The Apprentice (US) S02E01 - Toying With Disaster 2004.09.09
The Apprentice is the "ultimate job interview" for those competing in an elimination competition for a one-year, US$250,000 contract to run one of real estate magnate Donald Trump's companies.
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00:00New York City, it's the benchmark for success, where only the very best make it to the top.
00:25And in this town, the sky's the limit.
00:29Believe me, I know.
00:34My name is Donald Trump, and I'm the largest developer in New York.
00:41I've built a lot of buildings, but I also own golf courses, resorts, the Miss Universe
00:46pageant, the Miss USA pageant, a model agency.
00:49I even have a television show.
00:51Who loves The Apprentice?
00:56All together, I have over 100 companies.
00:59And when the first season of The Apprentice finally finished shooting, I was able to get
01:03back to my core business, real estate, and I've made some really incredible deals.
01:07All right, so Steve, you go from $2,095,000 down to $1,825,000.
01:13I'm giving you the job without the bond.
01:14Do we have a deal?
01:15We have a deal.
01:16Okay.
01:17I thrive on energy.
01:19Energy is what it's all about.
01:21I have great people that work for me.
01:25In fact, I'm flying back from Chicago, where I just met with Bill Rancic.
01:29Last year, I hired Bill because I thought he was the best candidate for the job.
01:33And today, he's overseeing the construction of my new building in Chicago.
01:37All right.
01:38I'm on top of it.
01:39I'll get that done for you tomorrow as well.
01:41And now, I'm ready to hire somebody new to run one of my many companies in the Trump
01:45organization.
01:46I'm looking for someone who's smart.
01:49I'm looking for someone who's a leader.
01:51I'm looking for The Apprentice.
02:03This isn't a game.
02:04It's a 15-week job interview.
02:06And this time, I've invited 18 candidates to New York City for the chance to be my apprentice
02:12and learn about the world of big business.
02:15They come from all walks of life and from all over the country.
02:23Some have educations from the finest business schools in the world, Harvard, Princeton,
02:28Wharton.
02:29How you doing?
02:30Others have only a high school diploma, but have proven their entrepreneurial skills in
02:35the workplace.
02:38From stockbrokers to business owners, hotel developers to real estate developers, venture
02:44capitalists to attorneys, they are the best and the brightest of what America has to offer.
02:51And they'll work on some of the most grueling tasks they've ever imagined.
03:00Last year, I had the candidates sell lemonade.
03:03This time, they'll work with some of the biggest companies in the world, Mattel, Pepsi, Levi's,
03:10Procter & Gamble, and many others.
03:13Companies that are worth billions and billions of dollars.
03:16I'm not playing games.
03:18These candidates will be in the big leagues.
03:21This is the chance for them to work for me at a huge salary and maybe learn something
03:28so they, too, can become a billionaire one day.
03:38I love New York City.
03:40It's where the American dream was born.
03:43And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
03:53Who will succeed?
03:54Who will fail?
03:55And who will be the apprentice?
04:13I love New York City.
04:15It's where the American dream was born.
04:17And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:19I love New York City.
04:21It's where the American dream was born.
04:23And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:25I love New York City.
04:27It's where the American dream was born.
04:29And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:31I love New York City.
04:33It's where the American dream was born.
04:35And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:37I love New York City.
04:39It's where the American dream was born.
04:41I love New York City.
04:43It's where the American dream was born.
04:45And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:47I love New York City.
04:49It's where the American dream was born.
04:51And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:53I love New York City.
04:55It's where the American dream was born.
04:57And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
04:59I love New York City.
05:01It's where the American dream was born.
05:03And I want to give these 18 candidates a chance at winning the dream job of a lifetime.
05:05I love New York City.
05:07It's where the American dream was born.
05:09Thanks.
05:19These 18 candidates will live together in a beautiful suite in Trump Tower right here on Fifth Avenue
05:23Right here on Fifth Avenue
05:25But they'll also compete against one another in a series of tasks.
05:27Okay.
05:29Each week someone will be fired.
05:31Each week someone will be fired.
05:33Each week someone will be fired.
05:35It's brutal it's tough
05:36It's brutally cruel
05:38It's tough, it's business.
05:47Hi.
05:48Hi.
05:49How are you?
05:50Good, thank you.
05:51May I please have your name?
05:51Jennifer Massey.
05:52Would you please put your bag over there?
05:54And then have a seat.
05:56I got off the elevator and I was the very first one,
05:59so it was just me and the receptionist.
06:01There is that feeling of intimidation
06:04and scariness when you first walk in.
06:06Ultimately, for me, I think I view the boardroom
06:09as a challenge, because I think that's where
06:10I'm really gonna prove myself.
06:18Checking in.
06:19Okay, and your name?
06:20Raj Bhakta.
06:22You can put your bag right over there,
06:24with everybody else.
06:25I gotta be honest, Raj isn't like any other guy.
06:29You know, I said before,
06:30the closest thing you could compare him to
06:31is Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack,
06:33and I hope he can teach me how to tie a bow tie,
06:36because those things are P-I-M-P.
06:38I'm pretty impressed.
06:59When I first walked off of the elevator,
07:01my first thought was, I want to see my competition.
07:04I absolutely and equivocally know
07:06that if I'm really trying to already figure
07:08those people out,
07:09they were certainly trying to figure me out.
07:12There's a gentleman who has a shaved head.
07:14He looks like he's got his stuff together,
07:17and like he's gonna bring it to the table.
07:18We'll see whether or not I'm right in the next few days.
07:22I think first impressions are tremendously important.
07:25I start surveying weaknesses as soon as I get into a room.
07:29I look around and I start surveying,
07:31who do I think I can pick off in this room?
07:34One particular girl just looks like Cruella DeVille.
07:37She seems very aggressive, almost overly aggressive.
07:40So I can tell that's someone
07:42that I'm gonna get going from day one.
07:44I know I can push her buttons.
07:50Robin, let him in.
07:52Would you all please step into the boardroom
07:53to meet Mr. Trump?
07:55Wait a minute.
08:00It's the absolute opportunity of a lifetime.
08:01So you're very anxious,
08:03at the same time, you're really pumped up.
08:05I mean, I'm sitting there
08:06in the lobby of the Trump Organization
08:08about to meet one of the most powerful men in the world.
08:11If that doesn't fire you up, I don't know what will.
08:34Nice-looking group, wow.
08:38Welcome to New York.
08:40It's the meanest city in the world.
08:42It's the most vicious city in the world,
08:46but it's also the greatest place on earth.
08:49So welcome.
