Bill Rancic won “The Apprentice” last night, as Kwame Jackson’s bid was stymied by the actions of supervillain Omarosa, who caused guest star Jessica Simpson to go missing for the second time in as many episodes.
A few observations:
- Kwame only lost because his “employees” all screwed him. Is Omarosa really that evil, or is she just pretending? Guess we’ll never know, though I’m surprised the Republicans haven’t yet made a political issue about reality TV’s biggest villain being a former Clinton White House employee.
- The highlight of the episode was unquestionably early castoff Sam, always the most interesting contestant, handing Donald Trump a briefcase with $250,000 as he pleaded for a job. Was this the first time in his career Trump has been handed a briefcase full of cash? If the mob still has any influence whatsoever in AC, then probably not.
- My dad was in town and before the show we went over to Trump Tower to see what was going on finale night. Did you know that when people get fired they don’t go out the front door, but rather the back? The traffic on Fifth Avenue goes the other direction…
- Chris Rock on “Conan” (I’m paraphrasing): “You can’t expect a guy named Kwame to succeed in corporate America. I mean, how many movies have you seen in which one character says to another, ‘Kwame wants to see you in his office’”? Then again, people named Kwame aren’t so good at being #1-draft-picks-out-of-high-school, either.
- A just saw a guy shoving the front page of the Daily News, featuring Bill’s defeat of Kwame, into the faces of the Black Israelites outside Macy’s. Only in America!
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 16, 2004 04:34 PM