The Apprentice

[luckyluke 2]

Who watched it then?

 

Looks set to be another good series, although a bit concerned that the beeb have gone down the Big Brother route with some of the larger than life characters they've signed up for it.

 

That Raef bloke looks to be the Tre of this series, very verbose. Good to see the supposedly less educated team leader point out to him that his hands were not "literally" bleeding at the end of the day though.

 

There's a blonde fella who looks like a cross between Boris Johnson and Matt Lucas as well, this show has everything!

[Guest alex]

I thought it was full of twats like. Doubt I'll follow it. I suppose if you want to watch a bunch of narcissistic wankers, it's cheaper than going for a drink in Town.

[Fop 1]

I give it another 3 series before they are fighting each other on a greased pole with giant foam weapons, clad in skimpy leather outfits, over a vat of gunge.

 

It'll then be replaced by "Plumbers" a reality TV show showing the "hilarious" antics of Plumbers everyday life, this will only last for 1 series however before Channel 5 buys it.

[Guest alex]

I give it another 3 series before they are fighting each other on a greased pole with giant foam weapons, clad in skimpy leather outfits, over a vat of gunge.

 

It'll then be replaced by "Plumbers" a reality TV show showing the "hilarious" antics of Plumbers everyday life, this will only last for 1 series however before Channel 5 buys it.

That's the trouble with stuff like this though, isn't it? You can actually have a canny concept but as soon as it is reasonably successful it has to be repeated. Again and again with bigger twats every time so as to keep people interested. Even Big Brother was a good idea initially imo.

[luckyluke 2]

I give it another 3 series before they are fighting each other on a greased pole with giant foam weapons, clad in skimpy leather outfits, over a vat of gunge.

 

It'll then be replaced by "Plumbers" a reality TV show showing the "hilarious" antics of Plumbers everyday life, this will only last for 1 series however before Channel 5 buys it.

That's the trouble with stuff like this though, isn't it? You can actually have a canny concept but as soon as it is reasonably successful it has to be repeated. Again and again with bigger twats every time so as to keep people interested. Even Big Brother was a good idea initially imo.

 

The Apprentice is basically Big Brother in power suits anyway. Still a good laugh though.

[luckyluke 2]

Fucking hell, Happy Face is writing an essay on it.

[Happy Face 29]

Fucking hell, Happy Face is writing an essay on it.

 

Started to write that he can't fire someone he hasn't even hired, but closed the page because I got a work question.

 

Dunno why my name would have been coloured for more than 20 seconds.

[manc-mag 1]

Thought that Alex was a rose between two cunts last night. Hilarious to see that fucking caricature barrister fall at the first hurdle.

 

Overall though thought the quality looked poor.

[Happy Face 29]

I give it another 3 series before they are fighting each other on a greased pole with giant foam weapons, clad in skimpy leather outfits, over a vat of gunge.

 

It'll then be replaced by "Plumbers" a reality TV show showing the "hilarious" antics of Plumbers everyday life, this will only last for 1 series however before Channel 5 buys it.

That's the trouble with stuff like this though, isn't it? You can actually have a canny concept but as soon as it is reasonably successful it has to be repeated. Again and again with bigger twats every time so as to keep people interested. Even Big Brother was a good idea initially imo.

 

 

Not sure you could find bigger twats than Paul and Saira (or whatever she was called) from series one.

Edited March 27, 2008 by Happy Face

[Tooj 17]

Thought that Alex was a rose between two cunts last night. Hilarious to see that fucking caricature barrister fall at the first hurdle.

 

Overall though thought the quality looked poor.

[Happy Face 29]

Blatant producer intervention in the decision last night. Her highlights reel was a series of close ups on the dull bint smiling or frowning. Kept the loony bin and the confrontational hag that draw the viewers, even though they both fucked up far worse than the one lass that held the team together.

 

I thought more of Sugar.

 

The dwarf attention whore.

[Fop 1]

Blatant producer intervention in the decision last night. Her highlights reel was a series of close ups on the dull bint smiling or frowning. Kept the loony bin and the confrontational hag that draw the viewers, even though they both fucked up far worse than the one lass that held the team together.

 

I thought more of Sugar.

 

The dwarf attention whore.

 

 

That the most stupid thing about these things, they are about as real and non-scripted as a soap opera.

[Happy Face 29]

Blatant producer intervention in the decision last night. Her highlights reel was a series of close ups on the dull bint smiling or frowning. Kept the loony bin and the confrontational hag that draw the viewers, even though they both fucked up far worse than the one lass that held the team together.

 

I thought more of Sugar.

 

The dwarf attention whore.

 

 

That the most stupid thing about these things, they are about as real and non-scripted as a soap opera.

 

Not really like.

[Fop 1]

Blatant producer intervention in the decision last night. Her highlights reel was a series of close ups on the dull bint smiling or frowning. Kept the loony bin and the confrontational hag that draw the viewers, even though they both fucked up far worse than the one lass that held the team together.

