"Everyone's thrown me under the bus from the word go, and it's okay." "I was " " I ran with it and let them roll." "I was confused, man." "You be in my shoes." "Let everyone come at you and see how it feels." "After a while, you've got to start throwing up your dukes and say, "Wait a minute, everyone's coming at me, and I did nothing but be respectful to these people."" "I asked you the other day." "You were the account manager, and you said, "Ask Sinbad."" "I'm like, "Well, I thought you could give me some money." "I'd go do the graphics."" "What " " Why are you always " "What I'm saying is, suddenly, there was this thing." "I said, "My expertise is storefront." "I can do this."" "I build stages every day." "I build our stage." "All's I asked was for a job." "You guys cannot look at me and say I didn't work like a grunt." "Bret just, you know, blew up, felt like for some reason that he wasn't being treated well, but took it out on his team members." "I just decided, you know, this is what I didn't want to be a part of, and so I left." "You're telling me to be me." "I blew off my steam, you know?" "A few members of this team are definitely shutting me out, and unless we resolve those differences, we're never gonna win another one of these things, and we're all gonna be going home." "My name's Maria." "Hi, Maria." "You're John Paul, right?" "Yep." "I won $20,000 for Make-A-Wish, and now I get to meet a Make-A-Wish kid and give him that $20,000 check." "John Paul has acute lymphomic leukemia." "How long have you been part of Make-A-Wish?" "Uh, for about two years." "When were you diagnosed?" "Three days after I turned 5." "Wow." "How do you feel now?" "I feel great, and I hope that won't affect me anymore." "As you know, I'm on "Celebrity Apprentice,"" "and I was Project Manager, and I actually won." "So, if you want to take this back for Make-A-Wish for me..." "Wow. $20,000?" "Wow!" "Maria gave me a check for $20,000 for Make-A-Wish." "It means so much that there's still people out there that are fighting for money for us." "What is your wish?" "To meet Donald Trump, because he's kind of inspired me." "This year, I did my own stand, and I made, like, about $14." "I could use you on "The Apprentice"!" "I could!" "It's interesting that he would have chose Donald Trump." "He kind of looks like Donald Trump, too, a little bit." "I think he's got better hair, though." "And what would it mean to you to have your wish come true?" "Uh, a lot." "I want to tell you that you are going to New York, and you're going to the finale of "Celebrity Apprentice."" "And guess what else?" "What?" "You're gonna be able to meet Donald Trump and the entire cast that is there." "I have never seen him speechless." "Oh, thank you so much." "Thank you, and don't spend that on " " You know, on yourself." "Good morning." "ALL:" "Good morning." "So, Governor, what did you think of the boardroom?" "I thought it was an interesting, uh, experience." "I'm glad I'm still here to fight another day, and I miss Sinbad." "Did I make the right decision?" "I think... uh..." "I think, uh..." "Considering all the circumstances, um, regrettably, I think that " "It was the right decision." "Okay." "We all know there are problems in the world, and one of those really big problems is identity theft." "It's a huge problem." "On my left, I have two great executives." "Todd Davis is with lifelock." "Janice Chiffon is with Norton." "These two companies have come together to offer a new product." "Janice?" "Thanks, Donald." "We at Norton are in the business of protecting consumers online so that they can be safe on the Internet." "LifeLock will be combined for the first time with the Norton 360 product." "So, your task is to create a 4-page advertorial to showcase this bundle." "We want one celebrity from each team to be the spokesperson for that ad." "You will be judged on creativity, brand integration, celebrity spokesperson, and overall presentation to the lifelock and Norton executives." "Thank you very much." "On my right is, of course, Donald Trump Jr." "and my very good friend Gavin Maloof." "Now, Gavin owns the Palms Casino in Las Vegas and the Sacramento Kings." "He's a great businessman, and what he sees is gonna have a big impact on me, okay?" "Pick your Project Managers right now, please." "I'm gonna do it." "I'll do it." "Okay." "All right." "I think Michael should be the Project Manager." "Only if you feel totally confident doing it." "I feel totally confident." "DARRYL:" "Totally confident?" "You ready to rock?" "BRET:" "I think you're gonna whip ass, man." "That's good." "All right." "There we go." "BRET:" "Let's go." "Darryl, who is your Project Manager?" "We picked Michael as our Project Manager." "Women, who is your Project Manager?" "Summer." "TRUMP:" "Okay." "So, Summer and Michael, congratulations." "The Project Manager of the winning team will get $20,000 for his or her charity." "The losing team, you know what happens." "Somebody will be fired, okay?" "So good luck." "Go." "Have a good time." "Hello?" "SHARON:" "Hello?" "Home sweet home!" "This is Selita's second home." "I'm ready." "I'm ready." "Right after we got our task from Mr. Trump, we went to our photography studio..." "Hi, you guys." "SELITA:" "Hi." "...and we waited to speak with our Norton and lifelock executives about what their ideas and vision was for this advertorial." "Norton 360 is actually Internet security." "So it protects you while you're on the Internet." "LifeLock is more of a service." "So, we are a subscription service that actually protects you offline." "This is going to be a one-of-a-kind bundle that has not existed before." "So, it's a combination of things, but it's all about protection." "No, that's all right." "Pardon?" "What about Macintosh?" "We have a version for the Macintosh, as well. $79.99." "I have another question." "My kid is on the Internet, and he's a kid." "Yes." "And he thinks he knows " "You know, because all kids think, you know " "And he's 11, going on 12, and I am now starting to get phone calls from the things that he thinks he's won." "The executive meeting was tough." "Like, the first two tasks, we'd sort of laugh about Cyndi's funny little" ""I just have a question for you,"" "but we didn't have a lot of time today." "1¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 2¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "3¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá Cyndi makes me laugh." "She's fabulously insane." "I mean, she's just a trip. from getting any of your information." "It's got to be black and white, yellow and red." "Contrast works, you know what I mean?" "Otherwise, you're in trouble." "Hello." "Hello." "How are you?" "MICHAEL:" "Good." "When the executives arrive," "I think the most important thing is to get information as to what they're looking for but at the same time be able to go back and forth with them and say, "This is what I would do." "Does that work for you?"" "I'm gonna ask you this, a couple questions." "You're much " " Obviously much more consumer-driven, correct?" "That " " That means consumer-driven." "DAVIS:" "Correct." "Um, and " " And online, I just want to make sure, as we come up with campaigns and then we're throwing stuff, ideas, we're sticking more to your life, your family, it is your finances, and you are " "Your goal is to protect it." "Bret, you need a leash for." "You need to be able to keep him really close to you because he just goes on -- whoo!" " and he's flying 4,000 feet and climbing." "My next question would be, do you, um..." "When we put the ad out " "I know this is such a layman question, but I'd like to know." "What made you guys decide to join forces or come together?" "I was gonna ask you, too, with the recent credit implosion with the mortgages, everything that's gone horrifically bad..." "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." "We weren't getting a lot of the answers that we wanted from the executives." "I wanted our team to understand, what is an advertorial?" "When people change their name " " I've found this a lot. 1¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "2¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "I think we want to see your creativity on it." "How would you go communicate this, you know, combination, this bundling, of these two strong brands." "Have you ever employed -- not employed -- brought in any of these scumbags who do this?" "I felt that the executive meeting is the most connected I've ever felt to Michael." "I sat near him for a purpose." "I want him to know I'm there for him." "I will not let him down." "With Michael, I was trying to tell him," ""Let's get on here, brother." "We're on the same team."" "So, we just don't want to offend the company that's rolling out " "You don't want to go putting Norton behind lifelock." "I didn't feel like I could control Bret, and I knew that, "Okay," "I'm gonna have my " " My work cut out for me with managing Bret."" "Coming up..." "I think we're making some of the same mistakes we made in the last project." "We're prematurely ejaculating." "You're not perfect, and shut the up, basically." "We have two things that we're doing." "HOLLY:" "Yes." "We're doing a presentation, and we're doing our full photo essay." "MARIA:" "Yes." "Our task today was to do a 4-page advertorial