E01
Bosom Buddies
Henry Desmond and Kip Wilson are imaginative young admen who solve an acute housing problem by donning wigs and dresses to qualify for residence in the Susan B. Anthony hotel for women.
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Bosom Buddies
EndedFirst aired 1980-11-27ABC
Comedy
Bosom Buddies follows the adventures of Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond, 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-worker Amy Cassidy in her apartment at the Susan B. Anthony Hotel, where men are forbidden anywhere above the lobby. Kip and Henry decide to invent alter egos Buffy and Hildegarde (their fictional sisters) to move into an empty (and cheap) apartment at the hotel; Henry, to write an expose about the experience, and Kip, to get closer to Amy's beautiful roommate, Sonny Lumet, nurse, and part-time dancer.
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Season by season.
37 listed episodes across 2 seasons. Air dates are provided by TVmaze and can change.
Season 1 19 episodes
E02
My Brother, My Sister, Myself
When Kip is discovered in the apartment without his Buffy disguise, Lilly Sinclair, the new manager of the hotel, decides to have the other residents vote on whether Buffy and Hildegarde are evicted or not.
E03
Loathe Thy Neighbor
Feuds erupt amongst Amy and Sonny and Kip and Henry.
E04
Macho Man
Henry worries that people don't perceive him to be masculine, so he overcompensates.
E05
What Price Glory?
The boys try to out-sleaze a rival ad man to land an account. Meanwhile Isabelle leads a self-defense class.
E06
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.
E07
Beauty and the Beasts
After experiencing life as an unattractive woman, Henry realizes that he himself has been shallow in only dating women for their looks, so he asks out Amy.
E08
Revenge
Amy instigates an elaborate charade with her friends to get back at a snobby congressional aide who dumped her at a costume party.
E09
Amy's Career
Amy employs unusual tactics when she pitches an ad for Mountain Pine mouthwash.
E10
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.
E11
Sonny Boy
Kip and Henry (as Buffy and Hildy) subdue two criminals that are robbing the hotel, drawing the attention of the media, and Henry's mother.
E12
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.
E13
Kip Quits
Kip quits his job rather than change a campaign to please a client and winds up selling hot dogs on a street corner.
E14
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.
E15
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.
E16
The Show Must Go On
The guys take jobs bussing tables to afford Isabelle the opportunity to sing in a night club.
E17
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.
E18
Best Friends
Henry becomes jealous of Kip's revived friendship with his childhood friend, now a rock star.
E19
Cahoots
Kip and Amy agree to help each other get Sonny and Henry.
Season 2 18 episodes
E01
The Truth and Other Lies
Kip's ill timed decision to tell Sonny the truth about his alter ego causes an international incident.
E02
There's No Business
Henry impulsively buys a TV commercial production house and later learns it's heavily in debt.
E03
Reunion
At their class reunion, Henry relives a painful incident with a deaf girl while Kip tries to flaunt Sonny in front of all of his former classmates.
E04
One for You, One for Me
After berating Kip for being irresponsible with money, Henry buys a stolen VCR and is thrown in jail.
E05
On the Road to Monte Carlo
Kip and Henry are nearly crushed in an elevator accident and subsequently decide to experience some wild fantasies before they die.
E06
WaterBalloonGate
Kip and Henry drop a water balloon on a car that turns out to belong to Richard Nixon. After being questioned by the Secret Service, Kip is so shaken that he gives up practical jokes.
E07
All You Need is Love
Depressed after breaking up with another girlfriend, Henry goes to a video dating service, where he meets a beautiful Satanist; Kip tries to lure Sonny into bed.
E08
Other Than That, She's a Wonderful Person
Henry starts to date an interior decorator that nobody else can stand.
E09
The Slightly Illustrated Man
To prove their deep love for Sonny and Henry, Kip and Amy go to a tattoo parlor.
E10
Two Percent Solution
Ruth quits her job and comes to work full time at 60 Seconds Street. When feuds erupt between Ruth and the boys, Amy realizes her stake in the company is significant.
E11
Cablevision
Kip and Henry produce an episode length cable variety show, including an appearance by their special guest star and kidnap victim Penny Marshall.
E12
The Grandfather
Henry saves the life of a little girl who turns out to be the granddaughter of a mob boss.
E13
Hildy's Dirt Nap
A middle aged man falls in love with Hildy, so Henry fakes Hildy's death.
E14
Kip Off the Old Block
After a spat with his wife, Kip's dad seeks refuge with Kip and Henry at the hotel; Kip must explain his lifestyle to his father.
E15
The Way Kip and Henry Were
To cheer up Isabelle, Henry recounts his college days and the story of how the boys began working for Ruth.
E16
Who's on Thirst?
Kip and Henry's weekend at a secluded cabin yields hunger and fears of death. Meanwhile Ruth accidentally lets a tiger loose in New York City.
E17
Not with My Sister, You Pig
Kip is furious when he thinks Henry has acted improperly with his kid sister.
E18
Not the Last Picture Show
Kip, Sonny, Henry and Amy imagine what their lives will be like as senior citizens.
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