Bill Cullen - will he now work for nothing

fishy fishy · 16-05-2012 02:29PM #1

Just heard that the apprentice has been cancelled due to it being the most expensive programme to make.

just wondering - will cullen offer to work for nothing. After all, this is the advice he hands out willy nilly to people who are finding it hard to get a job.

let him and his cronies offer to the apprentice for nothing - that way he will be able to prove that he can stand by what he spouts out.

:D

DrumSteve · 16-05-2012 02:30PM

He probably won't work for nothing.

stupidusername · 16-05-2012 02:31PM

Is he finding it hard to get a job though?

16-05-2012 02:32PM

how was it that expensive they had massive advertising every week from the companies

sweetie · 16-05-2012 02:32PM

I presumed he was working for nothing, he gets enough advertising out of it anyways.
How can it be expensive to follow a bunch of cabbages around the streets of dublin acting like gombeens?

kfallon · 16-05-2012 02:33PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y7KGY744xk

Recessionbust · 16-05-2012 02:35PM

Dropped due to expense they say? More likely dropped because they realise what a Bloody muppet he is.

If it was expense , he should practise what he preached and work for nothing but you can be sure he wont.
How the hell is it the most expensive program they make? BBC rank it as a low cost production and granted they have a huge budget compared to our excuse for a tv channel.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-05-2012 02:42PM

Surprised by this really. I thought it was one of the few shows on TV3 that was pulling consistently high ratings?

CL7 · 16-05-2012 02:43PM

He isn't finding it hard to get a job though so this thread = Logic Fail.

Chamone MF · 16-05-2012 02:44PM

The important thing is that now his self-satisfied fat head won't be on your tv screen.

GoodisonPark · 16-05-2012 02:45PM

Bill Cullen's "fee" for The Apprentice was €100,000 per series.
Nice gig if you can get it.

themadchef · 16-05-2012 02:47PM

Anyone who works for their money deserves it.

Show's cancelled, he's probably delighted. His money is made at this stage and he's no doubt tired of gob shoites shouting at him in the street thinking they know more about business than he does.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-05-2012 02:48PM

Alan Sugar wanted to do his version for free but BBC wouldn't allow it so he just donates his fee to charity.

fishy fishy · 16-05-2012 02:48PM

sweetie wrote: »

I presumed he was working for nothing, he gets enough advertising out of it anyways.
How can it be expensive to follow a bunch of cabbages around the streets of dublin acting like gombeens?

you are joking?
imo fellas like him don't work for nothing. Its okay to tell the "little guy" but not for him.

smash · 16-05-2012 02:50PM

I find it hilarious that anyone would want to be his apprentice in the first place. And I find it an embarrassment that he was selected as one of the great leaders of Irish business.

El Weirdo · 16-05-2012 02:50PM

bluewolf wrote: »

how was it that expensive they had massive advertising every week from the companies

It's all relative, bluey.

Remember, this is TV3 we're talking about.

fishy fishy · 16-05-2012 02:50PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Alan Sugar wanted to do his version for free but BBC wouldn't allow it so he just donates his fee to charity.

well to be honest, alan sugar comes across as 100% more sincere than penny crab apples here in ireland.

fishy fishy · 16-05-2012 02:51PM

smash wrote: »

I find it hilarious that anyone would want to be his apprentice in the first place. And I find it an embarrassment that he was selected as one of the great leaders of Irish business.

agreed, to me he comes across as a cheap salesman in a cheap suit.

16-05-2012 02:52PM

let's all be wardiors

smash · 16-05-2012 02:54PM

bluewolf wrote: »

let's all be wardiors

you don't have the liath-roidi

fishy fishy · 16-05-2012 03:01PM

bluewolf wrote: »

let's all be wardiors

i laughed out loud at that.

Nothingbetter2d · 16-05-2012 03:01PM

the apprentice is a crap show anyways... it wont be missed

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-05-2012 03:03PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJjNk3f5TI

smash · 16-05-2012 03:05PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

the apprentice is a crap show anyways... it wont be missed

It's comedy gold. It's like a who's who of people you should never do business with.

Mr Benevolent · 16-05-2012 03:09PM

smash wrote: »

I find it an embarrassment that he was selected as one of the great leaders of Irish business.

Greatest available leaders of Irish business. If he was any good he'd be too busy working to go on the show.

smash · 16-05-2012 03:11PM

Confab wrote: »

Greatest available leaders of Irish business. If he was any good he'd be too busy working to go on the show.

Does he even make it on the rich list?

foxyboxer · 16-05-2012 03:11PM

I can only imagine the satisfaction felt by the person who got to say,

"Bill, you're fired!"

yosser hughes · 16-05-2012 03:11PM

themadchef wrote: »

Anyone who works for their money deserves it.

Show's cancelled, he's probably delighted. His money is made at this stage and he's no doubt tired of gob shoites shouting at him in the street thinking they know more about business than he does.

You reckon he has his money made do you? he's made a lot of money in his time alright, but does he still have it?
His hotel down in Kerry has been losing money for years. He lost his Renault franchise didn't he? A cursory search would suggest all is not rosy in Bill's garden.
He was a big fan of Bertie and I reckon he fell for our gigantic property bubble hook, line and sinker

jimthemental · 16-05-2012 03:17PM

yosser hughes wrote: »

You reckon he has his money made do you? he's made a lot of money in his time alright, but does he still have it?
His hotel down in Kerry has been losing money for years. He lost his Renault franchise didn't he? A cursory search would suggest all is not rosy in Bill's garden.
He was a big fan of Bertie and I reckon he fell for our gigantic property bubble hook, line and sinker

I don't want to sound begrudging but after some of the things he's said about job seekers I now have a face on me like this

Captain Graphite · 16-05-2012 03:20PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

the apprentice is a crap show anyways... it wont be missed

It's a great premise and it's always comedy gold seeing such cocky contestants fail so miserably.

But the Irish version is sorely let down by having someone as insufferable and arrogant as Cullen in the main role. His two assistants are complete non-entities too.

The English version is much better; Lord Sugar is someone you'd actually listen to and would want to work for. And Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford, his assistants, were a brilliant double act that had some wonderful put downs. (Sadly Margaret left a couple of seasons ago to do a PhD studying papyrus or something. Karren Brady, her replacement, isn't as entertaining but still much better than either of Cullen's lackeys.)

ejmaztec · 16-05-2012 03:23PM

Bill Cullen should visit the Irish Dragons' Den and see if they'd like to invest in the TV3 Apprentice programme.

Bill Cullen - will he now work for nothing

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