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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:32 pm
Yes, it's sort of a sequel to the "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance" (same producers, different actors) they did earlier this year. 12 contestants come to Chicago to compete for what they think is a job with a (phony) company named IOCOR founded and run by a (phony) CEO named Mr. N. Paul Todd. They are split into 2 teams and have to do tasks, just like the Apprentice. But the tasks are strange (the producers gave the contestants a questionairre about their business strengths before they started, and delibrately did things not on them)...for example, in episode one, the teams have to beg for money...another ep has the fake CEO shooting them with a paintgun. There are also other actors portraying other members of the corporation (a tough female exec, a male exec patterened after Smithers on the Simpsons, etc.) and the CEO's family (A Paris-Hilton like daughter, a pampered wife, etc.) Every week, the losing team sends 2 members to the boardroom, where one of them is fired....but the decision isn't made by the "fake" CEO, but by a real CEO who the contestants don't know about.. Losers are dismissed by the fake CEO not with "You're Fired", but with the term "Get the hell out out of my office". Even though the company is fake, the prize is real...$250,000 to the winner.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:43 pm
This is my type of show!!! When does it start? I loved MBFOF. I had some hard laughs with that one!
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Realbiz
Member
10-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 2:29 pm
LOL. so Fox has 'combined' "MY B F Fiance" with "the Apprentice" this time. can be fun. this will give DT a good run for his money.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 6:29 pm
This sounds great!!!! Thanks Wilson, you always find the great info!!!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 7:22 pm
I loved MBFOF! This should be a good one.
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 6:59 am
Oh my god! I already love this show!!! 'Get the hell outta my office" TOO FUNNY! I can't wait for this one!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 7:06 am
IS IT ON YET??????
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 7:31 am
Wilson, thanks for the heads up! Never heard of this show til I saw this thread...
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 10:27 am
I saw the ad for it last night...It was hilarious... They showed the fake CEO telling someone to get the hell outta his office...the look on the other guy's face was priceless... I can't wait for this show to air...LOL
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 10:42 am
I must see this show! It sounds great! I wish Steve, the BFOF could be on it! I really laughed when I read "They are split into 2 teams and have to do tasks, just like the Apprentice. But the tasks are strange..."! It must air soon if there are ads for it being shown. Oh...I just looked at the top of the thread...wish it started sooner!
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 11:37 am
The show premieres on Sunday, November 7th at 9PM EST. Here's the very sparse Web site.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 6:49 pm
I can't wait 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, October 08, 2004 - 7:29 am
IS IT ON YET???????
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Aussiedeb
Member
07-05-2004
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 8:55 am
Now this sounds like it will be fun. Can't wait. Lexie, it starts Nov 7th.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 9:42 am
I can't wait to hear him say 'get the hell out' LOL
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 1:40 pm
It sounds fun. Also, I think the website kinda hints that the real boss might be someone very well known. So that could be a cool twist.
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 7:10 am
I think Lexie is being funny....but i'm with Lexie...IS IT ON YET!! LOL
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 1:46 pm
Bumping up this thread because I am dying to see this show. Every time I see the commercial I crack up. "You own a marketing company?" "Yes!" "Who cares!" LOL! Or... "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Get the hell out of my office." LOL! This show is going to be a riot!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 2:29 pm
I agree!!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 6:01 pm
There was a blurb in the paper about this, they filmed in Chicago, and were very secretative about what they were filming... which didnt set to well with the Chicago Film Office... they only approved certain outdoor shots, and the show wanted an authentic Chicago Office to film in, but since they werent upfront about why, or what they were filming, they werent given alot... and so they made their own office/boardroom... I'll look to see if there is anything online I can cut and paste/ post a link...
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 6:11 pm
Still looking for my password to the other newspaper, found this... Sun Times Article Fox hasn't provided critics a full preview of "Boss," which makes its debut Nov. 7 on WFLD-Channel 32, just a highlight reel. So it's not clear that it really can tell its jokes well, let alone sustain them. But the clips show off Chicago as a beautiful, bright, shiny city while showing the game's players -- some beautiful, none seemingly bright -- to be cocky but clueless dolts all too eager to play a game where winners find money in their bedding and losers are made to sleep in junkyards under the L tracks like vagrants. Unlike "Fiance," in which a woman was persuaded to con her family and friends about a prospective marriage for the promise of prize money, unaware that she herself was also a pigeon as her partner in the hoax was really an actor, "Boss" looks to be a victimless crime. No family and friends are prey, and these men and women seem to have it coming. They fancy themselves sharks in pursuit of a board position with the fictional Iocor corporation and a $250,000 grand prize (the only part of "Boss" that's real). They're not sharp enough, however, to balk when the billionaire they've never heard of with the corporation that doesn't exist shows off such prized possessions in his home as King Arthur's actual Excalibur sword and a living-room display of the first million dollars he ever earned. On the other hand, N. Paul Todd (played by an actor Fox identifies as William August) has more plausible taste in interior design than Trump presents on NBC.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 8:59 pm
according to the offical site, the person playing the "boss" is not only an actor (he's been in a bunch of minor roles on TV and Radio), he's also a business lawyer...so he actually knows the buzzwords and such. Even the company name, IOCOR, is a joke. IO is Latin for "jest", and Cor is for "corporation"; thus IOCOR means "joke company".
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 4:56 am
Bumping to remind everyone this show starts tonight at 9PM.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 8:11 pm
I predict that Trump is the boss!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 8:44 pm
Whew! TY Scorpiomoon! I just happened to notice your bump in the nick of time. One more hr and I get to watch too. I really loved BFOF and have gotten hooked on Apprentice. This should be fun!
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