Diner Task The Celebrity Apprentice USA

Our country's been through a lot,

but no matter how bad things get, we get out of bed,

we roll up our sleeves, and we do everything possible

to make sure that things are running perfectly.

This season on Celebrity Apprentice, we're here to do our part,

raising money for causes that need our help more than ever,

and I mean need it right now.

That's why 14 celebrities have come to New York,

and put their careers on hold, their lives on hold,

to fight for their favourite charities.

You know what? I'm walking.

They'll compete in the toughest business competition of them all.

And when it's all over,

I'll pick just one to become the Celebrity Apprentice.

And as for the rest,

I'm going to fire the asses off each and every one of them.

We're back, with two new teams of celebrities.

Rocksolid.

For the men's team,

four-time Olympic gold medal sprinter, Michael Johnson,

Poison frontman, Bret Michaels...

If you're going to freak out, freak out. Have a rock-star freak-out.

..stand-up comedian, Sinbad,

professional wrestler and actor, Goldberg,

four-time World Series winning baseball star, Darryl Strawberry,

celebrity chef, Curtis Stone,

and the former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.

I'll do anything, legal and ethical and honest.

Of course!

For the women, music manager and judge of America's Got Talent,

Sharon Osbourne...

Make your man feel like a rock star.

..actress and best-selling author, Holly Robinson Peete,

two-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, Summer Sanders,

Victoria's Secret Angel, Selita Ebanks...

..writer and stand-up comedian, Carol Leifer,

former WWE diva, Maria Kanellis,

and Grammy-award winning singer, Cyndi Lauper.

I schlepped. Every rug that we used, I carried one.

From the streets of Manhattan, to the boardroom of Trump Tower,

they'll attempt to mortgage their fame...

All right, let's open this!

-So, don't forget...

-Uh-oh.

..and trade on their celebrity...

I'm looking for a Cyndi Lauper.

Darling!

Bring me everything you got.

..in the toughest tasks ever...

Muggles and wizards.

-Give me an assignment, cos I'm about to

-BLEEP

-snap.

Is it too early to start drinking?

We're prematurely ejaculating. We need more foreplay.

..all in the name of charity.

Stop for a minute and let me explain to you.

-The next person who tells me what to do, I'm

-BLEEP

-pushing their face

right through the back of their head.

Goodbye.

-This is a reality check. Go

-BLEEP

-yourself.

They've been to the top of the charts.

They've been to the top of the world.

But they've never been to the boardroom.

You all know an answer.

But somebody's got to be fired.

I was sticking up for you.

-It's all

-BLEEP.

Just relax. Can I finish or not?

-I wish you people could answer the

-BLEEP

-damn

-BLEEP

-question.

You go in there, you survive. You fight like a pit-bull.

I don't want to lose. I don't want to go home with nothing.

I'm competing because I've been wronged

and maliciously accused of things I didn't do.

I'm fighting back.

I just got back from a concert in Mexico,

and I'm actually running on one hour's sleep,

but here I am - I'm ready to rock.

I'm not afraid of anybody. I'm a fighter.

So, Donald Trump, I'm not afraid of you.

It's time for a new deal. It's time to get back to work.

It's time for The Celebrity Apprentice.

The Celebrity Apprentice starts now.

# I see your true colours

# And that's why I love you

# So don't be afraid... #

-This is like the

-BLEEP

-Star Wars bar in here.

MUSIC: "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays

# Money, money, money, money

# Money

# Money, money, money, money

# Money. #

It's a pretty surreal feeling to be standing alongside Michael Johnson,

the fastest man in the world.

Goldberg, who could probably crush you with one of his hands,

and meet all these incredible sort of personalities,

but you're actually waiting for the man himself, Mr Trump.

Welcome to Grand Central Terminal,

the largest train station anywhere in the world. Not bad.

Every day, over a quarter of a million people

walk through these very famous doors.

I love this place, because one of my first deals,

I bought the hotel right next door, the old Commodore.

As part of my transformation, I renovated the exterior

of Grand Central Terminal, to do something for the city, to give back.

And that's exactly what you'll be doing. You'll be giving back.

You're here representing a specific charity,

and you're going to raise a lot of money for your charity.

OK?

I have a lot of respect for these people,

because each one of them has attained success

in their given field.

And it's an honour to be associated with all of them.

But Rod Blagojevich, not necessarily.

So, Governor, you have a hell of a lot of guts, I have to tell you that.

I have friends, where things have happened to them,

they crawl into a corner, they die.

-You're out there punching, so I respect that.

-I appreciate that.

Bret, what charity are you working with?

American Diabetes Association, and I've been a lifelong diabetic.

I'm insulin dependent, I do four injections a day,

and a numerous amount of blood tests.

So it's very, very close to my heart.

Now, you know, Bret, you're a little bit late. We thought we lost you.

You know that?

I made every effort. I had a show last night,

had to fly all the way back from Mexico.

Even though I'm running on literally an hour's sleep,

I'm not going to let that stop me.

Very good.

Bret Michaels, man. He's still got that hair.

You know when a rocker moves with the time, he cuts his hair off.

As long as they got that long hair and them tight jeans,

they're still rocking.

Cyndi, what charity are you going to be working with?

The Stonewall Community Foundation in support of the True Colours Fund.

Very good. And why?

It's going to raise awareness for the gay, lesbian, transgender,

and bisexual community.

And you love New York, I can tell by that little, tiny accent.

Well, I've been here all my life. I love this city.

Good luck. You're going to do well, I'm sure.

OK, now let's get down to business.

It will be men versus women.

I don't play well with other children.

And I can be the nastiest bitch in the world.

MIMES CAT

Take that.

You're going to go back to Trump Tower

and you're going to choose a name for your team.

I've had names over the years, you couldn't pronounce them,

they went into Greek mythology.

Pick a great name.

Also, I want you to pick a project manager.

Now here's the little wrinkle.

I want the women to pick the project manager of the men.

I want the men to pick the project manager of the women.

-Oh, no!

-OK?

No!

OK. I'll meet you in the boardroom. I'll give you your task.

Have a good time. Thank you.

I'm not talking.

Let's go, guys. Let's have a little fun.

