My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss is a television show on the Fox Network that was filmed in July 2004 and aired from November–December 2004. Similar to My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, it was a parody of shows such as The Apprentice. The contestants performed several tasks that they were told would help them win a job at the Chicago-based conglomerate IOCOR and a $250,000 prize. However, the contestants did not know that the company - and the position - were fake.
The show was usually punctuated by the actions of the "boss" 'Mr. N. Paul Todd'. The contestants learn about his multi-billion-dollar venture capital firm IOCOR, and in any episode, he or a member of his 'family' could usually be found doing something to unsettle the contestants or to test the limit of their blindness to truth.
Fox advertised the show, along with another Apprentice-inspired show called The Rebel Billionaire, during the 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs. The show received low ratings in the United States and was cancelled after five episodes. Fox released the remaining 5 episodes online in late March 2005. All 10 episodes were broadcast in full in the UK on Channel 4, in Australia on Channel 7 and later Fox8, in Singapore on Channel 5, in Poland on TV4 and Polsat, in Malaysia on 8TV and in Denmark on SBS Net. In 2008, the entire series - including the five unaired episodes in the USA - aired on Fox Reality Channel.
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My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
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December 12, 2004
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The victims of the hoax receive an invitation to go on a corporate retreat with Mr. Todd. Once there, they are given an opportunity to air their grievances, to which Mr. Todd repeatedly responds with only ""thank you, I appreciate that."" The next morning, he shares some eggs and bacon with the guys and they chat about the girls, allowing Mr. Todd to further expose his skeevy side. It also gives Iocor COO David Hickman a chance to build on his strange fascination with Damian. Afterwards, Mr. Todd challenges the guys to basketball and plays himself for a wimp before making a $1000 bet with Robert and David. He then goes one-on-one with David and gives him the trash-talking of a lifetime, winning the match. Then, Mr. Todd has the victims of the hoax participate in the most ridiculous challenge yet: navigating an office obstacle course while he pelts them with paintballs. It ends in a tie, but Concad loses the tie-breaker and Robert and David are put up for elimination. Before not making th
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