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Who’s the Boss? – The Complete First Season is awesome. I’ve probably seen it 20 times, and I never get tired of it. Have you seen it? If you click the image above you can learn how you can watch it now, or any time.
The movie stars:
Scott Bloom, Robin Thomas, Candice Azzara, Shana Lane-Block, Vic Polizos
and here’s the plot:
Who’s the Boss? was a standard sitcom–turned on its head. Sure, there was a mom, a dad, two cute kids, a house in the suburbs… and a live studio audience. But Angela Bower (Judith Light) was a single advertising exec with a son (Danny Pintauro) and Tony Micelli (Tony Danza) was a widowed ex-ballplayer with a daughter (future Charmed star Alyssa Milano). The Connecticut mansion belonged to Angela (along with the big ’80s hair and shoulder pads) and Tony wasn’t her boyfriend, but rather her housekeeper. Then there was her mother, Mona (the incomparable Katherine Helmond). The sexed-up, slightly cracked grandmother is a primetime staple, but in the former Soap matriarch’s hands, the character was a cut above (and usually got the best lines). As Angela complains to her in the pilot, “You’ve sent me a man for a housekeeper!” “Oh, don’t be sexist,” Mona replies. “A man can do meaningless, unproductive work just as well as a woman.”
“Meaningless, unproductive work” is what Tony does for the Bowers–and does well–but he and Samantha (Milano) also become part of the family. Angela and Tony go on a number of dates with other people, but there’s an obvious sexual tension between them. The show would continu to exploit that tension for eight seasons to great success (even inspiring a British version called The Upper Hand, with Honor Blackman as the “Mona” character). Helmond, meanwhile, would garner an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her efforts. Highlights include “Mona Gets Pinned,” in which Mona takes up with a younger man, and “Angela’s Ex, Part I,” in which Angela reconciles with her estranged husband–who proceeds to fire Tony. Gust stars include Betty White (Mary Tyler Moore) in “Eye on Angela” and Danza’s Taxi co-star Jeff Conoway in “First Kiss.” –Kathleen C. Fennessy
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