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The Apprentice, Week 16:
NYC 2012 Athlete Challenge and Best Buy Video Game World Championship
Original Air Date: 5/12/05
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Over in Kendra’s corner, she must deal with “very important people” and has a “tremendous amount of things to get done.” I’m still not sure where I am with her. Sometimes she’s amusingly snide and has cute chubby cheeks, and I want to be all, “You go, girl!” But then her mouth drops open and her tone goes all Valley Girl, and I just want to run away clutching my head. In any case, she has plans to build a boxing ring for the event. She brings Amy from PlayStation down to the dungeon that smells like feet, and now it’s a dungeon that smells like feet, draped in pink. Amy from PlayStation is pleased, although she cleverly covers it up to keep Kendra in line. To Kendra, she says casually, “We’re getting there,” while to us, it’s “I thought Kendra did a great job, everything looks pristine and up to standards.” Even George seems happy.
At the Tanolympics, Kristen is trying to explain something to Tana, who responds with a cheesy smile while snapping, “I don’t need to know any of that. BYE!” Tana then makes a seriously snotty face at Kristen’s back. Geez. Inside the arena, a guy is asking who’s in charge of the pool, and Chris hems and haws for a while. “Huh, that’s interesting. No one, really, because Tana hasn’t delegated anything.” Yeah, way to sell out your leader, dude. A simple, “Hey, lemme go ask Tana,” wouldn’t suffice?
Later, Tana meets with Vinnie from Governor Pataki’s office. Tana sweetly greets this guy, whose role here is something like Amy’s from PlayStation, and continues being sweet as she evades every single one of his questions. He wants a schedule of events, but she insists that he has to wait for the programs to be printed. It’s not, like, she could just print out a copy of the schedule that she must have on an Excel spreadsheet somewhere or anything. When Vinnie from Pataki’s office asks how soon she’s going to get this flyer, she cheerfully responds, “As soon as I get it.”
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I gotta give Tana credit for staying cool—even if not particularly productive—under pressure. When she gets pummeled, one by one, by all ninety people who seem to be in charge, I don’t know how she manages not to burst into tears. One woman berates her, “I can’t believe the stack of banners is still sitting here. I talked to Chris. You should be the one talking to Chris.” To all of which, Tana responds by grinning and saying, “Uh huh! Uh huh! O-kaay then.”
Finally to us, Tana confides, “This was an absolute catastrophe to orchestrate. Everyone that wanted me, they weren’t saying, ‘You’ve got beautiful blue eyes or where can I get a tube of lipstick?’” Hehe. Poor lady. “I’ve got an idea: somebody got a compliment?” Aww. Even if she is being made to look completely inept, I don’t know that I could do any better. Being thrown into the middle of a huge event that’s already underway with a hundred different people working on it and then being told, “’kay, you’re in charge today!” can’t be fun.
Things aren’t looking good for Tana. Vinnie from Pataki’s office is upset that the Governor is “just sitting around.” Tana, ever so passive aggressive, puts her hand on his shoulder and says brightly, “I’m sorry, does he want a donut or a cup of coffee?” “No, he’s interested in getting into the event,” the dude says. Next up, an important-looking woman chases down Tana with Kristen’s brochure. Tana finally stops walking, looks at it, and moans, “Oh God, tell me they didn’t!” Apparently Kristen printed all the inside notes about the athletes that were never meant to be seen by anyone, like who is high maintenance and who is bitchy. Sorry, that’s such a big screw up, that it’s hilarious. Oh, but I feel such pain for that woman.
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I’m sorry, does he want a donut or a cup of coffee?
