Undercover Boss - Cineplex Entertainment S1 E5 (Canadian TV series) 

I know that this is years and years old, but the ridiculous price of concessions is a huge part of why I rarely go out to see a movie.

A daughter introducing herself to her dad. Legendary.

Oh man did I connect with Cody. When I Was in high school I was a projectionist at Regal Cinemas. Best job I ever had. Mid 90s and in high school so not great pay but it was great for me to have fun on the weekend. I loved splicing the film and getting the cans for new films. Being up there alone was great could listen ti music do what I want. Got to see all the movies I wanted to. We would do midnight movies for the employees before midnight releases were a thing. Most everyone who worked there went to my school too so it was a bunch of friends hanging out. Best time best job.

I'm very happy for the 79 old man who love his work that much.

Probably the funniest moment ever in the whole series of the show - when his daughter introduced herself to him - that will make me smile for weeks - Thanks Lauren

I've noticed on this show the Canadians are really CHEAP in awarding there good employees

How can we sell more concessions, she replied lower the price. That was funny.

This CEO is parsimonious. He earns in millions and give away pennies. I would have quit and hope those faithful employees are picked up by some rival companies

See how you can make more money on concessions? Offer comparable prices to walmart, cvs, etc. I pay $50 for 4 tickets, and $40 for 2 drinks and a popcorn. I'll just sneak in my burger, fries, beers, etc. No need to pay all that BS...

Start by lowering the prices in your concession stands. I haven't bought movie popcorn for years because of the high prices. I bring my own treats in my purse.

That kid's birthday party deal is a rip-off. One pizza for almost a dozen kids and a movie on a standard flatscreen? A parent could do that at home with better equipment and be able to provide enough food. I'd be embarrassed to work there. I also do not understand the traffic assistant "promotion". That seemed like the most worthless reward I've ever seen given next to the highly inappropriate breast implants in the U.S Bikinis episode. Isn't that a demotion from where she was?

A lot of the USA bosses do so much more for the ppl. they worked with , giving a trip away what just benefit the company is sick , give them money to help with paying of homes , flats apartments , cars and extra spending money to do what ever they like to do . Smarten up bosses , Canadians are watching this show .....

I worked as an usher in a theater in Fla. In my youth. Man tickets were around 10 cents. Remember paying 9 cents at the Springs in Sulpher Springs. Now 10, 15 dollars. Don't go. 85 now, movies, TV garbage, filth. No standards. 🐻

I have read most of the comments here first before I proceeded to watch the video. Most of you sez he's cheap or cheapstake. I couldn't blamed you but not surprised when I learned he's an Indian. I had worked with very rich Indians while I'm on business trips. I have few Indian friends too. No matter their stature are, they are a fist hands when it comes to earnings specifically those rich Indians. The more they are wealthy, the more they are tight. They shared but not much. They can even count the rice on their plates. Comparing Indians to other rich nationals, Indians are the most stingy or tight fist people on earth but one of the wisest investors and entrepreneurs around.

That kids screening area was a joke. One pizza and Karate Kid on a TV?

“Have a good time” but pay $40 for a small popcorn

This bothers me, when you have a board meeting and your own higher ups laugh at the fact you are going to be doing their jobs...I think it's time to look deep from within and clean house. This should have been done all along by your management teams... This is why so many companies fail..higher up gets very lazy and need to be replaced more often.

CHEAPEST BOSS .... CHEAP AF someone let him know

Let me know when it doesnt' cost 25 bucks for 2 sodas and a popcorn and i may attend a movie again

That old man deserves more....

Cheapest CEO I never see before

My brother was a supervisor there. He said he enjoyed it. The employees get perks like letting their friends in during screenings and getting free food and drinks.

The movie theater that kept having the power outages they need a backup generator.

Just 6 years old fotage but it feels like this was filmed in the 80s. There are no more cinema, blackberries, download to own services.

I work as a cart pusher in retail, but I'm juggling tasks like there is no tomorrow, all the other cart pusher prefer to only worry about a few things. Even though I do the tasks that the other's put off, it doesn't bother me in the least because I'm rather content with life. Even the dreadful tasks like cleaning the rest rooms feel like a piece of cake to me. I feel for Jodi, but she definitely gives it 110% effort just like I do. and I can't slack, it is absolutely impossible to see me doing nothing for 30 mins, except for when I have to do the people greeter's breaks which takes 30 mins, then I keep getting asked why someone so young is assigned to greet people at the doors.

"we hear that you want Cineplex to become part of your family, so we petitioned to relax the child labour laws to include the children of our employees... sign here and your future offspring become part of Cineplex brand"

5:19 HUHUHUHUHUH LOL YES POP POPCORN WITH THE PEASANTS HOW AMUSING HUHUHUUH

55 year anniversary and they buy him a frigging TV 🙄

So the roof flooded, he won't pay for proper drainage, the was a power outage he won't pay for generators I bet either.