for Norton 360 and lifelock." "This photo essay has to explain and educate exactly what all of this is." "So, Selita, you're definitely doing the photo essay." "Okay." "But what about me?" "I art-direct my covers." "Ay-yi-yi." "Selita's 27." "How many photo shoots has Selita directed?" "Unh-unh." "Just 'cause she's a model, there's no way that qualifies her to direct a shoot more than me." "Is our spokesperson telling the story?" "The spokesperson is supposed to be the person that's, like, explaining it to understand." "One part of the task was to pick a spokesperson that would be featured throughout the advertorial." "Cyndi would be great for it." "Um..." "I think, Sharon, you might need to be the spokesperson, just because, Cyndi, I want to relate to every person." "You're so extraordinary and unique." "Extraordinary?" "About what?" "Well, just your look " "Your look is extraordinary and unique." "For an advertising campaign, her look is maybe a bit more..." "Do you know what I'm saying?" "No." "Because you can't " " There's no denying that you're Cyndi Lauper." "I was very much biting my tongue, and I didn't want to overstep my bounds." "I wasn't Project Manager." "It's Summer's decision." "And, so, Sharon, are you comfortable being our spokesperson for this?" "Yeah." "Okay." "The problem was Cyndi, because I just knew, if Cyndi had been our spokesperson, we would have been there forever, and we would have not " "I mean, we honestly would not have accomplished one photo." "Okay, let's stay focused." "Bret, design and graphics." "That will be you." "Can I ask you today that I could be the right-hand man?" "I would be better just as a grunt, working, working, working and be on your right shoulder." "Bret, I need you to " " I need you to, like you said, follow me." "No, no, no." "I'm saying, I'm with you." "I'm saying I'm " " You're my grunt guy." "That's what I'm saying." "Thank you." "No." "I'm saying, I'm the grunt guy." "I love it." "I love it." "I will do " "You need coffee, I'm going." "But I don't " " I don't need coffee." "I need you to do those graphics and slogan for me." "Got it, but you need to tell me when." "Understand where I'm at?" "Now." "Now." "Start on it." "Don't wait." "BRET:" "Okay." "This task ultimately, you know, comes down to me and how I manage the team." "We won't be successful if, you know, I blow up." "So, as Project Manager," "I had to have patience when it came to Bret." "When you say graphics, Michael " ""It's your life." "Let us protect it."" "It's simple." "Look at that bitchin' picture of Bill." "Okay." "We've got to be " ""Live" " " Or "Live your life." "Let us protect it."" "We've got to " " We've got to be original, so..." "Last thing I want to say " " It's this." "It's ridiculous." "It's Bill with that head." "Norton." "MICHAEL:" "So..." "It's your body, ripped." "Bill, let me add to that." "Here you stand with your head." "You're holding a baby..." "This is really stupid." "...or a mom's holding a child." "Go with me." "Probably right now, probably the best thing is to start thinking of whatever that slogan's gonna be." "I'll work on a slogan." "Bret's brainstorming process is one that has to be managed carefully, because he's still a little wild and crazy, and you have to try to keep him corralled." "So, now we've got to try to figure out a way to integrate the celebrity." "I think we need to use somebody that's current." "CURTIS:" "Sure." "You're currently one of the best chefs in the world." "You're a worldwide gold medal winner." "I think the cooking thing is just hot right now." "Everybody's into this cooking thing." "We need a celebrity in this." "You're known as a guy who's been the best in the world." "That's what these people are." "You." "I think we're making some of the same mistakes we made in the last project, which is we're prematurely ejaculating." "We need more foreplay." "Wow." "ROD:" "Michael made a decision, and he chose Curtis as his celebrity spokesman." "I would have preferred more discussion." "I think that you've got to deliberate." "When I was governor -- and I believe I was a great governor, giving every child healthcare in my state, preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, didn't raise taxes on people, senior citizens got free public transportation " "and I had to work around gridlock to get it, but that's not what's happening here." "We need to tell a story with pictures." "And we're trying to say that this can happen to a baby, and they're vulnerable." "Right." "Protect them." "So, we go chronologically, and we show different people." "So, who are the images that we want to start with?" "Okay." "A baby, you want to start with?" "Yeah." "End it with some old Ms. Tilly." "We are trying to convey that anybody's identity can be stolen, from zero to 99." "You're getting these two awesome products for $79.99." "Can someone please explain to me what we've decided on, like a concept?" "What is the scene?" "What is the what?" "What's the scene?" "Like, what are we saying in these photos?" "I...don't know how to say it properly, but, like, you know?" "I don't know." "I think that Summer needed to take control, because right now I feel like there's no direction for the creative people." "We're all like, "Huh?"" "I personally think that if we have four pages, we need four different thoughts." "The fourth thought needs to be a complete thought, though." "No, no, no." "I don't want to " "I don't want to change anybody's opinion." "No, no." "There's a lot of ideas, but it's got to be clear." "Yeah, of course, but no one is safe." "We are " " I think we are " "We're the people that should be in it if we want to " "What's in the middle, hon?" "The big foldout could be that big table." "Hold on one second." "I know, and we'll totally get back there." "There's been a couple of tips." "There's been a couple of times where I felt the tension, and no matter how hard you try to hold it in, that competitiveness takes over." "It, like " " It does break you down." "Do you see the way as it goes on?" "We're all getting ratty with each other." "Yeah." "Everybody's jockeying for position." "No, I'm not." "I just " "No, no, no." "It's the " " It's the way it is." "Everybody's jockeying." "SUMMER:" "And you know why?" "Everybody's like " " Because this one is such a time " "Like, a real time crunch." "Although, I think we're super-creative people." "It will only get worse, and we're probably all going to end up really disliking each other." "No." "CYNDI:" "Aw." "I disagree." "SUMMER:" "I don't think so." "I don't know what to do." "SHARON:" "Oh, no." "We all bring our survival instinct, and I live very much by listening to my gut." "My gut is always right." "Coming up..." "Help me turn this on." "This is not " " Nothing's happening with this." "Rod can't operate a computer." "And later..." "So, Gavin, what did you think?" "I think this was an unbelievable twist." "I couldn't believe what I was hearing." "Yeah." "Nice to meet you." "When the photographer arrived, we weren't ready to start shooting photographs yet." "We were still trying to put together," ""Okay, what kind of shots do we want?"" "Like, a really obvious thing for me would be to use you and say," ""Just because my buddies are the fastest men on the planet" ""And the toughest men on the planet" ""Doesn't mean that they can outmuscle or outrun cyber crime, but I can, 'cause I've got lifelock and Norton protection."" "Yeah." "And then the 4-pager..." "Is all about cooking stuff." "...could be about how I go around my every day, just my everyday life." "I think that's smart." "That's a good idea." "That's a good idea." "So, our concept for our advertorial is a big photograph of myself, the brand ambassador, with Goldberg and Michael Johnson." ""It doesn't matter how tough you are or how quick you are, identity theft is something that can happen to anybody."" "I'm gonna be devil's advocate for one second." "I want Bill's strong image." "No, no." "No, no, no." "No, no." "Michael seems to really have this fetish for Curtis and cooking." "I just didn't think Curtis was the right face for an ad that is supposed to protect your private and personal identity." "I think it was the wrong choice." "Okay." "What other tasks do we have?" "Maria, you need somebody to go with you." "We need props for this photo shoot." "Yeah, I need somebody to go with me." "I can go with you, 'cause I can do this on the fly." "Okay." "Let's go." "I can take this with me." "I would actually prefer if you stayed here." "That way you can be a part of the graphics, 'cause you " "No." "I'm very good at graphics." "Yes, yes, yes." "Yeah, because I think that this should be very, like, Time magazine, that kind of font." "Yeah." "Very, very serious." "Yeah." "Not " "No, no, no." "Not frilly, girly, or anything like that." "Yeah." "But also aesthetically pleasing." "Okay." "Cyndi draws our attention away from what we're supposed to be doing, and in today's situation, we can't even afford that." "Sharon, I need your vision here." "Can you stay here?" "Okay, but what about me?" "Where do I go?" "You can go with Maria." "It was really hard to work while Cyndi was right there, and that's 100% the reason why I sent her out with Maria, to get Cyndi out of our space so that we could accomplish something." "Okay." "Let's go." "No." "I just got to hear