08:50You're going to be going through a 15-week job interview
08:54with myself, with my people,
08:56and speaking of my people,
08:58I'm gonna be talking to the president of the United States,
09:01with my people, and speaking of my people,
09:04I'm gonna introduce two very loyal people.
09:07And unless you're not from this world,
09:10you would know who they are.
09:12One is Carolyn Kepcher.
09:14Been with me for a long time.
09:15She's tough, she's nasty,
09:17but she's also actually very nice.
09:20And the other is George Ross,
09:23and he's really been with me a long time,
09:25and he's also tough and nasty,
09:27and he's actually not very nice.
09:30You know, I see the women are all smiling
09:32because they think they have it made,
09:33and the truth is, the women really did well last time,
09:39at the beginning.
09:41But at the end, it was a man that won.
09:45So I want to see what will happen with this group
09:47if we do that again.
09:49Just like last year,
09:51I'm breaking up the teams into men versus women.
09:55Nine versus nine.
10:00Each week, I'm going to assign you
10:03a business task to accomplish.
10:06You will then assign yourselves a project manager.
10:10The project manager will be held partially responsible
10:14for success and for failure.
10:16But I want to try something different this year.
10:19If your team wins,
10:22and you find yourself in the boardroom the following week,
10:26your project manager is exempt.
10:28Think of it as an incentive for being the project manager.
10:32But if your team loses,
10:34you'll all meet me right here in the boardroom,
10:37where someone will be fired.
10:41You're all really talented people,
10:43but only one of you will end up running one of my companies.
10:50Go up to the suite.
10:51I'll see you tomorrow.
10:54Congratulations.
10:55Thank you, Mr. Trump.
10:56To be perfectly honest,
10:57I want to see Mr. Trump as much as possible
10:59and interact with him as much as possible.
11:01I don't want to be doing that in the boardroom anymore.
11:03I don't like going there
11:05and dealing with the fact
11:06that somebody has to get fired every time.
11:08I want to win,
11:09and I don't want to see Mr. Trump in the boardroom anymore.
11:15♪♪♪
11:20♪♪♪
11:27Check this place out.
11:29Oh, my...
11:31Look.
11:34Oh, my God.
11:36Oh, my God.
11:38Oh, my God.
11:40It doesn't add anything.
11:42Oh, my God.
11:44This is bigger than my dorm room.
11:47Let the games begin.
11:49All I got to say is, this is gonna be fun.
11:51I am Trump.
11:53Raj?
11:54R-A-J, yeah.
11:55Raj, nice to meet you, Raj.
11:56Man, those pants, man.
11:57They're on fire, man.
11:58Those pants.
11:59Raj, very nice to meet you.
12:00Pleasure indeed, Pamela.
12:01It's intimidating for me, by the way,
12:03to talk to a woman who's substantially taller than me.
12:05Get used to that.
12:06I am.
12:07I'm going to have to.
12:08I'm gonna put on platform shoes like Joseph Stalin.
12:10Champagne?
12:11Yahoo!
12:12Gather the troops.
12:13We have champagne.
12:14Dom Perignon, in fact.
12:16Whoo!
12:19There's champagne set out, there's caviar.
12:21It was quite fancy and quite impressive.
12:23It was fun to just pop a bottle of champagne
12:25and raise a glass to everyone that was there.
12:27All right.
12:28Cheers!
12:29Cheers!
12:30Cheers!
12:31Cheers!
12:32Cheers!
12:33Victory!
12:34Victory!
12:35Victory!
12:36Cheers!
12:37I toast to the men dominating the women.
12:39Cheers!
12:40Cheers!
12:42Pamela had a lot of your size.
12:44This is just Wes putting on a game face,
12:46trying to look cool in front of the guys,
12:48but I don't trust him.
12:50I know that he's extremely sarcastic,
12:52but maybe too much.
12:54And who wants to work with a guy who's like that?
12:58Girls, girls, girls, we have an envelope.
13:00Yeah, let's get on that.
13:01I'm going to test the champagne.
13:03It's only fitting we meet in the gym.
13:05Oh, yeah, let's meet in the gym.
13:07Seriously, it's important.
13:08It's important.
13:09We finally made it over to the women's side
13:11after drinking all the men's champagne,
13:13and we found the letter and we read it,
13:15and it just basically said,
13:16I'm going to test the champagne.
13:18I'm going to test the champagne.
13:20I'm going to test the champagne.
13:22I'm going to test the champagne.
13:24I'm going to test the champagne.
13:26And we read it, and it just basically had said...
13:28From the desk of Donald J. Trump,
13:30congratulations and welcome to your suite.
13:32I hope you enjoy your stay in one of the world's
13:34most beautiful buildings, Trump Tower.
13:36Please enjoy some champagne.
13:38I think we enjoyed more than some.
13:40It's a taste of things to come
13:42if I select you as my apprentice.
13:44But don't celebrate for too long.
13:45You have work to do.
13:47In business, you have to be flexible
13:49and be prepared for anything.
13:51You have to be able to handle the unforeseen curveballs
13:53that pop up in the workplace.
13:55This is your first opportunity to prove
13:57you can roll with the punches.
13:59I want each group to permanently give up
14:01one of their members to the other team.
14:03And for the first task,
14:05I want those 2 people to be the project managers
14:07and lead their new groups.
14:09Oh my, oh my gosh.
14:11Everyone understand?
14:16All right, here's what I think we should do.
14:18It's one of 2 things.
14:20Either we take a blind vote, or we put names in a hat.
14:23Let's ask if anyone wants to do it.
14:25Unless somebody wants to do it.
14:27Anyone will want to go lead the women.
14:29I mean, I don't know.
14:31I mean, I'll do it.
14:33You would like to do it? I'll do it.
14:35Cheers to you.
14:37I like the balls.
14:39Come on.
14:41What, are you guys going to whine about it?
14:43Throw your nuts on the table, you boys.
14:45I mean, you have MBAs, Harvard grads,
14:48West Point men,
14:50and everyone's looking at each other like,
14:52who's going to step up to the plate?
14:54I mean, when you're looking around for who's going to step up to the plate,
14:57I'm the guy who takes home base,
14:59points to the center field, and knocks it out of the park.
15:01And that's what I did here.
15:03Who are you?
15:05He's the leader.
15:07Who am I?
15:09He's sitting on his throne.
15:11I'm the Bradford, what do you mean, who am I?
15:13I'm listening, I'm listening to your reasoning.
15:17And now we have one of the guys on our team
15:19as our leader and project manager.
