The First Espisode of Celebrity Apprentice

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 11:50 pm

The Celebrity Apprentice Is Again Unpredictable!

It was very interesting to see the first episode of NBC’s reality TV show, Celebrity Apprentice. There are contestants that I have personally forgotten about for years due to them either being off television, not playing sports, or not in office. While they are looking a little older and mature, they are definitely still celebrities with some amazing talents.

Donald Trump separates the celebrities into two teams, the men against the women. Last season, we saw how the women dominated the men in their performances of the weekly tasks. But this season, we see how this male team is actually very talented and could end up blowing out the women.

Each team ran a restaurant for one day, with all proceeds going to the winner’s (project manager) favorite charity. From what I could see, it really came down to menu pricing. Of course, without any time to perform test marketing, each team had to “wing” it and simply guess what would be the correct pricing for this task. Then there was the question of expertise, with the male team having the celebrity, Curtis Stone, who is a master chef. The women had no such expert on their team.

This was a timed task, so when the day ended the girls still had people waiting in line outside their restaurant, (which included some big contributors), who never made it inside. It seems the women priced their food too low, ($20), and had their tables filled with the general public who were not big money contributors.

The guys priced their menu meals starting at $100, so they ended up with only serious contributors who were invited to tip generously for charity. Their plan worked, as they were able to accommodate everyone within this timed task.

The girls got help with their task when Donald Trump sent out Joan Rivers to check up on each restaurant and decide who was doing the best job. She picked the girls over the boys, because Rod Blagojevich, (twice-elected former governor of Illinois), was too busy shaking hands then waiting on tables. Consequently, Joan’s food was delivered late and was cold. So Joan chose the girls restaurant over the men, and an additional $10,000 was contributed to their receipts.

In the board room, we find out that the guys strategy paid off handsomely. Despite Joan’s donation, the men still collected more money than the women. In the end, a total of $100,000 was given to Bret Michaels, the award-winning singer, who as project manager will give the money to his favorite charity to help those kids who have become diabetics (like himself). The men were then dismissed from the board room, but invited to watch the debates with the women on their closed circuit TV in the hotel.

At first, the women would not blame anyone for loosing this task. Cyndi Lauper, (who has had record sales in excess of 25 million), was ultimately responsible for the failure as the project manager on this task. After repeated probing by Donald Trump, the girls began to melt down and gave out a name. They blamed Carol Leifer, (the acclaimed and talented stand-up comedian). With no other names to put out on the table, it was then Carol Leifer who became the first celebrity apprentice to be fired from this season’s show.

It looks like Executive Producer, Mark Burnett, has another hit show on the air with this season of Celebrity Apprentice. While we continue to watch his reality TV show, Survivor, we will definitely be also tuning into this show.

Kevin, RealityTVTonight.com