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The Apprentice Final (IRL) 08/12/08

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    forbesii wrote: »
    Good Call. I cant FCUKING STAND HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    What was with her hair? Did she have Irish dancing classes to go to afterwards?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 907 ✭✭✭AlphaMale 3OO


    What was with her hair? Did she have Irish dancing classes to go to afterwards?

    Dunno. Just wish she'd shut her gob. Seems to have an opinion on everything and everyone. Proof of that is I don't even know what she does or who she works for but I always hear what she has to say about everything. I think she's one of those "go to" people for any documentary who will act as a talking head and spew there opinions out all over the place.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 907 ✭✭✭AlphaMale 3OO


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Also, the big deal over Buy'N' Fly....how could anyone just using Google in a short timeframe do a full legal search on a trademark name? That's why we have solicitors.

    http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=buy+n+fly&btnG=Search&meta=

    Thats not too hard now is it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Well overall I enjoyed the series but it really had faults.

    Firstly, ads, they were just too many breaks, ruined the flow of the show.

    edit...

    !

    OK you really are nit picking now. Unfortunately ad breaks are a part of life.

    I agree about the tasks though, but I think it was the candidates that didn't perform or stretch themselves.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,591 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    forbesii wrote: »


    No it's not hard, but she was tasked to come up with a concept and that's what she did.

    Then when a concept is moving onto a reality stage then you do your full searches and legal requirements.

    Same as when she was criticised for omitting Appleby's contact details. Again that could have been amended after, but they made a huge deal out of it.

    Don't get me wrong, no fan of Orla, she was really limited, but some things were just unfair.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,258 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Hmmm, people are giving out about the quality of the candidates in this series - but there were a good few cowboys in the British one as well. Only the American one seemed to have a mixture of either highly qualified people or genuine self made business people.

    I think the biggest problem was the choice of Bill Cullen. It's hard enough to take someone seriously who wants to get a career through reality television, so I think you need an industry figure who you would never get a chance to work with in real life. Trump may be a twat, but you can't really deny his business empire.

    So - who would be a good boss then?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭SheroN


    eoin wrote: »
    Hmmm, people are giving out about the quality of the candidates in this series - but there were a good few cowboys in the British one as well. Only the American one seemed to have a mixture of either highly qualified people or genuine self made business people.

    I think the biggest problem was the choice of Bill Cullen. It's hard enough to take someone seriously who wants to get a career through reality television, so I think you need an industry figure who you would never get a chance to work with in real life. Trump may be a twat, but you can't really deny his business empire.

    So - who would be a good boss then?

    I think if Michael O Leary was looking for an apprentice it would be funny.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,583 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Someone like Sean Fitzpatrick - who built Anglo Irish from the ground up. I think he is retired from an active role in the company now though, don't know what job he could offer...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    Thank God thats over ;)

    Lets be honest Brenda was the only one who displayed any sort of gumption or ability consistently throughout the show. She had the "airport" moment but still managed to get through due to the ineptitude of the other team on the day but other than that did well.The fact that Nikki got to the final says it all. Her tangoed look was dropped for the final I see, it was like Michael Jackson before and after :p
    The fact that Cullen brought her that far says a lot about him and the show. She was a burbling wreck for the most part and displayed no discernable organisational skills or business acumen. Lets see her sell property in todays market...oh wait, hold on she wasnt a "deposit taker" was she? She was involved in the marketing and strategy side of it :rolleyes:

    The interviews will be remembered for a so called media "mogul" describing Stuart as "World Class", this is the same eejit that tried to sell Garmins with an opening gambit of "How are ya fixed?" :rolleyes: I could go on !

    Wasn't it amazing that the final task was based around sales from a SHOP. Did the penny actually drop with Cullen etc. that this is how they should have performed the Garmin task instead of having people fannying around Dublin in one of his cars :confused: Common sense prevailed for once.

    FACT - Ray Shah is not a celebrity.
    FACT - The mute was only given a speaking part in the show in the last 3 shows.
    FACT - Jackie wouldn't get a job on reception in most places nevermind being given a key role as Cullen's "eyes and ears".

