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Papa John’s ‘fires’ Domino’s apprentices
Associated Press ^ | 3.31.2005

Posted on 04/01/2005 12:23:54 PM PST by weekendwarrior

TV ad pokes fun at rival's appearance on NBC's "The Apprentice"

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Pizza giant Papa John's aired a commercial poking fun at a rival's featured appearance on NBC's "The Apprentice" Thursday night.

The Louisville-based pizza delivery chain aired a 30-second ad during the broadcast of the NBC reality show with real-estate mogul Donald Trump. On the show, two teams were tasked with creating a new pizza idea for Domino's, a competitor of Papa John's based in Ann Arbor, Mich.

In the ad, Papa John's founder and chairman John Schnatter is shown in a boardroom setting asking "Why eat a pizza made by apprentices when you can call the pros at Papa John's?"

Trump sits in a similar boardroom during the reality series.

Papa John's also used the ad to introduce a new "Spicy Meatball" pizza.

Papa John's said in a statement the ad was scheduled to run in 64 television markets Thursday night.


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To: HamiltonJay

The only reason anyone gets Chuck E. Cheese Pizza is because they are trapped there at a birthday party or som eother obnoxious event with their kids. If we ever have to go there I usually try to dull the experience with a couple beers - that always helps.


41 posted on 04/01/2005 12:57:07 PM PST by Cathy
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To: sittnick

Been to Chicago, tried several of the so called "great local places"... found them to generally be crap.. If I wanted crackers topped with pasta sauce maybe I would have liked it.. but it was bad.

New York does have some good Pizzarias.


42 posted on 04/01/2005 12:57:33 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Cathy

Pizza King (Sir Pizza to most of you non-Hoosiers) is 10 times better than Papa John's, though. ;)


43 posted on 04/01/2005 12:58:15 PM PST by The Grammarian ("Preaching is in the shadows. The world does not believe in it." --W.E. Sangster)
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To: KevinDavis

Uno's hard to beat


44 posted on 04/01/2005 12:58:24 PM PST by UB355
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To: dead
Only if none of the pizza taste has transfered to the box. If that happens, it makes the box as bad as the pizza.

Nothing is as bad as the world famous St. Louis Pizza. A matzo cracker with cheese whiz over the top, nasty!
45 posted on 04/01/2005 12:58:29 PM PST by Lx (The Sacramento Bee is giving Pravda a run for its money...)
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To: Cathy

Of course that's why, but for as much as they charge for it, it should at least resemble Pizza.


46 posted on 04/01/2005 12:58:52 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: weekendwarrior; Bob J

For the record, this thread is indicative of the problem in manufacturing pizza. It is difficule to achieve consistant quality control when there are so many variables, the most important of which are the age, iq and attirude of the preparer.

Having rejected Dominoes, and Little Caesers and living beyond the reach of Papa John's I order Pizza Hut Delivery. The quality though unacceptably inconsistant for most consumer products still averages out best.

Why ham and not peppiromi or sausage someone asked? Age and digestive difficulties.

I had my usual Wednesday...thin and crispy with ham and pineapple. The topping was not uniformly appiled and appeared to have been thrown on while the pizza was spinning. The most of the toppings were pilled up around the raised perimeter edge. I'm sure the kid involved was mentally involved somewhere else to have accomplished the task in such an unusual manner.

The loss of the Big New Yorker was a blow but I am adapting.


47 posted on 04/01/2005 12:59:13 PM PST by bert (Peace is only halftime !)
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To: UB355

http://www.pizzeriauno.com/


48 posted on 04/01/2005 12:59:42 PM PST by UB355
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To: billbears
Bad pizza for a year and meet a guy with a combover?

Are you referring to the hair on top of his head, or his eyebrows?

49 posted on 04/01/2005 1:00:39 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Cathy
BTW - Papa John's pizza is 10 times better that dominoes.

In the same way as a dime is ten times better than a penny.

50 posted on 04/01/2005 1:00:41 PM PST by Protagoras (Christ is risen.)
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To: BJungNan

Oh my God, you can't be serious. Little Ceasars doesn't even qualify as food let alone real pizza.


51 posted on 04/01/2005 1:00:48 PM PST by ShadowDancer (As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
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To: Cathy

The words you never ever want to hear your kids say, "I want to go to Chuck E Cheese's" When I hear my three-year-old say that, I just cringe.


52 posted on 04/01/2005 1:02:00 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: HamiltonJay
You must go to Sally's in New Haven on the famous Wooster Street. If they aren't open (artists are funny that way...) try Modern Apizza on State Street. A shame that all that great apizza is largely wasted on Yalies. Sally's review
53 posted on 04/01/2005 1:06:22 PM PST by sittnick (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: The Grammarian

We don't have Pizza King here in Virginny.


54 posted on 04/01/2005 1:10:43 PM PST by Cathy
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To: ASA Vet

"For the same reason some folks put on ham.
They're clueless as to what is pizza."

Pineapple and bacon?
4 cheeses and pesto?
Mozerella, tomatoes and herbs?
Peperoni and anchovies?
Sauce but no cheese? (blech)

Hey, if you like it, then it's all good.
Me, I like the basics - tomato sauce, cheese,pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms - but I have had a really good pizza that had a pesto-based sauce and a variety of cheeses.


55 posted on 04/01/2005 1:10:53 PM PST by -YYZ-
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To: dead
I never tried Papa John's, but Dominos pizza tastes marginally better than the box it comes in.

I've tried 'em all...now I just make my own...much cheaper.....my choices of many toppings....it's cheaper and no tips!

56 posted on 04/01/2005 1:11:01 PM PST by JimVT (Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing, Oh, the ring of the piper's tune)
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To: dfwgator
Both actually. Basically anybody that refuses to get old and does anything and everything to appear as they're not. Can't abide people with the toupees, fake tans, excessive facelifts, etc. They just look out of place. That doesn't apply to staying in shape because that's good for your health as well.

Heck I lost the hair on the top of my head and I don't care. Not going to run out and get a toupee to look 'younger' or grow one side of what's left of my hair longer to comb it over.

57 posted on 04/01/2005 1:11:24 PM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: weekendwarrior

I saw that commercial during the apprentice. Funny funny stuff. good for Papa Johns, I say.


58 posted on 04/01/2005 1:11:57 PM PST by timtoews5292004
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To: dfwgator

It is awful. We have said no every year when my daughter (7 years old) says she wants to have her birthday there.

My kids have gone for parties - but I will not have a party there. The place is a germ factory and a rip off! YUCK!


59 posted on 04/01/2005 1:15:20 PM PST by Cathy
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To: Cathy

You ain't kidding.


60 posted on 04/01/2005 1:22:58 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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