Bosom Buddies
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Bosom Buddies was an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. It ran from 1980 to 1982. Its premise was the two main male characters having to secretly dress (very obviously) in drag to live in a women-only hotel with cheap rent. They worked at the advertising firm of Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin, but later in the series left to start their own advertising firm called Sixty Seconds Street.
In the second season of the show, the male characters' ruse of living in drag was revealed, although they were allowed to continue living at the women-only hotel anyway.
The theme song for the front credits was "My Life" by Billy Joel, although Joel's version was not used on the air. IMDB notes the cast sang the theme song, although this has not been verified. Reruns shown in syndication had a vocal version of the show's back credit instrumental theme used for the front credits, with "My Life" removed altogether.
Though series was produced on videotape, the pilot episode was shot on film. The series was rerun on NBC in 1984 due to the success of the Tom Hanks film Splash.
The show has occasionally been rerun in syndication and on TBS, but is not known to be running nationally at this time.
Cast
- Tom Hanks - Kip Wilson (Buffy when in drag)
- Peter Scolari - Henry Desmond (Hildegarde 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
- Lucille Benson - Lilly Sinclair
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