 

I thought more of Sugar.

 

The dwarf attention whore.

 

 

That the most stupid thing about these things, they are about as real and non-scripted as a soap opera.

 

Not really like.

 

Not in the sense that every line of dialogue is scripted, but it's all pre-planned and pre-set up and often quite seriously jigged along behind the scenes/off camera to get exactly what they want; that is "good" TV moments.

[Happy Face 29]

Blatant producer intervention in the decision last night. Her highlights reel was a series of close ups on the dull bint smiling or frowning. Kept the loony bin and the confrontational hag that draw the viewers, even though they both fucked up far worse than the one lass that held the team together.

 

I thought more of Sugar.

 

The dwarf attention whore.

 

 

That the most stupid thing about these things, they are about as real and non-scripted as a soap opera.

 

Not really like.

 

Not in the sense that every line of dialogue is scripted, but it's all pre-planned and pre-set up and often quite seriously jigged along behind the scenes/off camera to get exactly what they want; that is "good" TV moments.

 

I don't reckon the contestants have any idea what's meant to happen.

[tinofbeans 91]

i just think they don't have any clue. imagine if an apprentice reject turned up at your place of work for an interview. i'd want to ridicule the fucker as soon as speak to them. most ( but not all) are narcissistic wankers.

[The Fish 11098]

Can't wait for an original and entertaining British tv show to hit the screens.

 

It's all bollocks.

[Happy Face 29]

Can't wait for an original and entertaining British tv show to hit the screens.

 

It's all bollocks.

 

Yeah, the UK exports nothing original nowadays. I mean not since Big Brother or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire or Planet Earth or Pop Idol or The Office or Spaced or Ramsay or Shaun the Sheep.

 

Hang on!

[Guest alex]

Can't wait for an original and entertaining British tv show to hit the screens.

 

It's all bollocks.

 

Yeah, the UK exports nothing original nowadays. I mean not since Big Brother or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire or Planet Earth or Pop Idol or The Office or Spaced or Ramsay or Shaun the Sheep.

 

Hang on!

Big Brother's Dutch isn't it?

[Happy Face 29]

Can't wait for an original and entertaining British tv show to hit the screens.

 

It's all bollocks.

 

Yeah, the UK exports nothing original nowadays. I mean not since Big Brother or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire or Planet Earth or Pop Idol or The Office or Spaced or Ramsay or Shaun the Sheep.

 

Hang on!

Big Brother's Dutch isn't it?

 

Dunno, you're obviously the big fan.

[Guest alex]

Can't wait for an original and entertaining British tv show to hit the screens.

 

It's all bollocks.

 

Yeah, the UK exports nothing original nowadays. I mean not since Big Brother or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire or Planet Earth or Pop Idol or The Office or Spaced or Ramsay or Shaun the Sheep.

 

Hang on!

Big Brother's Dutch isn't it?

 

Dunno, you're obviously the big fan.

No, just a pedantic twat.

[The Fish 11098]

I just think that it's pretty much the same formula as Pop Idol. It's a variation on a popularity contest. I don't understand howpeople can get so excited about it. I railed against Big Brother but at least with them, there's genuinely entertaining people. People who're so vacuous, so stupid or so odd it's worth talking about.

[zico martin 95]

I just think that it's pretty much the same formula as Pop Idol. It's a variation on a popularity contest. I don't understand howpeople can get so excited about it. I railed against Big Brother but at least with them, there's genuinely entertaining people. People who're so vacuous, so stupid or so odd it's worth talking about.

 

isnt everything in life a 'variation on a popularity contest'?

 

genuinely entertaining people on big brother? you sure about that? I enjoy the format of the apprentice, course its just a bit of fun but christ it's a hell of a lot more interesting than most of 'reality' TV we see these days.

[The Fish 11098]

I just think that it's pretty much the same formula as Pop Idol. It's a variation on a popularity contest. I don't understand howpeople can get so excited about it. I railed against Big Brother but at least with them, there's genuinely entertaining people. People who're so vacuous, so stupid or so odd it's worth talking about.

 

isnt everything in life a 'variation on a popularity contest'?

 

genuinely entertaining people on big brother? you sure about that? I enjoy the format of the apprentice, course its just a bit of fun but christ it's a hell of a lot more interesting than most of 'reality' TV we see these days.

Perhaps "entertaining" is too generous a label. There have been some honest to goodness interesting events on Big Brother, the first one was the closest to "real people", after that it's been PT Barnam-esque, but still better viewing than the shows that purport to follow along the same tracks.

 

I know people on here like the Apprentice, but it just doesn't grab my attention. The outburst lastnight/this morning was more about me, than the show though.

[luckyluke 2]

Only got round to watching last week's the other day, how shit were those girls? They only won the first week due to some schoolboy errors from that lawyer. If the teams stay as they are I can't see them winning tonight.

 

Funny to see that myself, my friend in London and Adrian Chiles have all independently drawn comparisons with that blonde chap and Boris and Matt Lucas.