January 13, 2005
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth may have made your blood boil, and Sam Solovey came from another planet. But the true star of the reality TV show The Apprentice was The Donald himself.
Trump has an ego the size of some of his buildings and his bird's nest (aka hairdo) should have got a credit and pay cheque all of its own, but he made for compulsive television watching (even when reading from the telly-prompt).
The catchphrase "You're fired!" became so popular that The Don filed to trademark the phrase.
Hot news is that SABC3 will now be producing a local version of The Apprentice. They hope to air the show from mid-year. But who will the producers find to play the Trump role?
Tonight staffers brainstormed long and hard. Although no-one was fired, some were outsourced after outlandish nominations.
Our final hot list of SA business supremo's include Patrice Motsepe (who rivals Donald in the financial stakes); Maria Ramos (who has more balls than most of her colleagues); Sol Kerzner (need we say more?); Tito Mboweni (a man of steel encased in a charming exterior); Bernard Jay (his own favourite marketing tool); Tokyo Sexwale (who likes being in charge) and Brett Kebble (tough nosed, but also needs to rethink his hairdo).
Send your suggestions and votes to tonight@star.co.za and we will pass them on to the public broadcaster.
And in a new low for reality programmes, producers in London and New York are co-developing a reality series that pits a group of male contestants against each other for the honour of serving as a sperm donor to a woman willing to be impregnated.
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