this, and I will " "She can explain it to you." "She knows." "We don't have a lot of time." "She'll explain it to you, but I'm taking this." "Whatever." "I'll get it." "I got it." "Cyndi didn't deserve to be disrespected." "Don't do that." "And Summer loves to be seen as Polly Perfect." ""I am just a nice person."" "off, missus." "You're as ambitious as the next one of us, so, you know, get off your high horse." "You're not perfect, and shut the up, basically." "Did I really just say that?" "I need you to start " "If you can start putting together a list." "Go ahead and just jump on their website and give me a list of like 10 things where they may become a victim..." "Okay." "...of cyber crime, okay?" "Okay." "I gave Rod the task of getting on the Internet and writing down and listing all of the key points about cyber crime and identity theft." "No." "The computer that was there, I couldn't even turn it on, much less write anything on it, and so I couldn't access it and get the information." "I was gonna try to get Rod to put this stuff together, but he can't operate a computer." "Unless you get me in the right area." "We can just get him on a Word document, right?" "Get me in." "Find it." "Yeah." "Get me on there." "Can you type?" "Yeah." "It's difficult trying to find a task for him and trying to find something for him to do, because there's not much that he can do, and there's got to be something there because he got to be, you know, governor of Illinois." "You don't just fall up there." "There's a whole bunch of technology that's passed me by." "That's one of the things, when you're governor and you have nearly 60,000 people work for you, they pretty much research for you, and before that, I was a congressman, and I never had to learn it." "So, I don't think my team quite knows what to make of me yet, but I think there's always a learning curve in every endeavor, in every step in life." "You have your police." "You have your fire department." "You have your identity protection." "Like, we, um..." "Kind of on a different tangent there." "Boy, this is hard." "When Summer volunteered for the project, she didn't realize what she was getting herself into, and I don't think that she was actually the right person for the job." "Hi." "Are you the photographer?" "Hi." "Hi." "How are you?" "Holly." "Hello, Holly." "Hi." "I'm Summer." "Do you know the products?" "We've got identity-theft protection." "It's software." "Okay." "Right, sure." "And then Norton 360, right?" "And we need to educate people through a photo essay." "We're educating, um..." "Um...uh..." "So, we have a picture." "The first one is just a picture of myself with a baby." "So that kind of the " "Do you understand?" "Oh, my gosh, the meeting with the photographer " "First of all, he looked at our concept, and I just would look at him, and he looked as if he had the blankest look on his face, like he had no clue what I was talking about," "and I was like, "I don't really know what I'm talking about."" "I need you guys to really tell me what you want with as much specific information as possible." "It's really good to get your concept together for me, so that when I start taking the photographs," "I'm following your direction." "Okay." "But I can't follow your direction if you haven't given it to me." "Okay." "So what you're saying is I haven't given it to you yet." "Coming up..." "So, what is the concept, though?" "We've got, um -- um " "Like, there's just " " It's a work in progress." "I don't know how they're gonna be able to pull it all together in the end." "God." "Aaaah!" "When he started growling, I got scared." "And later..." "Cyndi Lauper " "She kind of steers us in the wrong direction, so then we kind of lose our track." "You're throwing me under the truck." "No, no, no, I'm not." "Can I tell you something?" "Mm-hmm." "Selita -- she's art directing?" "Okay." "We're on props." "Okay." "This task is to create a 4-page advertorial." "Summer decided that Selita would be the art director because she's done photo shoots, but Cyndi, who has been in the industry forever, has done a lot of photo shoots." "So I think that she should be part of the creative team, and I also think she should be art directing." "I am a credited art director." "I know you are." "Hi, Louise." "I'm Cyndi." "This is Maria." "Maria." "At the prop house, we're getting a park bench, we're getting a baby, we're getting a blanket, and we're also getting a desk and a chair." "Okay." "We got the " " Yeah, the trundle." "I'll try, Cyndi." "I will." "The woman was so nice." "She went for the face." "She went for it." "She's giving me a big deal again." "Okay." "We love her." "'Cause she went for the face." "She went for the face." "I went for the face." "She gave us $100 off on the rug." "So I think that was great." "See you later, pal." "All right." "We need to pull together props." "You know?" "DARRYL:" "Okay." "Okay." "Yeah." "Take Rod with you." "Darryl was in charge of getting all of our props." "I didn't give him a lot of responsibility." "And because Rod couldn't use the computer, I sent Rod with him." "These are our ladies." "These are our assistants." "Hi." "Rod." "Hi." "Oh, God." "It took him 30 minutes to type that one paragraph." "It was literally just, "Dat, dat, dat, dat,"" "like that, and it was " " I was " " I was amazed." "My 9-year-old can type." "Rod can't." "That's our van -- the white one?" "Me and Rod went out shopping, you know, to purchase things and get things for what we need for the photo shoot." "You coming in?" "Are you coming with us? Okay." " Gov, you all right?" "I'm doing good." "Huh?" "Yeah, I'm doing fine." "Okay." "I've pretty much been the laid-back guy on the team, because you have long hours." "It takes a lot of wear and tear on you mentally and physically." "And the average person that's a working person, 00, their day is " "Starts in the mornings, and their brain's going full time." "Most athletes and celebrities, they don't wake up until noon if they have to, so that's very difficult when you're not accustomed to it, because your body doesn't function as well as a normal person's body functions." "It's all right, baby." "I got your back." "Hey, how about Darryl, huh?" "Come on." "I appreciate you, man." "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "DARRYL:" "Come on, man." "Appreciate it." "Did nothing wrong, either." "Gov, stop." "Come on." "Come on, man." "Yeah, thanks, guys." "Appreciate it." "Gov, come on." "All the best to you." "Rod is good at campaigning." "You can definitely tell he's a politician." "How do you do?" "How are you?" "Nice to meet you." "All the best to you." "Hi, sir." "Nice meeting you." "But I think it's a great opportunity for him and great exposure, but I really don't need the exposure." "I'm a New York guy, and people know me, and I love New York." "We're on a time schedule." "We're on a time schedule, man." "I got you." "All right?" "Yep." "This is New York." "Everybody, you can say hi." "You just got to keep moving." "I got you." "All right." "We need a yellow t-shirt." "It needs to be, like, stand-out yellow, just kind of like the Norton boxes over there." "Hi." "What's going on?" "How are you?" "How are you?" "Having some fun?" "Mr. Trump's eyes and ears on this task was Don Jr." "So he stopped by our set." "I felt like I walked up there and I'm like," ""I have no clue what we're doing yet, but I think this is it, and I don't even know how I'm supposed to present it to you."" "So, tell me a little bit about your concept." "Our campaign is basically that it stretches from a newborn to the elderly." "We've got, um -- um..." "It was like, we've got, um " " It's personal." "Like, there's just " " It's a work in progress." "Okay, so you're still honing down what the full message will be." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I think Summer's kind of a little bit jumbled." "I want to make sure that she's not just trying to herd cats, that they're actually getting somewhere to an end goal." "I mean, the timelines on this task are very tight." "There's a lot to accomplish in a very short amount of time." "I don't know how they're gonna be able to pull it all together in the end." "We're gonna have a constant streaming video of just all the things that are replaceable." "Don Jr." "Came in, and he was a little confused about our concept." "We just weren't clear on it yet ourselves." "It's, like, here's the " " Here's the mom, and here's the " " The baby." "And " " And we have to figure this out, 'cause my brain is just so slow." "Go on." "There wasn't one person that had a clearly defined vision of what they were looking for." "There was a lot of time wasted." "I'm so tired already." "God." "Coming up..." "Hey, buddy!" "We're in a crunch." "Now I know why Dennis Rodman started drinking." "It can't look like an ad." "I was just trying to be much more original." "No." "And later..." "Darryl hasn't even looked at it yet." "I don't think Darryl gives a" "I like the juxtaposition of scaring." "Please." "You know what it's saying." "It's about to happen, but because she's there, it's not gonna happen." "Something like that." "SUMMER:" "Right." "Not saying that, but you know what I mean?" "As soon as Don Jr." "Walked away," "I really felt like I wasn't sure if I even had the concept down, but the clock is