Anyone who uses the phrase "gave 110%" is at the top of my chopping block.

I dunno if I disagree with George not contributing. He seemed very enthusiastic about his role and seems committed to it. But compared to the other guys, he probably is the weakest link. He's just not as valuable as the others, but it's mostly because they are very good. I'd say he's as good as any of the women except Patricia and Lisa. NJ Housewife is probably 3rd best woman on there, I've been a bit surprised by her seeming capable.

Penn running away from it is far from a given. There are a lot of capable players on the men's team. Arsenio is doing very well. I still think Andretti is a potential challenger (although he's done nothing so far). Even Paul Sr. is doing much better than I expected. He is doing a good job coming up with ideas, bringing money, and not being as much of a dick as I thought. But Penn definitely is the strongest. But a bad task where he has no one to blame can doom him. If they lost today, I think he had to go.

Ranking the men's team (from best to worst):
Penn Jillette
Clay Aiken
Arsenio Hall
Adam Carolla
Paul Teutul, Sr.
Dee Snider
Michael Andretti
George Takei
Lou Ferrigno

Arsenio and Carolla are interchangable at this point, and so are Paul and Dee Snider. It's difficult without having seen more of them.

I think Penn had a 0% chance of going home this week. He is arguably the most famous/relevant person on the show.

That alone is enough to guarantee his safety early on, but even without that going for him he is extremely sharp and his personality is well suited for the boardroom.

Yep, 0% chance Penn was going home. It's happened in the past where Donald has made up some arbitrary rationale to make sure he got to keep the more entertaining/smarter player on the show.

lol my thoughts exactly.

Think you are overrating Aiken by a bit. I don't see him as being able to lead the team as well as the rest of them. It's tough being that young. I'd say Lou is probably better than George. Carolla is gonna be so hard to predict, he has a lot of talent but I just see him not caring.

Penn and Aiken are way above everybody else in this thing, Patricia a distant 3rd.

Aiken is way smarter and more driven than I expected.

Takei > Ferrigno, Lou is gonna be a malcontent at this point, and he is a lock to be an awful project manager because of his poor organizational skills. One of the smarter men is gonna have to take over when that happens.

Penn: 100% class. He and Adam for the final two.

Satan's vampire granddaughter: Celeb because your father was a murderer? I guess that says more about us than you. I'm glad there were no "cement shoes" jokes this week, that **** got on my nerves. She knows how to spell "evil" very well. Glad she's gone.

Hulk: It's true- no one likes you when you're angry. the 'roids have scrambled your brains. Fire this meathead.

Hot South American Chick: hot.

Sulu: way better on Stern.

Holy **** James Lipton is 85

lol, I think Lou has a little crush on Penn.

I like this show a lot with DVR.

I forgot how much I hated James Lipton until he spelled out passion. there were some good wtf faces while that was going on. Donald and Lisa both. Here's Lipton on the Ali G show (he gets owned):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JEI3zGcV1g&t=59s

I liked Arsenio's comment 'one girl will kill you with her looks, the other with her family"

This, watching this show at a full two hours would be excruciating, but torrenting it a very manageable hour twenty is one of my favorite shows.

Really, really, really hot, but then again in the final boardroom she was in between two old ugly ass broads so that had to make her look even better.

Dunno what you mean by "impressive". If you mean "competent", two episodes is way too small a sample and there have been plenty of celebs who knew what they were doing. Trace Adkins comes to mind, as do Piers Morgan and Annie Duke (among others), although the abrasive nature of those last two tends to hurt them a bit.

Penn does get points for being diplomatic in the face of Lou being a gigantic whiny bitch.

Pretty astute observation. No idea how long he'll be around but I expected Aiken to be some sort of famewhore pansy and he's been smart and funny.

Don Jr. is ****ing awesome, especially since he seems stoned all the time. Actually Ivanka is surprisingly cool too. Considering what a tool Donald is he had some pretty entertaining/smart kids, although Eric is pretty meh. So I guess the mother is the wildcard.

Indeed.

Don Jr. does seem extremely cool...he's made a few appearances on Opie and Anthony's show and always fit in surprisingly well there. Seems like they did a good job raising him not to be sheltered; he talked about going to visit his grandfather in Czechoslovakia for a few weeks every year, I'm sure that helped keep him grounded.

That link is more of an example of why James Lipton is alright.

How he carries himself doesn't seem enough to justify the hate.

i had somehow never seen that ali g clip before, fantastic.

don jr comes across as a complete tool on the show imo

Ib can't think of any woman I more want to sex than Ivanka. She's not the sexiest. Nor the most beautiful. But yowza...just something about her.

the best was when he was making one of the lame mob jokes about victoria

and they cut to him and he's like the only one laughing at his own joke

I'm not a Don Jr. fan. He just has this goofy laugh and seems like he's trying to impress his dad. Ivanka is the whole package - chick seems damn smart, honest, and hot.

Im guessing its the millions of dollars she can make rain on you while you're pounding her.

glad to see common sense has been restored in this thread, i thought i was losing my mind when multiple consecutive people were talking about how cool he is

lol, iirc you thought the Norm MacDonald bit at the Saget roast wasn't funny (and were vehement about it) so if anything your not liking Don Jr. just validates the fact that he is awesome. I'd be more concerned about my tastes if you liked him.

Witty, entertaining people usually make it farther in life. Penn has talent and is a legitimate celebrity, he's a lock to be in final four.

From these early edits, Lou, George, Tia probably are not ratings grabbers, expect to see them go soon. Patricia does have elegance when she speaks + her 120k first week should buy her 3-4 more weeks.

Teams gonna have to break soon, hard for men to lose. From the editing, they seem to be much smarter.