History Main / DinnerWithTheBoss

** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]] has variant where Marge and Homer has a important dinner party with Reverend Lovejoy, Homer's old Army drill sergeant and the regional director of the IRS.

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* The whole plot of Alan Ayckburn's ''How the Other Half Loves'' centers on two dinner visits by the same boss to his two employees on subsequent evenings -- acted out simultaneously on stage.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield 22 Short Films About Springfield]]", there's a segment about Principal Skinner having Superintendent Chalmers over for dinner. Except Skinner's roast catches fire and he comes up with one {{Blatant Lie|s}} after another -- from claiming the smoke is "steam from the steamed clams we're having" to passing off Krusty Burgers as "steamed hams"[[note]]"It's a regional dialect!"[[/note]] to saying that the fire in his kitchen is the aurora borealis[[note]]"At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, ''localized entirely within your kitchen?!''"[[/note]] -- to avoid disappointing Chalmers.

* Occasionally happens in ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Kim's father has the board of directors of his lab over for dinner in one episode... right after Kim is hit by a [[TruthSerum Truth Ray]] that causes her to blurt out all the unflattering things her dad says about them (one has [[DodgyToupee a bad hairpiece]], one is a [[TheBore crashing bore]], and one is [[InsufferableGenius an annoying know-it-all]]). Kim's dad is clearly in hot water with his bosses, until the board ''chairwoman'' arrives and turns out to be the KidnappedScientist Kim had rescued at the beginning of the episode. The three suck-up when the chairwoman praises the Possible family.

* Part of the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons “Steamed Hams”]] [[MemeticMutation meme]] (See page image and on the {{Western Animation}} folder down below) is that there are countless times that people re-made the original scene, but added some sort of twist to make the video unique. Examples include, but are not limited to, [[https://youtu.be/a8R3qHKS-dk “Steamed Hams but There’s a Different Animation every 13 Seconds,”]] [[https://youtu.be/aRsOBFhNjVM “Steamed Hams ]] [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Inc,”]] [[https://youtu.be/rKReixb2eok “Steamed Hams but it’s edited by]][[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids”,]] [[https://youtu.be/xw-jSymE76o “Steamed Hams but it’s]] [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Coach and Nick,”]] [[https://youtu.be/ICuuB5iqhRs “Steamed]] [[VideoGame/HotelMario Hotels.”]] [[https://youtu.be/bL7YBy_WukQ “Steamed Hams but it’s]] [[Film/PulpFiction Pulp Fiction,”]], and [[https://youtu.be/WKHahGY_5Qk many,]] [[https://youtu.be/1BgQcxeE-EY many,]] [[https://youtu.be/ZDkqJuUYBaw many]] more.

* Part of the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons “Steamed Hams”]] [[MemeticMutation meme]] (See page image and on the {{Western Animation}} folder down below) is that there are countless times that people re-made the original scene, but added some sort of twist to make the video unique. Examples include, but are not limited to, [[https://youtu.be/a8R3qHKS-dk “Steamed Hams but There’s a Different Animation every 13 Seconds,”]] [[https://youtu.be/aRsOBFhNjVM “Steamed Hams ]] [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Inc,”]] [[https://youtu.be/rKReixb2eok “Steamed Hams but it’s edited by]][[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids”,]] [[https://youtu.be/xw-jSymE76o “Steamed Hams but it’s]] [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Coach and Nick,”]] [[https://youtu.be/2ivXGH4Fhuo “Steamed Hams but it’s]] [[VideoGames/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda CD-i,”]] [[https://youtu.be/bL7YBy_WukQ “Steamed Hams but it’s]] [[Film/PulpFiction Pulp Fiction,”]], and [[https://youtu.be/WKHahGY_5Qk many,]] [[https://youtu.be/1BgQcxeE-EY many,]] [[https://youtu.be/ZDkqJuUYBaw many]] more.

* Part of the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons “Steamed Hams”]] [[MemeticMutation meme]] (See page image and on the {{Western Animation}} folder down below) is that there are countless times that people re-made the original scene, but added some sort of twist to make the video unique. Examples include, but are not limited to, [[https://youtu.be/a8R3qHKS-dk “Steamed Hams but There’s a Different Animation every 13 Seconds,”]] [[https://youtu.be/aRsOBFhNjVM “Steamed Hams ]] [[Music/Gorillaz Inc,”]] [[https://youtu.be/rKReixb2eok “Steamed Hams but it’s edited by [[Creator/4KidsEntertainment 4Kids”,]]