ticking down, and it's ticking way too fast." "We have so much more to do." "It's Summer cradling a baby, or with your son." "Sharon's up here." "I'm gonna put the text up here." "So..." "We're close." "So, our concept has shifted just slightly in that we want to make sure that people know you are lifelock and Norton 360." "So, we went back to the drawing board again, and that's when we decided we need to establish Sharon as the protector." "It's as if you are the protector." "So, it's like she's gonna prevent" ""X," "Y," And "Z" From happening." "Right." "Sharon " "Sharon is the protector." "She's gonna be kind of in the background of every scene." "Oh, that's great." "Try to keep these things back, 'cause it reflects." "Summer asked me to be the celebrity spokesperson," "I think, because I'm pretty good at selling things, and because of my age, too." "I mean, we're not gonna sell a product like that with and ass." "I like that one." "Sharon, you look unbelievable." "Sharon could not have been a better spokesperson." "I don't think anybody on the men's team could compete with the presence of Sharon." "Yeah!" "The first two obvious ones is we need you looking like the fastest man in the world and you looking like the strongest man in the world." "Yeah." "I guess you want a centralized shot of me." "My role in the task was to be the brand ambassador." "I feel really special that I'm at the center of this whole challenge." "1¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 2¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "You're welcome." "Oh, look." "Curtis in an apron." "How clever." "How original." "How original." "Curtis, Lord." "He's gonna make sure the world knows he's a chef." "Yep, and guess what?" "Curtis is in an apron." "So original!" "He should just wear an apron in the boardroom." "Like, he probably sleeps in an apron with nothing else on." "He wants to feel the apron on his skin." "That's like me coming to work every day in a thong and wings on my back." "Like, "Dude, are you kidding me?"" "That's ridiculous." "Perfect." "LifeLock and Norton 360." "So, our campaign, in a nutshell, is that I do everything that every other person does." "I shop, I cook, I eat, I go out." "So everybody can relate to me." "But I'm much better protected than anyone else because I've got the Norton 360 and the lifelock protection." "Good." "Curtis got his shots in first, and I changed into my outfit and got my part of the photo shoot started." "Stand by." "And ready." "Nice shot, Michael!" "You know who that is?" "Man." "What an honor." "Michael's awesome." "I mean, how can you not respect a guy who's won so many gold medals and want to follow him?" "He's an extremely successful guy, both on and off the track, and as our Project Manager, people respect him, people listen to him, and he's smart enough to be able to delegate properly, I believe." "Go!" "If you do that, start back a little bit." "I really didn't voice my opinions in a lot of different things, you know, because I think my strengths wasn't for this task." "What do you need?" "I need two large pizzas." "Everybody else seemed, you know, so excited about the project." "Not that I wasn't excited about it, but I'm just more of a laid-back, sit-back-and-watch type person, and I was totally exhausted." "Beautiful." "What do you feel most comfortable in?" "I'll do whatever you want." "What " " I know, but I'm just saying." "I'll just go with the shirt off, man." "I don't care." "The next part of the photo shoot was Bill Goldberg, on there as the strongest man in the world, and he can't knock out identity theft." "So, Bill needed to get a photo of himself as a strong... big man." "I have to somehow give the impression that I'm, like, a strong guy." "Watch the facial expressions." "It almost looks like a fart." "What?" "Is that all you got, Goldberg?" "Come on!" "Aaaah!" "Yeah, that felt good!" "Was that mean-enough-looking for you?" "When he started growling, I got scared." "Are you serious? "Aaaah!"" "That's awesome." "Look at this." "Look at me!" "Look at this!" "Oh, you look good." "You look good." "Come on, man." "I got Goldberg goo all over me." "Goldberg goo." "That's gold goo." "Gold goo!" "This is my favorite shirt, man!" "Hey, buddy, could you open it?" "All right." "Cyndi is amazing." "She is running around and picking stuff up." "You know something?" "One time, I picked up Dennis Rodman and I dropped him." "Center of gravity -- very bad." "You did not pick up Dennis Rodman." "I did so." "He was very tall." "It's like her daily workout now, to be on "Celebrity Apprentice."" "She's like, "Yeah!" "I'm lifting this!" ""Yeah!" "You need me to pick up a park bench?" "Yeah!" "I'm doing this!" "Yeah!" "I'm doing that!"" "That's a Cyndi Lauper workout -- 101." "It's starting to feel like that scene when they're dragging those stones up the pyramid, 'cause that's what it would be like dragging that" "Oh, my gosh." "Now I know why Dennis Rodman started drinking." "Cyndi has a great energy about her." "I think that her energy is amazing, and we definitely need it at times within this group." "All right, buddy." "Thanks so much." "We're in a crunch." "The good news is that I am losing weight." "All right!" "Here we go!" "There's more stuff downstairs." "I'm just worried about the time, you know?" "I " " I always worry, because we got to get back, and then we got to set it up." "We got to talk to the photographer, and we got to get the photos done." "Sorry, honey." "Here, I got it." "Don't worry." "I got it." "It's light." "Michael, do we have a disk to start to load all the logos and stuff?" "I think that might be the logo disk." "Check that one and see." "Whoops." "That's my video from last night." "I'm just kidding." "LEAH:" "Whoops." "Yes, that's not it." "I was just jogging." "That's all that is." "I was wrestling." "Our graphic designer is very smart and witty and confident and sexy and funny and sexy." "You know about this." "Have you done this before?" "Just once or twice." "Yeah?" "20 years of designing rock t-shirts." "Okay." "You know what I'm saying?" "I love the ladies." "I can't help it." "And I'm having fun,but I'm not a creepy guy." "I'm not a creeper." "I'm a fun guy,and I'm not a hands-on guy." "So,I'm just having fun with them,you know?" "We're having a good time." "So,I would go " " Try the page black first." "LEAH:" "Okay." "So,I'm working on this design, and we started designing this really cool campaign." "I was even taking pictures with my own personal camera." "Ah,much better." "It's really strong." "You know,takes their campaign and just blows it up even bigger and stronger." "And I feel great about it." "I think it's gonna be awesome." "Bret,can I see where you guys are?" "BRET:" "Please,please." "When I saw Bret's layout, it looked like he was off the task a little bit in that he was creating a 4-page ad as opposed to an advertorial." "Okay,but " " But,you guys,it can't look like an ad, because the specific task is advertorial." "That's the specific task." "An advertorial isn't meant to look good." "It's meant to look like an editorial piece in a magazine." "I'm a very literal person, so you tell me to put something together," "I'm gonna give you exactly that." "Let me show you an example real quick." "So,I got the sense that Bret didn't understand what we were supposed to be doing." "The next three pages have to look like pages out of a magazine like that." "White background." "I was just trying to be, when we did this,much more original." "No." "They're saying what they want." "We just need a lot of copy." "Right,right." "Michael walked over right in the middle of Leah and I working and says,"No,no." "This is what an advertorial looks like."" "And I go,"Yeah,but that is a common,middle-of-the-road," ""Dictionary approach to an advertorial." "I think they wanted us to give them something special."" "And Michael said,"Nope." "This is what I want."" "Do you mind if it's on black to make it somewhat original?" "We don't have latitude." "Okay?" "All right." "Michael was way too intense and way too determined." "He just wanted an advertorial,and he wanted it his way, and he's the boss." "Coming up..." "What does all that say in red?" "This is basically the information,types of identity theft." "I get a feeling you think those words are mighty small,don't you?" "Gavin came in." "He didn't say much." "He just looked very confused." "Oh,my God." "At the very last second " "I mean last second " " I was switching slides." "It's not done." "So,how's everything going?" "It's going,man." "It's going fast and frantic." "This is a tough task,but we're tackling it,man." "Gavin came in after we finished the photo shoot." "What we were trying to do is trying to get all of the content in and get the layout right." "Do you have anything to show me?" "Yes." "Absolutely." "Come around here." "Check it out." "So,this is the front page of the ad right here, and you'll have a picture of celebrity chef Curtis Stone right here." "What Curtis will be doing is he'll be coming through here with cooking tips and things like that but relate it back to,you know,what we're selling here." "This is basically the information, types of identity theft -- credit-card fraud, utilities fraud,bank fraud,employment fraud." "I felt that Rocksolid had a clear vision,a good concept, but