Happy 35th Anniversary, 'Bosom Buddies': 20 Things You Didn't Know About the Show That Launched Tom Hanks's Career
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They were just two guys, trying to make it in the advertising biz in New York City, looking for an affordable place to live, and willing to wear dresses, pantyhose, and full makeup to lock that bachelor pad down. Of course, the bachelor pad was inside a hotel for women only, and, of course, we’re talking about the 1980-82 ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies, the Tom Hanks career launcher that debuted 35 years ago this week.
They were just two guys, trying to make it in the advertising biz in New York City, looking for an affordable place to live, and willing to wear dresses, pantyhose, and full makeup to lock that bachelor pad down. Of course, the bachelor pad was inside a hotel for women only, and, of course, we’re talking about the 1980-82 ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies, the Tom Hanks career launcher that debuted 35 years ago this week.
They were just two guys, trying to make it in the advertising biz in New York City, looking for an affordable place to live, and willing to wear dresses
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