All right, a little fun time.

Now it's party time.

Party time.

Now.

Now we have to pick a project manager.

We got to the war room and we started working out who

we were going to pick to be the women's project manager,

and there was a few mixed, you know, ideas floating around in the room.

You want to go strong or weak?

Let's get rid of some of their strong ones right away.

Right. Well, that's one strategy. The other train of thought is,

-you go for the weakest person on their team.

-Right.

We beat them. Let's knock one out now, this first week.

Let's not take any chances.

Can't argue with you.

So, let's go weak.

All of us are A-type personalities.

I am pumped up, and passionately want to win,

and I'm going to do whatever it takes to make that happen.

All right.

I'm going to step out there

and say that I think if we make Cyndi their project manager -

she's a little dishevelled,

and like me, my brain to my mouth sometimes is a disaster.

She has crazy energy.

She does have crazy energy.

-But women don't like... Men can deal with crazy talking.

-Right.

They don't do that too well.

And that voice, they'd be annoyed, right?

Exactly, cos we can do that.

I've always loved Cyndi Lauper, I like her style.

But I think some people can't deal with that.

So we figured, let's see if they get irked,

cos once you get women irked, they never let it go.

It stays with them till the day they die.

Let's make our vote. Let's do this as a team.

-I'm going with Cyndi.

-I'm going with Cyndi. Let's put her out front.

-Cyndi. Cyndi for me.

-Right.

And the good thing is, know this.

They're over there saying I've been stoned since the third grade,

so I'm going to be the project manager.

They're sure this is an easy kill!

That boy's been stoned since the third grade!

OK, here's the thing.

What do you mean? Let's pick him. Nobody's going to like him.

He ran a state. He knows how to run a team.

But, guys, he did get caught.

We spread out all the head-shots, and the decision-making began,

and then it ended 30 seconds later.

It was a no-brainer.

What about this here fella?

-Yeah, I think Bret.

-I think it's him.

You think it's him?

You guys, he's on like one hour's sleep, from doing a thing.

All right. I say we get him.

100%?

It's about his ability to organise. OK. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

We're going with Bret.

Bret Michaels. Rock Of Love, right?

Where he's basically a man-whore.

All right. Well, we'll see how he does in the business world.

OK. I think the name's got to be intimidating and strong.

I do, too.

Mr Trump clearly stated that the name was very important.

It kind of sets the scene.

How about names of ships? Old ships?

Because those ships were named after women, to take great trips.

-I hope you don't use The

-BLEEP

-Titanic!

We had some great ideas. I learned so much about Cyndi Lauper.

She is a history buff. She was pulling stuff out of nowhere.

But she needs to be reined in.

What about Boadicea? She was awesome.

What about William Wallace? Wasn't there something William Wallace?

Who's William Wallace?

He was a great hero of Scotland.

But let's do something from this century, Cyndi.

We need something from this century.

'What is not to love about Cyndi Lauper? She's so out there.

'Just a lovely soul.'

But totally barking mad.

What about what Shackleton said?

"Through endurance, we do great things."

Endurance.

Endurance is a good one, too.

'I ain't perfect. But I do things differently than other people.

'So, I just was making suggestions.'

You want a name that has some history, some weight,

that means something.

So, listen to some of these synonyms for endurance.

Ability, allowance, stamina, tenacity.

I actually love tenacity.

Does anybody else like tenacity?

I love tenacity.

Tenacity!

All right, Tenacity. Come on.

Come on, girls. Come on.

-Team name.

-Team name.

Go ahead.

We wanted a team name that really signified who we are.

So, we spent time actually focusing on, you know,

what kind of team do we really want to be?

What are some of the qualities that we're going to have as a team,

that's going to make us win week after week?

-Strength. Unity.

-Unity.

-Strength.

-Perseverance.

-Perseverance.

I got one - Rocksolid.

We're Rocksolid, you can't beat us.

We're a team. We're tight. We're tough.

-Rock Hard.

-Rock Hard.

I think Rock Hard's going to be taken out of context!

So, let's do this. Let's make a vote, right now.

I like Rocksolid.

I like Rocksolid, too.

Rocksolid shows how...

-Rocksolid it is.

-Rocksolid it is, baby.

I mean, I have a T-shirt line called Rocksolid,

-but listen, that wasn't the...

-Oh, wait!

Bret, that's all right, Bret.

I was thinking how nice it was to be able to be part of this sort of

healthy camaraderie between a bunch of guys who are now on the same team.

Coming out of politics and government,

it's a whole new experience.

The way you guys think, I should've had you guys when I was in politics.

-See, that's all I'm saying.

-Yeah.

First thing I would have told you, like this. "Hang up the phone."

"Hang up the phone. Rod! Rod! Hang up the phone, man!"

"Call me from a payphone!"

"Call me from the payphone!"

"What's that clicking? Click, click, click, click."

Rod Blagojevich, he's the elephant in the room.

There's got to be something you want people to know about you.

You must have some information that the rest of the world doesn't have,

for you to put yourself out there like that.

OK. All right, thanks. All right.

Mr Trump is ready to see us.

Welcome to the boardroom. This is a place you don't want to be.

Cos the boardroom is when things aren't going so well.

Don and Ivanka will be my eyes and ears. They report back to me.

What they say really will mean something.

Sharon, what's going to be your team name?

Give me a good one.

Come on, girls. Two, three...

-ALL:

-Tenacity!

Tenacity. Good. I like that name.

I knew a girl named Tenacity once.

-Did we like her?

-She wasn't nice.

Oh.

Governor, what's going to be your team name?

Rocksolid.

Rocksolid. OK.

I like Tenacity better, but you know, that's OK.

Who did you choose as the project manager for the men? Maria?

I actually have it right here.

-Bret Michaels.

-Ah, Bret.

Let me just say, goodbye.

Oh!

Did I not say I would be the choice?

Yes, you did.

-We saw it coming. We saw it coming.

-Why? Why, Sinbad?

Because, as a rocker, they assume that he might be a weak link.

But they don't know his creativity.

They don't know how he works with us.

So what are you going to do to surprise them?

Well, they're going to be surprised because we're coming out firing,

and I think we are going to blow a lot of people away,

-and win this thing.

