Comments on: Undercover Boss — good and bad http://www.davosnewbies.com/2010/02/07/undercover-boss-good-and-bad/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KPD http://www.davosnewbies.com/2010/02/07/undercover-boss-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-366724 KPD Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:19:50 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2661#comment-366724 The UK version (Back to the Floor) had a Wedgwood exec and a Heathrow manager, among others--I felt sorry for the latter (impossible job). The show was really well done (natch). The UK version (Back to the Floor) had a Wedgwood exec and a Heathrow manager, among others–I felt sorry for the latter (impossible job). The show was really well done (natch).

]]> By: Lance Knobel http://www.davosnewbies.com/2010/02/07/undercover-boss-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-366658 Lance Knobel Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:45:21 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2661#comment-366658 The US Undercover Boss comes from a British producer, Stephen Lambert. I'm unsurprised he tried the format out in the UK first. Clocking Off was brilliant, and didn't have the fiction of corporate hierarchies implicit in Undercover Boss (now that Larry has seen the truth, of course everything will be OK). Going further back, there's also Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff. The US Undercover Boss comes from a British producer, Stephen Lambert. I’m unsurprised he tried the format out in the UK first.

Clocking Off was brilliant, and didn’t have the fiction of corporate hierarchies implicit in Undercover Boss (now that Larry has seen the truth, of course everything will be OK). Going further back, there’s also Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff.

]]> By: Nico Macdonald http://www.davosnewbies.com/2010/02/07/undercover-boss-good-and-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-366632 Nico Macdonald Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:45:14 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2661#comment-366632 It seems some version of <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/undercover-boss/" rel="nofollow">Undercover Boss</a> went out in the UK last year. More generally, it is remarkable how little <em>real</em> work features in the cultural sphere, from drama to documentary to comedy. In the former category an honorable exception was Paul Abbott's <a href="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0243183/" rel="nofollow">Clocking Off</a>. In the latter category The Office which was at least about white collar work. It seems some version of Undercover Boss went out in the UK last year. More generally, it is remarkable how little real work features in the cultural sphere, from drama to documentary to comedy. In the former category an honorable exception was Paul Abbott’s Clocking Off. In the latter category The Office which was at least about white collar work.

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