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I just got home from the Apprentice finale at the Hollywood Bowl. The Bowl holds about 18,000 people; there were about 3000 people there. It is was pitiful; so few people.

Rain was predicted so they handed out disposable ponchos to audience members. We started out sitting over on the side on the bench seats. Once they realized that the "friends and family" seats weren't going to fill up, they started handing out tickets for better seats. First we moved from the side bench seats over to the middle terrace box seats. Someone was already in our new seat, so Mr. Puffy went to get a supervisor, who immediately sent us down to third row center in the garden box seats, about 50 feet from the stage.

We were told to yell out TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP when The Donald was introduced. They said to look forward to the "special guest" later in the show. We guessed that it might be Arnold, the Governator. It was George, Trump's old sidekick.

Audience members had signs for the final 4 candidates. James had the most signs, followed by Stefani. There were about 3 signs for Frank and none for Nicole. However there were signs for Melinda Doolittle, Sanjaya, and Blake.

During the commercials, the warm-up comedian spoke with Randall, Kendra, some other former apprentices, and Omarosa. Unfortunately, she's now working for Barack Obama, so I guess he won't be our next president. He also spoke with Stefani's mother. James' mother couldn't speak English so she only said "Thank the Lord."

It started to mist toward the end of the show, so people basically ignored the last segment as they put on their ponchos and opened their umbrellas. If you didn't hear much applause at the end, it's because we were holding our umbrellas with one hand or were wearing gloves. Clapping gloved hands don't produce much sound.

We were told absolutely no cell phones or cameras, but they didn't really check at the entrance. I wish I had tried to sneak in my camera phone, but I chickened out.

These are the only pictures I got beforehand.

First, the nearby building where the Jimmy Kimmel show is taped:



Here's the Hollywood Bowl sign, announcing the Apprentice Finale. We passed by about an hour before we were supposed to be there and we saw a couple of huge black limos pull into the Bowl.


Here's my ticket. Unbelievable seats. Seats like this are passed down from generation to generation in wills, for regular Hollywood Bowl performances.

Bananaholic

Molaholic and I met at the famous merry-go-round in Griffith Park. Arkie had sent him the newest inflatable banana, Sanjana Banana. We waited for a while for Foonermints, who had called Mr. Puffy's cell phone to cancel. Unfortunately, Mr. Puffy forgot to turn his cell phone on so we didn't get the message. I would have liked to get one more new peep meet under my belt, but the Foonermintses had feline problems and had to go to the vet.

Mole popped Sanjana's cherry (do bananas have cherries) by signing it first. Then he gave it a blow-job to inflate it a little more. This reminded me of my first peep meet in San Francisco with Ginger, Mcatt, and Bravie. I think Bravie disinfected the banana's blow-up valve with Purell.

We took Sanjana on the merry-go-round. I was laughing uncontrollably every time we went in a circle and passed Mr. Puffy, trying to take our picture. I'd see the red-eye flash, and then the regular flash just as we passed him by, each time. We have so many blurry pictures, or pictures of our backs. I'd crack up every time I saw him, which would have made a horrible picture anyway. Tears were streaming down my face. He was trying to hard. There was no way to take a picture before or after the ride, without it moving.

Then we saw Mole's Dodger car. It's painted Dodger blue, with Dodger decals. Poor Bravie, this banana will always bleed Dodger blue.

Arkie enclosed a very cute card, to be passed along with each of Sanjana's adventures. It had a photo of the Bananapalooza sweat shirt. Ack! I forgot to wear my sweatshirt when I met Mole!
Here's some pictures: