Bosom Buddies
Title screen
Format	Comedy
Created by	Chris Thompson
Starring	Tom Hanks Peter Scolari Wendie Jo Sperber Donna Dixon Holland Taylor
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	24-25 Minutes
Broadcast
Original run	November 27, 1980-June 24, 1982(ABC) – July 7, 1984 (NBC)-September 15, 1984 (NBC)
External links
IMDb profile

Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC. Image File history File links Bosom_Buddies. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American television, film and stage actor who was seen early in his career in the television programs Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982), Newhart (1984-1990), and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). ... Wendie Jo Sperber (September 15, 1958 â€” November 29, 2005) was an American actress, best known for her performances in the films Back to the Future and I Wanna Hold Your Hand and the television sitcom Bosom Buddies. ... Donna Dixon was an actress on the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies. ... Holland Taylor (b. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American television, film and stage actor who was seen early in his career in the television programs Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982), Newhart (1984-1990), and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... This article is about the year. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

The series was originally conceived by Miller and Boyett as both a takeoff on the movie Some Like It Hot and a male counterpart to their hit farce show Laverne and Shirley. After the cast had been chosen, Miller and Boyett asked Chris Thompson, one of the writer-producers of Laverne and Shirley, to write the pilot and be the series showrunner. Thompson (who would go on to executive-produce such shows as The Larry Sanders Show), said later that he took the job purely for the money, but unexpectedly found it to be "my completely favorite experience in show business," because the network left him and his young cast free to experiment. "We were left alone," he recalled. "Nobody was paying attention to us. We were all really young, but it was like we had daddy's Porsche. We had $500,000 to play with every week." ^[1] The show became known for its quirky humor and its frequent use of improvisation, especially between stars Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. Though the show started out with good ratings, it failed to hold the public's interest and was canceled after two seasons. Miller-Boyett Productions is a production team which produced hits such as Full House and Perfect Strangers. ... Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. ... Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... A show runner is a person who has had proven success in the television industry, and typically has close ties to executives at various major television networks. ... The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders. ... Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of ones immediate environment. ... Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American television, film and stage actor who was seen early in his career in the television programs Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982), Newhart (1984-1990), and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). ...

Premise

After their own apartment is demolished, two men disguise themselves as women in order to live in the women-only Susan B. Anthony Hotel because of the dirt cheap rent. Kip Wilson (Tom Hanks) is originally skeptical of the plan, but after meeting knock-out resident model/dancer/nurse Sonny Lumet (Donna Dixon), he ends up convincing aspiring writer Henry Desmond (Peter Scolari) that the experience will make a great book. Their co-worker, Amy Cassidy, (Wendie Jo Sperber) is the only resident in on the plan because she's attracted to Henry. In the first season, Kip, Henry, and Amy work for Ruth Dunbar (Holland Taylor) at the advertising firm of Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin, where Kip is a graphic artist, Henry is a copy writer, and Amy is the receptionist. Ruth often takes credit for the boys' work when reporting to her (unseen) boss, Mr. Rubinowitz. Thomas Jeffrey Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. ... Donna Dixon was an actress on the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies. ... Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American television, film and stage actor who was seen early in his career in the television programs Bosom Buddies (1980 - 1982), Newhart (1984-1990), and later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997 - 2000). ... Wendie Jo Sperber (September 15, 1958 â€” November 29, 2005) was an American actress, best known for her performances in the films Back to the Future and I Wanna Hold Your Hand and the television sitcom Bosom Buddies. ... Holland Taylor (b. ...

The boys' deception includes outwitting the hotel manager, Lily Sinclair (Lucille Benson), and fellow resident, Isabelle Hammond (Telma Hopkins), an aspiring singer. Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Telma Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American singer and television actress. ...

In the second season, Kip, Henry and Amy leave Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin to start their own advertising firm, Sixty Seconds Street, with Ruth serving as a not-quite silent partner.

In the first episode of the second season, the male characters' ruse of living in drag is revealed, although they are allowed to continue living at the women-only hotel anyway. Sonny forgives Kip for the deception, and as the new hotel manager replacing Lily, Isabelle agrees to go along with the ruse rather than admit it to the other residents.

