Apprentice Party!

Last night I invited Happyfish to a BBQ Apprentice party at my place.  We have a charcoal grill, mostly for the flavor, but starting a BBQ fire is always a hurdle.  So I googled the internet for some tips, and found:

Electric Charcoal Starter.  The testimonials on the internet seem to love this thing, so I bought one from Fred Meyer for $10.50 after 30% garden rebate.  The directions show that you lay down a layer of charcoal, stick the tool in there, lay another layer, plug it in for 8 minutes as it heats to above 100 degrees, remove the tool, and wait for 10 minutes as it turns grey.  The result should be hot charcoal with no aid of petroleum.  Sounds easy?  Well, after I removed the tool and waited, whistled, read the entire phone book, and jogged around Lake Sammamish, it still wasn’t ready!  On the other hand, Jeffrey brought his grill and relented to using the fluid, and in 3 seconds whoosh, the fire was up!  So much for the starter.  Well, maybe I should practice a little more before passing judgment on this ineffective device.

How about the Apprentice?  We’re seeing Tana remove her sheep skin and revealing a giant scorpion.  When the governor just sat around, she offered donuts?!  And how do you miss the flag of the United States of America?  Okay, for that one, I can’t help but wonder if Trump has little devious mischiefmakers purposely removing the US flag for “Reality TV”, as I recall from the first season, one of the teams found the sponsor’s sign in the garbage!  Also in this task, they printed the personal remarks about each candidate on the program?!  Inconceivable!  It’s difficult to imagine that anyone, even the Three Stooges, could have such a offensive oversight.

On the other hand, everything seems smooth sailing for Kendra.  Almost too much so.  Then again, her task was much easier and she had a better crew.  She didn’t need to deal with the governor and famous atheletes.  She just needed to keep her sponsors, PS2 and Best Buy, happy.  The tasks are so even it’s like comparing running a Grand Slam tournament and running a hot dog stand.  Still, we need to give credit to Kendra for doing a good job.  Personally, I still don’t believe Kendra is corporate VP material, as she is too emotional and could use some work in her overall presence, but with the deviousness of Tana, I have no choice but to root for Kendra.

And despite this seemingly lopsided win on the final task and the fact Kendra killed Tana in the boardroom, Princess Di and George still managed to utter “They both did a great job”, and “It’s going to be a tough decision”.  It’s as if the last hour of The Apprentice didn’t even occur!  Even if Tana were to push the governor into the pool, swipe Michael Phelps with the flag pole, and frentically yell “Fire!!!”, the outcome of this boardroom would still be the same.

Then again, maybe this is all a misdirection. While we’re bamboozled by all these edited clips, in actuality Kendra’s team actually backstabbed her the same way Tana did her team.  Maybe there were lots more mishaps than we saw.  I guess we will have to find out next week in the third and final installment of this overly elongated episode of The Apprentice.