I felt,at times,it was a little wordy." "Where people are sitting down and reading the magazine, you have to capture someone's attention within two or three seconds." "Make it quick and simple,concise,fast." "I get a feeling you think those words are mighty small,don't you?" "Well..." "Once it's done,it'll be killer,okay?" "All right,great,great." "Thanks." "Gavin didn't say much." "He just looked very confused,and it was a lot of time." "It was taking a lot of time out of my schedule and out of my day when I've got a deadline." "I was totally fine with the font size, and I wasn't going to change my concept based on somebody who just got sent in to just say," ""You know,how's it going in here?"" "Your direction's great." "It's easy." "You give us a lot of direction." "Thank you,bro." "Cool." "Great." "Happy." "There you go." "Yeah." "There you go." "Wow." "Our concept was that identity theft happens to everyone, but Sharon was gonna be our protector." "Sharon was gonna be watching over them as if she was lifelock and Norton 360." "Okay." "What's the next shot?" "So,the next shot is park bench." "It ended up us being on a time crunch, and it was just like,"Okay,we got to get our shots." "We got to get our shots." "We got to get our shots."" "We don't have a lot of time." "We're all waiting for this photo." "And everything's waiting for this photo." "Okay,that's what I need." "What is this for?" "It's for PowerPoint." "Yeah,it's for our PowerPoint." "That ate up way too much time." "We'd already done our photos." "You know,we were racing against time." "So we were trying to make the editorial part of our ad straight to the point." "Everybody needs to help Holly with this presentation." "Ohhh!" "It's not done." "We now have 20 minutes." "Holly is frantically trying to get all of the information into our presentation." "Can you give all your facts to Holly?" "I'm trying." "Okay." "Sorry." "Oh,my God." "You guys,you got 15 minutes." "Here you go." "Okay." "Check it out." "What do you think?" ""Sharon Osbourne -- mother,manager,protector."" "Is that approved?" "Download it to me." "I have to put it on the " "Yeah,yes." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay,okay." "At the very last second " " I mean last second " "I was switching slides,making sure they were in the right sequence, and didn't have a whole lot of time to go over it with Summer." "I have no idea what the presentation looks like at this point." "It was such a last-minute rush to fly in logos and images that " " I don't know." "I just hope it makes sense." "Oh,my God." "I don't want them to smile." "I prefer none of them smiling." "You know,we haven't got any time to around and worry about it." "We've got to move." "As we got really close to the end, that's really a crucial time to make sure that everything you want into this document is in there." "There's just so much to do,so little time." "This stuff's inaccurate,the way they're characterizing." "Some guy getting information from your checking account?" "That's not bank fraud." "Bank fraud's a fraud against the bank." "Right." "I think we got to just stop the chitchat." "That's easier said." "Yeah,because it's getting so confusing for her." "All right." "Hold on a second." "All right." "Bret and Rod were back there buzzing around." "I know what I needed to be focused on, and that was working with the graphic designer, getting this content in there." "Guys..." "Coming up..." "This is our first page and our celebrity chef here, Curtis Stone." "You could not read that screen." "No one in that room could read it." "We were thinking about the facts, and they're serious." "Point it towards the computer." "The computer wasn't working, and I'm like,"Ah,what is going on?"" "And later..." "But where do you come up with this out of nowhere that I should fire you?" "Do you want to go home?" "Morning." " Morning." " Morning." "I would like to introduce to you Curtis Stone, world-renowned chef and truly a wonderful guy." "A lot is riding on this presentation, because a lot of the criteria falls on this, and we have got to get this presentation right." "Now,I'm absolutely thrilled to be standing here before you as the ambassador for lifelock and Norton." "So,why me?" "Why am I the ambassador?" "Let's look around this room for a minute." "I mean,we've got some seriously recognizable celebrities." "Now,the reason that I was chosen is because I've been a victim to identity theft." "My life is no different to yours, no different to the guys down the road." "It was great watching the executives, especially when Curtis was the opening act." "He's got that look." "Both the executives,you know,were smiling, if not almost laughing,in a positive way." "So that was a good sign." "Thanks." "So,this is our first page, and our celebrity chef here,Curtis Stone, and Goldberg and myself." "We wanted to make sure that we had the branding front and center and at the top,Norton and lifelock." "The copy reads,"I'm Curtis Stone,celebrity chef, and I've had my identity stolen twice."" "We continue with the theme of our celebrity chef actually giving some tips to people about cyber crime, and he actually says in the copy that he online banks, but he has lifelock and he has Norton antivirus protection." "You could not read that screen." "No one in that room could read it." "And there was so much font and so much they were trying to say rather than just be real." "On the final page, we've got Curtis here with family in a great moment -- a beautiful picture." "We thank you guys for your time." "We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our presentation." "I hope you enjoyed it." "Great." "Thanks." "Good morning,you guys." "I have a simple question for you." "What's important to you?" "Is it your shoes?" "Maybe your watch?" "Of course your purse and your wallet." "Are they that important?" "Because they can be replaced." "Now,here's the real question." "What can't be replaced?" "You and your identity." "When we were thinking about this advertorial, we were thinking about the facts,and they're serious." "Point it towards the computer." "I'm pressing the button." "The presentation it started off really bad." "The computer wasn't working, and I'm like, "Ah, what is going on?"" "This happens sometimes." "So, I have the facts somewhat memorized." "Identity theft happens once every three seconds." "One in five Americans will experience identity theft." "Our PowerPoint was off, but there's something about imperfection that's actually really cool, because it opens up a door for you to be somewhat spontaneous." "We chose Sharon Osbourne because she's strong." "She's with it." "We say, "Mother, manager,"" "and most importantly, "Protector."" "Our next two pages of our advertorial, we wanted to touch at the heartstrings." "We wanted the families to know that if you have lifelock and Norton 360, you're gonna feel safe." ""We're watching." "You're protected."" "Who's watching?" "Sharon Osbourne." "She's our protector." "She's our watchdog." "I knew my message points would be just fine, and I knew we had a really good spokesperson." "Here is our protector herself, Sharon Osbourne." " Good morning." " Morning." "So, why does our advertorial " "Today I started to get all high temperature again and sweat, and then, you know, I started to cough." "She's been sick a bit lately." "Just a tad." "Okay." "We're being judged on the presentation, and the presentation was not good." "There was coughing." "Excuse me." "There was the projector not working." "I really hope we don't lose because of it, but it wasn't good." "It just wasn't good." "The consumer recognizes me as a very strong businesswoman, a woman that you don't mess with." "That's why this is your new campaign." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Hello, Todd, Janice." "Hi, there." "So, how did our teams do?" "Well, both teams put in a really great effort, but in both cases, we'd have to make some changes in order to be able to use the creative ads." "What kind of changes?" "Well, the teams " "While the women's team really went for that emotional connection in their creative, they got the fact they needed to educate." "There wasn't quite enough education in the ad." "The men were just the opposite." "The facts were almost overwhelming." "We'd also need to go check some of those facts, because there may be a few of those that would be hard to get legal clearance." "Todd, what did you think of the women's team?" "They had a few issues with their presentation." "It could've gone better." "And there was no call to action." "You want customers to know, where do they go to get the products?" "What about the men's team?" "What did you think of Curtis as the spokesperson?" "I thought Curtis did a very good job of being articulate, why he was very interested in the products together and what value that would bring to an individual." "Who would have been your best celebrity?" "You want to go communicate safety, security, protection." "You know, the combination of these two..." "TRUMP:" "Goldberg." "...I probably would have had Goldberg more as a centerpiece." "So, you would have had Goldberg in the center and maybe by himself." "You bet." "Okay." "Could I take a look at the women's team first, please?" "Nice-looking." "Really catches the online and offline on the two