Cast

• Tom Hanks - Kip Wilson/Buffy (when in drag)
• Peter Scolari - Henry Desmond/Hildegarde "Hildy" (when in drag)
• Wendie Jo Sperber- Amy Cassidy, their co-worker and friend who knows their secret
• Holland Taylor - Ruth Dunbar, their boss
• Donna Dixon - Sonny Lumet
• Telma Hopkins - Isabelle Hammond
• Lucille Benson - Lilly Sinclair (First season only.)

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Episode Guide

Season 1

1. Pilot
2. My Brother, My Sister, Myself
3. Loathe They Neighbor
4. Macho Man
5. What Price Glory?
6. Kip and Sonny's Date
7. Beauty and the Beasts
8. Revenge
9. Amy's Career
10. Gotta Dance
11. Sonny Boy
12. How Great Thou Art
13. Kip Quits
14. Only the Lonely
15. The Re-Write
16. The Show Must Go On
17. The Hospital
18. Best Friends
19. Cahoots

Season 2

1. The Truths and Other Lies
2. There's No Business ..."
3. The Reunion
4. One For You, One For Me
5. Road to Monte Carlo
6. WaterBalloonGate
7. All You Need is Love
8. Other Than That, She's a Wonderful Person
9. The Slightly Illustrated Man
10. Two Percent Solution
11. Cablevision
12. The Grandfather
13. Hildy's Dirt Nap
14. Kip Off the Old Block
15. The Way Kip and Henry Were
16. Who's On Thirst?
17. Not With My Sister, You Pig
18. Not the Last Picture Show

Trivia

• The theme song for the opening credits was "My Life" by Billy Joel, although Joel's version was not used on the air. (The Internet Movie Database notes the cast sang the theme song, although this has not been verified.) Some reruns shown in syndication and all home video and DVD releases use a vocal version of the show's back credit instrumental theme, performed by Stephanie Mills, used for the front credits, with "My Life" removed altogether.

Note: The ABC-TV versions of the opening were indeed My Life and not the cast singing the song. However, the original pilot episode, it sounded as though someone else was singing the theme instead of Billy Joel, because the end was slightly different from the original piece that Joel sang. But later episodes were Joel. My Life is a song by Bill Kima that first appeared on his 2006 album 52nd Street. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in Harlem, New York) is an African American R&B and soul singer and former Broadway star. ...

• Although the series was produced on videotape, the pilot episode was shot on film.

• Noticed the palm trees in the opening credit as Kip and Henry were walking in the park. Very odd for New York!

• Kip and Henry were named after two popular bars in Berkeley, CA.

• Edie Adams plays the hotel manager in the pilot, and when Kip and Henry name each other's alter egos, they say Buffy and Hildy are sisters. Lucille Benson is introduced as the new hotel manager in the series, and she is told that Kip and Henry are Buffy and Hildy's brothers, respectively. Buffy and Hildy are allegedly from Saskatchewan, but Kip and Henry somehow attended high school in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

• Edie Adams in the pilot episode stated that the girls were "Nice Girls...probably virgins!" This was edited out of the syndication episodes. The DVD version in the pilot episode, they did not edited out that phrase.

• Peter Scolari appeared in the Tom Hanks directed feature film That Thing You Do! as an Ed Sullivan-style announcer. He also appeared as astronaut Pete Conrad in an episode of the Tom Hanks produced HBO series From the Earth to the Moon and co-starred with Hanks in The Polar Express.

• Bosom Buddies was taped on Stage 25 at Paramount Pictures. Stage 25 was also the home of The Lucy Show, Cheers, and Frasier.

• Bosom Buddies reruns also aired briefly on NBC in the summer of 1984. Ratings were respectable and talks to bring the show back were mentioned; but by that time, Peter Scolari was on Newhart and Tom Hanks was just starting his film career.

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DVD Releases

CBS Home Entertainment has released both seasons of Bosom Buddies on Region 1 DVD for the very first time. The original theme song My Life by Billy Joel was replaced with the more generic Shake Me Loose, a song penned by show creator Chris Thompson, which was used during the show's syndication run. Many of the musical numbers featured during the show's run are edited or eliminated altogether from the DVD releases. Notable in this vein are the songs "Yakkity Yak" (from the episode "Call Me Irresponsible") and "Rock and Roll Heaven" (from "Hildy's Dirt Nap"). CBS Home Entertainment (formerly CBS Video Enterprises) is the home video entertainment arm of CBS, Inc. ... The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ...

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See also

• Cross-dressing in film and television

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References

External links

• Episode guide
• Bosom Buddies at the Internet Movie Database