-But, Sharon, let me ask you this.

Did you choose the weak person, or the strong person?

He's no weak guy. I mean, I've seen him around.

No, he's no weak guy. But he's had one hour's sleep.

Oh.

All right. Men, who did you choose as the project manager for the women?

-We chose Cyndi.

-Cyndi.

Are you looking to get rid of somebody strong?

We absolutely chose a strong person.

-We think that Cyndi has connections here in New York.

-That's true.

We think that she's... You know, she doesn't hold back.

She's got no filter.

Right. Exactly.

It shows a lot of conviction in your abilities

to choose the strongest player,

at least if that's an accurate statement.

Well, is that accurate? I mean, do you think she's the strongest player?

Yes.

OK. In order to do what I want you to do,

you're going to have to know this city,

and you're going to have to know a lot of people,

and you're going to have to know something about restaurants.

The restaurant business in New York City is one of the biggest.

20,000 restaurants are in this city.

You're going to be running a diner.

You're going to be making up menus, you're going to be cooking,

you're going to be serving.

And at the end of the day, it's the one that's able to take in

the most in terms of tips and numbers.

So if somebody's going to give you a 10,000 tip, that's fine.

All of the money will go to the project manager of the winning team.

And these diners are very interesting,

because one's going to be located on 53rd and Madison,

and the second is at 62nd and Lexington.

Two phenomenal locations.

Cyndi, what location would you prefer?

I think that the 62nd and Lexington Avenue is the busiest one.

Lotta lotta lot of traffic.

OK. What location do you want, Bret?

I'm going to have to refer to Darryl here for a quick second.

Darryl definitely knows every nook and cranny of New York.

He knows places that you don't want to know about.

-Well, you want to know them.

-I do actually want to know.

-The ladies don't want to know about them. Right, Darryl?

-Yeah.

We don't want to know. I don't even want to know about them!

That's old days, back in the Met days, Yankee days.

OK. Darryl, what location do you like?

I mean, I like 53rd and Madison.

So in other words, we don't have to flip coins.

No, they wanted sixty...

They're going to have 62nd and Lex,

and you're going to have 53rd and Madison.

And I think that's fine.

OK. You each have your location. We have our project managers.

You're each going to run a diner.

So, Curtis, do you think that gives you an advantage?

Yeah, definitely. I've worked in restaurants since I was very young.

I've opened them, I've run them all over the world,

so I'll be a great assistance to Bret as a project manager.

OK. That's cool. Let's see what happens.

The winning project manager is going to make a hell of a lot of money

for the charity.

Somebody on the losing team will be fired.

And nobody wants to be the first one fired.

So, good luck, have a good time. Enjoy the cooking. Enjoy the food.

Boom! Go. Thank you.

We called that, baby. They tore the picture!

Keep them fired up, man.

I got to tell you, right now, I'm focused-pissed.

Here's my thought, let me just bring this us really quickly.

Darryl, if you could jump on that phone and just start to go crazy.

Also, anyone else here that knows people in this city,

let everyone you know know we're going to be at 53rd and Madison.

OK.

'The women's team clearly did not pick me for my strengths.

'And I have no sleep.'

But I'm awake now, and I'm going to be awake for the next

25 days if I need to stay awake straight in a row.

Curtis, you are the master here, and this is your strong point.

This is your chance to fly.

'Bret understood the good fortune that we had Curtis,'

who could handle all of the planning of the menu

and prepping of the food.

-Could I just jump in?

-Yeah. Please, Curtis, jump in.

The last thing we want is passers-by

that are going to come in and spend 20 bucks.

We're better off having an exclusive group of people

that will come in, that are willing to spend big dollars.

I can get us some truffles or something like that,

put a massive premium on the food.

So we're doing truffle burgers, or something like that,

at a 100 a pop.

-Andrew.

-'Yes?'

-Straw.

-'What's up, man?'

I'm running a diner tomorrow for charity.

And I need you to gather people that can come and, you know, bring cash.

And bring credit cards.

'I'm Mr New York. This is a place I know well,'

and people in New York love me, they respect me,

they know I'm one of theirs.

They know I care. They got my back on this.

..information. Don't forget, all right? It's important.

-'You got it.'

-All right, thanks, Drew.

-'All right.'

-Bye.

All right, we heading over there now?

Yeah.

First of all, this is a place that serves breakfast all day.

We should have one thing that's a breakfast thing.

I don't think we need to make it fancy.

This is a diner. This is a diner.

They gave me the diner to run.

'I was a terrible waitress.'

I worked for IHOP,

and I kept confusing the chicken pot pie with the fried chicken.

And they would get all upset and I got fired the first day.

He said my mistakes cost more than my salary.

What about if it's a hamburger with Kaiser roll, or...

Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Nobody cares about the food.

They're coming to see celebrities and give money to charity.

That's it. I want to be a team player.

But Cyndi's an artist, she's not a leader.

-And I just want to say, "Shut the

-BLEEP

-up. Sit down."

"And this is what we're doing." But you can't do that.

Who can cook? That's the first thing. Who can cook?

She can cook.

I have seven brothers, and I had to be my mom's right hand.

I said, "Well, come on, then. I can cook."

I know Curtis can cook too, though. Mmm.

We need to get on radio first thing in the morning.

The place has got to be stuffed,

packed with people waiting to come in.

'I'm not really thrilled to be the first project manager

'cos I don't know how to play this game.'

I think you're supposed to drop dead...

..and then you wind up in the fish tank with the fishes.

And there's a subtitle that says, "Now they sleep with the fishes."

Why don't we all go to the restaurant? Can we do that?

Can we go to the restaurant, see what the hell we're doing?

-This is it.

-This is us?

Right here. Here we go.

-Come on, hop in.

-Awesome. Thank you.

Hi, how are you? How you doing?

Pleasure to meet you.

Yeah, yeah. Let's do that.

As soon as we walked into the diner,

I just wanted to run around and see every corner of the place.

For me, it's just like so exciting.

We didn't have much time to plan the menu, so it was

"What are we going to cook with that they've got in the fridge?"

Basically, they've got beef. I can make burgers with that.

