Bosom Buddies (1980)
Bosom Buddies (1980)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tom Hanks
Kip Wilson / Buffy
Peter Scolari
Henry Desmond / Hildegarde
Donna Dixon
Sonny Lumet
Holland Taylor
Ruth Dunbar
Telma Hopkins
Isabelle Hammond
Wendie Jo Sperber
Amy Cassidy
Lucille Benson
Lilly Sinclair
Chris Thompson
Creator / Producer / Director
Edward K. Milkis
Producer
Robert L. Boyett
Writer
Thomas L. Miller
Writer
Joel Zwick
Director
Will Mackenzie
Director
John Tracy
Director
Tom Trbovich
Director
Herbert Kenwith
Director
David Chambers
Writer
Jack Carrerow
Writer
Howard Gewirtz
Writer
George Murdock
Elliot Pardo
Anne Haney
Mrs. Le Daux
Stevie Vallance
Ellen Williams
Lew Palter
Mario
Arnold F. Turner
Warren Munson
James T. Callahan
Samantha Fox
James Saito
Christopher Goutman
Adrian Zmed
Robert Lesser
Samantha Lewes
Jeff Doucette
Dana Kimmell
Joe Regalbuto
Joe Mantegna
Penny Marshall
Susan Ruttan
Arthur Malet
Howard Honig
Ernie Hudson
Michael D. Roberts
Philip Charles MacKenzie
Ben Bates
Edie Adams
Patrick Quinn
Russell Johnson
Judith Marie-Bergan
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Bosom Buddies is an American television sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It aired on Thursday nights for two seasons on ABC from November 27, 1980, to March 27, 1982, and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC. The show features the misadventures of two single men, working in creative advertising, struggling in their industry while disguising themselves as women in order to live in the one apartment they could afford. Gender stereotypes and male/female interpersonal relationships were frequent themes.
The show became known for its quirky humor and its frequent use of improvisation, especially between stars Hanks and Scolari. Though the show started out with good ratings, it failed to hold the public's interest and was canceled after two seasons.
The show is now best known for launching the career of Hanks, who became an Oscar-winning film star.