I wonder how theaters are doing now in 2021

Concession prices are way over the top. That's the big killer of people not going to the movies.

Lower prices! that will be the day I pay 8$ for a small popcorn. Robbery or 6 dollars for a bag I can pay 2 at grocery store. Plus they are to loud. I'll just watch at home.

When your daughter introduces herself to you, your disguise works.

I’ve never seen a cinema being referenced, investigated on a show like this. Love it! Wish I could head to a Cineplex. Only ever been to a Regal/Cineworld, Odeon/UCI, AMC, Gaumont/Pathe (France), etc.

It is so sad that they only think of them self , more money more money , thinking about the workers who do a though job day in and out and only getting peanuts for there work makes me sick .

I can't stand that customers leave their trash at their seats after they leave..l hate that it's awful. Piggish

I said this before but I’ll say it again, the employees in this show need to chill with the whole ragging on people because their too slow, everyone on the first day is obviously gonna be slow, it takes a bit to get your bearings, once you learn how to do everything than the speed comes. Remember everyone was new once & just because you’re no longer new it doesn’t mean you can rag on people because they are, everyone has been slow at their job at one point, it’s unfair to compare people on their first day to people who’ve worked there for a long time, speed comes in time, once you know the trade the speed will come with it, but speed doesn’t help anything if you don’t know what you’re doing & how to do it right so just learn the job at hand & remember that the more you do things the faster you’ll get, no one is a perfect employee on their first day.

You people don't get it. Canadian episodes were filmed before American episodes . This was before youtube was huge and only made to be seen in Canada. Canada does not have a culture of giving large sums of money on TV. The producers of the show decided on the American episodes to give larger prizes because thats what Americans are accustomed to seeing. And if you think these "gifts" have anything to so with generosity you can't be so niave. Its the producers and the amount they give away is all figured out at the beginning of filming when they sign there contracts.

Bruh the fact that a single shift is a “workout”, that’s literally what they do everyday. It’s not easy especially being required on ur feet at all times for ur 8hr shift

How can you make movie theaters better? *Don’t make snacks cost an arm & a leg.*

Just a comment. If you make minimum wage of $8.00 /hour and work 7 hours a day, your daily pay is $56. After taxes and insurance you keep 49$ and I think gross budget hotels cost $49. So you’d have to starve everyday just to sleep. CEO s have no idea how to survive on minimum wage.

Man this show is wonderful schadenfreude for minimum wage workers.

I think for the party room, when you order pizza, you should be require to order 1 for every 3 guests. That should be enough for everyone who wants 2 slices to have them, then the rest can be sent home.

What a great episode thank you for posting it! 😍

As a new cast member I find this attempt of showing us about how he lets the individual cinemas run there shifts are all wrong and know one runs it the same was when it comes to training new cast members. Some of the TL trainers do not treat there cast members at all like co-workers and treat them like garbage if you work for this company and are a cast member please let me know if this is how you’ve been treated I would like to know your feed back

20:44 “but Jodie’s other love is cleaning” ayo what the fuck lmao

Man i read some comments and after watching this one i have to say you guys are so right....what a cheap bastard....yeah the trips are cool but it costs money to have fun in Paris or Vegas or new york....how about kicking some of that billions of dollars so they can do it right....they might never get to do it again

Didn’t spend the dollars but he was so thoughtful in what he did ...

Very Special thanks to Cineplex Cinemas which celebrates us 100 years of movie memories.

I wonder if as of June-20-2022 is the older man still alive? And I would like an update on all the employees featured on this episode.

Theatre at 7:33 is the one I went to all the time as a kid, and still do from time to time. Used to look terrible before they repainted it.

I watched this until the end. What got me is the first girl he talked to said. "I did not think I would ever be able to afford this trip to New York." What do these people make. New York is not a terribly expensive trip. They need to pay their employees more I think.

Thank God that for once the hair stylist fitted a decent looking hair piece that's doesn't look like a mop! Fire the other ones and keep her for all the transformations!!

This was definitely an inspiration for my sitcom script AT THE PICTURES. Just set in Britain rather than Canada or the U.S.

I can tell you for a fact that nothing changed within the company after this episode when I used to work there 😂

STINGY ...that was all just a token to make him feel good ...so lcky to have those good people work for him ...i did,nt see any lives greatly changed ...

He should have been fair enough and be open to the projector guy: "A women just tried for 45 minutes to tell me what an 'S' is -- so good luck to you!"