They've got chicken. I can do a chicken cutlet.

-Just got to make the food really simple. You know what I mean?

-Right.

So if we're happy with that, I can do it.

There was a moment in that restaurant, I looked up and I said,

"God, I know I've done a lot of rotten things in my life.

"But thank you for giving me Curtis, and putting him on my team,"

because I can barely make a peanut butter sandwich for my daughters.

You're the expert. I'm not going to fight you on this.

Because I'd been kidding myself to say I know what I'm talking about.

Come eat some food here tomorrow at Burger Heaven.

-It's so clean.

-It's so nice!

You know what? We should definitely get some balloons in here

and have like a party atmosphere.

And now, Cyndi, we're going to work on the flyers, OK?

Yeah, absolutely. Let's do it.

All right. Flyers.

So the plan is for Carol and I to do the flyers.

And we need to get them printed.

The other plan is to figure out what we're going to do as far as photos.

I've tried to call Mark Weiss to come down and do some pictures,

but his answering machine's on.

Oh, hold on a minute. There's a guy outside, a paparazzi guy.

I'm going to ask him.

Come here. You!

You, come here! Yes!

Come on!

-Can you take a picture and give it to us quick?

-Yeah, sure.

Come on, baby.

I go with Sharon. She knows what she's doing.

Work it, girl.

And they took great photos, that's two seconds. That's what we need.

We need their faces.

-Oh, those are cute.

-That's great.

Grilled cheese.

Oh, you are doing it? Look at you. You see, you're awesome.

My task, which I just sort of grabbed at because our project manager

did not give us tasks, was to put together the menu.

Should I just say, "All entrees served with French fries"?

Fruit salad's the easiest thing to make in the world.

We're just going to give them some strawberries?

Is that what you're saying? Give them a burger with strawberries?

No, I understand that it would probably make sense to do

what's easy and fast, but in a burger joint?

Without fries, it's like...

'Holly's great at the things she did.

'She sat down and she wrote out that menu.

'But she's really bossy.'

God bless her. She's bossy.

No, they really want to do fries. I'm sorry.

If you want me to do it...

Fries is a done deal, guys.

We're not going to not do fries in Burger Heaven.

OK. I know.

You don't want to squelch anybody's creativity.

But it's not about making food, it's about raising money.

As far as I'm concerned, those women are some dumb bitches.

I mean, because the fries are the easiest thing in the world.

Yeah, you just put them in and shake them up.

Any big ticket food items that we would need donated?

Well, it's too much.

-We're going to go more Americana with the feel.

-Sure.

But it's a way to sort of get people to spend more money,

if we make the food more expensive gourmet.

If he can get the truffles for, you know, just rock bottom pricing.

Why don't you let me know if you can get them for rock bottom pricing?

See what you can get.

Truffles are very expensive, very good.

If Curtis is going to cook truffle risotto or something like that,

then we can hit people up afterwards. "Wasn't that great?"

You know, donate a little bit more money.

Hey, Stewart. I'm looking for some truffles and some arborio rice,

cos I'm thinking I'm going to do a wild mushroom and truffle risotto.

Great. That sounds good, we're happy to help.

You're an absolute star, mate, thanks so much.

I love you.

Can I see this, please? Just for one second. Can I just see this?

-I don't like that, obviously.

-Mm-hm.

This task, the criteria is how much money do you raise?

And I imagine Cyndi, being in the business for so many decades,

has some people she can call to come through for her.

That's not bad.

Can I see what that is? Er, it's kind of weird.

Oh, my hand is coming around there. I see. That just looks odd, right?

Mm-hm. I think Cyndi, as a project manager, should focus less on photos

and more on just getting on the phone, and getting her big donors

to come down and give 5,000, 10,000, 15,000.

Hi, Ivanka.

Hi. How's it going?

It's going very well.

-How are you doing, project manager?

-I'm doing good.

I think this is the most incredible...

The first one is tough, because you don't know who's good,

-who's bad, who's incompetent.

-No. They're doing great.

Photo for our flyer.

You look like you're having fun.

A little chubby, but...

No time for airbrushing on this task, right?

'Cyndi seemed fine. People seemed to like her.

'What I observed was her complaining she looked heavy in their marketing.'

We're all a little bit vain, but, you know,

perhaps she should be focusing on leading her team and winning.

And so who is responsible for actually cooking?

Selita.

The skinniest girl in the group? What do you know about burgers?

You're a Victoria's Secret model. I love it.

I'm Caribbean. You know, I have to.

There you go.

What do your price points look like?

I think everything should be 20 bucks.

So the idea is more for volume, then.

-Yeah.

-OK.

When you look here, it's working people

that are mainly going to be coming in,

other than our contacts, our personal contacts that we...

Well, you have no diversity of price points,

so I understand you don't want to price people off the menu.

Maybe there's one item on the menu

that we make a very specific, higher price point.

-Our burger.

-Could be the 100 burger.

I agree. You know, because it is our signature burger.

-You want to make the burger 100?

-Yeah.

-OK.

We've got to get pricing done here.

Guys, we're only trading for three hours. Let's not forget that.

We've only got 30 seats in here to fill.

So, if we serve a 10 burger to them, we only make 300 bucks.

If we sell three burgers at 100, we make the same amount of money.

If we can't do that, we should give up now.

I'm putting you in charge of this. Make the decision.

I wouldn't start lower than a hundred.

No lower than a hundred?

And if they want truffles, we shave them for an extra hundred bucks.

Done. Done.

What is our max? You want to go up to 250?

-Maybe that's the risotto with the truffles.

-OK.

Give people the option. They want to drop 250, let them.

Bret was project manager on paper. But it was Curtis's task.

And basically, the strategy is to have, you know, a high price point.

So now you've just limited who's going to come.

Hi.

-How are you?

-How are you doing?

-So how's it going?

It's going good. We're moving forward.

So is your focus on food or on just fundraising?

We're doing both, because you've got to have a good product,

we want people to have a great time,

but it's such a short period of time.

And the people we're bringing, we want them to tip well.

We do have a truffle risotto.

That's very fancy, though.

What would be your price point on that?

We're going to go 250 on that

-for those who want a more sophisticated meal.

