YMMV / Bosom Buddies

• Growing the Beard: The second season, which mostly did without the Disguised in Drag element, is generally better-regarded than the first; Tom Hanks has also said he was happier in the second season because they were able to get the pilot's director, Joel Zwick, to be the full-time director.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The executives forced the writers to include the drag plotline because they thought that TV audiences would never want to watch a sitcom about the advertising industry. Turns out they were kind of right...because they would've preferred to see a prestige drama about the advertising industry
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • The whole reason why anyone remembers this series is for it being where Tom Hanks launched his career.
  • A then-unknown Bob Saget appears in one episode as an unnamed stand-up comedian.
• Stuck in Their Shadow: Peter Scolari was often derided (in spite of his later, Emmy-nominated turn on Newhart) to a point of Kick the Dog entirely on the basis of Tom Hanks' career^note It should be noted that Hanks has nothing but fond memories of working on the show and remains good friends with all of his cast members.

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