pages." "They've hit both sides of the " " The elements." "Very good." "Very creative." "Very good." "Okay." "Let me see the men." "And this is the men's." "Very good." "I think this is very good, too." "Okay." "So, let me ask you, who's the winner?" "Coming up..." "Darryl hasn't even looked at it yet." "I don't think Darryl gives a" "Cyndi Lauper " " She kind of steers us in the wrong direction, so then we kind of lose our track." "You're throwing me under the truck." "No, no, no, I'm not." "1¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 2¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "3¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 4¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "5¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 6¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "7¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá 8¿Õ°×Ê±¼äÖá" "So, Michael, how'd your team do?" "Team did great." "Who was the star?" "Oh, the team was the star." "I mean, we got back to that team that we were when we first began." "Who was your weakest player?" "Weakest player we had would be Rod." "Rod?" "Why Rod?" "I " " I don't know." "I'm surprised." "I did whatever he asked me to do and " "Go ahead, Michael." "Tell me." "If I have to rank everybody in terms of how they did," "Rod would fall at the bottom, in terms of his contribution." "Was Bret hard to handle?" "Bret wasn't as hard to handle as I expected." "But you took care of him." "I took care of Bret, absolutely." "Okay." "Good." "And Darryl is Darryl, right?" "Hey, Darryl is Darryl, and I think, you know, in all honesty, you know, you look at Darryl, you know, and his demeanor, and you think, you know, he's not really contributing that much to the team." "Anything that you ask Darryl to do, you can guarantee that it's gonna be done and it's gonna be done right." "Good." "Let's stay on Rod, okay?" "What's going on, Rod?" "One of the difficulties when you're not the Project Manager is that you express some of your views, the boss makes the final decision, and then you " " You try to do the best you can to execute his game plan." "But one of the responsibilities," "I think, to be a good team player is, when you have some concerns, you should try to address them." "At the same time, you don't want to hound the guy, because he's working real hard to try to make sure we get our task done." "So, it's a bit of a delicate balance." "Do you think you won?" "I'm cautiously optimistic." "I think we all worked together as a team, and I think " "What did you think of your end product?" "I might have done it a little bit differently, but I still think it turned out a heck of a lot better than " "Than I " " I thought it might when " "When it all was said and done." "Summer." "SUMMER:" "Mm-hmm." "How did you like your team?" "I love my team." "I couldn't love my team any more than I do." "Every one of them." "Yeah." "I might have issues with some of the things they do, but I love every single one of them." "What were the issues?" "N" " I love Cyndi Lauper." "I absolutely love her." "I love her stories." "But what does that mean?" "But we had "X" Amount of time to get our stuff done, and her stories are so awesome, and I want to hear them." "I was telling you stories while we were trying to work?" "No, but you try to explain things, and in the end, you come back and your end result is great, but when we're in the process of getting there, it kind of gets us off track." "Oh, okay." "I'm sorry." "Okay." "No, no, no, no." "No, no." "Yeah." "But I love her." "Are they just too long, and you didn't have time?" "No, they " " They'll come at a time when we're on " "We're trying to get on a track and we're trying to get, um, all of our thoughts out, at least get one thought down on our paper, and then she'll bring something in which is a great point, but it's not what we're talking about." "So then we kind of lose our track." "You're throwing me under the truck." "No, no, no, I'm not." "I am not." "Well, in a certain way, you are." "In a certain way, you're saying there was disruption..." "Well, I'm being honest." "...and you didn't have time for the stories." "But she " " I didn't say she was a weak player." "I just said that she kind of steers us in the wrong direction, and that is a part of managing." "No, no, no, no." "Okay." "I'm not saying anything." "All right." "Holly, what do you think of Cyndi, and is Cyndi a big asset to the team?" "Cyndi's a great asset to the team because of her heart, but when it comes to getting together as a group, sometimes her wordiness or the way she explains things can be a little difficult for us to digest at times." "Cyndi, you're not hurt by this, are you?" "A little." "SELITA:" "Yeah." "But I'm also " "I got to also take it in and think," ""Okay, you know, I try " " I have a big personality." "I should have a --"" "You do." "Do you consider yourself a tough person?" "Oh, like thick-skinned?" "Are you able to take it?" "Yeah." "Thick-skinned." "Not really, but I'm trying." "Do you consider yourself an emotional person?" "Very much so." "Maybe that's why the music is so good, right?" "I'd like to see the two ads." "Do you mind?" "Okay?" "Gavin, can we see the ads?" "Don?" "I'm gonna give them to you, okay?" "So, you're gonna look at theirs." "Gavin, let them look at the women's." "I'd like to know what you think of their advertorial." "I think it's an " " I think it's an ad, but I don't think it's an advertorial, and the task was to make an advertorial." "What do you think what they did?" "I mean, you haven't had much time to review it, in all fairness." "Darryl hasn't even looked at it yet." "I don't think Darryl gives a right?" "He thinks he did a better job, and that's it." "Of course." "Governor, what do you think?" "I like theirs." "You want an honest answer." "Do you like it more?" "Well, I mean, I'd read that." "I think I'd take something from that." "What do you think of theirs?" "It's like a composition." "It's like a newsletter." "It's like an advertorial." "That's what they asked us to do, an advertorial." "Well, that's subjective." "I'd like to know where the editorial content is in yours, though." "May I say something?" "TRUMP:" "Yeah, Cyndi." "Go ahead." "I don't know if I'm allowed to say this." "Yes, you are." "Despite what Summer did to you before." "I want to 100% apologize to Cyndi." "Why are you apologizing?" "You just spoke the truth." "No, that's how you felt." "Are you apologizing for speaking the truth?" "No, because I hurt her feelings, and I should have talked to her about it before I came out here." "It's all right." "I " " I thought I was sticking up for you." "I'm very sorry." "I was out of line." "I won't say anything anymore." "No, no " "It's okay." "When I looked at that, I thought, "Okay, yes." ""That's an advertorial," ""Except that somewhere in between, it should have been small,"" "because when you look up advertorials on the Internet, they're concise, and the picture really tells you." "And so it's got to be like that." "Nobody's gonna stop and read this." "I'm starting to understand Summer's point." "Okay." "Gavin." "Actually, I think Cyndi was on the right page." "Nobody " " In this day and age, nobody has the time to read all this." "Unless you're reading an article, though." "I'll bet you 1 out of 100 people reads this article." "1 out of 100." "I would disagree." "I'll bet you " " I'll bet you not even 1 out of 100." "I mean, you're a businessman and you pay a lot of money for these four pages, is that all you want to use them for?" "Yeah." "If you sell the product, who cares?" "There-- there's nothing in here that shows you what " "I think somewhere in between the two is where you ideally want to end up, whereas the men, clearly way too verbose." "I mean, no one is gonna read it, to your point, Cyndi." "The women, perhaps not enough." "Right." "You know, there is the picture, and it does tell a pretty compelling story, but you may be missing something." "I just have a question." "How come there's no phone number?" "If I'm gonna buy this product, Norton and lifelock, how do I -- how do I contact this pers" "There's no phone number." "I know." "I " " That's a good point." "That is a good point." "So why isn't there a phone number?" "I " " It didn't even cross our mind to put a phone number on there." "Okay." "Let's find out who won." "The Norton and lifelock executives thought both teams really did a very good job." "They liked the condensed version of yours." "They liked some of your details." "They were concerned with others." "There was a lot of action going on, but maybe they didn't have enough action." "But they thought both teams, overall, did a very good job." "The fact is, the executives thought the women's team was far superior, so the women win." "They thought you did a really outstanding job." "Awesome." "Congratulations." "Congratulations." "SUMMER:" "Thank you." "And, Summer, I'm giving you a check for $20,000, and, in addition, a portion of the sales from the Norton-LifeLock bundle will also be donated to your charity." "Ohh!" "That's nice." "What is the charity?" "Summer!" "You're crying, Summer." "Look at you." "Look at you." "That's very nice." "So, what is your charity, hon?" "Sorry." "It's okay." "My charity is Right To Play." "We bring sport and play to developing