Niki Taylor Fired, Gary Busey Triumph

For the second week in a row, the women’s team, ASAP, thought they were definitely winning, but they had another thing coming. Niki Taylor ended up getting herself fired.

The task was to put together some kind of urban camping experience for an RV company. “Welcome to Trump Soho,” Donald Trump said, “Just opened, it’s an honor to have you here … Camping World is the largest RV and outdoor dealer anywhere. It is run by Marcus Lemonis.” He then introduced the teams to Camping World’s Chairman and CEO.

Marcus Lemonis said: “Camping World was started in 1966. It is America’s largest RV and outdoor retailer. You’ll be creating an outdoor camping experience that displays not only our campers, but all of our products. I will provide each team with two unique RV’s. You will then display those RVs in a setting in New York City. You will also negotiate for the campers you want.”

Ivanka Trump announced how the judging would work: You will be judged based on three criteria: brand messaging, the originality of your camping experience and overall presentation.” Then she stood there like a robot. Seriously. If you pause the show, Ivanka looks the exact same as before you paused it!

Nene Leakes automatically begged off: “I’m black. I ain’t never even slept outside.” Niki Taylor said she has and she became the project manager. Gary Busey was elected on the men’s team because they wanted to see if he could deliver anything, at least according to Mark McGrath, who claimed they’ve been carrying him.

They went off to Madison Square Park. The guys wanted a $200K model “tour bus” RV, while the ladies went for a more “homey” version. Jose Canseco decided to throw the first monkey wrench in, by complaining about the RV that was chosen after the fact. And the disagreements that occurred continued in that childish vein. Star Jones took over the Q&A with Marcus Lemonis who told the ladies: “The most important thing I can tell you is … this isn’t about promoting the RV lifestyle, it’s about promoting Camping World — so think about that.” Too bad the gals didn’t hear that one loud and clear.

We can’t look at Lil Jon without seeing him as a little kid after last week, but anyhow he had a plan to make 4 experiences that Gary Busey immediately shot down and said he felt that Lil Jon was an antagonist.

The teams went shopping to outfit their RVs with a $5K shopping line of credit at Camping World. Complaints about Dionne Warwick being a slowpoke were voiced by ASAP, while the men got into a tiff over John Rich’s Camping World song. Jose Canseco and Richard Hatch didn’t think it should be country music and John Rich was insulted by Hatch’s reasoning that country music reflected a “less educated” audience. LOL. We suppose he thinks they should play Madame Butterfly in a tour bus type RV.

It’s ironic that the women don’t see that the musical talents of the men’s team adds something really cool to whatever they do. The “only” musical talent they have on their side is “the legend” that is Dionne Warwick. Instead of utilizing that in some productive way, they’re always ragging on Dionne’s age and even showed previews of Nene Leakes saying she doesn’t care if Dionne is a legend. We repeat, very ironic because you could put all the talent of Mark McGrath, Meatloaf, Lil Jon and John Rich together and guess what? Dionne Warwick is a legend.

Star Jones said “I want to be known as a person who solves problems, rather than a person who creates problems, and you may write that down.” So we did because it was such a hoot. Star Jones is always trying to create problems and dissension, which is bad enough. She also always has a “cat that ate the canary” look on her mug, so if she was on our team, she’d be the first person we’d sabotage. At least one person seems to agree with us. “Star is a bully,” Hope Dworaczyk said.

Meantime, Jose Canseco and Gary Busey engaged in a game of catch, while Mark McGrath videotaped them as “evidence” to show in the board room why Team Backbone’s project was in chaos. John Rich was “baffled by the level of laziness” possessed by Jose Canseco. But things picked up for the guys when their foliage was delivered. The men got their act together and one guy who took the tour said he loved their “camping vibe.” When Marcus Lemonis showed up, he really had a good time and was loving John Rich’s “Welcome to Camping World” song. John later played it for Donald Trump on an “Apprentice” guitar.

The ladies meantime focused on bringing “the Woman’s Touch” to their RV, a fatal error. They were only selling indoor comfort. Dionne began bickering with Niki Taylor in front of potential customers. Marcus didn’t have that great of a time with ASAP, and thought they failed on branding. But for some reason, the ladies thought they had a terrific shot at winning.

When the men won hands down, Gary was given $20,000 for his charity, plus $20,000 from Camping World. He is donating it to the Center for Head Injury Services because of his 1988 traumatic brain injury after a horrendous motorcycle accident. Gary also told everyone how Marlee Matlin realized he had been deaf practically his entire life, and hooked him up with a doctor who corrected his problem.

Niki Taylor chose to take the entire responsibility for the team fail. Donald Trump was impressed with her integrity. “Niki, you’re fantastic,” he said, “but other than that, you’re fired!”