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Saira finally getting fired will be such a great TV moment. If Raj actually did anything ever he'd still be on.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 April 2005 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

surely the grebtest TV moment =

i. saira gets the job
ii. we get to imagine a.sugar's rage and crestfallen dismay five mins into the working relationship!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 14 April 2005 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

sugar certainly has his favourites (or learnt the BB lesson about voting out the noise = less viewers).

she did have a point with the 'cheerio' comment though.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know about the cheerio comment. Anyone can see when someone is or isn't behaving naturally. I don't really like it when people take on the class accent of the person they're talking to.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

he probably wouldn't get away with 'me old china', you're right, but 'bye', for instance, is neutral and natural.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:45 (twenty-one years ago)

wotcher guv!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:45 (twenty-one years ago)

From the comments in James's blog:

Comment from: Tony Linden
Francis the receptionist in the boardroom, looks bored and sounds miserable and shows she has a low opinion of the apprentices.

Comment from: James Max
On Francis - she is actually a production manager from Talkback and is called Sonya... That probably answers that one! She is known as Francis because Sir Alan's real PA is called by that name!

I am deeply shocked.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

you mean... it's all artifice?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

what was the "cheerio" thing?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)

It was about:

Taking sides : Saying "Cheerio" to the proletariat vs "Wotcher"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

a contestant wz canned for having multi-coloured cereal stuck to their face

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

James Max? is that like Pepsi Max?

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

It's probably short for McGillicuddy.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

McGriffin de la soul la Gillicuddy

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, it's probably changed from "Maxwell" ye knaa

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"Shopping Channel" tonight!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Paul is just the fountain of all comedy, no?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

So, did Alan Sugar make a mistake?

(or is Miriam now ready and due for a successful presenting career?)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, falling about laughing at a really terrible jacket = comedy gold for some strange reason...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I read somewhere this week that the last four candidates are all working for him now anyway, in different parts of the Amstrad "empire."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

So, what you make of the live "final"?

It was fairly obvious from reading Miriam's site that she was out of the running.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm really surprised Miriam went. I thought the last 2 would be her and James.

Are you going to reserve yourself a ticket for the final? Will it be at White Hart Lane dyou think?

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll have to hunt down that phoneline. See what the deal is.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Well the final will take place after the election, so Sugar'll probably be pissed off about Howard not winning and take it all out on the hapless remaining duo Hell's Kitchen-style. Paul and Saira I'm automatically assuming they will be.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Then he'll pick Paul just to piss me off.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope, can't find anything on'tint. Shall have to tape the repeat.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 21 April 2005 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Well the final will take place after the election, so Sugar'll probably be pissed off about Howard not winning and take it all out on the hapless remaining duo Hell's Kitchen-style

Did you not read Alan Sugar's EXCLUSIVE political column in the Mirror: "MICHAEL HOWARD: YOU'RE FIRED". He was getting his Third Way on something rotten there.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 21 April 2005 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"Before I came here I never knew anyone who had a single negative word to say about me"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Think about why that's a good question."

"I've got nothing else to do now, have I?"

Interesting, that last comment, coming from an alleged property developer who supposedly owns three-and-a-half million quid's worth of property.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 06:29 (twenty-one years ago)

...one who was very cagey about the mortgages of said property...

so long James Nice-But-Dim. Can't remember much of Tim's contribution to anything either. i guess that's better than being memorable for being loud like the other two.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

So, Saira to win then as she will probably fuck up the final test grotesquely but Tim will somehow manage to fuck up even more.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 07:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Paul: "I found it a bit boring, actually"

(hint: If you can keep your head whle all around you are losing theirs, chances are you've misunderstood the situation)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"You're gonna be a troubleshooter and fix my problems. Well let me tell you something. I've got no problems. And if I did, I certainly wouldn't ask a 34-year-old like you to sort them out."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I missed the second half of the show as I had to pick someone up from the station.

Presumably that was Paul?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:02 (twenty-one years ago)

That was Sir Alan's response to Paul trying it. Seemed to me as though Tim was his favourite - he smiled avuncularly upon him ("You're an East End boy. Just like me. Your mum must be proud of you"). To Saira he quipped: "Are you gonna piss off everyone in my office then?"

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

What of that rumour that Sug's given the four of them jobs?

That was one hell of a 'sod off' to Paul there...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's the link to the story about that rumour.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe Alan was so belligerent to Paul cos he changed his mind about Miriam.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Perhaps it's the cumulative frustration of still being lumbered with Saira.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm, I see he has 'five' according to that link.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh something Dawn noticed the other week...

When Raj got the bullet, he walked out of the boardroom wearing a blue suit and tie. Amongst other things, obv.

Downstairs, he gets into the cab wearing a white shirt and different tie.

Then the 'last word' is filmed, and he's back in the blue shirt ensemble again.

Rumour: They filmed everybody on the same day getting into the loser's cab.

CONTINUITY!!!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

It would have been more fun if they'd filmed everybody on the same day getting into the loser's cab AT THE SAME TIME!

Unfortunately I now have a new problem with Saira.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Heh. Like, the cab turned up with the previous losers still inside for each new one.

What's the new? Has she stated her voting intention or something?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

No, this is purely personal. Crush of shame (Extreme Noise Terror remix).

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/images/450x187/saira.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Not based on that picture. It's the Amanda Platell factor again.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 April 2005 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

What, buck teeth?

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

James is going to be back live on the Ideal World shopping channel tonight at 10pm, for an hour of "Fabulous Fleeces" - flogging no less than 15 different varieties of wolf jacket. Sky channel 634, NTL 855 and Freeview Channel 22.

On his blog, he also dismisses the "final four" theory as "urban myth".

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 28 April 2005 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Miriam's site has gone 'oversubscribed'...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 28 April 2005 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

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