If you didn’t watch the “Celebrity Apprentice” premiere last night, you missed the chance to see UGA football star and Heisman trophy winner Herschel Walker test his leadership skills - and have them questioned.How did Herschel Walker do? Take poll or comment below.
Herschel, who was chosen project leader, couldn’t explain why his team name was chosen despite the fact that all team members didn’t like it. He also couldn’t control team members Dennis Rodman or Andrew Dice Clay when they wouldn’t help during crucial times and he was reticent when asked to identify who his weakest link was.
We don’t want to give it all away at once, so here’s the show recap according to (Herschel Walker’s name is highlighted throughout for your convenience.)
Herschel chosen leader, despite concerns
“The men decide to work on picking a name first, before finding a leader. They throw all kinds of ideas around (e.g. BIP Enterprise, Moneygetters, and Team FUBAR), before settling a suggestion from Andrew Dice Clay: Kings Of the Universe, or KOTU. Next they work on choosing a project manager; they decide Herschel Walker will lead the group for its first official challenge against the women. Privately, Dennis Rodman expresses his doubts about Herschel’s leadership ability, but the die is cast.”
“Team Athena (the women’s team) and team KOTU assemble in the boardroom to discuss their leadership choices with Donald Trump. He explains that it’s a risky job to be the leader - that the losing project manager is often the one fired. Mr. Trump lays out the first task: making and selling cupcakes on the streets of New York. The teams will work in identical facilities from the Institute of Culinary Education. The teams must create, bake, and then sell their original cupcakes from “mobile selling centers” of their own design. The team that generates the most money (including donations from the celebrities’ various connections) will be the winner.”
Dissention over Herschel’s team name
“Trump asks next about the teams’ names. Herschel explains how they got the name KOTU - and that as the leader it was his ultimate decision. Donald probes and discovers that several of the men don’t especially like the name. He turns to the women. Joan Rivers eloquently explains the reasoning behind “Athena” and Mr. Trump is impressed. He asks Brande Roderick whether the women’s team is unified; she explains that it is - and they’re ready to do battle. Mr. Trump observes that KOTU seems to have dissension, at which point Andrew Dice Clay seeks to explain. Dice lets Mr. Trump know that a lot of the guys (himself included) were out all night and that when they came in to work in the morning there was nothing - no bagels, no cream cheese. He was disappointed that they weren’t treated better and that they needed energy to do a good job. He stuns the room by blaming Trump, who gives him a rueful look. The moment passes and the teams split up to get started.”
“The men face their first decision, determining where they’ll sell their cupcakes in Manhattan. They’re excited because they think that no matter where they go, they’ll have greater celebrity than the women will and thus more drawing power. The women discuss locations, with native New Yorker Joan drawing on her local knowledge. Mid-town near Macy’s is a consensus pick; Annie Duke disagrees, rubbing a few team members the wrong way. Brande suggests a location near the Playboy building: she can ask her Playmate friends to come down to drum up a crowd.”
Dice rolls (And why can’t Herschel keep his team together?)
“KOTU starts to divvy up the tasks. Jesse James and Brian McKnight will work on tricking out the look of the team’s cupcake van, Tom Green and Dennis begin to focus on fund-raising, and the remaining teammates start to learn the ropes of baking from professional chefs. Hundreds of eggs, pounds of butter and flour are all furiously mixed together. Meanwhile, Andrew Dice Clay tells team leader Herschel that he intends to leave the kitchen to go to Sirius radio and try to drum up excitement and crowds for the sale the next morning. Tom Green shames him for bailing, but Dice and Rodman take off; Dennis gets Dice to admit that he hates making cupcakes and that he thought it was ridiculous.
Herschel, who was chosen project leader, couldn’t explain why his team name was chosen despite the fact that all team members didn’t like it. He also couldn’t control team members Dennis Rodman or Andrew Dice Clay when they wouldn’t help during crucial times and he was reticent when asked to identify who his weakest link was.
We don’t want to give it all away at once, so here’s the show recap according to (Herschel Walker’s name is highlighted throughout for your convenience.)
Herschel chosen leader, despite concerns
“The men decide to work on picking a name first, before finding a leader. They throw all kinds of ideas around (e.g. BIP Enterprise, Moneygetters, and Team FUBAR), before settling a suggestion from Andrew Dice Clay: Kings Of the Universe, or KOTU. Next they work on choosing a project manager; they decide Herschel Walker will lead the group for its first official challenge against the women. Privately, Dennis Rodman expresses his doubts about Herschel’s leadership ability, but the die is cast.”
“Team Athena (the women’s team) and team KOTU assemble in the boardroom to discuss their leadership choices with Donald Trump. He explains that it’s a risky job to be the leader - that the losing project manager is often the one fired. Mr. Trump lays out the first task: making and selling cupcakes on the streets of New York. The teams will work in identical facilities from the Institute of Culinary Education. The teams must create, bake, and then sell their original cupcakes from “mobile selling centers” of their own design. The team that generates the most money (including donations from the celebrities’ various connections) will be the winner.”
Dissention over Herschel’s team name
“Trump asks next about the teams’ names. Herschel explains how they got the name KOTU - and that as the leader it was his ultimate decision. Donald probes and discovers that several of the men don’t especially like the name. He turns to the women. Joan Rivers eloquently explains the reasoning behind “Athena” and Mr. Trump is impressed. He asks Brande Roderick whether the women’s team is unified; she explains that it is - and they’re ready to do battle. Mr. Trump observes that KOTU seems to have dissension, at which point Andrew Dice Clay seeks to explain. Dice lets Mr. Trump know that a lot of the guys (himself included) were out all night and that when they came in to work in the morning there was nothing - no bagels, no cream cheese. He was disappointed that they weren’t treated better and that they needed energy to do a good job. He stuns the room by blaming Trump, who gives him a rueful look. The moment passes and the teams split up to get started.”
“The men face their first decision, determining where they’ll sell their cupcakes in Manhattan. They’re excited because they think that no matter where they go, they’ll have greater celebrity than the women will and thus more drawing power. The women discuss locations, with native New Yorker Joan drawing on her local knowledge. Mid-town near Macy’s is a consensus pick; Annie Duke disagrees, rubbing a few team members the wrong way. Brande suggests a location near the Playboy building: she can ask her Playmate friends to come down to drum up a crowd.”
Dice rolls (And why can’t Herschel keep his team together?)
“KOTU starts to divvy up the tasks. Jesse James and Brian McKnight will work on tricking out the look of the team’s cupcake van, Tom Green and Dennis begin to focus on fund-raising, and the remaining teammates start to learn the ropes of baking from professional chefs. Hundreds of eggs, pounds of butter and flour are all furiously mixed together. Meanwhile, Andrew Dice Clay tells team leader Herschel that he intends to leave the kitchen to go to Sirius radio and try to drum up excitement and crowds for the sale the next morning. Tom Green shames him for bailing, but Dice and Rodman take off; Dennis gets Dice to admit that he hates making cupcakes and that he thought it was ridiculous.
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