    I'm not sure if Brenda was crying at the end because she won or because the realisation that she was going to have to work for doddery Cullen. Interesting to see how he gets on with managing her without a director shouting stuff in his ear :D

    A terrible slight on the Irish TV reporting media that not one person I heard on radio / TV or press had a bad thing to say about the show. Hard to believe that every single broadcaster and writer thought it wasn't worthy of criticism.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 907 ✭✭✭AlphaMale 3OO


    murpho999 wrote: »
    No it's not hard, but she was tasked to come up with a concept and that's what she did.

    Then when a concept is moving onto a reality stage then you do your full searches and legal requirements.

    Same as when she was criticised for omitting Appleby's contact details. Again that could have been amended after, but they made a huge deal out of it.

    Don't get me wrong, no fan of Orla, she was really limited, but some things were just unfair.

    My point is she said she googled it and found nothing. If you type 'buy 'n fly' or any variation of it, those are the results you get, so she didn't look very hard. She was a complete fraud anyway. Just tried to come across as more professional than she was.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    I think it's fair to say the best candidate won. The final task was at least interesting. I could have done without Claire Byrne featuring with faint praise, however.
    They should have kept that gimp Brian mute as well. All I got from him last night was "oh oh oh it's so tight Id hate to call it" in some effort to hype things up. Shut it you ******************


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Any more swearing, masked or otherwise and you can have a nice long break from here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Same as when she was criticised for omitting Appleby's contact details. Again that could have been amended after, but they made a huge deal out of it.

    But surely the point of the tasks is they get them right, that details like that are important in the short time scale. It's fast moving and they are under pressure. If they could use the excuse "Ah sure we'd fix that later" then all the tasks would be (more) pointless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭meep


    The REALLY interesting show would be the fly on the wall doc of Brenda's year as the apprentice - the human interest angle of closing down or selling her business, moving family to Dublin, how the relationship between her and Dr. Bill with the beautiful legs develops.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭BolBill


    Bond-007 wrote: »
    Any more swearing, masked or otherwise and you can have a nice long break from here.

    A tad harsh there surely, then again its your job to over react to any comments.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    BolBill wrote: »
    A tad harsh there surely, then again its your job to over react to any comments.
    I enforce the charter and policy here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭BolBill


    Sizzler wrote: »
    Thank God thats over ;)

    Lets be honest Brenda was the only one who displayed any sort of gumption or ability consistently throughout the show. She had the "airport" moment but still managed to get through due to the ineptitude of the other team on the day but other than that did well.The fact that Nikki got to the final says it all. Her tangoed look was dropped for the final I see, it was like Michael Jackson before and after :p
    The fact that Cullen brought her that far says a lot about him and the show. She was a burbling wreck for the most part and displayed no discernable organisational skills or business acumen. Lets see her sell property in todays market...oh wait, hold on she wasnt a "deposit taker" was she? She was involved in the marketing and strategy side of it :rolleyes:

    The interviews will be remembered for a so called media "mogul" describing Stuart as "World Class", this is the same eejit that tried to sell Garmins with an opening gambit of "How are ya fixed?" :rolleyes: I could go on !

    Wasn't it amazing that the final task was based around sales from a SHOP. Did the penny actually drop with Cullen etc. that this is how they should have performed the Garmin task instead of having people fannying around Dublin in one of his cars :confused: Common sense prevailed for once.

    FACT - Ray Shah is not a celebrity.
    FACT - The mute was only given a speaking part in the show in the last 3 shows.
    FACT - Jackie wouldn't get a job on reception in most places nevermind being given a key role as Cullen's "eyes and ears".

    I'm not sure if Brenda was crying at the end because she won or because the realisation that she was going to have to work for doddery Cullen. Interesting to see how he gets on with managing her without a director shouting stuff in his ear :D

    A terrible slight on the Irish TV reporting media that not one person I heard on radio / TV or press had a bad thing to say about the show. Hard to believe that every single broadcaster and writer thought it wasn't worthy of criticism.

    Excellent post. Surprised the mods havent warned you for having an opinion. Cullen came across as the Catch 22 boss, if you did something you were wrong, if you didnt you were wrong too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,557 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Get off your high horse, BolBill.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    I thought it was a good show - very entertaining.

    Bill has redeemed himself somewhat in my eyes - he was close to tears at the end of the show (just after he says it's very emotional.) It shows he is human and probably a nice enough person.