-Wow!

Yeah, we're going big.

Truffle risotto, one can rationalise charging 250 for.

I'm just not sure if anyone's walking in the door

of Burger Heaven looking for risotto.

So that's a little bit of an out-there decision.

When Ivanka came into the restaurant,

she kind of raised an eyebrow at our price point.

And that made me nervous.

Because, I think if we lose the task,

my neck's on the line, big time.

Bret, did Ivanka think we were coming in too high

with our price points?

Yes. Her facial expressions said, yeah, we were high.

My confidence says why fill up this restaurant

if all we're going to make is 300?

-Yeah.

-Once I go in, I'm in. Now let's just go.

It doesn't matter. Let's not even question it any more.

We're going to make it happen.

Hey, it's Holly. Are you going to be here tomorrow?

'Er, yeah.'

I'm running a burger joint with the likes

of Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper,

and I need you to come by and just order a burger

and leave a tip for charity.

'This is where I shine. Being a mom of a kid with autism,

'I fundraise morning, noon and night for families with autism.'

I call it creative begging.

I already have about 30 commitments to come, just to show up.

-And I don't know who they're going to bring.

-Right.

It's going to get crowded in here.

'I wanted to come through big time for the first task.'

But I'm not friends with a lot of rich people.

Absolutely. Yeah.

He's such a rat to her, though. She's such an awesome girl.

He just don't know. I don't know how it happened.

But, you know, look at the wife he married.

She's a... Oh! Hello!

And the one rich person that I am really, really friendly with,

Mr Trump insulted for four months on television,

and, ironically...

called her fat, and he himself is not a thin man.

I've got to get somebody down here,

and buy a burger and leave a nice tip, you know.

I need a rich person.

It's all right.

Um, what's going on? What's happening?

All right, doll. OK. I love you.

I'm going to go and get started in the kitchen,

and start doing some prep.

-OK.

-There's a lot of food to get organised.

-OK.

-So if I could have a couple of guys.

-Absolutely.

'We have to do a lot of work before we actually start cooking.

'You've got to prepare the food, and it takes quite a while.

'And we only had a few hours in the kitchen.'

So I knew we had to get cracking straightaway.

Hey, boys. We should put on a hat.

Just in case your hair falls in the food, Goldberg.

Ugh, kill me now!

This fits me like a yarmulke.

We get our meat delivered to us fresh daily.

They require cleaning with a knife.

OK? And grind the meat...

You do not do all of that!

Oh, my God! He's all happy about it!

'Selita and I started learning that nothing is pre-made.'

We had to make everything.

Get the beef, girl.

I carry women for a living. I'm sure I can take some beef.

Where am I taking it to?

All the way to the back.

-I'm happy to cut it if you show me how.

-Yeah.

The only rule is that you've got to get it in pieces

that'll fit down that hole.

'It was pretty funny to have the former Governor of Illinois

'to be my sous chef.'

Rod in his little chef hat, you know, it was a sight to behold.

I don't think I'll ever have that image out of my mind.

He wanted a hundred of these.

I didn't cook at all when I was the Governor.

I was cooking up results for people. Right?

Ew! It sounds like it's pooping!

I took on the responsibility of being the cook.

I was thinking to myself, "What am I doing here?"

Ay!

And if this turns out to be crappy food,

I'm going to be the first one fired.

I don't think I have the upper-body strength.

Holy moly, girl.

-What are they teaching you over at Victoria's Secret?

-I know.

First of all, thank you all for pitching in and kicking butt.

It's been one of the most chaotic days I've ever spent in my life.

Now we've just got to bring it.

'Bret likes to rally. He's a rally guy.'

I think maybe Poison must've hugged a lot.

"Let's go out and rock!" Because he likes to gather.

-Our day is done.

-Good day, boys.

Good night. Let's get some sleep, bro.

RADIO DJ: 'Z100. It's Elvis Duran. A beautiful day in New York City.

'On the phone, Sharon Osbourne. Hi, Sharon.

-'Good morning, my darling!

-Good morning!

-'Good morning, Sharon!

-'She's so cute.

'Why don't you set up what you're doing today and how we can help?'

OK. Myself, my good friend Cyndi Lauper, and some other girlfriends

are going to be running a diner today from 11 till two.

'I split off this morning with Sharon to do radio promotion,'

because the only way we were going to get people down

is to let them know we were there.

'Where is Cyndi? Can we talk to her?'

-Absolutely. Here she is.

-I'm right here.

-'Hi, Cyndi!'

-Hi.

'Girls just want to have lunch?'

That's right. Girls just want to have lunch today.

'All right, ladies.

'We'll make sure we get a crowd there for you today, OK?'

-Bless you. Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

Thanks, bye.

OK, here we go.

Which one is bigger?

No. This one goes here. OK. And that one goes there.

Look at them seven handsome devils.

OK. Where do you want it? Right here?

'I fell asleep last night at two.

'In 48 hours, I've had four and a half hours of sleep.

'But soon as we got to the restaurant,'

everyone dove into superman mode.

It was hectic, but it was a rush.

Let's get cracking. We're in this together, all right?

-Whatever happens today.

-That's an understatement.

Myself and Bill just got straight into it.

We probably had 15 jobs before we were ready

to start serving people plates of food,

and we didn't have long at all.

All right, guys, we've got about an hour before we start service.

So we've got to get serious.

My good friend just sent me over truffles and risotto rice.

The people that come in this restaurant today

are going to have the best meal of their life.

Yeah, baby.

There's like 2,000 worth of stuff right here.

Make sure that you have this so it doesn't go through.

I see.

-Write the food on the top.

-Gotcha.

-And drinks on the bottom.

-OK.

I used to be the Governor of the fifth largest state in America.

Now I'm serving tables,

and it's a great chance to get reconnected with men and women

who, every single day, work across our country in restaurants.

They work real hard. And sometimes we take them for granted.

-Then what happens?

-You keep this,

-cos you're going eventually give this to the customer.

-Yup.

-You give that to the kitchen.

-Gotcha.

'In some ways this is just another form of public service.'

And so I'm looking forward to getting a chance to serve

the people who come to this restaurant and do the best I can

so they can get the best service they deserve.