15:21Everybody needs a Y chromosome.
15:23You guys kind of need to bond with your new leader.
15:26I'll just go over to the boys, it's totally cool.
15:28No, I really, you know what, it'll be better,
15:30and everybody will mash, and it's all good.
15:32Because I kind of want to lead the first thing anyway.
15:34Let her go, that's fine.
15:36See how easy that is?
15:38Pamela either made a really bold, good move,
15:41or she made a really bold, stupid move.
15:43Simply because we don't really know each other that well at this point.
15:48All right, all right.
15:50Welcome.
15:52Yeah!
15:54How does it feel to be a man?
15:56My penis is getting larger with every minute.
15:59Oh, my goodness.
16:01When Bradford leaves, Pamela walks over.
16:04Pamela being just a presence already, I think she's 6'9".
16:08For the trade that we got, I think we came out on top.
16:14I think we came out on top.
16:16We have to pick the name.
16:18Yeah, I was going to break it down.
16:20British battleships are a great way to find names.
16:23You've got Intrepid, you know, Dauntless, Dreadnought.
16:27Oh, my God.
16:29The only serious one I thought of was Mosaic.
16:31It's lots of different pieces that come together to make something beautiful.
16:34What about something New York-y?
16:36What about a little bit more like Empire State or something?
16:40Empire.
16:42That's hot.
16:44Yes, I like it! Empire.
16:46Caesar would be happy with the name of Empire.
16:48They didn't make it a little fluffy.
16:50They said, we're an empire.
16:52Let's go get him.
16:54Okay, well, so that's an option.
16:56Empire.
16:58Raj did not like the name Mosaic from the beginning.
17:00He wanted to call us Empire.
17:02He wanted to call our team Empire.
17:04Raj feels like, hey, I've got an opinion, everybody's going to know it.
17:07He's a unique individual, he's going to be him, and that's just how he rolls.
17:10Mosaic was the only other one I threw out there.
17:12I like Mosaic.
17:14Ask for a vote real quick.
17:16Mosaic?
17:18Okay, there it is.
17:20I'm not raising my hand.
17:22Fine.
17:24But if that doesn't work, it's Empire.
17:28I do not like our name, Mosaic Corporation.
17:30I think it's a fruity-toot name.
17:32I think it says nothing other than the fact that we're politically correct.
17:40I don't even know.
17:42It's antithetical to my character, and I don't like it at a fundamental level.
17:46Hey!
17:52All right, so we have Mogul.
17:54We have Commodore Corp.
17:56We have Plaza, Tower.
17:58We've got Innovation, we've got Create, Determination, Heart, Elite, Flux to the Max, or Flux Max.
18:02We have Tiger, Ego, Star, Empire, Money, Lux, Power, Triumph.
18:08We have Conqueror. We have Sex.
18:10We have Magnificent, Pinnacle.
18:12We have Paramount.
18:14We have Lux Corp.
18:16We have Builder, Luxury, Quality.
18:18We have LTF, which is Larger Than Life, and we have Apex.
18:22Right now, can we narrow it down to three, maybe?
18:24Should we vote?
18:26I like Elite.
18:28I think Bradford may wonder what he's gotten himself into to a certain degree.
18:32I think that he's not had a lot of intimate one-on-one, you know, lots of close conversations potentially with a group of women at one time.
18:40I haven't seen him greatly overwhelmed yet.
18:42I think it will happen. We'll see.
18:44I like Elite Corp.
18:46That's it. Okay, we made a decision.
18:48Elite Corp.
18:50That's not how we decide.
18:52There you go.
18:54Leadership by dictatorship?
18:56Apex.
18:58One, two, three, four, five, six.
19:00Apex.
19:02Apex is a good name.
19:04Apex is a great name.
19:06To be honest with you, after hearing all the girls talking over each other and I couldn't get a word in edgewise, I was feeling like we were a little bit in trouble.
19:14I started to think to myself, what the hell did I get myself into?
19:18No, honestly, the way that you guys have flipped it so the girls have a masculine name and you guys have a feminine name, I think that's going to work for you.
19:28I am on the record. Mosaic.
19:30I am on the record. Seriously, what do you think Donald Trump is going to say when you go in there tomorrow?
19:34Of what?
19:36Of Mosaic.
19:38Is it Mosaic?
19:40And you're Mosaic?
19:42What's your name, Mosaic?
19:44Hey, dude, save your energy on the clothes and fight for the name a little bit more.
19:48Hey, look.
19:50I couldn't wait for the men to tell Mr. Trump, Mosaic.
19:54I'm like, God, you're the guy.
19:56Mosaic? Are you kidding me?
19:58Man, I'm getting my ass handed to me today.
20:02Hello?
20:26Hi, good morning. This is Ronan, Mr. Trump's office.
20:28Good morning.
20:30We'd like you to meet him at 8 a.m. at Toys R Us.
20:34Toys R Us at 8 a.m.
20:36Great, okay.
20:40Bye-bye.
20:42Bye-bye.
21:02Toys R Us, I have to go. Bye.
21:14Good morning.
21:16Good morning, Mr. Trump.
21:18Before we get started, I have to ask, what are your team names?
21:22Apex Corp.
21:24Apex, sounds good. Name?
21:26Mosaic.
21:28Mosaic. Wow, that's awful.
21:30Mosaic, before you begin, you pick in a name. Do you like it?
21:33I say we re-vote.
21:35What are you carrying the cane for?
21:37You look like you have two very good legs to me.
21:40The team likes the name.
21:42That was very decisive, and your name is Pamela.
21:44That's right.
21:45You're the team leader.
21:46I am.
21:47Did you step up?
21:48I did volunteer to take a bullet for the women
21:50and to move over to the men's team and lead them in this task.
21:53Well, I think that's very good. We'll see how you do.
21:55Your team leader is Bradford.
21:57So, Bradford, how did you get this position?
21:59Volunteered.
22:00Did you volunteer?
22:01I don't consider it taking a bullet.
22:02No, I think you were very smart.
22:04I think I did all right.
22:05Okay, let's get started.
22:08We're standing right now in Toys R Us in Times Square.
22:13It's the nation's largest toy store.
22:16The toy industry, it's a big industry.
22:20$20 billion a year.
22:23Before I get you folks dealing with adults,
22:27I'm going to have you work with children.
22:29For your first task, each team will develop a brand-new toy for Mattel,
22:34the largest toy manufacturer in the world.
22:37You'll have access to all the Mattel resources you need.
22:41When you're finished creating your toy,
22:43you'll present it to these people standing on my left.
