"they'll all have a good laugh looking at this faux Apprentice with their own employees and that's what matters."

If they are all happy with the result and had some fun during the production (and you got paid), you can't ask for anything else. I think the only thing that would be apparent to future customers that look at this in your demo reel would be the "cheese" factor and that is an appropriate part of the work. Office humor needs to be pretty tame, and being silly helps make it work. I would count this as a real success considering the restraints and the end goal.

I too will file this under successful jobs (after all I did get paid lol).

Thanks again for the help throughout. I'm still learning the craft (aren't we all?) but I feel just a tad better at it today than I was before this project started so I'm moving in the right direction.

Thank goodness for this board!