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Time for the 9:45 investment pitch....
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I used to rank Dragons' Den on par with the Apprentice for my favourite business-style show on TV. However, the current series Is just boring. The new dragons are rubbish.
I noticed the show go downhill in the previous series, so I really respect Theo for getting out when he did. He doesn't want to stay in a sinking ship. I am sure Peter Jones thinks the same as Theo, however as Jones is listed as producer of the show (his production company makes the show in the UK) it probably isn't as easy for him to walk away until he really needs to. I don't know what Duncan and Deborah's excuses are. For Deborah, she probably gets a lot of PR and media coverage which keeps her name in the public domain. But in reality she is clearly the 'poorest' established dragon, and isn't even a millionaire. Piers is a wet fish, bland, boring, and brings nothing to the table. I quite like Kelly, she has a personality, but often seems scared of making investments. In reality, the show is now produced for entertainment rather than enterprise. I doubt Peter, Duncan et al have any desire to invest unless something really takes their fancy (such as those wireless wands a few series back where all the dragons kept outbidding each other), in which case there is no point to the show any more. Dragons' Den has had its day now, and it hurts me to say it as I used to be such a big fan of the show.
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I didn't even realise that this series was back, having looked on my Sky TV guide it states that the episode on 9th Feb is episode 9/12, so either I have missed 8 episodes of this series or it is a continuation from the series that finished last September. Or that Sky have made a cock up. Either way I have managed to obtain the episodes that I have missed, so will watch all of them before this Sunday.
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I didn't even realise that this series was back, having looked on my Sky TV guide it states that the episode on 9th Feb is episode 9/12, so either I have missed 8 episodes of this series or it is a continuation from the series that finished last September. Or that Sky have made a cock up. Either way I have managed to obtain the episodes that I have missed, so will watch all of them before this Sunday.
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I wonder if they included the lift due to complaints from disabled groups ?
I guess with the lift scenes we can see them and their reactions/thoughts before facing the dragons. Just hope they don't do a X-factor/the voice 'let's film them at home with the family and then have them walk over a bridge somewhere smiling and laughing. |
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The vital part of condom man's patent was for measuring the size in 3 dimensions, is that correct? Surely you only need 2 dimensions for a proper fit, length and circumference (or diameter).
I'm not really a fan of the new dragons, but I think that Piers showed his worth by stepping in and trying to undercut Peter's offer to cabbie man. Peter looked quite annoyed. For too long I felt that the dragons all work together and either all ask for the same percentage and refuse to negotiate or they split that same percentage with another dragon. I still think Piers isn't great as he makes some pointless comments, but having someone to ruffle a few feathers is a good move. What I do find annoying is the half time recap. Why do they feel the need to tell us what just happened a few minutes ago? And then the 'still to come' bit wich just spoils things we've yet to see. |
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I don't know what Duncan and Deborah's excuses are. For Deborah, she probably gets a lot of PR and media coverage which keeps her name in the public domain. But in reality she is clearly the 'poorest' established dragon, and isn't even a millionaire.
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As soon as he came on, I knew they wouldn't invest in the condoms - the Dragons are very prissy and I can't recall them ever investing in anything related to bodily functions.
Kelly had to be the most desperate to avoid investing though, with her nonsense about "What size emergency condom would I take out of a night?". |
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Time for the 9:45 investment pitch....
Mind you, I'm surprised Bannatyne didn't complain the condom measurement tool wouldn't be big enough for him! Mind you, with ego as big as his, he's probably got a tiny willy! |
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Condom man didn't even mention labelling.
"Small" is the new Gi-normous, for example |
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I'm not really a fan of the new dragons, but I think that Piers showed his worth by stepping in and trying to undercut Peter's offer to cabbie man. Peter looked quite annoyed.
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IThe new dragons are rubbish.(
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I felt sorry for Piers; he undercut his rivals by a quarter (only 30% instead of 40% equity), and the guy still did as much as he could to get any other dragon on-board except him!
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As soon as he came on, I knew they wouldn't invest in the condoms - the Dragons are very prissy and I can't recall them ever investing in anything related to bodily functions.
Kelly had to be the most desperate to avoid investing though, with her nonsense about "What size emergency condom would I take out of a night?". |
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Do they not get on with Piers so much? he doesn't seem to get much and is forced out by the regular dragons.
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Peter made it perfectly clear how he felt about Piers during those negotiations. You could cut the atmosphere with a knife.
![]() James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne blanking each other for an entire series never had quite the same spark. |
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Peter Jones really showed his sexist side on the baby carrier pitch assuming that men wouldn't know anything about carrying babies so insisted on bringing the woman in for her opinion. Nice to see the woman dragon put him in his place that men now have equal parenting responsibilities. As a househusband and the main carer for my disabled child I took offense at his generalisations that 'the woman must know best' attitude.
Mind you, what would he know? People with his kind of money probably employ nannies to do all that sort of thing. |
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Was she right in saying women carry condoms around? I thought that would be exclusively a man's responsibility.
![]() Women have always wanted equality with men. |
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Mind you, what would he know? People with his kind of money probably employ nannies to do all that sort of thing.
I also thought this was a repeat of the last series as the outfits are the same..but watched on sunday and didnt remember it..so had no idea it was split in 2!! |
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DM aint a millionaire? R U Serious.?
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I felt sorry for Piers; he undercut his rivals by a quarter (only 30% instead of 40% equity), and the guy still did as much as he could to get any other dragon on-board except him!
It seems quite often people don't want whoever the 'newbie' dragon on a series is- simply because they don't know them. But Jones must have made a hundred investments by now- so surely a new dragon would be more likely to take a real interest in the welfare of the pitcher. |
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I got some Texas Joe Beef Jerky in Sainsburys yesterday
![]() Really this show isn't so much about getting investment from the Dragons, it is getting your product on the tele for a bit of exposure. If someone watching likes it enough they will get in touch and invest / make a deal Dragon or no Dragon! |
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Again in this episode we have a dragon drooling over a product, and saying how much she likes it and how brilliant it is, only to drop out and the end. Last week it was Peter, This should be stopped it's unfair to the pitcher and unfair to the other dragons.
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I got some Texas Joe Beef Jerky in Sainsburys yesterday
![]() Really this show isn't so much about getting investment from the Dragons, it is getting your product on the tele for a bit of exposure. If someone watching likes it enough they will get in touch and invest / make a deal Dragon or no Dragon! |
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