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The Apprentice, Week 10: Domino's Pizza and Meatballs
Original Air Date: 4/4/05
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Thank God for lovely Tana Goertz, who I’m convinced is the smartest person on the show. She comes up with the most yummy yummy concoction of sauce, mozzarella, meatballs, provolone, and more sauce. “Saucy, saucy, saucy.” The team also loves her idea of calling it, “Meatball Mangia,” to which Bren shows his sheltered upbringing by asking, “What’s mangia?” No wonder people think Southerners are out of touch.
Hehe, Kendra is typing out a flyer on the computer and it reads, “Manga.”
This week’s lesson is to “Know when to fold.” Trump explains to us, “Often times you’ll have an idea, and then you’ll fall in love with it. And then it turns out to be not such a good idea, and you can’t get rid of it.” Um. ‘kay. I suppose that could be equated to the time that I thought I would look fabulous in sweeping bangs and wouldn’t quit until I had inch-long bristles sticking out of my forehead.
Trump then tries to negotiate a deal about something concerning twenty bucks, but they say no. The ultimate lesson? “When the idea turns out to be bad, cut it out of your mind, get rid of it, go onto the next thing, and let it be better.” Hey, there’s Bill Rancic. He looks only mildly concerned when Trump storms out of the room saying, “Okay, if you can’t make a deal, finish it up without me.” So it’s not so much the idea of cutting your losses as just leaving the room so someone else can deal with the situation.
Over at Net Worth, where Stephanie is leading the charge, they tout their “Meatbawl Maysterpiece” (her accent, not mine). Alex is trying his best to flirt with all the female customers, but I’m not fooled. When one says she’s from England, he responds, “One of our ally countries.” Ewww…Alex is a war-mongreling Republican! Damn it. Another woman says she’s from Staten Island, to which he inexplicably responds, “How about that? I grew up in Seattle.” Perhaps people who live in places that begin with the letter “S” have a bond. I wonder if he would have had the same reaction if she had said Sheboygan? Chris is starting to get a little peeved over Alex’s constant flirting, but I think he’s just too naïve to see that it’s just a beard.
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Back at Magna, Tana and Kendra head into a succession of banks to set up lunch orders. George Ross rolls on by their mobile kitchen to try out a slice, and, of course, Craig has to ask, “How was that?” before George even finishes taking his first bite.
Rule #1 in business: never talk to your superior when he has his mouth full. There is also an unfortunate shot of a young woman cramming her mouth full with pizza and walking down the street with her left cheek all puffed out.
Back at Net Worth, Stephanie is nagging her team about getting the pizzas out to the construction workers in Brooklyn. Except that she calls them “pies,” perhaps trying to master the pizza industry lingo. Angie is exasperated by Stephanie’s incessant whining, and everyone is a tad confused as to why she herself is taking the pizzas to Brooklyn.
Stephanie navigates her way to Brooklyn with one of their promotional models, actually holding out a map while sitting on the subway. How those pizzas didn’t get stolen right off their laps, I have no idea. When they finally make it there, she’s all proud of herself for not selling the pizzas to someone on the subway. “My team made a commitment to these workers; I couldn’t just sell them. I had to bring them to Brooklyn.” Well done, Stephanie, well done.
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