Gary Busee's mechanical dog concept was different for sure. Had he not brought in the weirdness with his "wife" actress he could have possibly pulled it off. I felt bad for Lisa and Penn this last week. Talk about having to tip toe around any thought, idea or even opinion one may have. Did I hear that right...Busee has a 2 1/2 year old son? I missed the week before when Brandi was fired so if anyone has a recap on that...let me know.
Both his "wife" and his "bark" were very unclear and just made for a bad commercial. Plus they were charged to make an informative video, not a commercial; the difference being that you can get crazy and off subject with an ad, but an informative video must be more about informing the public than entertaining them.
Here's a link to last week's show:
http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/video/are-you-my-zulu-dancing-man/n35758/ Spoiler below (I'll try to hide it with a light color, so just highlight it to read):
Basically, the teams were charged with coming up with an interactive display for the S. African tourism department centered around one of two themes: Adventure or Romance. Both teams wanted Adventure thinking that it would include Safari, so at the beginning a coin-flip gave that theme to Brandi's team while Penn's team was "stuck" with Romance. However it turned out that the themes listed five specific activities that the teams were to showcase, and in the case of Adventure, the Safari was not one of the events listed. Since the teams had limited space to host their expo, the Romance theme was actually more conducive to the limited space, being mostly about wines, foods, and cultural dancing, and Penn was able to get some contacts to aid him, like a 5-star S. African chef as well as Zulu dancers from Paul Simon's Graceland album / tour. Brandi's team unfortunately had to showcase activities like golf, shark watching / diving, and zip-line rides, all of which required much more space to truly show off than what they were given. Thus their shark diving was some actor dressed in a shark mascot costume, their "zip-line" was pushing people around on an office chair, and their "golf" was one hole of a mini-golf. Penn's concept was hands-down much better, being much more authentic and professional whereas Brandi's expo seemed very amateur, like a high-school social studies project. And because she was the PM, she was fired for the poor presentation.Almost forgot to mention... Remember to "Like" on Facebook Lil Jon's winning video from this most recent show, since each "Like" will contribute an additional $1 to Lil Jon's charity, the American Diabetes Association:
www.lgapprentice.com (I hope that last link isn't in violation since it is not I that in benefiting from it).