after witnessing some of the turkeys he signed......

I.S.T.

tbh wrote: »

why oh why oh why didn't they get michael o'leary

Cos there's no way O'Leary would ever pay the winner a six figure salary!

Robbo

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

Cos there's no way O'Leary would ever pay the winner a six figure salary!

Well he might, but he'd deduct the cost of the light and heat for their office, coffee in the canteen....

RobertFoster

Was Bill Cullen the head of BT Ireland back when it was EsatBT?

Quality

RobertFoster wrote: »

Was Bill Cullen the head of BT Ireland back when it was EsatBT?

I think you are thinking of Denis O'Brien, I used to work for him before.... Gas man!!

ejmaztec

Do you think it will outclass Jade Goody's PA programme?:eek:

Pen1987

Bill Cullen started off as a 16 year old Ford (I think) used car salesman, eventually took over his garage at 23 (I think) then expanded to a number of Dublin garages, then when the franchise for Renault in Ireland came on the market with 40million debt in tow he bought it for a pound and developed it into huge profits which he pocketed when he sold on the license (or something to that effect) two or three years ago. Not sure what he does now, but hes a similar story to Alan Sugar in that he worked his way up for his city centre boyhood etc etc...

BaZmO*

It's got "Car Crash TV" written all over it.

mike65

Stock market crash you mean! :pac:

Recession TV, TV3s timing is perfect.

Mike.

SEPT 23 1989

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJjNk3f5TI&feature=related

Extraplus

Hey folks,

TV3 have just announced that they will be running an Irish version of 'The Apprentice' with Bill Cullen doing the firing.

Do people think that you could possibly get a decent job out of this or would you just end up another reality tv loser?

(Mods- feel free to move to work and jobs or tv, I didn't think it fitted properly into either, more of a general discussion)

zuutroy

TV3 doing a version of a foreign show: FAIL


EDIT- TV3: FAIL

Who is Bill Cullen?

And I came on to say 'FAIL' as well, heh.

ejmaztec

"You're fecked out the door!" has a nice ring to it.

Dragan

Myth wrote: »

Who is Bill Cullen?

And I came on to say 'FAIL' as well, heh.

He owns Renault Ireland.

To be honest, if they couldn't get JP or a Smurfit it's automatic fail.

Acid_Violet

I think the irish one will be great, I don't think there's really many (if any) entrepreneurs as interesting as Bill Cullen, he's one of those incredibly rare people who could do anything he wanted, ie. a winner.

Heard him say on the radio that this series will be better than the english one as the English contestants are all chancers and the irish are generally more motivated.

I reckon he'd make it an interesting show, and tbh what makes the Apprentice so good is that the format is actually interesting and based on real-life, unlike all other reality tv shows. I'd say it'll be good

JangoFett

Even though its been answered....who the FCUK is Bill fcuking Cullen?!!

SPEND MONEY ON GOOD TV!!!! ASSHOLES

Rob_l

http://www.tv3.ie/features.php?action=view&id=53


I checked it out and it says nothing about getting a job from this in fact it says nothing much at all.

TV3 = fail

board om

bill cullen is a complete pr1ck. he is so full of BS.

they should have got michael o'leary to do it. that would be hilarious. he would have them working on check-in desks and serving drinks on the planes. the first contestamt to mention 'the union' gets fired.

professore

Extraplus wrote: »

Hey folks,

TV3 have just announced that they will be running an Irish version of 'The Apprentice' with Bill Cullen doing the firing.

Do people think that you could possibly get a decent job out of this or would you just end up another reality tv loser?

(Mods- feel free to move to work and jobs or tv, I didn't think it fitted properly into either, more of a general discussion)

One word ... GROAN ... I certainly won't be setting the DVR for that.

Rob_l

board om wrote: »

bill cullen is a complete pr1ck. he is so full of BS.

they should have got michael o'leary to do it. that would be hilarious. he would have them working on check-in desks and serving drinks on the planes. the first contestamt to mention 'the union' gets fired.

I would be very surprised if he was offered it, that he would turn it down. Michael O'Leary the media whore that he is turn down free publicity :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Extraplus

The press release blurb says;

'They will win a 12 month contract working alongside Bill with a package worth €100,000.'

Bill Cullen is an idiot alright but I think the idea behind using him is that he is a 'self made man' etc, similar to Alan Sugar.

There was actually talk of O'Leary doing it about 2 years ago but it never happened. I think he would have been great.

Al_Fernz

Who wants to be a millionaire?
The weakest link...............

I'm getting a nasty sense of deja vu here.

Fishyfreak

Any time that the Irish shows rip off an established programme it's a joke.

Remember "Who wants to be a millionaire", the €500 question was like the £32,000 question in the UK.

JangoFett

And that celebrity farm shyte

Giblet

They should get Tom Dunne, pretending to be Bill Cullen.

*Tripper*

When I saw this in the Irish Times I almost hurled! I know that I will watch some of it but it'll will definitely be absolute rubbish.

AlmightyCushion

Moved from After Hours.

Dord

I might watch it, if only just to laugh at the contestants.

GhostInTheRuins

I'd watch it

spillcoe

Anyone know how or when to apply?

ojewriej

spillcoe wrote: »

Anyone know how or when to apply?

There you go:

http://www.tv3.ie/features.php?action=view&id=53

Sherifu

Elmo

If the threads merge can we keep my title please

kerash

Aww, no! I've no interest in Bill Cullen whatsoever (apart for the gift grub skits) why cant they get decent people for shows in Ireland. Who in their right mind would wanna be 'Bill Cullens Apprentice'.....

Mr E

Mergie Mergie....

giftgrub

One of Dr Bill's (The Pushup King of Ireland, dont you know?) "advisors" on the show is Jackie Lavin, ex model and "successful" businesswoman.... better known as his missus.

God Help us all