Ep 52: Bosom Buddies

When we first came up with the concept of the show, namely leveraging our pop cultural expertise to put cultural artifacts under the CFX microscope to see if they will stand the test of time, the short lived early ‘80s sitcom, Bosom Buddies, was one of the first shows we both thought of covering. Well, in episode 52, we do just that. We dig into not only the production history of the show, the before and after careers of all cast members, including the conspicuously successful Tom Hanks, but also the rich tradition of cross dressing as a plot point both in comedy and drama, going all the way back to Shakespeare and beyond. See, it's all perfectly normal....

Is this show an underappreciated classic full of edgy satire or just another hackneyed sitcom full of tired plots and well-worn comedy tropes? We answer this question by analyzing every single episode of the show and then “speak our minds” to decide if this short lived show deserved “a second chance” or if we should tell the show’s creators and actors to “keep it yourself”! And, as usual, along the way, we learn…

• Who is the one major cast member who didn’t appear on The Love Boat
• How a very stoned Martin Scorcese may have stolen the plot of one of the episodes for one of this best films
• How Billy Joel and Stephanie Mills taught Slip a very painful lesson about karma
• How Buffy and Hildy, Kip and Henry’s brothers, are from Saskatchewan, Canada while Kip and Henry are from Shaker Heights, OH…
• How the coffee shop at the Susan B Anthony Hotel for Women is the hippest, most happening place in all of NYC…maybe even all of the USA
• What it means to be a sitcom art critic
• What "horrible" CFX legend and poo bomb victim was wearing Donna Dixon's pink chiffon outfits before she ran off with Dan Aykroyd
• And, finally, the lengths one will go through to avoid being sued by Gary Gygax 

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