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Bowler19525

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Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« on: October 05, 2020, 12:39:26 PM »
For anyone interested, this Friday's episode of Undercover Boss on CBS will feature PBA CEO Colie Edison as she works undercover at Bowlero.  Might be a fun episode?

 

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2020, 05:01:10 PM »
Thanks for the heads-up.
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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2020, 08:22:01 PM »
I would hope she traveled to IL where there are like 6 Bowlero’s within a 35 mile radius. Would be nice to see her hit all of them on the show if she did and not just one.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2020, 12:41:13 PM »
I would hope she traveled to IL where there are like 6 Bowlero’s within a 35 mile radius. Would be nice to see her hit all of them on the show if she did and not just one.

I think a even bigger question isn't just where she went to record these, but WHEN she recorded these.

What I mean is that if they were recorded this year, the final product for what we see may be skewed because of COVID. If they were recorded during last season (before January 2020), then both we and she would get a good view as to what they truly do there. Seeing a time when leagues and entertainment are already reduced and places are shutting down because of COVID won't give anyone really any insight into what truly goes on when a house is packed; leagues, open bowling, tournaments, or otherwise.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2020, 05:51:50 PM »
I thought I read that these were recorded early in the spring, before all the shutdowns started happening.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2020, 03:41:11 PM »
She was on Beef & Barnzy today.   Show was filmed over a two week period starting last October 1, the Bowlero sites were identified as Connecticut, New Jersey and Atlanta.  Beef & Barnzy actually showed her in costume for one of her visits..........should be fun to watch.  We all identify what is wrong in our local centers, nice to see what others have to deal with.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2020, 07:31:31 AM »
These shows are all heavily produced and the "real" employees that appear on them are extensively interviewed prior to being selected to appear on the show and the employees that appear are straight out of central casting, the great employee that gets rewarded, the hard luck employee given the bonus, etc. And if a new employee suddenly showed up at work and was followed around by a camera crew you wouldn't think something was up? Pass.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2020, 07:56:13 AM »
These shows are all heavily produced and the "real" employees that appear on them are extensively interviewed prior to being selected to appear on the show and the employees that appear are straight out of central casting, the great employee that gets rewarded, the hard luck employee given the bonus, etc. And if a new employee suddenly showed up at work and was followed around by a camera crew you wouldn't think something was up? Pass.

Most "reality" shows are far from being spontaneous or "reality".  Survivor, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, Big Brother, Bachelor/Bachelorette, 90 Day Fiance, Married at First Sight, all that stuff.  The producers stack those shows with a cast that they feel will be entertaining, guide the show in the direction they want it to go, and the producers "compel" the cast to act in the way they want them to in order to elicit specific responses.  There is a reason that reality shows hire writers.  If it was a true reality show, there would be no writers needed.

Some of these types of shows are still kind of entertaining.  Colie Edison herself is kind of an interesting character herself having started as a cast member on a "reality" show and worked her way up to CEO of a professional sports organization and CCO of the largest bowling center owner in the world.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2020, 05:21:01 PM »
I'm not telling you not to watch it, watch it all you want. But pay attention to the end credits where they list a credit for "writer".

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2020, 11:50:34 AM »
MJS73--do tell who the 'writer' is--I'm not going to watch, but would like to know.  Thanks
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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2020, 02:17:19 PM »
MJS73--do tell who the 'writer' is--I'm not going to watch, but would like to know.  Thanks

According to IMDB the writer credit goes to Stephen Lambert.  Do you really go around saying things like "do tell"?

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2020, 02:28:56 PM »
LOL--I just 'noticed' that.  Not usually, I think I'm a little old for that.  Not sure where it came from earlier. 
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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2020, 03:09:49 PM »
I worked for AMF for 25 years as a head mechanic and in the good ole days we maintained from the foul to the pit, we followed a pretty darn good pm program and machines were taken care of correctly, and the amount of labor hours was enough to keep the machines decent.
The company changed hands several times and soon it was nothing more than squeezing everything out of the centers and no reinvest or upkeep, this is when most centers became run down and mechanical operations became awful.
then came along bowlmor, I watched my paid holidays go away, no reviews or raises for 5 years, vacation denials because you had no mechanics to cover, heathcare become a joke, no budget for parts, buildings falling apart, I could go on for hours.
I had to make the choice to get out of the bowling business and do what was best for me and my family.
I have never met Colie and maybe things are better now, but the tv show was a 180 to what I witnessed as an employee

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2020, 06:54:11 PM »
If she is “chief customer officer” or whatever that means, and is really that out of touch with the day to day operations of a bowling center then she has pictures of somebody with a lampshade in their ass.

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Re: Undercover Boss 10/9/2020
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2020, 07:11:36 PM »
If she is “chief customer officer” or whatever that means, and is really that out of touch with the day to day operations of a bowling center then she has pictures of somebody with a lampshade in their ass.
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