    He definitely a bit thick though, and I find myself quite amazed that he has done so well for himself. As the businessman he was okay, as he was very entertaining (for the wrong reasons, perhaps.)

    I look forward to next years show. Hopefully it'll have another sales assassin, a woman with liathroidi, and plenty more oompa loompas.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,824 ✭✭✭robo


    I would love to see Michael O'Leary do the show instead of Bill. However, I think that Bill was not the worst...beats Donald Trump and his kids as his side kicks on the US show!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭BolBill


    For a tv3 show it was absolutely briiliant, granted it was a copied format, the production was terrific. They could have done with more behind the scenes stuff, like what they got up to in the house instead of that awful nonsense they had on after the show the other night with the just terrific Fiona looney with her nonsense comments and ridiculous hair.

    Bill was a bit too Catch 22 for me and nobody really stood up to him because they were afriad in case they got the chop I suppose. It did go a bit downhill when Joanna (rightfully) got the bullet only because she was great tv.

    Overall though, well done tv3 and hurry up and make another series.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭iMax


    The Original (USA) one starts in January

    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭TeenageKicks


    I am sure this has been asked before but is Brenda really only 32?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    Was the USA one with Martha Stewart called The Apprentice also, or something else? That one had a fair few nutters, one psycho guy in particular...

    Yeah, apparantly Brenda is 32, though she definitely looks older than Orla, who was 34...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭iMax


    Was the USA one with Martha Stewart called The Apprentice also, or something else? That one had a fair few nutters, one psycho guy in particular...

    The Apprentice: Martha Stewart is a spin-off from the American reality television series The Apprentice that ran in the fall of 2005. Broadcast on NBC, the show featured business tycoon Martha Stewart. Tasks were centered around Stewart's areas of expertise: media, culinary arts, entertaining, decorating, crafts, design, merchandising, and style. The tone of the show was somewhat muted compared to the original, as Stewart brought her own sensibilities to the elimination process, often using her catchphrase: "Goodbye" in contrast to original series host Donald Trump's catchphrase: "You're fired." She also wrote a cordial letter to the candidate who was fired; many times she took subtle jabs at the fired candidate and gave frank reasons for why the candidate did not succeed on the show. Several segments featuring Stewart were filmed at her home in Connecticut because at the time, she was serving the five-month house arrest portion of her ImClone scandal conviction.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_Martha_Stewart


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭SaintHubbins


    Jackie bathes in vinegar.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭TheAlmightyZeus


    Watched the finale last night on TV3. Very good ending to the show and Nicky really gave Brenda a scare at the end. Brenda deserved it for her overall dominance of the show, however.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 DEMON 90


    i have heard that the medispa clinic that jackie lavin was part of has gone bust after less than one year, a real business woman we have there, might appear on next seasons apprentice as one of the contestants!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭nevey


    With all the hubbub about this guy, I knew I'd seen his name here somewhere...
    Someone like Sean Fitzpatrick - who built Anglo Irish from the ground up. I think he is retired from an active role in the company now though, don't know what job he could offer...

    What a difference a couple of weeks makes!

    I think though, that it highlights the SAS-substitute problem we have in Ireland. At least Cullen was a safe pair of hands with a lonnnng proven track record and no major skeletons in the closet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    For anybody who wondered what Brenda was going to be doing for Bill....well its actually Jackie Lavin that has hoovered her up and this is what they have come up with :o

    http://www.muckrosspark.com/occasions/Bridal%20Boot%20Camp.aspx

    A bargain at €1,700 in these recessionary times :rolleyes:

    "Spaces are limited, so please book early." - Good luck with that!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Talk about misadvertising the show, the job was supposed to be working for Bill.

    Still funny though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Bondvillain


    How can you be Bill Cullen's apprentice by working for Jackie Lavin?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Indeed, the whole thing was a joke.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,557 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Bond-007 and bondvillain agreeing on something....
    Ian Fleming is doing backflips in the grave. :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Bondvillain


    Mr E wrote: »
    Bond-007 and bondvillain agreeing on something....
    Ian Fleming is doing backflips in the grave. :p

    There's a recession, we figured it better to pool our resources. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Indeed. MI5 are being tight with the funding these days. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,557 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Taking over the world while wearing tight speedos? Jesus.


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