My Big Fat Obnoxious Column - 
by madeyoulaugh
Two years ago, my old boss had a baby. Unlike many women, she didn't take a lengthy maternity leave. Rather, she immediately came back to work to "produce film and television." However, while she was busy trying to feel important and create crap..Im sorry...cinema, her young remained at home with her newly hired, and overpriced, "Mexican mommy" and sans a teat from which to suckle the sweet nectar of life.
So, instead of taking time out of the day to go home and feed her filthy rich spawn, a future acquitted rapist or drug addict no doubt, my boss chose to stay at work and have a machine squirt juice from her top-fat bags into tiny little clear plastic packets, which she would then put in the office fridge next to the food which we all would eat.
Oh but the fun didn't stop there. When it came time to getting the packets of liquid life to the child, she asked me, a college graduate, to deliver it to her son. Yes, we have couriers who run scripts back and forth, sure we have interns who we use for virtually everything, but no...this was a job for me. And as I drove the breast milk, cleverly concealed in a manila envelope, I couldn't help but wonder why I needed 2 degrees from a credited university to be a tit-juice delivery boy. For me that moment defines what a big fat obnoxious boss is. Though FOX would disagree, putting less of a pity party spin on it and more of a spin of absolute hilarity.
Though last nights ratings will reflect otherwise, My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss was a juggernaut of comedy. Basically an unabashed spoof of "The Apprentice", Boss initially left me impressed with the production quality but a little miffed by the creative element.
In My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, they spoofed the dating show, but gave it its own strong element, its own spin, much like For Love or Money, Joe Millionaire or Average Joe. It was its own show. Boss however is merely a spoof. A funny, strong, very well done spoof...with one potentially wicked lame twist.
In Boss, it is beat by beat a spoof, naysayer's will use terms like "rip-off", to The Apprentice. And, it is. Which I must admit, initially turned me off. I was hoping for a little but more creativity from the Rocket Labs who are pioneers of taking an old concept, completely shaking it up, and selling it as new. Once I was able to get past, the fact that it was a reality SNL sketch, I could sit back and enjoy it for what it was. So what is it?
Imagine if you will "The Apprentice" only really real. A business world where lies, espionage, sabotage, and other cool spy terms are praised and encouraged rather than scoffed and discouraged. 12 alleged "type A" personalities are gathered. Ya know, real go getters and each of them is vying for a job on the board of Iocor (Latin for Joker) Inc. In this series Mr. N. Paul Todd (an anagram for Donald Trump) is the reclusive billionaire who trumps over all. He is a lewd shrewd womanizing billionaire who is unapologetic and hesitates not a hair to brag about his many achievements. Which would be both scary and impressive, were it not for the fact that he is really just an actor whose financial security probably makes Joe Millionaire looks rich by comparison.
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