22:46Richie Weintraub, Mark Sullivan, and Evelyn Byall
22:50are some of the top people at Mattel.
22:53At the end of the day,
22:55the team that creates the most marketable toy
22:58as judged by these fine Mattel executives wins.
23:02George and Carolyn will accompany you.
23:05They will be my eyes and ears.
23:07At the end of the day,
23:09the losing team comes to the boardroom
23:12and somebody will be fired.
23:16Have a good time. Good luck. Thank you.
23:23I like it.
23:39Okay, the first thing I want everybody to do,
23:42take off your ties.
23:44Lose the ties immediately.
23:46No one in this business has a tie on.
23:48Nobody wears a tie at Mattel.
23:50My whole team was in suits and ties,
23:52looking like a bunch of bankers.
23:54As soon as I got into the Mattel headquarters,
23:56I immediately had them take off all of their ties
23:58to begin not only looking like,
24:00but thinking like a Mattel executive.
24:02I think we just need to start brainstorming
24:04just whatever kind of comes to us.
24:06What about some kind of funky backpack?
24:08It's got a mechanism where you turn your head
24:10and it turns the nozzles and you can waste people.
24:13Kids love that crap.
24:14Going with that same water theme,
24:16and what if you did that and made it
24:18like a whole magnetic fish tank?
24:20It's pretty simple technology,
24:21like a magnetic field with magnetic fish.
24:23Wes, I don't mean to hook you up,
24:25but I really like crustaceans.
24:27I don't know if that's just me.
24:29Are you feeling the crustacean vibe?
24:32Can I throw this one out?
24:34It's called Crustacean Nation,
24:36and what you're dealing with
24:38is this interesting lobster torso.
24:40So we're going to give you 6 different appendages
24:42you can play with, and I don't know if it's a claw
24:45or it's some bizarre spear or a gun type of thing,
24:48and these trading cards are going to tell you
24:50exactly what these appendages do.
24:52Maybe you have a good and you have an evil team.
24:55That's a great idea.
24:56And then basically what these guys do is,
24:58the evil team, they're always interchanging
25:00depending on whatever mission they're going to go on.
25:02The good guys, they do the same thing,
25:04they're kind of reacting.
25:05So you have good parts.
25:06It's only interchangeable with good.
25:08I was going to say, it's like a universal game.
25:10Rob wanted to contribute and felt that
25:12he wasn't part of the creative process
25:14as much as some of the other guys.
25:16That's definitely the flavor of what we need to do.
25:19I think we've got some tremendous ideas,
25:21and I think we need to go with it.
25:23I agree with that.
25:24Sometimes it's a difficult situation to be in,
25:27so he was trying to do his part for the team.
25:30We don't have to stick with crustaceans.
25:33I've got kind of like an electrostatica.
25:35You know, it's an eel that also migrated onto land,
25:39and when he gets to land, he morphs legs and arms
25:42and can shoot electricity from his fingers
25:45and just, you know, that type of thing.
25:47I think that maybe my strategy was such that, you know,
25:50I'm going to try to contribute to as much as possible
25:53without getting in anybody's hair,
25:54without throwing a wrench into whatever somebody else is doing.
25:57It's not good to accessorize an eel
25:59because it's a snake-like thing.
26:01Rob, we got to kill the eel.
26:03I thought so. Let's just go ahead.
26:05I was doing what I thought was best for the team,
26:09and if that means to just chill out
26:11and hang back a little bit
26:12and let things iron themselves out,
26:14then that's what I'm going to do.
26:17We need something to put on the table tomorrow
26:22that is innovative and compelling.
26:24So should we take half an hour
26:25to just download all of our ideas?
26:27That's what we're doing. Yeah, that's what we're doing.
26:29Maybe I'll write them on the board.
26:30Yeah, write them on the board.
26:31The second that we arrived at Mattel,
26:33we just went around the table and said,
26:35what is your idea?
26:36What have we all come up with?
26:37So we just sort of described what kind of toy
26:39we thought was going to be innovative and compelling,
26:41just a starting ground.
26:42The drag queen wardrobe for every young boy.
26:46If a boy 6 to 8 had an Easy-Bake Oven,
26:50what would that be?
26:51It would explode things.
26:53It would explode things, okay.
26:54I was worried about that the women
26:56wouldn't be able to put themselves
26:57in the shoes of a 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old boy.
26:59And I had a feeling what little boys want in a toy.
27:02I mean, I know what are good toys.
27:04I'm going to explain this to you guys, okay?
27:06Look, if you melt down a little kid,
27:09a normal little kid, this is what he wants.
27:12The football guy.
27:13It looks like a little guy with a helmet, with a face,
27:16and you drive it around, and the little sweeper thing,
27:19it picks up the football.
27:21It's sports, it's competitive.
27:24Unh!
27:25You love that.
27:27Do you guys feel that?
27:29You aren't feeling that?
27:30I think Bradford was pushing for the football game idea
27:33because I don't think there's much
27:36intellectual horsepower going on out there.
27:38He wasn't thinking about kids today
27:40that want a more sophisticated toy,
27:42and that wasn't innovative.
27:44It was ho-hum.
27:46Do you have another idea?
27:47Yeah, we have one for, like, cars.
27:49Vehicles.
27:50Vehicles.
27:51The ultimate vehicle.
27:52Like, take different parts from, like, a tank, a boat,
27:55or, you know what I mean?
27:56Okay.
27:57No, we're going with the football idea.
27:59I'm making an executive decision.
28:01That's it.
28:02Kids may or may not be passionate about sports.
28:05No, we're going with the football idea.
28:08Brad says,
28:09Listen, I'm going to make an executive decision.
28:11We're going to go with the little remote-controlled football players.
28:14I'm running with my idea.
28:16To be honest with you, I understand you guys.
28:18It's my ass on the line.
28:20I'm going with my idea.
28:22I thought to myself,
28:23if I could just get my hands around his throat, his jugular,
28:26I would absolutely take him out right now.
28:30Ideally, you want quick decision-makers.
28:33However, you can't make it so quick that the decision's going to be wrong.
28:37I'd rather have somebody take their time and come out with the right decision.
28:41But the best combination is good decision-making quickly.
28:45You guys been working hard or what?
28:47Yeah.
28:48We need to not all talk at once.
28:50You need to just run the meeting, like,
28:52because we can't all be shouting at the same time.
28:54I know. Don't worry about it.
28:55We have to design a toy for Mattel.
28:57No one's excited about Bradford's football thing.
28:59A couple people have thrown out some ideas of remote-controlled cars.
