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Old 30-06-2011, 23:38
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Anything that involved Ruth Badger dominating with sales. Love her.
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Old 30-06-2011, 23:43
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Without a doubt, Series 4, Marrakesh.
Agreed, especially the way the nasty one was found out & brutally fired on her Birthday, & going to a Halal Butcher for Kosher Chicken.
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:02
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Marrakesh. The only episode I've re-watched. People have mentioned many of the classic moments, but let's not forget Lee's alarm clock impression. Although it is easy to mock him for that, the guy he was talking to immediately knew what he was after, so compare that with everybody other than Melody in France this year.
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:20
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I cannot remember the name but for me it was the London Taxi office where a male candidate came in and told whopping lies to get some books.
The woman behind the desk was laughing under her breath as she listened in disbelief. His sister's wedding or Granny dying I think.
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Old 01-07-2011, 11:31
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Tre being bemused about the quality of the paintings he was being asked to sell ... " It's all tits and fish "

"WHO'S DOING THE FCUKING MINCING ? "

The one where they take massive lumps of crap cheese to France and then dump it all in the bin at the ferry terminal on the way home. One of the best bits was the ex army guy trying to cook their designer sausages on a cut apart bean tin with a candle

Katie Holmes .... something like " You only have 3 speeds, slow, slow and slow "

She and Tre are the most entertaining candidates ever.
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Old 01-07-2011, 11:47
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Cannot beat Ambrose and the Shopping channel effort, one of the funniest pieces of tv ever, it actually had me crying with laughter, his commentary coupled with his actions screwing on the leg and being totally oblivious, absolutely, absolutely superb
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Old 01-07-2011, 12:02
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I cannot remember the name but for me it was the London Taxi office where a male candidate came in and told whopping lies to get some books.
The woman behind the desk was laughing under her breath as she listened in disbelief. His sister's wedding or Granny dying I think.
The Blue book! From series 6. Thanks to Jamie's 'tell a fib if you have to' suggestion at the start, Chris told so many lies. He bagged the blue book after giving a sob story about his brother who was so starving that he couldn't afford the materials. My favourite was the bit about how badly Chris needed the tartan material for his dear old grandmother whom he made it sound as if she was practically on her death bed. He outshone everyone during the task. The other team, on the other hand? It was equally hilarious. Buying truffles from a Mayfair restaurant? How daft can they be?
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Old 04-04-2013, 23:47
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Sorry to revive an old thread, but just stumbled upon it and cannot believe no one remembered Adam Eliaz's Flex'n'Store from Junior Apprentice Series 1? The multi-purpose shoe-storage facility and games table made of sturdy cardboard that was supposedly ideal for camping! Still can't believe he didn't get fired for that...
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Old 09-04-2013, 07:40
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Things done well: Ruth Badger selling; Zoe in YA showing how to talk to artists without bullshit or bombast; James Max's pep talk to the team in the final, that made peace between Paul and Saira.

Nick's deadpan revelations: chicken pizza and sandalwood.

Margaret's asides: "I think Edinburgh isn't what it used to be."
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Old 10-04-2013, 20:52
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Marrakesh. The only episode I've re-watched. People have mentioned many of the classic moments, but let's not forget Lee's alarm clock impression. Although it is easy to mock him for that, the guy he was talking to immediately knew what he was after, so compare that with everybody other than Melody in France this year.
Yes definitely Marrakesh - with Michael the nice Jewish boy (only half Jewish) who thought you could buy Kosher chicken from a muslim stall.

"'Im a Catholic," whispered Nick to Margaret. "You're a Protestant. We know what kosher is and Michael doesn't! He did classics at Edinburgh." "Edinburgh," said Margaret sadly, "isn't what it was."
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Old 12-04-2013, 13:31
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Buying truffles from a Mayfair restaurant? How daft can they be?
Ah yes, that would be the "great" Stella
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Old 12-04-2013, 14:10
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Ah yes, that would be the "great" Stella
In her only mistake all series...

EDIT: And Laura was there as well.
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Old 12-04-2013, 23:54
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In her only mistake all series...

EDIT: And Laura was there as well.
Well, she would not be my first choice for branding DVD's or playing tourguide either
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Old 13-04-2013, 00:23
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Well, she would not be my first choice for branding DVD's or playing tourguide either
What is the branding DVDs error? I watched the Video task recently but don't remember anything Stella did wrong. Being a good tour guide had as zero to do with business skills as being a good TV presenter. In any case, her performance on that task wasn't that bad, showed she had a personality and certainly wasn't the reason for the task loss (Stuarts failed pitch). It certainly shouldn't be classified as a mistake.
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Old 13-04-2013, 00:33
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My issue with Stella was not so much her performance on the tasks, it is that she was quite plainly overqualified for the role, and that was completely obvious. I can't understand why Sugar didn't realise that, as he's usually pretty good at picking up on that (James and Paul in Series 1 obvious examples.)
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Old 13-04-2013, 21:55
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Series 2 ep 2. Cat calendar, terrible pitches, lots and lots and lots of tears...and.thats just the men.
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Old 15-04-2013, 11:42
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Series 2 ep 2. Cat calendar, terrible pitches, lots and lots and lots of tears...and.thats just the men.
The Asian bloke walking out of the room and breaking down in tears because someone made changes to his crappy desktop publishing calendar was the first moment in series 2 when it became clear to me that they'd brought in a bunch of hysterical numpties instead of actual business people

As for my favourite episode of all time? I think it would have to be the infamous chicken pizza disaster; not one person on that team had two brain cells to rub together. Nick Hewer's face as he watched all the trolleys of enormous Christmas turkey-sized chickens and wheels of cheese coming into the kitchen.

