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Celebrity Apprentice says ciao to Dee and Debbie

By April MacIntyre Apr 2, 2012, 5:00 GMT

Ciao Dee Snider - Celebrity Apprentice star and rocker Dee Snider of Twisted Sister © Wild1 / PR Photos

NBC's Celebrity Apprentice offered up a three hour episode, actually two episodes smushed into one.

Up against critical darlings Game of Thrones and The Killing returning to premium cable, the broadcast reality series tasked the teams to hawk a "My New York" celebrity guidebook. Regis Philbin was a guest judge on this challenge. Regis chose the womens' book as his favorite, awarding Team Forte with $35,000 toward their fundraising pool.

Teresa Guidice stepped up as project manager for Team Forte, and Dee Snider took the reins for Team Unanimous.

Lisa Lampanelli lashed out at "stupid" Dayana Mendoza. She also had some withering comments for Lou Ferrigno in the second challenge later.

Despite Regis' generosity, the men won. Dee received $326,000 for his charity, the March of Dimes.

In the boardroom, the women clawed and howled and in the end, Debbie Gibson was fired.

Trump then mixed up the two teams. Teresa, Aubrey, Arsenio, Clay Aiken and Paul Teutul, Sr. were one team and the second included Lou Ferrigno, Lisa, Dayana, Dee, and Penn Jillette.

Arsenio and the incredible Lou took charge as project managers for this challenge.

The final task was to create a membership kit for Walk With Walgreens, a new online program to encourage people to walk 30 minutes per day. The new Unanimous team pit Aubrey and Arsenio.  Penn called Walgreens Walmart in error.

Arsenio's team won the challenge, winning cash for his charity, the Magic Johnson Foundation.

Lou brought Dayana and Dee with him to the Boardroom, while Aubrey huffed off and went MIA.

Donald fired Dee.