In an eventful three hour The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 10, NeNe Leakes quit (good riddance), La Toya Jackson got fired again, and then Star Jones got fired when Meat Loaf should have.
They will be interviewed by the three Celebrity Apprentice winners, one of whom, Piers Morgan, actually deserved to win. If the other two are anything to go by, it’s not about necessarily being the best. A sympathy vote apparently goes a long way for Trump, and being his friend doesn’t hurt either.
John Rich would get rid of Meat Loaf, who has been a little erratic. As for Marlee, she’s raised a lot of money, but that’s it. His strength has been writing, but Piers says he’s not impressed. He promises a completely new gear because this is an individual situation.
Bret thinks Lil Jon’s a sleeper who didn’t get here by accident. Strangely enough, he thinks that the final two will be John Rich against Marlee Matlin. This is a fair answer, but you wouldn’t expect it from one of their competitors. Meat Loaf, however, is too emotional.
Meat Loaf thinks that being the oldest was an asset. It worked for Joan Rivers. That was the only very lame excuse Trump had for giving her the win. He doesn’t believe his anger management and emotional issues are a detriment. He thinks Lil Jon is a little lazy, and he didn’t know who John Rich was before he came here.
Marlee calls this the hardest thing she’s ever done. People may think she can’t do some things because she’s deaf, but she’s done well regardless. That said, she had one amazing task, but without that, there’s not much else. Piers questions whether she’s got anything left, and she says she’s been pretty much tapped out.
The three winners were in agreement with the two people they chose.
John Rich would pick himself and Marlee. Lil Jon would pick himself and John. Marlee would pick herself and John Rich. Meat Loaf would pick himself and John Rich. So all four people say John.
Because he said earlier Marlee and John should be in the finals, Lil Jon has been fired.
Meat should have been sent packing last week instead of Star so we weren’t merely delaying the inevitable. Having displayed too much emotion, Meat Loaf has been fired.
That leaves us with a rematch of the highest earning task in history, John Rich vs. Marlee Matlin.
The final task is to launch 7UP Retro, a product made with real sugar. They will design the packaging and in store display, write/create/produce a commercial, and launch the product at a star studded event. One of them will celebrate the 1970s and work with the Harlem Globetrotters, while the other will work with Def Leppard to bring the 1980s to life. They will be judged on creativity of design, commercial, launch event, and inclusion of decade/charity/personality. Both charities will receive $50,000 to get started.
Marlee’s just happy it’s not another fundraiser.
As the leading money winner, Marlee gets her choice of the two tasks. She selects the Globetrotters, which surprises musician John Rich, who thought there’s no way she would give him the rockers. John Rich gets to start team selection. Even though she realizes she may have given John an advantage, Marlee loves sports and would rather have something very visual.
John: Lil Jon, Mark McGrath, Star Jones
Marlee: Meat Loaf, Richard Hatch, La Toya Jackson
That pretty well gives John the musical dream team.
La Toya quickly finds out what the guys have had to deal with all this time as she sits there listening to Meat Loaf’s rambling. He’ll arrive at a good thought eventually, though.
John thinks he’s come up with a hook that’s going to work: 7UP, Still Keeping It Real. They will be going with zebra striped cans.
The other team arrives at a slogan of Feel the Love. They have a disco ball and a boombox for their cans and boxes.
Star’s happy to be on this team with all the guys. John Rich is just lucky he’s married.
Ivanka’s a little concerned that Marlee will be dominated by Meat Loaf again.
Once Meat Loaf leaves, Richard Hatch and Marlee decide to dump his boombox idea. When he finds out, he warns that they’re making a huge giant mistake, one that could cost her the entire game.
John wants to get Dee Snider from Twisted Sister, but there’s a problem. He’s got facial hair that he can’t shave because of his Rock of Ages contract. He calls to get the okay to shave. Their concept is that they’re auditioning really bad 80s talents, and Dee is bad as well, until he gets some 7UP Retro and turns into Twisted Sister.
Marlee wants to bring back the guy who did the original 70s 7UP commercials, Geoffrey Holder. They dial 411 to find him. How quaint. He’s available. The team members will also be starring in the commercial. Hatch has a fro, La Toya’s a superhero, and Meat Loaf is Meat Loaf.
Since we’re approaching the end of part one of the finale, it’s time to throw up some curve balls that at the end of the day won’t make any difference. John Rich gets into a bit of an argument with Def Leppard’s road manager. Marlee gets a call from Geoffrey Holder, whose lawyer refuses to sign the release.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 12, where we will find out who The Celebrity Apprentice 4 winner is, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.