29:03Bradford was still against it, but at this point, we have to go to work.
29:07We had the Mattel design team that was going to work with us to design this toy,
29:11and we had one day to do it.
29:13You want to kind of shoot some ideas around,
29:15kind of crawl into your head a little bit,
29:17see what you guys think,
29:18see what you guys think,
29:19see what you guys think,
29:20see what you guys think,
29:21see what you guys think,
29:22see what you guys think,
29:23crawl into your head a little bit,
29:24see what you guys think,
29:25see if you guys think that, you know, our ideas might suck.
29:28Have you seen anything like my idea on the marketplace
29:31where it combines a remote-controlled car with a sporting event?
29:37And has it worked?
29:39It hasn't fared so well.
29:41No.
29:42I don't, financially, I don't know how successful it is at the moment.
29:45That's what we want to know.
29:47So what if we did, wait a second,
29:48what if building on that,
29:49if we did a remote-controlled car
29:51that you can interchange everything on?
29:54Well, the idea is good.
29:57Okay.
29:58I don't know, is that exciting?
30:00You get excited by that?
30:01Yes.
30:03Originally what my vision was
30:05was a remote-controlled vehicle
30:08with a little football guy on top.
30:11I love that idea.
30:12The reason why I didn't go with that idea
30:14is because when we were talking to the design guys,
30:16one of the design guys said,
30:17yeah, I saw something similar to that,
30:19and it really didn't fly.
30:20The thing is, is can we get that ready for tomorrow?
30:23We think we can do that.
30:24We're going to be pulling all-nighter here.
30:26That's fine, we can do it.
30:27So it's going to be an all-nighter.
30:28Okay.
30:29Okay, good, okay.
30:30Now we're talking.
30:3110-9.
30:32I took a step back and reconsidered my management style.
30:36You can't always be a dictator.
30:38Sometimes you've got to be a democracy,
30:41and you have to listen to what everybody's saying
30:43and kind of feed off of that.
30:45Everybody 100% love that idea?
30:48Yes!
30:49All right!
30:50I think, honest to God, it could be a phenomenon.
30:53Good.
30:54I firmly believe that.
31:09Check out, hey guys, check out the LEDs.
31:12The chica.
31:13And he's going to have claws hanging over.
31:16I love this guy here.
31:17He looks very scary, doesn't he?
31:19Yeah, he's a mean dude.
31:23Oh, looking good, man.
31:25Oh, that's cool.
31:26Right now we have two cars that definitely everything comes off.
31:30Making four is hard and a challenge.
31:33We are trying to live up to that.
31:34You've got this piece here in the back that changes,
31:36and you've got a hood that changes.
31:38It was a surprise to me that the design team from Mattel
31:40would be able to have a working prototype
31:43within 13 hours of the time that we came up with the idea.
31:46It was absolutely phenomenal.
31:48So you can show how the parts work.
31:50That's not an issue.
31:51Kudos to you guys for doing a phenomenal job.
31:54Great job.
31:55I felt everything was going great,
31:57and then all of a sudden I remembered,
31:58okay, it's now time to go into these focus groups.
32:01There's our little dolls.
32:03Those kids look fun.
32:05And these are the true consumers of the product.
32:07These are the kids that are going to be playing with it,
32:09and if they say, this is the worst toy I ever saw, we're sunk.
32:161, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,
32:24He's just introducing himself in the concept of...
32:29Walking into the two-way mirror with the kids on the other side,
32:32it's slightly terrifying because you are there with George
32:35and the head designer who's judging.
32:38Well, now you're not going to hear what we have to say.
32:40You're going to hear what these guys have to say.
32:42The real deal.
32:43That's what I'm talking about.
32:44Get a good view.
32:45So, guys, this is called the metamorpher, okay?
32:48Oh, metamorpher.
32:49Let me show you what the deal is with this.
32:52Oh, I love that kid.
32:53He's shorter than me.
32:54He's like me when I was little.
32:56Do you guys want to come up and take a look?
32:59I love these.
33:01The metamorpher is a remote-control part,
33:04and you can totally change and customize.
33:06We can build a different kind?
33:08Yeah, there are lots of different parts.
33:10We play.
33:13Those kids were great when they got that toy in their hand.
33:16The way they acted reminded me of how I would have acted
33:19if I was their age and I saw that toy.
33:26There goes our colliding with the whole prototype.
33:29I was thinking, okay, well, obviously there's two outcomes.
33:32Either we win or we lose.
33:34Thank you, guys.
33:35Appreciate it.
33:37All right, thanks.
33:39It's going to be kind of hard.
33:41You know, it's dependent on the kids,
33:43and that could go wrong.
33:50Well, they mutated from many animals.
33:52Like, this is an undersea cheetah.
33:54It's like half fish, half cheetah.
33:56Once the designers were able to create us something,
33:59we had to go straight into a focus group
34:01and see if what we created kids really liked.
34:03That was going to be where this task was won or lost.
34:06Let's find out what the kids think.
34:08So, guys, the first one I've got
34:10is something called Crustaceanation.
34:13Want to come up and take a look at this?
34:16There was one kind of surly kid in the beanbag chair
34:20who wasn't having any part of our product.
34:23He was kind of wise to the whole thing.
34:25He wasn't believing in Santa Claus anymore.
34:27I'm going to close Crustaceanation.
34:30I'm going to close Crustaceanation.
34:40There's only one thing I have to tell you.
34:42What's that?
34:43They fall apart too easily.
34:52Who cut that child's hair?
34:54I was thinking that was some pretty incredible haircut.
34:56Oh, my God, what happened?
34:59He looks like a mini Dumb and Dumber.
35:04I was like, you know,
35:06I was trying to make an impression here
35:08in front of, you know, big executives.
35:11Nice.
35:13You're dealing with professionals
35:15that their life is dedicated to children.
35:17They make toys, this is what they do.
35:19And they love kids.
35:24After the focus group was out of our hands,
35:26Mattel was going to sit down their top executives,
35:28we're going to discuss the pros and cons
35:30of everybody's creation,
35:31and they were going to decide
35:33which team got this task done better.
35:51We were sitting in the room waiting to hear
35:54which team had won,
35:56and suddenly Stacey J. takes this magic 8-ball
35:58and is trying to get everyone's attention in the room.
36:01Does this mean we won? Hold on, wait, hold on, hold on.
36:03I did it like 18 times and said yes to a person.
36:05You know what, I'm going to just check this one more time.
36:07The outlook is good.
36:09Whoo!
36:10The outlook is good. One more time.
