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Cassetteboy mashes up the Apprentice

The Ultimate Olympian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:16:17 -0800

Casetteboy vs The Bloody Apprentice Like The Apprentice? Don't like the Apprentice? Either way, you'll probably like this. Cassetteboy has been previously discussed in the blue, but he's progressed to using video as well as sound clips. This one of Gordon Brown isn't bad either.

You're fired! (in real life)

mr_silver — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:09:39 -0800

After 12 weeks, viewers of the UK version of "The Apprentice" saw Michelle Dewberry beat off Ruth Badger to win a £100,000 a year job working for Sir Alan Sugar. Inspired by the show, some organisations are leaning towards this style of hiring for their own recruitment. Not surprisingly, others are dismayed.

Death in the Desert

hortense — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:57:40 -0800

Remains of guru's disciple identified Shortly after the 1998 death of "A Separate Reality" guru Carlos Castaneda, whose peyote-fueled sorceric journeys into the Mexican desert captured the imagination of a generation in the 1970s, five of his closest disciples made out their wills, disconnected their telephones, and disappeared into thin air. via

Trump That Bernadette Peters!

adrober — Fri, 20 May 2005 23:46:29 -0800

The Apprentice: The Musical. This is not a joke.

reality? Get real...

konolia — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:13:39 -0800

Reality's Apprentice Reality TV may seem a world away from real life, but what happens when Donald Trump’s The Apprentice moves in upstairs? Worse, what happens when it seems to be a sham? Keith Hollihan reports with a fascinating account of his life’s surreal intrusions.