Letting the Apprentice run the Asylum

A friend emailed me after last night's Apprentice suggesting that the task next week should be recruiting and interviewing for a new cast.

I concur! Talk about a slum of mediocrity. I wouldn't let any of these folks mow my lawn. They make Sam from Season 1 look like a real blue-chipper.

When "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" started to "jump the shark", I thought, "America has run out of smart people". Now I think, "America has run out of talented business people."

This cast seems a lot like the group of unqualified goofball "candidates" from that spoof "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" show. Is it a telling sign that I can't remember any of their names, and still refer to them by descriptions instead, (as seen in the references below)?

The only ones that have any potential are the dude that looks like a heavy-set Vince Vaughan (the Burger King leader in the first task), and the metro-sexual guy who dresses straight in the boardroom, but in the individual interviews looks like a character from "Queer as Folk". When that wierdly intense chubby dude, ("I don't have anything important to say, so I'll make redundant points in an angry manner") started talking about how bad it was that Magna's commercial featured homosexual themes, the camera flashed over to my man (and by "my man" I don't mean to imply that I'm attracted to him. Not that there's anything wrong with that) as if to say, "Here's one right here, quick buddy, react like you represent the entire gay community".

Maybe Trump has a line of convenience or dollar stores he's starting and the winner can run that.
I can see it now, "The discount retail INdustry (capitals to depict Trump's odd way of saying industry), is a huge, 30 billion dollar a year INdustry. I've decided to enter that INdustry with a chain of discount stores. They're going to be called, are you ready, "TRUMP DISCOUNT STORE". Is that a great name or what?"
"You as my apprentice, will oversee all the important aspects of the chain. You'll decide what colour of corrugated vinyl to use for signage. You'll set the price structure, like which items should be $1, and which ones should be 2 for $1. You'll manage everything from melmac coffee mugs to birthday party supplies. It's a challenging job, but I know you'll rise to the occasion, because I know you are truly challenged."

Please to be discussing!