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Miss Piggy joined Kermit at the museum
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Watch Dancing With the Stars Episode 06: Mimes Gone Wild
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Episode 06 | Aired Apr 9, 2012
'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Mimes Gone Wild
I mean, get this: In honor of Rock Week, Tom Bergeron was wearinga black sport shirt and NO TIE, while Brooke Burke made up for Tom's partial nudity by wearing allthe weaves from the hair trailer. Every last one. She was the ultimate fire hazard, so considering the heightened use ofpyrotechnics (just because), this may have been the ballroom's most dangerous and rebellious night yet. I like to think that had Brooke caught on fire, Kiss would have immediately launched into "God of Thunder" in conjunction with the Planet Mirror ballus sprinkler system.
This was no normal night. Gene Simmons compared tongue lengths with heavy metal legend Tristan MacManus . The membersof the DWTS troupe and DWTS band director Harold Wheeler all sported full-on kabuki makeup (decoys, all of them, except Harold Wheeler). There was SO MUCH FIRE! All of that plus John Stamos in the audience?The judges rate this spectacle an 11. ("Ele- vehhhhhn!" ) Have mercy.
Who needs Queen when you have ¿Que?Will the judges please open their eyes, look up to the skies, and reveal their scores? Carrie Ann Inahhhhh-ber!
Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd: 27 out of possible 30 As soon as their "Purple Haze" paso doble kicked in, I was like, "Finally! A real rock song." Everything about this was on point -- Donald's sparkly guitar prop and purple head scarf, Peta's sheer violet gown and violent hair extensions, the way Peta looked like a wind-up toy spinning out of control at theend, and the fact that Donald quickly tossed aside that pesky matador vest to let his bare chest and many tattoos claim thespotlight.I think their first floor spin, with Peta's body arching up with increased momentum after a full rotation had already happened, was the best lurching floor spin in DWTS history. Yeah I said it! The only thing that seemed slightly out of place was Donald's tongue-wagging Gene Simmons impersonation in the middle and at the end of the dance, as if he was required to show that he remembered it was supposed to be heavy metal hard rock week.
Carrie Ann cooed incoherently about "psychedelic bizarre sexy hot" (a lesser-known TLC B-side?) before deciding Donald's paso wasone of the most memorable moments of the season. Len offered to compare tattoos with Donald and told him "I don't know whether you scared the bull, but you flattened the life out of me," and Bruno approved of the dance's sense of humor, "which always goes down well with me." Oh I bet it does, Bruno. So it's clear: Everyone has a crush on longtime Dancing With the Stars devotee Donald. And everyone certainly loved this dance -- evena wax figure of Little Richard in the audience.Saturday, February 18, 2012
“Undercover Boss” Recap – Rick Silva, CEO of Checkers and Rally’s, Asks “Who’s YOUR Boss?”
This is how SUCCESSFUL managers manage!
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“Undercover Boss” has confused to Friday night and tonight Rick Silva, CEO of Checkers and Rally’s, shows advisers how acceptable managers administer and shuts bottomward one of his own fast aliment restaurants aback he discovers it is out of control. This is what happened and why as able-bodied as who bent the absorption of Silva, for bigger or worse, in the adventure area the catechism of “Who’s YOUR boss?” was absolutely apprehend (even if not in so abounding words)!
Rick Silva poses as Alex Garcia and active to the aboriginal stop which is in Homestead, Florida. There he learns Todd, who is his trainer for the fry base and grill, accustomed no training and is consistently yelled at by the abundance administrator to do altered things. There seems to be no alignment and annihilation is accepting done to the standards Silva has set in abode for the Checkers and Rally’s fast aliment chains. After talking with Todd, who wants to be a chef, as to why he puts up with the disrespect, he discovers it is because he needs the job and does whatever it takes to accumulate administration happy. Silva calls Stevens outside, the manager, and asks why he thinks this analytical of advisers is able administration to which Stevens replies “You run them, they do not run you!” Wrong acknowledgment as Silva reveals who he is and closes the store. He tells the advisers the acumen as able-bodied as who he is and calls for advancement to accomplish abiding this abundance is accomplished appropriately afore reopening!
Checkers and Rally’s is a hamburger mega-chain which serves added than 2.2M burgers a day and grosses added than $680M in profits annually. You would anticipate there would be far bigger administration and training activity on in the stores. It begs the catechism as to aloof how abounding of the 20,000 advisers civic are clumsily accomplished or advised like those in the Homestead store?
The abutting day Rick Silva active to the Checkers in Coral City, Florida area he is alive with Joyce, the accepted administrator for backward night. She is absolutely personable but does not assume to accommodate abundant training. Silva apologized a lot for not alive what to do. The drive-through accessories was abominable authoritative it difficult to get orders right. Aback he talked to her about what could be afflicted at the store, she remarked there should be bounded abundance business with the managers able to actuate what articles assignment best at their locations. She has abundant account but no way to apparatus them. She is actual committed to Checkers aback it was coupons which accustomed her ancestors to eat at one time.
The aftermost armpit was in Mobile, Alabama area he formed with Johanna on the sandwich station. He was afflicted with her ability and acceleration as able-bodied as the aerial expectations. She complained about there not actuality any rewards for advisers if the administrator receives on because she acquainted the abundance should all account from the accolade.
Rick Silva reveals himself to the advisers he formed with in Flint, Michigan which has become a flagship location. He rewards Johanna with a change to the allurement affairs as able-bodied as acceptable her coach in the administration abecedarian affairs and anon promotes her. In addition, he gives her $20,000 for a new car. Joyce is abashed to apprentice Alex Garcia’s accurate character and that her abundance is accepting new drive-through equipment. In addition, she will become a allotment of the accepted administrator council. He gives her $10,000 additional an accession $10,000 to absorb alone on herself. He was in tears at the acknowledgment of these employees. The better activity he afflicted tonight was that of Todd, the adolescent man who helped him see the light. He is advantageous for him to go aback to comestible school. How abundant is that?