"Bosom Buddies," the TV show that ran for 37 episodes from 1980 to 1982, has etched its way into television history as the show which helped launch the careers of Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. Here it is 31 years later, and perhaps it's just about time for Hollywood to do what it likes to do, and take a 1980's TV show and turn it into a major motion picture.

Here's the premise: Kip and Henry, played by the very young Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari, have to move from their apartment in New York because, well, it has just been demolished. They are both working for minimum wage at an advertising agency, and can't afford an apartment. A co-worker, Amy, played by the late Wendy Jo Sperber, informs them the Susan B. Anthony Hotel where she lives has a vacant apartment. Here comes the conflict for the show: the Susan B. Anthony is a hotel for women only. Hence, our heroes have to go in drag every day of their lives in order to get in and out of their new home. That is episode one. From that first episode to the last, the show was hilarious.

We all know what happened to Tom Hanks. He is at the top of the top of the A-List in Hollywood.

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Peter Scolari has done very well since Bosom Buddies, appearing in shows like "Newhart," "Batman the Animated Series," "Honey I Shrunk the Kids," and on Broadway in "Hairspray" and "Sly Fox."

Unfortunately, the world lost Wendy Jo Sperber, who played Amy, on November 29th, 2005.

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Donna Dixon, who played Kip's love interest Sonny, went on to appear in movies such as "Doctor Detroit," "Spies Like Us," "The Couch Trip," and "Wayne's World."

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Telma Hopkins is still working steadily, appearing in "The Love Guru," "Are We There Yet," and "ER."

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Holland Taylor is as busy as ever with regular appearances on "Two and a Half Men" and "The Practice."

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Should Hollywood follow in the footsteps of "21 Jump Street," "Star Trek," "McHale's Navy," "The Beverly Hillbillys," and "Saturday Night Live," and revive Bosom Buddies as a motion picture? After 31 years, how well would Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari in drag translate to the big screen? What do you say we find out?

 

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