36:12I don't know what triggered her behavior,
36:15but Stacey J., she went completely off.
36:19The first time I picked this thing up,
36:21hey, excuse me, excuse me.
36:25Excuse me.
36:27Why is no one listening over here?
36:29And then something went very wrong,
36:31and to this day I'm not sure what that was.
36:33What's up with the three of you guys, man?
36:35Because, you know, what's up?
36:37What?
36:39No, I said the three of you guys, what's up?
36:41What are you talking about?
36:42No, you guys are, like, being really, really quiet.
36:44Why? What's going on?
36:45No, I was just wondering.
36:46You guys are acting really strange, that's all.
36:48You're paranoid.
36:49All right, maybe I'm paranoid.
36:51That's cool.
36:52I mean, I guess we're going to sleep here all night
36:54until we find out what's up, so...
36:56Everyone had backed off of me
36:58and was being very distant and calm and uncaring
37:02and very anti-social,
37:05and I felt it was anti-Stacey, actually.
37:08So, I mean, I think that that whole situation
37:10made me start flipping even more.
37:12He signed a toy for us.
37:13Like, the back of the toy was saying that he's...
37:15You guys, we won!
37:16We won!
37:17I think we won.
37:18Did we win?
37:19Dude, I don't know.
37:20Do you guys think we won?
37:21Yeah, but...
37:22Someone put something in your drink.
37:23You guys, we won, all right?
37:25That's what I'm saying.
37:26I think we won, so let's go.
37:27We won, so let's just go and claim our prize.
37:29I think we won.
37:30Do you guys think I'm, like, some freak or something?
37:33What have you done with Stacey?
37:35It's a switch of a personality.
37:37We have...
37:38What does it mean?
37:39It means there's eight of us.
37:41There's eight of us.
37:42That means we're all...
37:43There's nine of us.
37:44There's nine of us.
37:45So what does it mean?
37:46That means one of us is gone.
37:47So what does that mean?
37:48No, I'm just messing with you.
37:49I don't know.
37:50Relax.
37:51What the hell is...
37:52Do not mess with her.
37:54I think that everybody's thought in the room is definitely obvious
37:57that regardless if we won this task or not,
37:59the next person to get fired off our team
38:01was gonna be Stacey J, without a doubt.
38:03She completely lost control.
38:04She buckled under pressure,
38:05and we cannot let that happen again.
38:07It brought our team down.
38:09There was anxiety,
38:10and it was just nuttiness.
38:12It was psychotic.
38:14What's up? Tell me.
38:15What's up, dawg?
38:16What's going on?
38:17I mean, you're the team leader.
38:18You can tell me what's going on.
38:19Nothing is going on.
38:20You're driving me up the wall.
38:22Just relax.
38:23Dude, seriously, you gotta chill out.
38:40Rona, cancel that meeting.
38:41I'm going over to Mattel.
38:43Thanks, Spike.
38:47Welcome.
38:50Welcome. Move on in.
38:51Step right up, guys.
38:54Come on in.
38:58I think it's time to tell these guys what we think, right?
39:06Great efforts.
39:07I mean, amazing stuff in a very short period of time.
39:10Very impressive.
39:11You guys came in and had a lot of passion,
39:14a lot of creativity.
39:16It shows.
39:17And so, here's Mr. Trump,
39:20and we're going to tell you what our final answer is.
39:25Well, I really thought I wanted to join you for this.
39:28So, how did they do?
39:29Both teams did do well.
39:31This team did an awesome job,
39:32Mosaic, with the action figure line.
39:34It was a little close to other things
39:37that might be in the marketplace.
39:38It's not as fresh as some of the other things.
39:41It's not exactly wacky.
39:43It's not exactly heroic.
39:45Kids want to feel like they know how to play with the toy,
39:48and we need to give them a little more direction
39:50than you guys have.
39:51The Metamorpher gives us a chance to add to the Tycho RC line,
39:56already very successful for us,
39:58lets us build on that success.
39:59The kids really reacted to the action pack, run it, crash it.
40:04Kids always love crashing.
40:05Did you see a clear-cut winner, or is it tight?
40:08I think we have a clear winner.
40:10In this business, you always want the kids to steer you,
40:13and that factors into the choice.
40:15The winner is...
40:19Apex and the Metamorpher.
40:21Whoo!
40:23Awesome!
40:25Whoo!
40:27That's what I'm talking about.
40:30Yeah!
40:32Congratulations, Apex. That's really a great job.
40:35So, the winning team is going to have dinner
40:39at Twilight in my apartment with myself and Melania,
40:44and you're going to have a really great dinner at that.
40:47Awesome!
40:49Bradford, as far as you're concerned,
40:51if you're in the boardroom next week,
40:54if you lose next week, you can't be fired.
40:58So that's pretty good.
40:59Love it.
41:00So you're good.
41:02And for the losing team,
41:04there's a couple of words that I've really missed saying
41:08over the last few months.
41:10Somebody is going to hear you're fired.
41:33We're going to have dinner with Trumpy!
41:39Welcome to Mr. Trump's home.
41:41Come in, please.
41:43You're welcome.
41:47Oh, my gosh.
41:49Look at the view.
41:51It smells so nice in here.
41:53I feel like I can't touch anything.
41:55Hello!
41:56Hi, how are you?
41:58Nice to meet you.
41:59Nice to meet you.
42:01I think Melania is just a fantastic hostess.
42:04She, to me, is like how a royal person would act.
42:08I mean, she is the epitome of a gracious woman,
42:11and it was a fantastic time.
42:16Well, so far, so good, right?
42:18That's right.
42:19So far, so good.
42:20So Bradford did a good job with Jolita.
42:22Excellent.
42:23Even though he's a man, he did a good job.
42:25He overcame that.
42:26He looks like a very happy camper.
42:28I'm doing all right.
42:29I'm not too shabby.
42:30Very good.
42:31Well, come on, we'll have a little dinner.
42:34Come on.
42:38Particularly humiliating.
42:40Two have been left dirty dishes and then beaten.
42:42I think that those girls who were up there with Trump,
42:45getting to know him on a more personal level
42:47was tremendously important in this competition,
42:49and I would give up every reward that we win
42:52to be able to spend time with Mr. Trump.
42:54So that, to me, was more crushing than a defeat.
42:59Here, guys.
43:02Here's your reward.
43:04Here's yours.
43:05Here's your shizzle-shizzle.
43:10How's your shrimp? Everyone fine?
43:12Great.
43:13Good shrimp, actually.
