Speaking of reality shows, I was very into the mock reality show My Big Obnoxious Boss, which was a rip-off of The Apprentice. They asked the contestants to do the most horrible things (hawk "all natural" tampons made of tree bark at a flea market, for example) and then the losers would get punished. One episode, the losers had to actually sleep in a tent city under the Chicago El, because they were such losers that they might as well get used to being homeless! The "boss" was actually an actor and he used to be sooooo horrible and say the weirdest things. I don't know how he did it without laughing. Anyway, I got really hooked and then Fox cancelled it without letting us see how the contestants took the news.


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