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  • ABC
  • Nov 27, 1980
  • ABC
  • Nov 27, 1980
Bosom Buddies

Summary Bosom Buddies followed the adventures of Kip Wilson (Tom Hanks) and Henry Desmond (Peter Scolari), junior ad-men at Livingston Gentry and Mishkin Advertising Agency. Kip was an illustrator, but aspired to be a painter, and Henry, a copywriter and aspiring novelist. When their building is demolished, they dress as women to stay with co-wo...

  • ABC
  • Nov 27, 1980
  • ABC
  • Nov 27, 1980
Bosom Buddies
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 27, 1980
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Summary Bosom Buddies followed the adventures of Kip Wilson (Tom Hanks) and Henry Desmond (Peter Scolari), junior ad-men at Livingston Gentry and Mishkin Advertising Agency. Kip was an illustrator, but aspired to be a painter, and Henry, a copywriter and aspiring novelist. When their building is demolished, they dress as women to stay with co-wo...

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Episode 1 • Nov 27, 1980 • 30 m
Pilot
When they're forced to vacate their apartment, Kip and Henry don dresses to sneak into a women's hotel where their friend Amy lives.
Episode 2 • Dec 4, 1980
My Brother, My Sister, Myself
The new hotel manager catches Kip in his underwear, so Amy concocts a story about Buffy and Hildy's brothers, Kip and Henry.
Episode 3 • Dec 11, 1980 • 30 m
Loathe Thy Neighbor
Feuds erupt amongst Amy and Sonny and Kip and Henry.
Episode 4 • Dec 18, 1980
Macho Man
Henry worries that people don't perceive him to be masculine, so he overcompensates.
Episode 5 • Jan 1, 1981
What Price Glory?
The boys try to out-sleaze a rival ad man to land an account. Meanwhile Isabelle leads a self-defense class.
Episode 6 • Jan 8, 1981
Kip and Sonny's Date
Sonny and a nervous Kip double-date with Henry and Ruth's purple-haired niece who calls herself Andrea Puss.
Episode 7 • Jan 15, 1981
Beauty and the Beasts
Kip and Henry get a lesson in sexism when their alter-egos are dragged to a singles bar, so Henry asks out Amy.
Episode 8 • Jan 22, 1981
Revenge
Amy instigates an elaborate charade with her friends to get back at a snobby congressional aide who dumped her at a costume party.
Episode 9 • Jan 29, 1981
Amy's Career
Amy employs unusual tactics when she pitches an ad for Mountain Pine mouthwash.
Episode 10 • Feb 5, 1981
Gotta Dance
Sonny decides to go home to Michigan, so Kip entices her to stay by getting her a starring role in a TV commercial.
Episode 11 • Feb 12, 1981
Sonny Boy
After stopping a robbery while dressed as Buffy & Hildegarde, Kip & Henry (still in drag) end up on the TV news. Unfortunately their appearance prompts a visit from Henry's mother, who's now worried about her son.
Episode 12 • Feb 19, 1981
How Great Thou Art
Kip's artwork inspires Henry to have it displayed in a special showing inside a local art gallery as an original birthday present for him. Some attending patrons though , are not impressed with it.
Episode 13 • Feb 26, 1981
Kip Quits
Kip quits his job and winds up selling hot dogs on a street corner.
Episode 14 • Mar 12, 1981
Only the Lonely
When Ruth pushes an evening of home entertainment on Kip and Henry, they realize she may not have any friends. Meanwhile Sonny, Amy and Isabelle care for a box full of kittens.
Episode 15 • Mar 19, 1981
The Rewrite
Buffy and Hildy are nearly unmasked, so Henry writes about the incident and keeps trying to improve the story by changing the tone.
Episode 16 • Mar 26, 1981 • 30 m
The Show Must Go On
The guys take jobs bussing tables to afford Isabelle the opportunity to sing in a night club.
Episode 17 • Apr 2, 1981
The Hospital
A blind hospital patient who can see right through Kip falls for Sonny. Meanwhile Lily is hospitalized for mono and Buffy and Hildy work at the hospital as candy stripers.
Episode 18 • Apr 9, 1981
Best Friends
Henry gets left in the dust when Kip reconnects with an old friend who's become a rock star.
Episode 19 • Apr 30, 1981
Cahoots
Kip tries to hook Amy up with Henry; Amy tries to hook up Sonny with Kip.

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