I sat down to watch the premiere of Celebrity Apprentice and I’m excited to see how this season unfolds. There are some pretty heavy
hitters in this group and a few interesting choices as well. My major motivation to watch is Jose Canseco; back in the late 80’s and early 90’s he was the man as far as baseball was concerned. He was the first 40-40 man (40 homeruns and 40 stolen bases in the same season). Unfortunately, the Oakland Athletics weren’t able to win the 1988 World Series.
I’m excited to see how Canseco works with the other celebrities. Also, from what I’ve seen, I think Gary Busey is going to be a blast to watch. He’s a loose cannon – you don’t know what he’s going to say next! I laughed out loud when he said, “Integrus is weak. She’s suffering from Integrus”. Some of the other celebrities that I expect to do well are Star Jones, John Rich, Richard Hatch and Latoya Jackson.
This week’s challenge was for both teams to run a pizzeria. Star Jones lead the women’s team, ASAP; Richard Hatch lead the men’s team, Backbone. Star Jones made the tough decision to close her pizzeria 
so the team could focus on big money customers, specifically one for $40,000. Richard Hatch rubbed his team the wrong way with his leadership style. David Cassidy didn’t bring in very much money, and Jose Canseco brought in nothing.
When the results were tallied, ASAP destroyed Backbone. As a result, the men were sent to the first boardroom. This board room was quite entertaining. Early on in the meeting with Donald Trump, Gary Busey’s cell phone rang. WHAT!? That was such an unexpected thing to happen. Then the poor guy didn’t know how to shut it off! That was funny! Richard felt that Jose was the star on his team, but Jose did not reciprocate; he doesn’t care for Richard and made that perfectly clear to everyone. It came down to Richard, David and Jose; based on what Trump saw, David Cassidy was fired.
One weird thing that I heard during the boardroom was that Trump admitted that he wasn’t a big Richard Hatch fan. I thought to myself, ‘then why is he on your show?’ As the episode ended, it occurred to me – Mark Burnett is the producer of both Survivor and Apprentice. I wonder how Richard got on Apprentice?
I can’t wait to see how this boardroom affects the cohesiveness of Backbone. I’m sure there will be some fallout between Jose and Richard. I do know this, whatever happens, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it!
