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I didn't mind the show too much, but I have to say that whoever was responsible for designing the monstrosity that is the candidates' mansion should be strung up by their thumbs. Trump's mansion is beautiful, an incredible hilltop view, but I would guess being next door to the giant green shoebox doesn't do a whole lot for property value...

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The first show was o.k. As obnoxious as Martin was it was Frank-Mr non stop bla,bla- who should have been fired. The idea of the tent is bit far out and will get old real fast. I guess, the mansion has only one room where all the candidates sleep, nice pool. The idea of having the winning project manager sit in the boardroom makes no sense.

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I think The Apprentice is stupid and hope the rankings are terrible because he's being a jackass.

That said I watched 5 minutes of it. :)

Is it just me or did his "hair" look worst than normal?

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First, I really like the show. However, the wrong person was "Fired" last night. Two points I would like to make: 1) Any manager should know what the strengths and weaknesses are of his team. There should have been plenty of time to ask questions and see who was comfortable with doing what. That did not happen and poor Martin was put in a lose-lose situation. Not effective use of personnel. 2) The advertising and marketing for Franks team was horrible. If it were not for Carey thinking outside the box, they would never have gotten any customers. It was Franks idea to leave his team and go make fliers and hand them out. What ever happend to those fliers? How was that going to get them the customer base he was looking to attract? I think he blamed Martin because he was not able to up-sell potential customers without a solid feasible price to start with. I know if I would have gone to that carwash I would have just left because they were all shooting from the hip (price-wise). It was not organized and there were no posted price options for me as a customer to look at. All I heard was James saying for this price you can get this, or you can get that, but as a customer I would like to see in writing what it is I am purchasing and that was not the case. There was no enthusiasm with Franks' team as they lost trust in him as a leader. I think he is more talk that show and he likes to talk over people in order to make it seem as if he actually knows what he is talking about, and judging from his actions or lack thereof in the first major task he is not what you would be looking for as a member of the Trump Organization. I hope that you start to take into account, just because someone can talk and not let the others get a word in edge-wise does not make that person the best for the position. At no time in last night episode did Frank allow others to talk and state their case. To me he is more of a problem than an asset. Even when you began to speak he could not keep his mouth closed and toward the end it seemed as if he was begging to work for you. To me that shows the ultimate weakness and I would not hire a guy like that. There would be no trusting someone that I think would be a backstabber.

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It seemed fake, just like LA is ... Go back to NY Trump a real city!!!

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Of course he didn't fire Frank and of course he should have. Trump kept Frank around for the same reason that the opposing team wanted to keep him. Abrasive, loud-mouth, non-stop talkers stirs people up, and stirred up people continue to tune in.

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EP1 was pretty good IMO. I love the whole tent thing. It's funny to see people who have never spent a night outside get squeamish about camping in a $10M back yard. I'm a little disappointed in Ivanka and doubt her ability to captivate us in her role. All in all it looks like another season of me LOLing to Trump being a pompous ass. LONG LIVE THE APPRENTI.

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One of the things that was good about past seasons of this show was that is often portrayed the "real" New York, the way people actually live there. This season is apparently only going to deal with L.A. cliches -- Trump actually says at one point that Los Angeles is about "Hollywood, sex and cars." And frankly, the last thing we need here in L.A. is that "Trumpy" attitude -- where everything is divided between the "haves" and "have-nots," where business is all about winning (as opposed to compromise, or maybe making or selling something people can use), and where older employees who've actually contributed something to a company are dumped in favor of the boss' kids (bye, George and Carolyn!). Trump's own fortune has come from gambling on the housing market with other people's money, and his attitude really has become more abrasive with every season of this show. The whole thing is just too annoying, and I think I'll have to give "The Apprentice" a pass this year. I'll write the critics' headline for them: "Donald, you're fired."

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I think episode 1 should have been a "we're not in Kansas (New York City) moment. Passing out fliers would have worked in a place where traffic is stop and start like much of New York, and that's what Frank was targeting. The problem is that he never adjusted to Los Angeles where traffic isn't stop and start and where no one is going to stop to get a flier. That's why billboards work on the Sunset Strip - they're visible for someone driving. That's what the winning project manager got even if she failed in pushing the higher end product. That said, Martin was not an asset to his team and while he's probably a great lawyer and teacher, he'd be a disaster in the business. Personally I was hoping that Trump would take the advice of some of the members on the losing team and fire them both.

