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The Apprentice, Week 15: Interviews, Best Buy, Sony PlayStation, Electronic Arts,
and the Olympics
Original Air Date: 5/5/05
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Tana goes to meet with her people, and somehow it seems that Carolyn is on her team. The two of them are in a limo together, and Tana is complaining to Carolyn like she’s a peer. “Oh, Carolyn, I about died when I saw those Three Stooges come in.” Oh sweetie, be careful about backstabbing your team to the boss. Those things never end up well. Though it’s true—her team is full of wacky folk. In their ghetto-mobile, Brian makes fun of Kristen wearing a hat, and Kristen steadfastly maintains that she looks good in a hat. “Listen, J-Lo,” Chris warns. Those crazy kids.
Tana heads to her meeting with Brian and Carolyn, while Chris and Kristen search the streets of the financial district for parking. When they phone up just to complain that they can’t find a spot, Tana actually leaves the meeting to take the call for what seems like a good long time. Though she handles it with aplomb, “Find a frickin’ parking spot!”, I can’t help but wonder why she didn’t just hand the phone off to Brian and continue the meeting herself. Whatever. In the meantime, Brian brags about being a magician (seriously), which seems to hold the executives’ attention for a minute or so.
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Okay, lamest answer of the year approaching. The exec asks Tana, “Do you have any ideas?” Tana’s non-answer answer? “People are coming because they love the Olympics, so lets give them something Olympic. I want to give them something the athletes are going to be thrilled about, and the customers.” Right. So those ideas are?
In the car, Kristen complains and swears a lot. I forgot what a mouth the woman has on her.
Over at Magna, big giant crates come in for Kendra. They’re big PlayStation kiosks, and she sends them…to the basement. She explains that they have a contractual agreement stipulating that EA is to be the only provider of video games in the main ballroom. Except, um, in this competition, the game is being played…on a PlayStation. Okay, way, seriously confused here. Something tells me Kendra’s got her wires crossed on this one, but no one else seems to see any issue here.
Amy from PlayStation drops by, and while I’m sure she’s a lovely woman, she has the scariest smile in the world. Kendra leads her down, down, down to the basement where the kiosks are jammed against a wall. There’s a disco ball, a moose head, and Amy is no longer smiling. “Okay, um, it’s obviously not the best case scenario. I’d like to see what you do with it overnight.” Kendra sputters something about seeing what she can do, and why, oh why, doesn’t Amy explain that these machines are what you play the game on? Oh, I’m so confused. Amy vows that PlayStation will pull out of the event if the place doesn’t look cooler by tomorrow. Hehehehe. Can’t wait.
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Find a frickin’ parking spot!
