The Irish Apprentice

[Ringo]

http://www.tv3.ie/theapprentice/apply.htm

Have you got what it takes to be Bill Cullens apprentice:D

[Pauro 76]

Who the hell is Bill Cullen? And why is Amanda Brunker his assistant?

[pete]

Who the hell is Bill Cullen?

Hes that guy with the penny farthings book on his life story.. He ran Renault Ireland licence (i think Renault took it back).

Should have got Michael O'Leary. Would be great TV plus he actually has business pedigree.

[Wolfie]

http://www.tv3.ie/theapprentice/apply.htm

Have you got what it takes to be Bill Cullens apprentice:D

It'd be difficult to take Bill seriously after "The Last Word" famously lampooned him on an almost daily basis.

"Wat wit been an entrepreneurs anall dat............" :D :D

[Pauro 76]

How about Mick Wallace taking the Alan Sugar role?

[Wolfie]

How about Mick Wallace taking the Alan Sugar role?

Or Eamon Dunphy.

"Rubbish. Rubbish. You're fired, baby!!" :D :D

[Pauro 76]

Or Eamon Dunphy.

"Rubbish. Rubbish. You're fired, baby!!" :D :D

'No no no no no!'.... :)

[sligoman]

Ya just know this is going to be crap. Seriously, Ireland can't rip off other countries programmes and make it good. The Weakest Link and Who Wants to be a Millionaire prime examples.

[Dodge]

Who wants a millionaire was as good as any of the others.

Dunphy ****ed up the other thing

[Pauro 76]

I know the catchphrase 'You're Fired' varies in other countries. I really do think it's going to be a poor imitation of BBC's excellent version. Especially if it's TV3 doing it.

[Ringo]

Who the hell is Bill Cullen? And why is Amanda Brunker his assistant?

Thats his wife , who's probably 20 years old the amanda Brunker:D

In fairness he is a multi milionaire and he is self made. "the last word " really did take the **** out of him. He took over the Renault franchise when no one wanted it & built it into a substantial business with an annual turnover in excess of €350 million.
http://www.goldenapples.ie/

[pete]

Not taking away from his achievements with Renault franchise what else has he done? I suspect anyone with a car distribution franchise when the Tiger took off could not fail but to make money. Explains why car manufacturers not giving out those lucrative licences anymore.

[Pauro 76]

The Apprentice USA employer, Donald Trump has a very own rhyming slang of his own.

As in 'I'm off for a Donald..'

[Dodge]

Not taking away from his achievements with Renault franchise what else has he done? I suspect anyone with a car distribution franchise when the Tiger took off could not fail but to make money. Explains why car manufacturers not giving out those lucrative licences anymore.

He's a wheeler dealer invester type. Same as Sugar in all fairness.

[Schumi]

He's a wheeler dealerWe already know he sold cars. What else has he done?

[pete]

We already know he sold cars.

Irish Del Boy? :p

[Newryrep]

One of the first challenges for the would be Apprentices should be

'You are all TV excecutives for the day, try and come up with a bloody original idea that isnt a rip off/copy/pale imitation of somebody else idea.'

[cheifo]

"Your task is to provide good car crash television by portraying yourselves as shallow egotists, who couldn't sell a black cat to a witch, act anyway normal and boring and you're fired"

"Yes Mr Bill, we are all Celtic tiger cubs who loving talk about target audiences and branding, and we all want to go to the moon with you instead of that dodgy bloke from Irish Pyschics live"

[Risteard]

In fairness, he did a fairly good job of making a fool of himself on the last word last week;
saying "You're an oul Bertie Brack" and asking Matt Cooper what kind of a dub he was.

This will be great car crash tv.

Anyone have Bill Cullens book?
I heard it's full of stuff about himself that couldn't be true ie. meeting people that weren't around then etc.