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It seems that Ivanka and Donald saw the same speech therapist or something. The way they both talk is like they're overcompensating for some kind of speech impetement/disability, and have been conditioned to purse their lips and not move their mouth when they talk. Either that or they're both stuffy and arrogant and think it's a power thing, but that'd be retarded.

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I hate the tents. It's just so silly. If he wanted to make the losers suffer, he should have given them a smaller house with only the most basic amenities, but tents are just, as you said, a gimmick.

With that said, I still plan to stick around. I'm rather fond of watching these self-important people get their comeuppance every week. *grin*

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If women want to compete against men they have to go through the same as the men....no thought should be given someone might break a nail if the job is this.

I thought Ivanka was great...saying right from the start that this guy won't fit the company. I've seen past shows where people advanced and i knew they had no shot at being an exec in trump.

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The move to LA is a mistake. Everything seems very staged - the mansion, the tents, the replica of the board room, etc.

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Trump, you're tired!!

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I never liked Trump, but when "The Apprentice" premiered (Season 1) I thought he became tolerable again.

After the second season the show tanked and yet Trump became delusional and kept thinking it was number #1 in the ratings. I stopped watching the show and basically didn't give Trump a second thought after that. If I did see him accidently, I paid him no mind.

This year all hell broke loose and now I loathe Donald Trump and decided I wouldn't even give his L.A. show a try, because I couldn't stand looking at his face anymore. He has been on every show bashing Rosie for weeks. He is such a bully and if I were his kids I would be so embarrassed, but little did anyone know the trophy wife and the whole Trump brood are all from the same mold.

I did hear about the "tent" thing and my first thought was there is the "bad hair" again being the SEXIST pig that he is! Not to get personal but does he give a thought to the women in those tents and how much harder they have it with their menstral cycles, having to "sit" when they pee etc. This is a job interview for crying out loud!!

The man and his show make me cringe!! What do these smart men and women need Trump for, he acts like he is doing then a favor. I've lost my respect for all the applicants too. People like them just feed the "bad hair's" ego and it is already ready to explode!!

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I'm a businessman who has enjoyed the Apprentice since the start. But the new version is a huge disappointment.My issue isn't with the LA venue - that's fine. My issue is that the electricity of the show is gone:

1. As a comment above notes, Carolyn and George were real business people with real experience and perspective. The daughter is a very impressive young woman, but she, at 24, is in no position to be judging others. It makes it seem like a family thing rather than a corporate thing. Very bad.

2. Having the other project manager is terrible. They know nothing, have mixed motives and are too frightened of Trump to ever give him the kind of tough advice that George and Carolyn gave. A truly horrible move.

3. The tent thing is sadistic. Apparently the show is very difficult, long hours etc. The tent thing is truly unfair. I doubt Ivanka was ever sent to a tent when she screwed up at the company.

Overall, these cheap gimmicks really ruin the show. What ashame. The venue change alone was enough to make it seem different, but frankl;y, Im not looking to Ivanka for advice, let alone a contestant.

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Do you really think the boardroom in Apprentice NYC was real? It was a set in the basement of Trump Tower.

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They didn't even name the teams this year, did they? I remember the captions just saying "Heidi's Team" or "Frank's Team."

I was a little disappointed in Trump firing Martin, if not for the fact that Frank acted like a sycophantic fanboy instead of a applicant in a job interview. He overtalked Martin, Ivanka, and Trump in the boardroom and did not take responsibility for leaving the team behind and even called Tim the "PM of Sales." I also did not like the fact that Frank rubbed it in when Trump fired Martin, by adding "Martin, he said you're fired" or something to that effect. Frank will be the "disaster" Trump tries to keep around until it is BLATANTLY obvious he has to go. Trump has one each season, so why switch that up in LA?

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i've always thought the show was mega dumbed down and super cheesy as a real project manager, but whatever i was watching ended early, so i flipped over to the apprentice to see the end.

i'm not sure what martin did, but there's no way he could be a worse manager than the actual PM guy. that guy was a sycophantic cry baby. he blamed his employees and cried like a 5 year old when he was on the line. it's a good thing those guys are going for some joke job with trump, because there's no way they'd last in the real world.

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Mr. Trump, please lose the tent situation for the (hopefully) next season. It is a hokey copycat rendition of Survivor's Exile Island. Bring back Carolyn! She added so much class to the show. Ivanka is beautiful but not an enhancement to The Apprentice. It is obvious you have taken a liking to Frank for some reason, but don't let that cloud your judgement. That is, if you are not keeping him for the ratings. Your New York shows were of much higher quality. Please don't lower your standards.

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