My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Production locations | Chicago, Illinois |
Running time | 42–46 minutes |
Production company | Rocket Science Laboratories |
Original release | |
Network | Fox |
Release | November 7 December 12, 2004 | –
Related | |
My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance |
My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series premiered on November 7, 2004, while its tenth and final episode aired on December 12, 2004. Filmed in Chicago, Illinois, the series depicted twelve contestants in competition for a position at the venture capital firm Iocor.
Similar to
Format
The rules of the game were similar to
The real boss was not seen or heard until the final episode and was kept a complete secret from the contestants. The official website suggested that the real boss could be
Production
N. Paul Todd was played by actor William August, a graduate of Harvard University and an experienced California attorney. August described Todd as a man who "probably has a number of sexual harassment lawsuits pending." A variety of assistants helped Mr. Todd with his contests. His alleged Vice President Jamie Samuels is sent to hate the women, while the COO David Hickman is "a little too excited about these fresh-faced young men." Mr. Todd also relies on his wife Lynn and his son Kent to help judge the competition when a member of the executive team is not available.
Fox originally announced the legal reality television series The Partner for a premiere date of November 7, 2004, however, it opted to broadcast My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss instead. Gail Berman explained "We had a lot of fun with Fiance, and this seemed like the next logical take on what’s going on in reality right now".[1]
Cast
Role | Real name | "Position" |
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N. Paul Todd | William August | The Obnoxious Boss |
Jamie Samuels | Jamie Denbo | Executive Vice President, IOCOR |
David Hickman | David Jahn | Chief Operations Officer (COO), IOCOR |
Lynn Todd | Tamara Clatterbuck | Wife of N. Paul Todd |
Kent Todd | Kent Sublette | Son of N. Paul Todd |
Danielle Todd | Danielle Schneider | Daughter of N. Paul Todd |
Shannon | Shannon Hall | Executive Assistant to N. Paul Todd |
Jason | Jason Kollar | Bodyguard to N. Paul Todd |
Michael Delaney | Michael Keenan | IOCOR Board Member |
John Benjamin | John Gilbert | IOCOR Board Member |
Contestants
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Femron | Concad |
Candidate | Age | Hometown | Result |
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Annette Dziamba – Business Development Executive | 24 | Whippany, New Jersey | Winner of $350,000 |
Michael Gregorio – Liquor Distribution Executive | 34 | Reading, Massachusetts | Runner-up; winner of $200,000 |
Kerry McCloskey – Media Marketing Director | 29 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Eliminated in episode 10 |
Damien Scott – Strategic Financial Consultant | 29 | Chicago, Illinois
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Eliminated in episode 9 |
David Harper – Certified Financial Accountant | 25 | Atlanta, Georgia
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Eliminated in episode 8 |
Douglas Dennard – Equity Research Analyst | 24 | Greenville, North Carolina | Eliminated in episode 7 |
Whitney LaBelle – Shipping Executive | 26 | Atlanta, Georgia
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Eliminated in episode 6 |
Robert Hospidor – Mortgage Broker | 28 | Middlesex, New Jersey | Eliminated in episode 5 |
Tonia Jacobs – Aerial Construction Worker | 35 | San Marcos, Texas | Eliminated in episode 4 |
Elli Frank – Marketing Firm President | 26 | Jacksonville, Florida | Eliminated in episode 3 |
Christy Hollie – Entrepreneur | 30 | Austin, Texas | Eliminated in episode 2 |
Daniel Richardson – Automobile Finance Manager | 29 | Lewisville, Texas | Eliminated in episode 1 |
Teams
The contestants were initially split into a male and female team. Each team was responsible for naming their opponent. The men named the female team Femron, a
The teams were re-organized in episode 4 based on the contestants' attractiveness. At the beginning of episode 8, the remaining five players were combined into a united team for an elimination, where Damien was named team boss. Afterwards, the four players left over were split into two teams for the episode's challenge. Following that challenge, the three finalists were on their own.
