Shark Tank Recap: O’Leary is Grinch with a Heart, Invests in Homeless Entrepreneur
Getting an investor for one’s enterprise isn’t as easy as it seems on TV and Shark Tank proves this again tonight. Take the case of Michael Desanti, the owner of Squirrel Boss. Michael’s product is designed to electrocute squirrels and serves as an alternative to exterminating them. The problems arising in his case are the following: manufacturing his product is currently expensive, he’s lost a lot from his sixty-thousand dollar investment on traditional marketing and has been denied of a patent. Michael has a very funny personality but the cheer doesn’t extend to his product, especially since a 130-thousand dollar…
Undercover Boss Recap: Orkin’s Devotion to Employees’ Career Growth
For people with low tolerance on pests, tonight’s episode of Undercover Boss may just be a test of one’s queasiness with a lot of pests hogging the screen: cockroaches, rodents, you name it and you’ll definitely see ‘em. Here’s where John Wilson comes in: he’s the President and COO of Rollins Inc., the parent company of an array of pest-control brands. Orkin is one of the sub-companies which has been around for over a hundred years. It also happens that John’s father worked his up the ranks of Orkin in the same way that he did. John’s undercover work includes…
American Idol Recap: Amber Emos Out (5/2/13)
In this season’s most emotional show to date, Amber leaves American Idol. The Top 4 get 81 million votes over two weeks. Amber’s dad goes on stage, when she doesn’t finish “I Believe in You and Me”. Candice, Mariah and Kree are in tears. The Top 3 go on homecoming visits. Season 7 Winner David Cook, Harry Connick, Jr. and will.i.am perform “Laying Me Low,” “Every Man Should Know” and “Bang Bang.” The show opens with a clip of Amber in tears backstage. As before, she shines in the group song, “Crazy in Love” from the upcoming movie The Great Gatsby….
American Idol Recap 5/1/13: Kree Going Home?
Kree is probably leaving American Idol after two weeks without moments, even though Harry Connick, Jr. believes in her. Candice gets two rounds of standing o’s from the judges, one each for her 2013 song, the gender-bender “When I Was Your Man,” and her standard, “You’ve Changed.” Carole Bayer Sager and Babyface watch the show live. It’s the second time that the Top 4 perform for votes. The show opens with clips from last week’s episode, where Candice cries when she learns that no one goes home. Because no one was sent home last week, the 38 million votes for the all-girl Top…
Survivor Recap: Sneaky is the Name of the Game, Andrea Boehlke’s Out!
Thirty days into Survivor Caramoan, the band of favorites remains in control of the game despite encountering major setbacks in their grand plan to eliminate all the fans. Here’s where we’re at this far: three fans remain but Sherri has aligned herself with the favorites and is assured of an extended life on the island. Reynold and Eddie have fallen flat on the ground after Malcolm was viciously voted out last week; both have no alliances and can only depend on winning immunity challenges to carry on. Cochran is turning out to be a big threat as he continues to…
