The Popularity of Annie Duke
Wednesday, 8. April 2009, 05:34:34
What do Celebrity Apprentice and poker have in common, except for Annie Duke? Nothing. Yet the power of Annie is such that every poker forum has detailed posts on what is going on in the Celebrity Apprentice. Poker fans may not know who is leading at Foxwoods or what is happening in the durrrr Challenge, but they will know everything said and done in the latest episode of Celebrity Apprentice.
Annie has the knack of coming out tops in everything she does on the Celebrity Apprentice. And this was so in the latest episode as well. The teams had to prepare a viral video for “All Small and Mighty” laundry detergent. As expected, Annie’s concept was accepted by her team. She suggested having midgets giving team mate Jesse James a bath. Midgets are small and Jesse James is big so the concept fit perfectly with the Small and Mighty name. Annie said, “There’s no one on Earth who wouldn’t open that video”, which is what viral videos are about.
It was then that the proceedings hit the next snag. James refused to be given a scrub by the midgets and one can understand his reluctance. This pissed Annie off. She felt that James was not being a team player. She said, “I don’t like people who won’t step up.” However it was Annie who was sent to play Dirty Harry. Instead of browbeating James she reasoned the value of her concept. She showed James how many hits a title with the word “midget” would get. She also explained that the concept needed to be outrageous for people to be attracted. Eventually James agreed and thereafter he played his part to perfection.
The team captain Melissa Rivers put Annie in charge of branding. As it happened the executives from All, who were to judge the viral videos, hated the videos produced by both teams. The only thing they liked was the branding in Annie’s team. So more brownie points to Annie. Melissa had to take two team mates to the board room for the firing ceremony. She did not know whom to take so she asked for volunteers. Tionne Watkins volunteered. Annie did not. She remembered an earlier episode in which Trump had said. “Never volunteer for execution.” It was Tionne who was shown the door.
Annie stays on to fight another day. And going by the previews there will be a massive fight between Annie and her nemesis Joan Rivers.
Annie has the knack of coming out tops in everything she does on the Celebrity Apprentice. And this was so in the latest episode as well. The teams had to prepare a viral video for “All Small and Mighty” laundry detergent. As expected, Annie’s concept was accepted by her team. She suggested having midgets giving team mate Jesse James a bath. Midgets are small and Jesse James is big so the concept fit perfectly with the Small and Mighty name. Annie said, “There’s no one on Earth who wouldn’t open that video”, which is what viral videos are about.
It was then that the proceedings hit the next snag. James refused to be given a scrub by the midgets and one can understand his reluctance. This pissed Annie off. She felt that James was not being a team player. She said, “I don’t like people who won’t step up.” However it was Annie who was sent to play Dirty Harry. Instead of browbeating James she reasoned the value of her concept. She showed James how many hits a title with the word “midget” would get. She also explained that the concept needed to be outrageous for people to be attracted. Eventually James agreed and thereafter he played his part to perfection.
The team captain Melissa Rivers put Annie in charge of branding. As it happened the executives from All, who were to judge the viral videos, hated the videos produced by both teams. The only thing they liked was the branding in Annie’s team. So more brownie points to Annie. Melissa had to take two team mates to the board room for the firing ceremony. She did not know whom to take so she asked for volunteers. Tionne Watkins volunteered. Annie did not. She remembered an earlier episode in which Trump had said. “Never volunteer for execution.” It was Tionne who was shown the door.
Annie stays on to fight another day. And going by the previews there will be a massive fight between Annie and her nemesis Joan Rivers.
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