{"id":51571,"date":"2018-02-11T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T20:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51571"},"modified":"2018-02-11T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T20:01:59","slug":"great-tv-openings-bosom-buddies-is-anything-but-a-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51571","title":{"rendered":"Great TV Openings: &#8220;Bosom Buddies&#8221; Is Anything But a Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K2gCfwILUVc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we first moved to New York we had a great apartment that was dirt cheap. And we found out why it was so cheap. Our friend Amy said there was a great apartment in her building. Dirt cheap! But it&#8217;s a hotel for women! Okay, we made one adjustment. Now these other ladies know us as Buffy and Hildegarde. But they also know us as Kip and Henry &#8212; Buffy and Hildy&#8217;s brothers. I am, uh, crazy about the blonde. This experience is gonna make a great book! See? It&#8217;s all perfectly normal!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bosom-Buddies-Complete.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bosom-Buddies-Complete.jpg 360w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bosom-Buddies-Complete-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With those words began <em>Bosom Buddies<\/em>, the cross-dressing 1980-82 ABC comedy series starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Tom%20Hanks%7C774935&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Hanks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Peter%20Scolari%7C740642&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Scolari<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Wendie%20Jo%20Sperber%7C968191&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wendie Jo Sperber<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Donna%20Dixon%7C185034&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Donna Dixon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Telma%20Hopkins%7C403642&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Telma Hopkins<\/a> (make it funky, Liz!) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Holland%20Taylor%7C536029&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Holland Taylor<\/a>. Although never a ratings smash, it did help propel Hanks into stardom, and the show still holds up as one of the 1980s greatest (if goofiest) shows. <em>Bosom Buddies: The Complete Series<\/em> just hit DVD in a new set, proving yet again that great sitcoms are, forgive me, never a drag,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When we first moved to New York we had a great apartment that was dirt cheap. And we found out why it was so cheap. Our friend Amy said there was a great apartment in her building. Dirt cheap! 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