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The show is a close adaptation of a short-lived [[United Kingdom|British]] format, ''The Sack Race'', devised by Hugh Rycroft and first broadcast on [[BBC Three]] in [[2003]], with a repeat run on [[BBC Two]] in [[2004]]. (Although the show is often considered to [[parody]] the popular series ''[[The Apprentice]]'', ''The Sack Race'' in fact debuted some months earlier.) The main difference between the two versions is that the UK version was played entirely for laughs, with all of the contestants being young stand-up comedians, and no significant prize money at stake - the prize being merely the average daily wage for the job they took on. Whereas ''The Sack Race'' was promoted purely as a comedy programme, ''Fire Me...Please'' was advertised as a [[reality television]] show, which is the exact opposite of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', because on ''The Apprentice'', you try to get hired, and ''not'' fired. ''The Sack Race'' received low ratings and poor reviews, and was not recommissioned after its original six-episode run.
==External
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/fire_me_please/ Official website]
* [http://www.ukgameshows.com/page/index.php/The_Sack_Race ''The Sack Race'' at UKGameshows.com]
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