Of course, the best episodes are the ones where the biggest disasters happened. A few others come to mind:

Series 4 Episode 6: The bloke from Bristol in a card making task who went on an environmental crusade and lectured the buyers at the card companies for wasting paper in a bid to get them to... buy more cards? Still haven't a clue what they thought they were doing there.

Series 4 Episode 7: The Kosher chicken revelation. Michael, possibly the smarmiest candidate ever, got rumbled for calling himself a "nice Jewish boy" on his CV to try to get in with Sugar. The part where I completely lost it was when he crossed himself as he was walking back into the boardroom. Also a favourite because the ginger lady who was notorious for turning on people in the board room based on who Sugar seemed to have a beef with got rumbled and was fired instantly.

Series 6 Episode 2: The episode where the women developed the worst product ever. They were told to develop a "beach accessory" and they came up with a plastic music stand that you stick in the sand. I think that was the only product development task where zero orders were received. Not even the usual "sympathy order" of 50 from the huge multinational buyer.

Series 6 Episode 6: "OCTICLEEEAN!!!" - worst two adverts ever produced, even by Apprentice standards.
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Old 21-04-2013, 21:01
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I have to say Simon's demonstration of the trampoline was the best for me and not only that but Sir Alan's comments on it was funny too. LOOK AT WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE BLOODY THING RESTING ON!!!!!!! LOL
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Old 21-04-2013, 21:19
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Series 4 Episode 6: The bloke from Bristol in a card making task who went on an environmental crusade and lectured the buyers at the card companies for wasting paper in a bid to get them to... buy more cards? Still haven't a clue what they thought they were doing there.
He was from Bath actually. I'm a Bristol boy, and Kevin is certainly not one of us!
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Old 22-04-2013, 00:19
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He was from Bath actually. I'm a Bristol boy, and Kevin is certainly not one of us!
I'm Irish, so you'll have to excuse me for not hearing the nuances in the accents. I usually get close! But close is really not good enough in England, is it? Like the time I almost got punched for mistaking a man from Sunderland for a Geordie!

Come to think of it, was Kevin the only candidate ever to come from the South West? Has there ever been a Welsh candidate?
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Old 22-04-2013, 00:32
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I'm Irish, so you'll have to excuse me for not hearing the nuances in the accents. I usually get close! But close is really not good enough in England, is it? Like the time I almost got punched for mistaking a man from Sunderland for a Geordie!

Come to think of it, was Kevin the only candidate ever to come from the South West? Has there ever been a Welsh candidate?
It's fine, I thought he sounded a bit Bristolian as well. And I think West Country accents sound a little like Irish accents, as both pronounce the Rs. I don't have an accent myself, but lots of my family do.

There haven't been many candidates from the South West. The only Welsh candidate there has been (to the best of my knowledge) is Rhys Rosser from the first series of Junior Apprentice. I think there may be a Welshman in Series 9 as well as one of the accents on the trailer sounds a little like it, though I may be wrong.
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Old 24-04-2013, 09:54
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The Marrakesh one for sure. I. Always loved series 5 and I loved the sandalwood episode and the toga one. Seeing James in a toga is priceless!
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Old 25-04-2013, 00:15
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The Marrakesh one for sure. I. Always loved series 5 and I loved the sandalwood episode and the toga one. Seeing James in a toga is priceless!
I'd forgotten about that. That one had me sore from laughter at the time. It was supposed to be a posh champagne evening for City types and for some reason the boys decorated the place like a brothel, dressed up in togas and handed out cheddar cheese on cocktail sticks. Just another monumental Apprentice candidate error of judgement.
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Old 25-04-2013, 06:47
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My issue with Stella was not so much her performance on the tasks, it is that she was quite plainly overqualified for the role
Stella was overqualified for the role she was given, and perhaps the writing was on the wall in the interview round when Bordan (CEO of Viglen, where she was to work) described her as the "admin queen".

Stella was not overqualified for a year being mentored in entrepreneurship by Lord Sugar himself, but that turned out not to be the prize.
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Old 25-04-2013, 09:59
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You see, this is why I think Laura should have won Series 6. She was by no means the best on the tasks, but she and Stuart were really the only ones who were actually apprentice material, and Laura had a lot more integrity than Stuart.
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