43:14So we're sitting at this fabulous table with Mr. Trump,
43:18and I wanted to remain as professional as I could at that table.
43:22I wouldn't eat that shrimp cocktail
43:24until he put his fork in that shrimp cocktail.
43:27I watched the knife that he chose.
43:29I watched exactly how he ate, and I did as he did.
43:33But remaining cool, remaining myself.
43:36Enjoy.
43:39Very nice.
43:40Wow.
43:41How good does that look?
43:42Oh, wow.
43:44Very good.
43:46So what's with the guy with the cane?
43:48What's that all about?
43:50Come on, come on.
43:57OK, let's play Trump.
44:08Does anybody have some duct tape?
44:09We can just tape it over.
44:11There's a group of nine guys,
44:13and I march in to be their leader on a task,
44:17and we fail.
44:18I'm trying to make friends with these guys.
44:20They bond on the basketball court.
44:22They bond in their part of the bedrooms.
44:24And I'm with the enemy team most of the time.
44:27You just got to go with your gut on who's going to be the most helpful
44:30in the next one, and the next one, and the next one.
44:33And cut as lean a muscle as you can, you know?
44:36As little muscle as you can.
44:38You don't envy my position, I'll tell you that.
44:41You got to hit her with a shovel in the back of the head.
44:45As much as that doesn't sound like, you know, a nice thing,
44:47that's just the way it's going to come.
44:49When it comes to the blame for this task,
44:51I really can't attribute it to any of the men,
44:54just because no man at any time knew what they were supposed to do.
44:58The blame here lies with our project manager.
45:01Who do you bring to the boardroom, man?
45:03Probably me and you.
45:04I'm thinking me and you.
45:05Yeah, maybe.
45:06Or me and Andy.
45:07Yeah, or me and Andy.
45:09Hope so.
45:10I don't know, bro.
45:12I'm still waiting for somebody to tell me what to do.
45:15All these guys that I was with today are unbelievably brilliant.
45:18Some of these conversations, I'm sitting back with my thumb up my ass.
45:21I feel very strongly that in the boardroom,
45:23fingers are going to get pointed by Pamela,
45:25and she's going to actually say, what did Rob do?
45:27And my answer is going to be, you know what?
45:29What did you tell me to do?
45:31It's like getting ready for the game.
45:33It is kind of like getting ready for your last game.
45:35Last game.
45:36That's a unique circumstance.
45:37Yeah.
45:38Yeah, you're right.
45:39I think Pamela sees me as a target because I'm young.
45:42But what Pamela doesn't know is that the reason why I'm here
45:46is because I'm a nationally ranked abater.
45:49I mean, that's what I do.
45:51And so when I get into the boardroom, I feel like that's my home turf,
45:54and I will take her out.
45:55♪♪♪♪
46:10Hello.
46:11Hi, how are you?
46:12Just put your bags over there.
46:14Put your bags over there.
46:15♪♪♪♪♪
46:37Okay.
46:39Tell me, were you impressed with Mattel?
46:42I wasn't sure that the Mattel folks were on board with what the dossier actually said.
46:46Wait, wait, let me ask you something.
46:48Mattel.
46:49Criticizing them.
46:50They're saying that they did it wrong and you did it right.
46:53I don't know anything about the toy industry.
46:55We were throwing something on the wall and see if it stuck.
46:57If it doesn't stick, I want to go back to the drawing board.
46:59I don't think you understood the children,
47:01especially when you walked into the focus group.
47:03Actually, I thought some of your comments were pretty offensive to parents in the room.
47:06There were parents in the room?
47:07No, I'm a parent.
47:08There were other parents in the room.
47:10I think by calling some of the children chubby or this one a haircut and he's a cross between...
47:16I have a bear haircut, too.
47:18He's somebody's child.
47:20It was just a dumb and dumber haircut.
47:22You're right, I should have kept that to myself.
47:24So do you feel you can really relate to children with comments like that?
47:27No, I don't relate to children.
47:28I don't have children.
47:29I think there are only two of us here or one of us here has children.
47:33Raj, wouldn't you think that men would have the advantage in coming up with a toy for little boys?
47:38Look, Mr. Trump, I'll tell you.
47:39I didn't have kid toys when I was a kid and I'm not a master of this domain.
47:42Why didn't you have toys?
47:44I was, you know, enjoying my imagination.
47:47Yeah, but your parents didn't buy you toys?
47:49No, I had a truck, I think.
47:51You had a truck?
47:52I had a truck.
47:53You liked that truck?
47:54I did. It was a tanker truck.
47:56I'd like to say something.
47:57I cannot believe that with all you men,
48:01knowing that basically things that move and things that are hot and things that race are what kids like,
48:07that what you liked as kids.
48:08I know I had trucks that I used to pull apart and dump trucks and everything like that.
48:12I can't believe that you didn't think that something in motion was going to create it, was going to win.
48:17We were very inefficient because we never had a plan.
48:20There were times when people were asking for us, you know,
48:22Pamela, what should we do?
48:24Sometimes it was like we were chickens with our heads cut off.
48:26Wes, in your opinion, who did the worst job?
48:29Rob, only because I do not think that he was utilized nearly enough
48:35and did not assert himself to be utilized as much as he could have been.
48:40He is a talented individual.
48:42What do you think, Rob?
48:43I think that he's right on one aspect.
48:46I was not utilized. Here's the situation.
48:48Is that your fault?
48:49Excuse me?
48:50Yeah, but aren't you supposed to sort of put forward?
48:53As a team player, no.
48:55Who would you say did a lousy job?
48:57Who would you choose?
48:58I think Pamela did a bad job of leading.
49:00She is impressive in the boardroom.
49:03She has great charisma.
49:04She knows how to get us all fired up.
49:06But I was not delegated a specific task.
49:10Okay, Chris, who would you choose as being not up to par?
49:15I would have to say Rob.
49:16And again, it's just because he wasn't delegated enough responsibility.
49:19And I stepped up.
49:20But is that his fault?
49:21I don't think it's his fault.
49:23Now, Andy, I haven't heard from you.
49:25You're a genius from Harvard,
49:27and you're supposed to be a great debate champion.
49:29I would say if I had to place blame with one person,
49:32I would say that would be Pamela.
49:33Because as you know, a leader has a right to be defeated,
49:36but never surprised.
49:37And I felt that around every corner, we were always surprised.
49:40And to run this team in an ad hoc fashion,
49:43I felt was unacceptable,
49:44because there is no substitute for hard work.
49:46And I felt that was what we were lacking.
49:48Kelly, who would you pick?