-Want me to practise on you?

-Yeah. Show me how it works.

OK. What would you like, sir?

I'll have the grilled turkey sandwich with fries.

-OK. Grilled turkey sandwich with fries.

-And...

Think about it. How many people have Blagojevich taking your order?

"I'm innocent, I swear. Let me tell you, I'll tell you later.

"I'll bring your dessert."

So, you know, there's nothing like that, man.

-So, pretty much it.

-That's it, man.

Think I'm ready.

Cyndi, can we just go over again?

Who is doing what, once when people are in.

OK. All right.

She's the treasurer, which means she's going to run the credit cards.

Holly is the accountant. Selita and I are in the kitchen.

Maria, Sharon, and Cyndi are servers.

And Carol is working the crowd, get people in.

11 to two today!

Sharon Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper. All money raised goes to charity.

One day only!

'I am the ultimate carnival barker,

'which, I know, from my early stand-up shows,'

that'll put you on the map.

-Look, there's some people. Oh, they're lined up already.

-Where?

-Are you feeling it, sister?

-Where? Where?

Meet Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper right here.

All right. Here we go.

OK. Come on in, guys. And thank you for coming.

Thank you.

We were only open for three hours, so we had to make sure that the

bigger donors were the ones that were catered to.

We needed to go, "Are you a big donor?"

"Oh, you're only going to donate 10?"

"OK, you step aside, you come in."

Hello, gentlemen. How are you?

I shall be with you in one tickety-boo.

-Hi, how are you?

-We're great.

I've got a place for you. Come on.

Do you know what you want to eat today?

So, right off the bat, it was crazy. It was packed.

There was a line down the block. People are Twittering about it.

Holy cow.

Oh, my God. So, seven more burgers.

There you go. There were so many people there.

We probably just looked like chickens with our heads cut off.

Hey, Steve, if you're playing that accordion thing,

now's the time, baby!

'My friend and musician Steve Gaboury comes, and he brought the accordion.'

# You with the sad eyes

# Don't be discouraged

# Oh, I realise

# It's hard to take courage

# In a world full of people... #

Can I have some water?

Three waters.

# I see your true colours

# And that's why I love you

# So don't be afraid... #

-This is like the

-BLEEP

-Star Wars bar in here.

# Your true colours

# Are beautiful

# Like a rainbow. #

You ordered grilled cheese. Nope. Your...

Rocksolid, are we ready?

You bet your bottom dollar we're ready.

-You bet your tookus we're ready.

-Let's get them in here.

You guys want to eat?

The menu is not cheap, but it's going to charity.

Darryl's going to be our host. Michael's going to be our clerk.

Rod's going to be our server. Sinbad's going to be out front.

And I am going to be the project manager and the bus boy.

Open for business. If this succeeds, the whole team gets credit.

If it fails, my head rolls.

All right. Nice to meet you.

Thank you for coming in, for the diabetes.

-Rod Blagojevich. How are you?

-Good to meet you.

I didn't do those things, by the way. I'm here to serve.

One burger.

I put my hand up for the job of taking control.

So, we've gone for a really high-priced menu.

I think it's the thing to do.

But I really don't know.

-How much is a salad?

-How much is a salad?

Some of the customers saw the menu and felt they couldn't afford it.

That's not unreasonable.

After all, you walk into a diner and all of a sudden,

"Whoa! It's a hundred bucks."

That's enough to cause a lot of people concern.

How was your food?

You didn't get nothing?

We didn't realise that everything was going to be 100 and over.

So, if the burgers were like 10 rather than 100,

we would have stayed and ate.

I would love to do that. I wish a had a hundred dollars.

I'm, like, so tapped out.

It would not be surprising if a lot of our friends said, "You had to

pay 250 for a burger!?"

I walked right out.

-Yeah.

-We're not the first.

-Definitely not.

It's not cheap. Raising money for charity. I see you. I see you.

We lost people, and I get it.

Man on the street would be crazy to buy one of those burgers.

The man on the street has to pay for his family.

The man on the street who's trying to make it through the day,

that's not a burger for him.

Right now, you can get a seat.

Do not pass this by. Don't pass it by.

Hey, Cyndi Lauper! Sharon Osbourne! Right here!

OK, get your bum in here.

Three, four, five, six burgers.

Mac and cheese!

-We need menus down there at that table right there.

-OK.

'I felt like I was in some kind of comedy.

'I was running here, running there. I had all the plates like this.

'I felt like Lucille Ball.'

What are you drinking?

That's not what I ordered.

-You said grilled...

-That's not what I ordered.

-What table is this? One!

-Yeah.

Hello.

Poor bastard.

Cyndi. So, what's going on?

What do you mean?

In general.

We're just working. And working, and working, and working.

'I didn't know what to say when Donald Jr

'came and wanted to talk to me.'

I was like, "Buddy, I can't talk to you,

"because if I talk to you, I'm going to lose."

-You mind talking and walking?

-No.

-All right.

-Keep talking, though.

'I think there seems to be a pretty good measure of chaos in there.

'Cyndi's probably having a little bit of a hard time.

'She's not really used to dealing in this kind of pressure environment.'

-I work for WWE.

-You a manager or a wrestler?

-I wrestle.

-You're a wrestler?

-Yeah, I do.

You would like to be on the opposition on this one.

I saw multiple guys that I know from Wall Street.

People who sit on the board of charitable trusts.

So, it seems like they're tapping their resources appropriately.

Hey, girl, that burger was delish.

OK, I don't mean to rush you, but there's a line around the block.

People outside ready to give us money.

No offence, but you've got to go.

These are all done. Let's check her out.

We have lots of orders up.

It was mayhem. We had a line around the block.

Tables needed to bussed. Tables needed to be waited on.

But I look outside, and there's Carol,

yelling and screaming to get people in.

Cyndi Lauper. Sharon Osbourne. Come on down.

Come on in, guys. Meet Cyndi Lauper.

-Hey, we need you inside to help us serve, because...

-OK.

-We're backed up.

-All right.

-They're cooking the food real fast.

-OK. Excuse me, guys.

I took the initiative to tell her,

"You shouldn't be handing out any more flyers.

