{"id":7928,"date":"2015-12-03T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2015-12-03T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:51:01","slug":"bosom-buddies-35th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/12\/03\/bosom-buddies-35th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bosom Buddies’ With Tom Hanks and its 35th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tom-hanks\"<\/a>It all started with two men looking to make it in the advertising business in New York City, find an affordable place to live, and be\u00a0willing to dress like women to secure their affordable place. The show we are talking about is Bosom Buddies<\/em>, which ran from 1980-1982 on ABC and launched the career of Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n

Bosom Buddies<\/em> was created by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett as a male counterpart to Laverne & Shirley<\/em>. The show\u2019s theme song was \u201cMy Life\u201d by Billy Joel, however the song was re-sung by a different vocalist. During the reruns of the show as well as home video\/DVD releases , the theme song was changed to \u201cShake Me Loose\u201d by Stephanie Mills. The cast included Tom Hanks as Kip Wilson \/ Buffy, Peter Scolari as Henry Desmond \/ Hildegard, Wendie Jo Sperber as Amy Cassidy, and Holland Taylor as Ruth Dunbar. Since it\u2019s the 35th anniversary of Bosom Buddies<\/em>, let\u2019s discuss\u00a0five facts you may not have known about the show.<\/p>\n

Fact #1<\/strong>
\nThe producers had two other actors in mind: Bobby DiCicco and Perry Lang. Neither actor was not available, so series creator Chris Thompson looked to Peter Scolari as Henry, while a casting agent found Tom Hanks, who had a\u00a0previous TV role on The Love Boat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fact #2<\/strong>
\nFull House<\/em> star Bob Saget was the audience warm-up comedian for Bosom Buddies<\/em>. He even guest-starred on an episode as Bob the Comic, marking his first TV appearance.<\/p>\n

Fact #3<\/strong>
\nFuture two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks was only paid $2,500 per week, given the weekly budget of $500,000. As of 2014, Hanks has a net worth of $390 million with his films having grossed $8 billion worldwide; making his salary for Bosom Buddies<\/em> only pocket change comparatively speaking.<\/p>\n

Fact #4<\/strong>
\nBosom Buddies<\/em> was filmed on Stage 25 at Paramount Studios, where I Love Lucy<\/em>, Mork & Mindy<\/em>, Cheers<\/em>, & Frasier<\/em> were being produced. Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari would stay dressed in character and visit their fellow TV stars while they were working. Mork & Mindy<\/em> star Pam Dawber said they would frequently drop by the set to watch Robin Williams rehearse.<\/p>\n

Fact #5<\/strong>
\nEven though the series used Billy Joel\u2019s \u201cMy Life,” the piano man did not sing the theme song. The theme song was recorded by studio musician Gary Bennett to sound like Joel.<\/p>\n

Bosom Buddies<\/em> ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and was syndicated on NBC. The show starred then-unknown actor Tom Hanks and Goodtime Girls<\/em> actor Peter Scolari. The theme song was Billy Joel\u2019s \u201cMy Life\u201d. The show was a modest hit when it was on the air, but has since become a cult classic. That’s the summary of a fun but unusual show you may not have known the facts behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It all started with two men looking to make it in the advertising business in New York City, find an affordable place to live, and be\u00a0willing to dress like women to secure their affordable place. The show we are talking about is Bosom Buddies, which ran from 1980-1982 on ABC and launched the career of<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":7939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[987,2860,2855,2859,2857,2858,2856,2726],"class_list":{"0":"post-7928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-television","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-advertising","10":"tag-bosom-buddies","11":"tag-henry-desmond","12":"tag-holland-taylor","13":"tag-kip-wilson","14":"tag-peter-scolari","15":"tag-tom-hanks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}