countries and children who have been affected by war." "That's great." "Yeah." "Thank you." "That's great." "That's a great charity." "SUMMER:" "Thank you." "So, go back to the war room." "Watch." "You'll have a good time." "Congratulations, Summer." "Good job." "Good job." "Cyndi, very good." "Sharon, get better." "Feel better." "Feel better." "SHARON:" "Thanks so much." "God!" "HOLLY:" "I'm so proud of you." "I'm so proud of you." "Men, unfortunately, someone will get fired." "Yay!" "HOLLY:" "Oh!" "Let's get that champagne open." "Whoo!" "That was rough!" "I am so beyond excited that I won $20,000 for Right To Play, and then, on top of that, the fact that lifelock is gonna donate a portion of their sales straight to my charity." "I wanted to walk back in the war room and just celebrate, but all I could feel about was how bad I made Cyndi feel." "Oh, hello." "I certainly don't want to hurt her feelings or, you know, throw her under the bus." "It's not what I was trying to do at all." "If you have a problem with me, tell me." "No." "I " " Okay." "I'm gonna be honest with you." "Yes." "I absolutely love your stories." "No." "I don't mean to tell you stories." "No, no, no, no, no." "Wait." "I'm just trying to tell you so you understand why it's not right." "Exactly." "And I love -- 'Cause I always say this." "Your point at the end is so perfect." "So just say the point and don't explain." "Okay." "Will that make you sad if I say that?" "No." ""Cyndi, get to the point." "I need the point."" "Absolutely not." "Okay." "That's what I was saying." "It just makes me sad if you don't tell me at the time." "I just took it personally because she really threw me under the bus, and I bent over backwards trying to help her." "I'm so glad your charity won." "So, Michael, that's a little disappointing." "Oh, it's more than disappointing." "I don't like to lose, and I thought " "I know you don't like to lose." "I know that." "And I thought our team " "I mean, we " " We were a great team." "All of these guys did a great job, and, hey, you know..." "But whose idea was it to use so many words?" "Because it really, even from my standpoint, when I looked, I wasn't that surprised to see that they won." "There were a lot of words." "Yeah." "My idea." "It was your idea." "My idea, absolutely." "Did anyone try to talk you out of that?" "Um..." "Did anyone say, "Let's condense this a little bit." "It's a little too verbose"?" "I don't " " No." "No one said that." "I think that there were " "You know, somebody wanted more pictures, you know." "Somebody wanted more pictures, and you guys can speak up and say, "Hey, you know what?"" "I love that you admit it, though, and you're just saying that right now." "I mean, I go through this so much where they're saying, "Well --"" "Even if it was your idea, they'd say," "Right. "Well, it was the governor's idea" "" Or "It was Curtis' idea."" "I love that you admit it." "Yeah, I mean, it's " " It's great." "Look, I'm the Project Manager." "I stepped up and said, "Hey --" This is a tough task."" "But I thought what we got done in the amount of time " "We went on." "We looked at the whole situation." "What is an advertorial?" "And, honestly, we had to take a step back, and we were kind of like, "I think we know what it is."" "Again, I don't believe anybody's gonna read all this." "There's a lot of copy here, and the way life is today, people are in a hurry." "You have two or three seconds to make an impression." "Too much words." "I gotcha." "It was words and it just " "He's heard that." "Confusing." "Confusing." "I hear you." "And it didn't move to sell the product, which is what the end game was, for me." "I hear you." "I-I-I " "Why did you pick Curtis?" "And I love Curtis." "He's great." "He's young, handsome -- all that stuff." "Yeah." "Right." "But he's not your biggest celebrity, and maybe, in this case, he's not your best spokesman, because it's limited." "You know, the world of food and the world of cooking is a little bit different..." "Everybody cooks. and all this other stuff." "I felt like we needed to go with a current star, someone who's current, and he's on "Biggest Loser."" "He's on TLC doing " "You know, going into people's houses cooking." "And the cooking thing is hot." "Everybody's into it." "And then there was a study that showed that chefs have this trust factor that other celebrities don't." "But Goldberg looks like security." "He just looks like security, you know?" "He looks obvious, though." "They said, "Don't be obvious."" "Well, that's obvious." "I agree." ""Be unique." "You know, be original."" "Yeah, but a chef doesn't necessarily look like security." "So, Curtis, did you want to be the spokesperson for the team?" "I wasn't opposed to it." "Do you think you should have been?" "I think it had a lot of credibility." "I think that a lot of people do trust chefs." "There's been studies that have done that, as Michael said." "Are you very well recognized, like, when you walk down the street?" "Do they know you very well?" "Not as well as some of the guys in this room, definitely not." "But in saying that, you know, you can have some brand ambassadors that don't have any level of celebrity." "So, I think that, in one way, everybody does come into contact with food on a daily basis." "So I don't know that it was a terrible decision." "Bret, you're very quiet." "Why?" "No one's asked me any questions, and I'm just letting everyone speak." "Why do you think you lost?" "Personally, I feel that we should have won." "You know, I came in here with this team." "Oh, you think your advertorial was better?" "You don't really believe that." "No, it wasn't." "Come on, Bret." "You do covers." "If he handed a cover like that in to the record company, they'd throw it right back at him." "He knows it because he's in our business." "I " " I don't believe our advertorial was better." "I'll tell you why." "TRUMP:" "So why should you have won?" "Well, here's what I think." "I think it was a combination of both." "I think it was they needed a little more information." "We " " We definitely had too many words." "But you thought theirs was better." "I think that theirs was a stronger image " " Image." "If I was going through a page " "And Michael knows I felt this way from the beginning." "Here's how honest I was with Michael." "I said, "Michael, you're a Project Manager." "As a graphic designer, this is my suggestion."" "Are you a graphic designer?" "Uh, no, I'm not a graphic designer." "So, what " " What are you referring to when you say, "As a --"" "Well, I " " For " " For my career and my life with Poison or solo and whatever..." "Okay, fine." "So go ahead." "So, anyway, what my point was with Michael was very simple." "We're a team, and he's the Project Manager, and I would not argue with my boss that " "At the end, I'll do eventually what he gives me." "Are they respecting your ideas, Bret?" "We're a team, and he's a Project Manager, and I would not argue with my boss that " "At the end, I'll do eventually what he gives me." "Are they respecting your ideas, Bret?" "Uh, sometimes, and sometimes no." "Michael, who was your weakest player?" "Rod." "Rod, what part did you play?" "I played a lot of a part, and I think part of the difficulty with Michael and I " "They're killing you, Rod." "Let me say this before you start." "Go ahead." "Rod contributed." "Rod is not the reason why we lost this task." "Now Rod can go on and do the political thing." "What did you do, Rod?" "No, it's not a political thing." "Well, he's in a really tough position," "Oh, absolutely." "In all fairness." "'Cause I think Rod's a tough guy." "He's a great guy." "MICHAEL:" "He's a great guy." "He's a great guy." "But he's in this horrible position where he's really sort of got to be nice." "MICHAEL:" "Right." "I mean, he can't come out like a ranting, raving lunatic and attack Darryl, because someday in the not-too-distant future, maybe one of your fans is sitting on a jury." "That's right." "He's in a very, very tough position." "And Darryl's bigger than him." "I think if I were him, I'd be kissing ass, also." "Well, he has been." "I'd be more " " He certainly has been." "We feel for him." "I really like " " You know what, Don?" "I really " " I really like him." "I like his courage." "Yeah, he's got a lot of courage." "I thought he was " " He's in a tough spot." "I mean, I think we all understand that, and so, you know, I get what's going on." "At the same time, on "The Apprentice,"" "we all have to produce, and tell me what you did, Rod." "I'm eager to do that, and let me say again," "I just feel that, in this particular case and maybe in the other ones, to some extent," "I think Michael and the others, because they're maybe concerned about my situation, they're just not utilizing me enough." "But I-I-I've been in this business, and something like that," "I think I could have been more helpful on." "Which business?" "The business of communications, and I've been in those ads, and I know how people have short attention spans." "True." "I mean, he became governor." "Yeah." "A lot of ads." "And when the decisions were made early on, you know, I was assigned to go run errands, and I did it, and I do everything and anything they ask me, whether it's in the kitchen," "to work in the kitchen to help Curtis out, whether it's waiting