-"Can you come inside and take care of the counter?"

-How about a menu?

I already saw the menu, actually. I think I ordered the grilled cheese.

Grilled cheese for the counter.

Celebrity diner open for lunch, one day only, 11 to two.

Raising money for charity. Come on inside.

I'm doing my greeting thing. I'm talking to people coming in.

You know, people start slowly trickling in. They're coming in.

People going in.

-How was it? Was it good?

-Great!

-The food was great. See?

It's the spot to be. There you go. There you go.

Two cheddar, and plenty of truffles.

You see the restaurant start to fill up.

And then before you know it,

there's this real buzz in the air in the diner.

And then, suddenly, we got slammed.

Truffles. Truffle day. Here we go.

Mr Roker. Would you like to sit up front?

Uh, sure, sure. This way I can get out easier.

I reached out to all my friends at the Today show

and asked them to pop down.

Al Roker came down, so I was very happy about that.

-How's the grilled turkey sandwich?

-It's good.

-I think I'm going to go with that.

-Excellent pick.

-Hey, Gov.

-Yes, sir?

-Can I pay extra for my burger?

Yeah, you sure can. Especially if you like the service, man.

-Hey, thanks, man.

-Thank you.

Hey, appreciate it. Yeah, thank you so much.

-Hope you win.

-All right.

We had all called a lot of people to come in and eat a hamburger

and donate, you know, lots of money and leave a big tip.

We knew that that was going to be important.

Before I knew it, people actually showed up.

All right. Make it a thousand even?

-A thousand even.

-Good man. Appreciate it.

-1,500.

-1,500. Thank you so much.

-Yes, sir.

-We appreciate it.

Here's 1,500 from us.

For real? Guys, I cannot thank you, and love you enough.

I brought in some people that threw down some serious cash.

We appreciate you guys. All right? Thank you so much. Thank you.

Everyone did. Everyone made a call, man. Everyone made a move.

-That will get you some French fries and some ketchup.

-And some ketchup?

-And some ketchup.

-And a kiss!

That's a good day.

-Yes, sir?

-So, what do you think so far?

I think this is fantastic.

I'm the first to admit I have never run a restaurant.

But I'm having a fantastic time. There's high pressure.

There's screaming going on. That's what you do.

Testosterone and energy, that's means something's happening.

Service!

Table two. That's you, RB.

'I think the men have it organised. They're working well as a team.'

I need one mashed potato and one broccoli, straight up.

'I think Curtis is doing a great job.

'Frankly, if the men lost this task, Curtis probably has a real problem,'

perhaps even more so than the project manager.

Because he should know this better than anyone.

I don't know if I could have done this without you.

I know. I could never have done this on my own.

Thank God for boobs. That's all I have to say.

All right. And then the rest is for you guys.

-I'm loving that. Thank you so much.

-High five. Good luck.

We're going to win like that.

'Cyndi's friends in New York believe in her charity,'

and they were coming to help her.

Love you.

Love you.

Thank you.

To see the turnout for me, I was crying. It was very, very sweet.

You know, just that, I felt, "Wow. I'm really loved."

A 1,000 burger!

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Sharon has amazing connections in the city, and some big friends.

I felt like we all really dug deep to get our big donors there.

Everybody brought somebody to the table.

1,475.

-Make it an even 1,500. How's that?

-1,500.

1,500 burger!

We got a 2,500 sale here. And we are so thrilled.

Yeah, baby! That's some meat right there.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Hey, Joan. How are you doing?

Hello, sweetheart. How are you?

Good. Listen, I need a favour.

We have two diners. We have the men and the women.

I'd like you to go down, check it out for food.

Just see how they're doing. Tell me what you think.

But I don't want them to know I sent you.

Well, yeah, I'd be delighted. Absolutely.

Now, the team that you like the best, we're giving 10,000.

OK? To the charity. So it's important.

Donald, you know what I'll do?

I'll grab Chuck, who is our pastry chef at God's Love We Deliver.

And he knows all about food. We'll go down together.

Thanks a lot, Joan.

Be fun. Be great. Love to do it.

Let's move these tables, people!

We love you, but we've got a line down the block.

People with a lot of money.

Two cheeseburgers.

We couldn't turn tables fast enough.

And I wanted to make sure that our big donors jumped the line.

-Sharon?

-Yeah?

Cyndi? I need you guys.

'And I would see people chatting or taking pictures.'

Beautiful. Thank you.

'Or see somebody leisurely wiping down the counter.'

And I wanted them to get outside, work the crowd.

Carol, let's fill these tables up.

We've got some high rollers out there!

'How was I supposed to serve all the people,

'and notice the big donors outside?

'I think that would fall on Holly's shoulders.'

1,500 burger on the way out of the door.

Let's give them a round of applause.

She didn't do anything that would mess up her manicure.

Hey, Carol, we've got to peruse that crowd!

OK, maybe not.

Can't wait.

-There she is. Look at this. Look at this young lady, here.

-Ta-da!

-What's up with you?

-I had to come.

What's up, girl?

'Joan Rivers. I got the chance to open for her in Vegas.'

It was important when I met her. She told me I was funny.

She said, "You're funny."

It's like the Pope saying, "You should go to heaven."

-I'm going to give you a tip.

-Yes?

-Trust nobody.

-I don't.

-Nobody!

-I don't.

Donald Trump said, "Would you look at the food? Try everything.

"And I want your true opinion."

So I took our chef, Chuck, from God's Love We Deliver.

How are you doing here today?

You don't touch customers.

I just wanted a little feel up. Just a little. That's all I was asking.

An old lady says thank you!

'Joan Rivers is sitting in my restaurant right now.'

I don't know what drove Joan down there,

except I tried to let everyone in New York know we were there.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Innocent of all charges.

Pleasure meeting you.

A jury of twelve men will decide that.

-It's nice of you to come in.

-Nice to meet you.

Congratulations on your great career, by the way.

Thank you. Congratulations on your great career.

-Well, it's in the wilderness right now.

-But it will get better.

'Blagojevich. Well, he's a politician.

'He can't stop being a politician.'

Can you give me any tips in the political world?

Yeah, stay out.