49:50I would say that Rob had contributed the least amount of things.
49:55Rob, you are getting killed. You know that.
49:58John, if you were the leader, who would you choose?
50:01Who would you throw out?
50:02It's very difficult for me because...
50:04Don't, don't, look.
50:05Just tell me. Who would you throw out?
50:07Pick a name.
50:08I really don't understand how these people are going to sit there
50:10and say, Pamela underutilized me.
50:12Come on. You're here.
50:13You're supposed to be a leader, a type A personality.
50:16You're going to sit in the corner of the room and say,
50:17I was underutilized?
50:18Get yourself in the mix. Give me a break.
50:20Are you saying I didn't do it?
50:21Are you saying that I didn't jump in and try to do things?
50:24I helped you with the story.
50:25I helped create a part of the characters.
50:28I jumped in and started...
50:29Rob, I didn't pick out a name, because I know you.
50:30You're talented. We work on the story.
50:32You've got a ton to offer.
50:33But I've got to say, we're here.
50:35You've got to lead a company.
50:36The people that didn't step up to the plate
50:38and didn't get their name in the mix,
50:39you've got to stand up at the table and put an idea in there.
50:42I mean, I said, let me do something here.
50:43Let me just be involved.
50:45Rob, you were heard.
50:46Just because you weren't selected for things
50:48doesn't mean that I wasn't considering you.
50:52Now, I'm going to give you a choice, Pamela.
50:55This time, I'm going to let you pick, Pamela,
50:57two or three people to bring back with you into the boardroom
51:01who may or may not get fired.
51:04We've never done this before.
51:05What would you like?
51:06What's the benefit of selecting three?
51:08Well, I think you have a benefit.
51:09A third person to, uh...
51:10Honestly, I'm surprised you asked that question.
51:11Well, just a third person to take the blame.
51:12I'm just trying to understand...
51:13No, no, I'm saying there's an extra person
51:15that maybe gets fired, as opposed to you.
51:22I'll take two.
51:23Okay, that's fine.
51:24Well, I jeopardize a third.
51:25Who are you choosing?
51:26Unfortunately, I'm going to have to take Rob and Andy with me.
51:28All right, that's fine.
51:30All right, Wes, John, Kevin, Chris, Raj, Kelly,
51:36go up to the suite.
51:38You're safe.
51:39Rob, Andy, Pamela,
51:42I'll see you back here in a few minutes.
51:51So what do you think?
52:10Well, I think Pamela is a strong leader.
52:12I think she might have had some flaws,
52:14but overall she managed eight people that she hardly knew.
52:17I think she stepped up a bit.
52:19What do you think, George?
52:20The one thing I think about Rob that bothered me a lot
52:22was that he should have been utilized more,
52:24and I think he should have come forward
52:26and should have fought for that.
52:28Okay.
52:30Robin.
52:31Let him come in.
52:32Please go in to see Mr. Trump.
52:34Thanks.
52:36Guys, good luck, man.
52:39Andy, good luck.
52:51Nobody grabs Pamela's chair?
52:54No need.
52:55That's not very nice.
52:56No need.
52:57Okay, that's not very nice.
53:00Pamela, why are you better than Andy?
53:03I've been working for 12 years.
53:06I've got a deeper experience, a deeper background,
53:10a deeper educational experience.
53:12I've built trust.
53:13I've built trust.
53:15I've built trust.
53:17I've got a deeper experience, a deeper background,
53:19a deeper educational experience.
53:20I've built two companies.
53:21I've been an investment banker.
53:23I've got a better business gut.
53:25Andy will get there.
53:26He's just not there yet.
53:29Why are you better than Rob?
53:31Rob is a terrific salesman and a great people person.
53:34Sheer horsepower, depth of skill set
53:37needs to be developed a bit.
53:40What do you think, Rob?
53:41I think they all know that in the right capacity,
53:43in the right task, that I'm invaluable.
53:47They all agreed that I was underutilized
53:49and that I didn't have a man.
53:51Is it your own fault?
53:52A lot of people are underutilized
53:53because they don't choose to be utilized.
53:56What do you think, Andy?
53:57I think Rob's a very intelligent person.
54:00Pam's very impressive.
54:01Who's the least of the two?
54:02Who would you say?
54:03I didn't come here to compare resumes.
54:05What I came here to do was to work hard and earn a job.
54:08And when it came to this task,
54:10I was the most successful and creative person on the team.
54:13They both know that.
54:14The rest of the team knows that the reason why I'm here
54:17was because of my youth.
54:18He's here because of a name.
54:19He came up with Crustacean Nation.
54:21What else did he do?
54:22I tried to apply myself.
54:23Do you think that was a good name?
54:24Yeah, I like the name.
54:25But it didn't matter.
54:26We lost.
54:28Okay.
54:30It's that time.
54:32Pamela, you have a very, very hard edge.
54:36And I think somehow,
54:38I don't know if that's going to disappear.
54:39Probably it's not going to disappear.
54:41I doubt it's going to disappear.
54:47Rob, everybody virtually said you just didn't contribute.
54:52You weren't a go-getter.
54:54You kept saying, well, sort of like I wasn't asked.
54:57You don't have to be asked.
54:58To do a job, you really don't have to be asked.
55:03Now, Andy,
55:05you know, I do look at you as a little bit of a project.
55:08I must tell you, I think you're really smart.
55:11I don't know that you have enough experience, to be honest.
55:20But I'm going to give it a chance,
55:23and I'm going to say, Rob, you're fired.
55:35Go ahead, folks.
55:41It's business.
55:43Thank you very much for the opportunity.
56:06That was not a cinch, I will tell you.
56:08That was a little bit tough.
56:10It's going to be tougher as you go along.
56:12This is quite a group.
56:14A smart group of people.
56:16It's going to be a long, hard...
56:18It's going to be tough.
56:19...number of weeks.
56:20Okay, let's go.
56:35Let's go.
57:06Nothing happens by coincidence.
57:08I accept his decision, even though I don't agree with it.
57:11So I'm okay with that.
57:13The fact that I was let go first is a bummer.
57:16I didn't go into this thing thinking that it was a game necessarily.
57:19I really wanted the job.
57:21Every single one of those people in there are extremely strong.
57:24You've got some very unbelievably intelligent people in there
57:28who are also extremely cocky as well.
57:31I think that every single one of those people
57:33had to go into that boardroom with the anticipation
57:35that it could be their last game.
57:37I do think that I laid it all out on the table, no pun intended.
57:41And every boardroom has to be taken as if it's their last
57:44because, as you can see, it was my last.