Candidate | Episode 1 team | Episode 4 team | Episode 8 team | Result | Team Boss (Win/Loss) |
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Annette Dziamba | Femron | Femron | Femron | Winner | 1-2 (win in task 5, loss in tasks 2 & 7) |
Michael Gregorio | Concad | Femron | Concad | Runner-up | 0-1 (loss in task 1) |
Kerry McCloskey | Femron | Concad | Femron | Eliminated in episode 10 | 0-2 (loss in tasks 3 & 5) |
Damien Scott | Concad | Concad | Concad | Eliminated in episode 9 | 2-0 (win in tasks 3 & 7) |
David Harper | Concad | Concad | Eliminated in episode 8 | 1-1 (win in task 6, loss in task 4) | |
Douglas Dennard | Concad | Femron | Eliminated in episode 7 | 0-1 (loss in task 6) | |
Whitney LaBelle | Femron | Femron | Eliminated in episode 6 | 1-0 (win in task 4) | |
Robert Hospidor | Concad | Concad | Eliminated in episode 5 | 1-0 (win in task 2) | |
Tonia Jacobs | Femron | Concad | Eliminated in episode 4 | 1-0 (win in task 1) | |
Elli Frank | Femron | Eliminated in episode 3 | |||
Christy Hollie | Femron | Eliminated in episode 2 | |||
Daniel Richardson | Concad | Eliminated in episode 1 |
Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Annette | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | WIN | BR | LOSE | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | ||||
Michael | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | BR | WIN | FIRED | ||||
Kerry | IN | BR | LOSE | BR | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||
Damien | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | FIRED | ||||||
David | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||
Douglas | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | ||||||||
Whitney | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
Robert | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
Tonia | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||
Elli | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
Christy | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
Daniel | FIRED |
- The contestant won the competition.
- The contestant won as team boss on his/her team.
- The contestant lost as team boss on his/her team - but was awarded immunity per the rules.
- The contestant was on the winning team for this task.
- The contestant was on the losing team for this task.
- The contestant was brought to the final boardroom.
- The contestant was fired.
- The contestant won a task granting him/her immunity.
Episodes
No. | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "How Low Can You Go?" | November 7, 2004 | 4.4[2] | |
Mr. Todd introduces himself, his company, and the game to the contestants over hors d'oeuvres made from cheap ingredients. He splits the contestants into men's and women's teams and assigns the teams to come up with the opposing team's names. | ||||
2 | "The Sword and the Soup" | November 14, 2004 | N/A | |
Mr. Todd invites six of the contestants to tour his mansion and meet his wife and daughter. The mansion features Todd's most prized possessions, including two vases belonging to Napoleon, a 1929 Steinway piano, chandeliers identical to those in the West Wing, the Excalibur sword, and his first million dollars. | ||||
3 | "That's Fascinating" | November 21, 2004 | N/A | |
Mr. Todd invites three women to join him on the yacht Perseverance II and three men to join him at Harborside International Golf Center. Mr. Todd gave the women bikinis on the boat and after going swimming in Lake Michigan, but did not show up to his appointment with the men, leaving them waiting for over three hours. Todd also leads the women to think that as a result of the boat trip they have forged a close relationship with him, whereas all he has ever said in conversation with each of them is "that's fascinating". | ||||
4 | "Craptacular!" | December 5, 2004 | 4.1 | |
The teams sell bogus products to the public and the most sales wins. Products include canned oxygen gas, "natural" tampons, and reusable toilet paper. | ||||
5 | "Thanks, I Appreciate That" | December 12, 2004 | 3.4 | |
The teams raced to perform certain office tasks while under fire from paintballs that Mr. N. Paul Todd shot at them. Members had to shield the team boss from getting hit or be penalized. A tie breaker came down to a 10 ball shootout. | ||||
6 | "Next Stop, the Guggenheim!" | Unaired | N/A | |
The teams make works of art out of garbage and sell them at an art gallery they run themselves. One of the members of each team has to masquerade as the artist who made the works of art. | ||||
7 | "Drop Dead Gorgeous" | Unaired | N/A | |
The teams design an advertising campaign for 1 of 3 products. They include home security land mines, breast milk, and plastic surgery for the deceased. | ||||
8 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Unaired | N/A | |
The teams sell as much distribution of T-shirts, baseball hats, and mugs that had written on them "Chicago is for losers", "The windy city blows", and "I hate Chicago" to real shop owners as possible. | ||||
9 | "My Kingdom for a Chicken" | Unaired | N/A | |
The contestants are given a live chicken, and are challenged to barter their way to an item of higher value. The contestant with the item receiving the lowest appraised value is eliminated. | ||||
10 | "The Real Boss is..." | Unaired | N/A | |
Two IOCOR Board Members questioned the Final 2 about the competition and Mr. Todd before the corporation could declare a winner. Then, the joking nature of the show was revealed. However, the Finalists were told that the competition was still real and the intended prize money was increased to $350,000. After one final "decision" from "the real boss" (now revealed to be a spin of the wheel by Mowgli), Annette won the competition. Runner-Up Mike was then revealed to have won a consolation prize of $200,000 and both finalists were told one final time to "Get The Hell out of Mr. Todd's Office". |
After the show
Annette became a professional model, and ironically, later appeared as "Trump's Executive Assistant" (boardroom lobby receptionist) on several episodes of The Celebrity Apprentice.
References
- ^ Adalian, Josef (October 5, 2004). "Fox's 'Obnoxious' goes to work". Variety. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ Kissell, Rick (November 8, 2004). "'Home' fire burning". Variety. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ IMDB
External links
- My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss at IMDb