This game is not about politics.

This game is not about proving your innocence.

This game is about playing this game, and winning the task.

That's for Joan Rivers.

Well, someone's lying, and it ain't me. You know?

'And they took a Governor out of office, who was elected by the people.

'OK? They stole me away from the people who hired me.'

The truth is on those tapes. I'm probably not going to talk about that right here.

What's going on with this burger right here, guys?

When I was Governor, in back-to-back years they went to the playoffs.

-That never happened since 1908.

-That's true.

-I took credit for that.

-And they threw me out of office.

-BLEEP!

'Men's team, very slow service.

'Blagojevich couldn't get it together.'

If he ran a state, nothing could get done.

God forbid you'd be waiting for him to commute a death sentence.

It's for Joan Rivers, just give it.

That's it? Cos she's asking for it. I got it.

There we go. Thank you.

You're very welcome.

And I thought the prices were outrageous.

You don't ask 100 for a burger, even though it's for charity.

It's cold. Maybe this is like an Icelandic sandwich.

Here we go. And this is going to be the ladies' team.

-Ooh. Wow, they got a line here.

-They got a line. This is good.

This is all good.

-Oh, my God! You coming in?

-Yes.

Don't get crazy. Cool, cool.

Joan! Oh, my God! The one and only Joan Rivers joining us.

'Joan Rivers came in, and it was so great to see her.'

She was an inspiration to me to get into stand-up comedy.

You know, especially female comics, there's really a bond there.

Madam.

Oh, nice. All right. Tenacious burger.

Yeah, well, our team name is Tenacity.

What can I get you guys?

I'll try the tuna. Tuna's good. And he's going to have a...

-Your Tenacious burger, please.

-OK.

'I loved the women's menu because the prices were very fair.'

And then they had a special price if you wanted to give to charity.

I think I'm going to need some ketchup.

You want some ketchup too?

'There's 10,000 at stake,

'which can really make you go over the top.

'It can make you win.'

And so it's a very hard decision, because I know what it's like.

And how much it really means to them.

Goodbye, Holly!

Thanks for coming in. Maybe you'll give us some good luck.

My pleasure. My pleasure. Goodbye!

Service!

Curtis, we got thirty minutes.

OK, good. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. We have been nailed.

But I'll tell you what, I prefer that we're this busy than not.

Sinbad, could you make me a soda? I have low-blood sugar.

-Yeah.

-I was leaning up against the counter.

'I didn't know where I was at for a minute.

'I knew that my blood sugar was out of control and super low.'

And here I was raising money for a great cause of diabetes,

and here I am not managing my own.

Thank you. This is, sorry, for me.

I am actually diabetic,

and I may be going down soon if I don't actually drink some of this.

'The only thing that I was fearing was I was going to let my team down.'

So I just started drinking, whatever it took to keep me in the game.

-Bill, I need your help to take some orders.

-You got it.

Hey, there's a first for everything.

But Goldberg's taking your order, too.

'Bret was having issues, and I'm a team-oriented guy.'

But you're only as good as your weakest link.

Ten minutes more, guys! Ten minutes!

We're running out of time.

-Yeah. All we have is tuna salad left!

-And a mac and cheese.

We got an open table back here for two!

Another table for two!

Thank you.

'I'm very proud of this team.'

This is a wonderful team of women who kicked ass.

Yes! 500 burger! Whoo!

Oh, my feet are starting to hurt so bad.

We have very little time.

And we still have a line around the block.

We got some high rollers out there.

Sharon? And Cyndi?

'Everyone was so busy,

'and I just felt like there was no opportunity for me to actually'

go outside and make sure that none of our big donors were out there.

Oh, my gosh.

Guys.

Hey, hey. It's up.

-Hey, time is up!

-Time's up!

'Time's up, and, out of all the donors that promised they were going

'to show up for me, some of them got left in the line.

'So, if we lose this task,'

I'm going to wonder how that money would have factored in.

And could we have won?

Thank you guys so much for whosever left.

We really, really appreciate it!

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for coming.

And it's an honour to have served you today.

Did we win? I'm not sure.

We're up against some really strong competition.

Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper have got great contacts in New York.

So has Holly.

I'm not underestimating the girls for a second.

Bottom line, we raised a lot of money. So that's the bottom line.

-We're cool, we're cool.

-Yeah.

Cyndi, I love your hair-do.

Thank you.

-You're a big believer in hair, like I am, right?

-Yes.

-Very good. How do you think your team did?

-I think we did well.

-You think you raised a lot of money?

-I think we did.

-You think you raised more than the men?

-I think we did.

Sharon, what do you think of your team?

Oh, the team were unbelievable. They just worked, worked, worked.

Physical work. All day long.

Who was the weak player? There's always a weak player.

There wasn't a weak player.

-Cyndi, who was the weak player?

-There wasn't one.

They couldn't have worked any harder if they tried.

Don't you think there's always a weak player?

There usually is.

But in this team, each person did their strength

and worked till they dropped.

And we helped each other. And we had each other's backs.

And we worked, and worked, and worked.

Cyndi, you're really putting yourself out there.

Because if you lose, you know, you're the project manager.

You're really out there.

You know, I have faith in my team.

There is nothing we could have done more. Nothing.

Selita, what did you think of your project manager?

Oh, my goodness.

You know, she was waitressing, she was hosting, she was even singing.

She worked hard. So it would be disappointing to lose.

It's always disappointing to lose.

So Sharon, if you lose, how would you explain your loss?

That they just did a better job?

Yeah. If we're not the team that raised the most money,

then that's it.

Who brought in the most money, then?

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

-Who brought in the least money?

-We don't know.

Who didn't bring any money in?

I'm sure there's somebody. There usually is.

Everybody brought money in. Everybody.

From private donations or just from sales?

She was out there handing leaflets out to people.

-She went practically to every...

-Who is she?

-Carol.

Did she have any friends come in and make any real donations?

Yes, she did. Joan was there, your friend Joan Rivers.

Well, but Joan was there for the purpose of the task.

Joan Rivers came for what task?

She was the winner of the last Apprentice

so she was there on both sides.

-She visited everyone.

-She was there with you?

Yes, she came to us, too.