Stingy, stingy,,, it´s a pity that The CEO don't appreciate his employees efforts to run his business the way they do! Amazing

where are the hair safetynet ?

6:54 yes that's right,they cut the large size drink in half and then raised the price by a dollar you don't have to go on a tv show to think up that stupid idea

18:38 ITG dedicabs, currently theres only one ITG cab and one DDR Supernova 2 cab

I find it funny that nothing has changed except more expensive and more strict

I bet a slushie is $6.99...and he moves like Tim Conway's old man

Due respect is exemplary !💖💖💖

She trains him to mop but wrong. You scrub the floor like he was doing with the mop head wet then wring it out, then with the mop head dried you "MOP" up the cleaning liquid. Simple... She was training him to smear shit, not clean it up.

Boss that voice is smoove bossman need a radio

Some raises for all would have been nice.

You know I'm actually one of those kids in the pizza party and funny thing is they had enough Pizza the first time my brother just ate a pizza slice very quickly and then gasolated them into giving us another Pizza

The CEO is really CHEAP! I wouldn't want to work for someone as tight as him!

Jodi has no clue how to entertain children. Running out of drinks, pizza, movie not in and ready to play when they were ready. Completely unplanned.

30:08 It's too bad that the theater doesn't have an Emergency Generator? If it did this problem wouldn't have happened. It would be as simple as getting on a differently powered PA system and letting people know that the power will be back on and staff will be to each theater to answer any questions. 33:20 It should ALWAYS be Wider not only on Thursday's! There are PWD People With Disabilities and people who use Mobility Aids like Walkers, Wheelchairs, Mobility Scooters etc. If I was the CEO I'd be PISSED! I would of got her a cart to transport the items to the party rooms and put a system in that the person has to who is having the party would have to give you a headcount and when the party goers arrive you would have to have a second headcount so you could make shore the proper amount of pizza to the type of order is made on time and the party goers are satisfied. I like how you are willing to make the new changes in newer theaters to bring the party room closer to the food.

Wow good message

every week this company has ads online looking for employees...must be a horrible place to work with a huge turnover

LOVED IT...............

It's always disappointing seeing some of these CEO's. Some of them seem to be really nice and legitmately caring, and others seem to play favorites with some of the employees and or just cheap. Isn't fair to the employees who basically make them their money

She still knew she was being watched....She is putting on a show....

I think Canada should rule the world! such lovely people

Good episode but CEO could've been more generous, like give them a cash bonus on top of the trips. Is it just me or are the CDN disguises better than the US ones? Lol

He should start investing in movie theaters in small towns in America if he wants to make more money, Our American theaters suck compared to his!!

I saw the planet I knew it was Pickering lol

do not underestimate your self with a degree in business you should have had a job in office anywhere else a long time ago

I like the Canadian series. More homely. "I'm the CEO of the company" "Oh my goodness!" "Denise, I was touched by your story of the medical expenses for your mother's slight cough. I've decided to give you $10 to cover the prescription cost" "I... I... can't believe it!" "Not only that. you mentioned your young son lost his ice- hockey puck? I can't believe that in any civilised country a boy only has 1 hockey puck! I will personally give you this new hockey puck and a $20 bill to be put aside in a trust fund to be used to purchase new hockey pucks at any time until your son is 18!" "This is the most wonderful moment in my life...and my son's!" (Brings out box of tissues)

hope the ppl mad about concession prices know movie theatres make basically no money from movie tickets ,,, like ,, literally cents , concession is the only place we make money

Compared to the US version the "rewards" given in the Canadian version are pretty pathetic. But then it also seems the US version has a lot of truly down-on-their-luck workers who strive to be great employees even while dealing with serious issues.

Dang paper bills this is old lol

Some bosses are cheap this guy is one of them

He should keep that look.

Intermissions to go piss grab snacks or smoke a doobie....please make this happen

One of the cheapest CEO not one penny given

How about not charging a ton for food, drinks, tickets, reason why we quit going to movies, family of 4 ends up spending $120 easily just on snacks, pop, tickets.

I was in this episode

woah the boss is from India ...lots of respect proud to be an Indian

Me watching a Movie on my Blackberry on a 1G network👀👀👀👀

I think Cody is great!!

Interesting to watch this episode as I worked at a cinema in the UK for 5 years and did all of the jobs shown here. What a cheapskate this guy is though. All the other episodes see thousands given away, these get prizes that would mostly be valued at a few hundred dollars. It must be an industry thing as the big bosses at my cinema chain were total cheapskates too.

Omg I went to that last cineplex

Yes, this CEO is completely underwhelming

Paul is the best i work with him when i was there he is one of the best employees

this boss loks a bit like inspector Frost

this guy is one in a million.