Anybody see that new show.....

[Toby]

"Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance"

I don't usually watch those shows at all but this one looked good so I watched it and I couldn't stop laughing.

This one is going to be good.

[Toby]

here is an article on the show..I guess this gal is in hot water already...


The Arizona Republic
Jan. 19, 2004 12:00 AM


SCOTTSDALE - Starting tonight, Randi Coy of Scottsdale will be known nationwide, not as a yoga instructor or first-grade teacher at a Catholic school, but as the 23-year-old woman with a Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.

Coy is the unwitting "star" of the Fox series that debuts at 8 tonight on Channel 10.

Last summer, between graduating from Arizona State University and beginning life as first-grade teacher at Pope John XXIII Catholic School Community in northeast Phoenix, Coy attended an open casting call at Drift restaurant in downtown Scottsdale.

She wound up in My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, produced by Rocket Science Laboratories (Joe Millionaire, Temptation Island) and hosted by former Channel 3 reporter Claudia DiFolco.

Even before its premiere, the show has gotten Coy in hot water with her Catholic school superiors. Coy interrupted her first year of teaching at Thanksgiving break to begin taping the show.

She remains on leave.

"She hasn't actually said anything about the show," said Coy's boss, Principal Bill Langley.

"All I was told when she left was that she was auditioning for a reality show."

The show's producers led Coy to believe she was one of several contestants for a million-dollar prize. Producers picked Coy and a man named "Steve" as finalists.

For Coy to win, she needed to convince her family that she met, fell in love with and planned to marry "Steve" without revealing that their pairing is a farce.

She thought "Steve" was competing for the same prize.

Except the true farce was played on Coy. "Steve," his friends and family were actors, paid to sabotage the staged wedding.

Langley understands if some parents have concerns.

He sent a letter to parents, alerting them to Coy's leave and upcoming TV appearance.

The school's mission statements vow to teach students to become Christian leaders and responsible citizens.

Its faculty signs off on a vision statement with goals such as teaching "Gospel values and self-discipline," which might come into conflict with marrying a stranger on television for money.

"You can't be teaching and do a show like that," Langley said.

[BigCarrot]

That show is gonna be awesome! I laughed my ass off the whole way through! The whooa is a bitch, but she's kinda hot, in a Sarah Michelle Gellar sorta way.

[EricABlade]

I think the reality show thing has been overworked and overexposed to death. I can't believe the girl's parents and family are falling for this, knowing they have a cameraman following the couple all over the place. Who knows? Maybe they are all good actors. We all can be, if paid enough money. But you are right. I saw it and it is funny as heck. But the smile always seems to leave my face when I suspect that they already know and are just pretending they don't. After Joe Millionaire and Punk'd, it is almost imposssible to fool the average cynical person nowadays. I think the couple in this Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance show stand to win 500,000 beans each at the end of the show. That could buy you a lot of cars!!!