Celebrity Apprentice is its own sort of televised train wreck, and while the series generally unfolds in some way that leads to a lot of eye-rolling, you just have to love a decent amount of money going to charity. Even better, several charities each season get some exposure they sorely need. The big picture of the thing often runs a bit odd out of the gates, because it seems that about half of … [Read more...]
I have to admit, I'm rather a fan of The Celebrity Apprentice. The first season of the "regular" Apprentice was decent enough, but after that it lost a little something. It had its moments, but overall I just didn't care which Type-A doofus got to work for Donald Trump. Am I really invested somehow? The celebrity version kicked off well for me. If a bunch of people are going to make fools of … [Read more...]
It all started with Puck. If it wasn't for Puck, and the rapid gains in popularity he caused for MTV's The Real World, we wouldn't have mandatory insane people on every reality show. Of course, you knew what was going on with Celebrity Apprentice when Dennis Rodman and Andrew Dice Clay turned up, but who would have guessed that they would turn out to be relatively sane by … [Read more...]
Last year, Donald Trump threw his own reality show under the bus by turning it into a celebrity competition for charity. Theoretically, a somewhat interesting idea, but one that was a little odd. Watching celebrities perform bizarre tasks, and try to "street corner" goods and services might be worthy of a watch, especially if you happen to have any investment in said celebrities. Still, … [Read more...]
