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Evan Marc Katz is the founder of the online dating consulting service,
E-Cyrano, and author of the bestseller, "I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book - A Commonsense Guide to Successful Internet Dating." |
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Pictured (l-r): Raj Bhakta, Jennifer Massey, Ivana Ma, Chris Russo,
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 You know your team is doomed when you only have a half hour left and your contractor says: 'Let us eat our tacos; we’ll get back in there.' |
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12/17/04 |
Episode 216:
Magellans, Dirty Seats, and Sorority Presidents
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12/10/04 |
Episode 215:
Safe jobs,
Intellectual Horsepower,
and I Love You Too’s
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12/3/04 |
Episode 214:
Oompa Loompas, Candy Bar Strippers, and the M&M Sisters
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11/30/04 |
Episode 212:
Barbie Tumors, Pepsi Dumbbells, and The Honest Truth
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11/19/04 |
Episode 211:
Fembots, Fit Wheels, and
Butt Attitude
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11/12/04 |
Episode 210:
“Impossible” Tasks, Trampled Fliers, and Only Two Brides-To-Be
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10/29/04 |
Episode 208:
Deutsch, Hummers, and
New York’s Finest
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Week 9: “Bringing the House Down”
Bad Contractors, “Nasty” Boardrooms, and Formal Firings
By Evan Marc Katz
November 5, 2004
Raj Bhakta opens the show by asking Kevin Allen how he can improve this time out as project manager. What a novel idea! Next thing you know Raj will actually ask for everyone’s input before making any big decisions. Nahhhhh.
Not that this should come as news but a hardhat with a suit is not a good look.
You know it’s great casting if you get the chills every time Jennifer Crisafulli smiles. Kind of like Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, but with better hair.
Thankfully, Jennifer C. remains an ever-so-humble ambassador of good will for her team as she chews out Ivana Ma for what went down weeks ago. Way to rally the troops, Jen.
You can’t stop Jennifer C.; you can only contain her—at least around Ivana: “What have you done besides lose money and make mistakes?” I can only picture her parents watching with their friends as they nod proudly, “Yep, that’s our Jen.”
Rough first ten minutes for Ivana as Stacie Jones Upchurch also lays into her: “You’re a liar; you misrepresented me; and it’s not cool.” Welcome back, Stacie J. I hear the P.L.O. is looking for diplomats with just your skill set.
Stacie J., just moments after exploding on Ivana: “One inclination of mine would be to go after them and go off. [But] we need to keep it business and not personal.” Stacie, if that’s what you call keeping it business, I’d sure hate to see you go off.
Trump’s edict to “Control Your Contractor” has a few too many echoes of Bob Barker’s plea to “Spay Your Pet” for my taste.
Kudos to The Apprentice for teaching people about Long Island. I’ll bet most of you had no idea that jaunty sitcom music actually plays in the background there 24 hours a day.
A sad day indeed. After her extended impression of My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, the wheels are quickly falling off my Jennifer Massey bandwagon.
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Is it me or does the way Wes Moss ask “Are you guys contractors?” make it sound like he’s asking, “Do you come here often?” or “Can I bum a smoke?”
Great idea, Sandy Ferreira! Try harder on this task because it’s real-estate oriented. Not because your wedding-planner ass is on the line or anything.
Men with bowties probably shouldn’t ram walls with lowered shoulders.
“There is nothing more consistent in human nature than both the desire to destroy and create.” Raj, you’re a regular Winston Churchill.
“This makes Raj happy.” Then again, maybe you’re not.
Rob Flanagan, back from the dead: “I need a win.” Why? Would this somehow make you not the first person fired from the show?
Andy Litinsky brings in the Teamsters to take over as contractors. What I want to know is what happens to the old crew? Does John Jr. simply snap his fingers and say, “Take a hike,” and they all run for their lives? Does Tommy show them the muscle? Or just a glimpse of his .38? Now, that’s the show I want to see.
Following in the great tradition of leaders like Elizabeth Jarosz and… Elizabeth Jarosz, Sandy takes a teary timeout from supervising the new heavies.
Not exactly the question you want to hear right before the end of a task: “How are we gonna put a bathroom together in two hours?”
I’m about as handy as Paris Hilton, but I’ve gotta guess it’s much more difficult to put in a bathroom with a taco in your hand.
You know your team is doomed when you only have a half hour left and your contractor says: “Let us eat our tacos; we’ll get back in there.”
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