"The Celebrity Apprentice"- FIFTH SEASON PREMIERE ON MY 7,000TH POST!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Michael Andretti filled in for Marco this season due to the death of his maternal grandfather.

FIRST TASK: Make the most money making sandwiches at Cafe METRO. In the second half of this season premiere, each team chose one sandwich to bring to "The Rachael Ray Show", w/ the better sandwich getting a $35K bonus from said cafe towards their team's total.

PROJECT MANAGERS:

Unanimous: Paul Teutul, Sr.
Forte: Patricia Velasquez

Victoria Gotti was late one day because of an accident the night before involving one of her corneas. Aubrey O'Day was one of the outside greeters (the other was Penn Jillette while he was juggling at the same time) & Carol Alt came in.

The cashiers were Clay Aiken & Tia Carrere.

Other notables arriving to eat were Wyclef Jean (who also performed a song inside), Russell Simmons & Katie Ford.

Choice Sandwich Names:

Lisa Lampanelli & Victoria: The Celebrity Club Internationale
Adam Corolla & Arsenio Hall: "I Rise" (named after Paul in a "Chopper Box")
WINNER- "I Rise"

BOARDROOM RESULTS: Patricia reluctantly said Cheryl Tiegs & Victoria raised the least for their team. However, much earlier in the night, at times I saw Unanimous' sub shop empty because the guests were distracted by what was going on outside, mostly by Penn, & they had a secret goal of $500K. When forced to, Paul named Arsenio & George Takei his weak links. And Lou Ferrigno was down to 260 pounds as of this SP.

As Arsenio would say on "Star Search", "Hit me with the digits"...


















































































































FORTE- $126,962
UNANIMOUS- $367,120 (including about $305K by Paul to one person)

...A NEW FIRST-WEEK RECORD HAS BEEN SET & ALL THAT MONEY'S GOING TO MAKE-A-WISH!!!!!

But the first star this season to leave EMPTY-HANDED was...Cheryl, although Victoria had to ask Mr. Trump several times after the fact to assure that she wasn't fired this week.