Sugar takes the Labour whip? I thought he had been advising the Tories?
David ________________________________ From: Adam Bowie <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Apparently the UK Apprentice is just as rubbish as in the US The new series of The Apprentice just started a couple of weeks ago, and still does pretty good figures. It's also still a non-celebrity show (the celebrity versions have just been short-run charity things). Interestingly, the previous run of The Apprentice was delayed because Lord Alan Sugar takes the Labour whip, and since the regular scheduling (April-Jun '10) would have covered the election period, the series was delayed until after the election. The whole Trump business you've been enduring would have meant, over here, that the series would have been yanked immediately. In the current iteration, the prize has changed from a £100,000 salaried job to a £250,000 (value) investment into a joint venture. With any luck that will shake out the disappointingly large percentage of "business" hopefuls who's main interest seems to have been in the business of television. I must admit that it's one of the few reality shows I watch even if it makes a nonsense of business for the most part. Sugar isn't quite the same as Trump. He's a self-made man in the Branson style, but came to attention through a series of consumer electronics. He does share with the Trump the fact that he's not as successful as he's sometimes painted, although having recently sold his satellite box manufacturing division to Murdoch, he's certainly not doing badly. Adam (And of course, that clip is from Mitchell and Webb. Get a flavour of Alan Sugar from this selectively edited clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi6QDwQyLU) On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:38 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: Though the UK firer-in-chief is better respected for his business skills than Trump. > >http://youtu.be/3ss-59fi4nM > >David > > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