tables." "I'll do anything, and then when the decision makers are coming up the creative end, they have their sense of what they want to do." "I'll try to improve it, and I'll even raise some suggestions." "Michael's very focused, very disciplined." "He gave good direction." "He made decisions." "But I think I should have been more on the creative end of this than running errands." "If you were me, who would you fire?" "Well..." "Superstar." "I mean, I'm a big fan, but..." "Well, I think the manager." "But it kills me to say that." "Bret?" "Who would you fire, Bret?" "That's a tough decision, but I would say that, just like when I was doing it, just like when Sinbad was doing it, it eventually falls on the shoulders of our Project Manager, but I felt Michael 1,000% on point." "He was on point." "I think Michael's fantastic." "He had a plan." "I do." "He had a plan." "Who would you fire, Darryl, if you were me?" "Well, I would have to say Michael's done a great job." "Michael, I " " You know, I praise Michael for having us organized, you know." "That was something we missed in the last test." "He got us back on track, and when I " " You know, when I look at it and say, you know, these guys here done a super job, all of them." "I think all of them " "I think highly of every last one of them." "You know, and if you have to let anybody go, you can let " "It would be me." "Come on, Darryl." "No." "No!" "You're here for your charity." "This is this macho" "Who has a bigger" "You don't really mean it." "You're just trying to be a nice guy." "You're so full of crap, Darryl." "DARRYL:" "No, no." "I'm serious." "You're saying it because you want to be cool, and you want to be a nice guy." "Because " " I mean, 'cause honestly, you don't deserve to " "You didn't do anything wrong." "MICHAEL:" "No." "No, I know that." "I know that." "But, you know, I'm sticking up for what they did." "I ran around and did things that Michael asked me to do, but their effort as a team and putting this project together, you know, it takes a lot." "You know, it takes a lot when you're a Project Manager and " "And you're working with one person, you got other person " " Others over here and they have ideas and stuff, and it can get confusing." "Well, do you think you lost because of Darryl?" "No, absolutely not." "We didn't lose because of Darryl." "Not only did we not lose because of Darryl," "Darryl was a great member of the team." "Michael, do you want to be fired?" "I don't want to be fired." "I didn't want to lose." "I certainly don't want to be fired." "Darryl, do you want to be fired?" "Michael, do you want to be fired?" "I don't want to be fired." "I didn't want to lose." "I certainly don't want to be fired." "Darryl, do you want to be fired?" "Yes." "You really do?" "Well, because I think of " "I think of these guys and sitting back and watching their effort and what they " " Nah." "Are you tired?" "Huh?" "Do you want to go home?" "Yes." "You do." "I can see it." "And I can see Michael doesn't want to go home." "Yes." "Michael wants to stay." "Mm-hmm." "Um, I'm " " I'm really surprised, Darryl." "Well, yeah." "I mean, yeah." "I'm definitely tired." "No question about it, you know." "Think that through, man." "But if you make me stay, it's a different story, but I would want to go home." "Darryl wants to go home." "He's tired." "You're here for your charity." "It's autism." "The rest of the guys probably want to be here for their charity, so let them stay and play for their charity." "HOLLY:" "Exactly." "This is about the charity." "You know, over nine seasons, I've had two people that quit, and those people have never forgotten it, and they've really regretted it, and they apologized." "I said, "You're a quitter."" "And they never have lived it down." "I mean, they call me and they write me, and it doesn't matter, but, you know, they quit." "I wouldn't quit." "I wouldn't quit, Donald." "That, I wouldn't do, but, you know, I have enough respect " "But you're asking to be fired, and you shouldn't be the one fired on this task, unless you want to be fired, 'cause you have to go home." "No way." "Maybe you miss your wife." "Maybe you miss the kids." "I don't know." "I'm not counting " "I mean, we all want to sort of, like " " You know, it's time." "The governor wants to go." "The governor has a lot of business to take care of." "I want to stay." "I believe in my charity." "I want to raise money for pediatric cancer, for kids with cancer." "Okay." "A good reason not to quit." "Donald, I am " " I am a team player." "I've always been a team player." "That's why I've been a winner." "Yeah, but you have something more on your mind than being a team guy, Darryl." "No." "I mean, I really don't." "I don't." "I really don't." "I-I really don't." "I mean, I " "As a baseball player, in my opinion " "And this isn't bad, but I always thought you were a little bit more of an individual player than a team player." "You didn't like certain members of your team and you let them know it." "You know, et cetera, et cetera, right?" "Well, that -- that was, you know -- that was out of, you know, disputes in -- you know, in the clubhouse." "But once you step on the field together..." "Right." "Where do you come up with this out of nowhere that I should fire you?" "Don" " Donald " " Mr. Trump." "I'm sorry." "You can call me whatever you want." "I " " I'm being sincere about it, you know." "Looking at " "Come on, Strawberry." "You got to be fired because you " "Come on." "You can't just get out because you " "Well, I don't know." "I mean, I'm hearing something." "All right." "Let him quit, but still fire somebody." "If he wants to quit, somebody's got to be fired." "I won't quit." "You shouldn't be saying that, 'cause you're a very obvious candidate." "Hey, and you know what?" "I'll take it if I'm fired." "But I'm a little bit surprised." "I don't want to stay here because he quit." "I'm not quitting." "Then stay." "I'd rather take the hit than Michael take the hit." "I'll put it like that." "Are you taking the hit, Darryl, because you're loyal to your team, or are you taking it because you want to get the hell out of here?" "I'm taking it 'cause I'm loyal to my team, and I don't think Michael should take the hit." "I think Michael did an incredible job for this group." "Hey, you don't have to sell me on Michael, but Michael was your Project Manager, and you lost." "And then, all of a sudden, you come out with this thing that you want to be fired, and I have a feeling it's because you want to go home." "Well " " And that's okay." "I've had that before." "You know, people have to go home." "Yes." "But I have a feeling that's the real reason." "Is it?" "A little bit, right?" "A little bit, yes." "All right." "Darryl, you're fired." "Michael, I don't think he really took a bullet for you, but I respect Darryl." "You know, I'm always gonna respect you, Darryl, really." "Thank you." "But I was surprised." "I was very surprised." "I think the one that's most surprised, you know who it is?" "Who?" "Michael." "Not happy." "No." "I know you're not happy." "You know what?" "Michael " " I " " I really " "Hey, Michael, you don't have to explain." "I know you better than you know yourself." "You've been an unbelievable champion, and you were ready to go, but you were ready to go in the merits." "I " " I don't think that I wo" "I just wouldn't feel comfortable being here if Darryl just leaves." "Well, Michael, you shouldn't talk him out of the decision." "I mean, there's been plenty of Olympic runners who have won because the guy that was beating them tripped at the finish line." "You may have won some races that way, too." "It doesn't make the person who won the gold any less of a winner." "But I don't want to win the race because a guy quit." "Michael, do you believe in luck?" "Yeah, you got to have a little luck." "Do you believe in luck?" "But luck happens " "Do you believe in luck?" "I do." "Michael, you got lucky." "Now, get out of here before I change my mind." "Okay." "Thank you." "Adios!" "Thank you!" "All right!" "Thank you!" "The man offered himself up, so he's quitting." "Bye." "He's a gentleman." "He's a very, very nice man." "He's so nice, though." "It's very nice, Strawberry, but you quit on your charity." "The most disturbing thing about Darryl leaving is the fact that he's playing for autism, like I am." "You guys did a great job, man." "No." "After you, man." "After you." "And I cannot believe that Darryl Strawberry, who knows everybody in New York, is just gonna walk away with no money for his charity." "All right." "How you doing?" "Good, good." "So, Gavin, what did you think?" "I think this was an unbelievable twist." "I couldn't believe what I was hearing." "He wanted to go home, and he wanted to get fired." "I think you made the right decision." "I think he wanted to get fired." "I think Michael got lucky." "What do you think?" "You know, I don't think Michael's used to winning that way." "I'm really shocked at it, but as they say, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good." "And he was lucky." "I think people will be shocked that I quit, but I did it for a great reason." "When the question came to me, who should he fire," "I said, "Fire me," Because I was pretty exhausted myself anyway, and I think my teammates have done a great job on the task."