Series Description

Who's The Boss was a 30 minute family comedy series on ABC about an ex major-leager working as a housekeeper for a woman executive. They both had children and they all lived together in the lady executive's home. While there were occasional conflicts between the "Jock" and the lady that rules the roost, they all eventually became one big happy household. There was also a lot of potential romance between the two during Who's The Boss which was fun to watch but 'mostly' stayed plutonic. It was also fun watching the kids grow up over the eight-year run!

Who's The Boss Cast

Tony Danza .... Anthony 'Tony' Micelli
Judith Light .... Angela Bower
Alyssa Milano .... Samantha 'Sam' Micelli
Danny Pintauro .... Jonathan Bower
Katherine Helmond .... Mona Robinson
Rhoda Gemignani .... Mrs. Rossini
William Gallo .... Al
Nicole Eggert .... Marci Ferguson
Shana Lane-Block .... Bonnie

Who's The Boss Trivia

The license plate on Sam's first car was a personalized plate. It read, "Sam's Car".

The Who's the Boss TV show had a "spinoff" series titled, "Living Dolls". It was only a marginal spinoff as the main characters for Living Dolls were not regular Cast on Who's the Boss. They did appear, however, in their series' rolls in episode #125 of this series which was (not surprisingly) titled, "Living Dolls"!

Both Angela and Tony were single parents on the series. Angela was divorced and Tony was widowed.

Angela got fired from the Wallace and McQuade agency at the beginning of the third season and opened her own agency. Her mother came to work for her adding a new area for conflict to the program (Man works for Woman AND Mother works for Daughter). Angela also got a boyfriend that season but the storylines tended to make you feel that she should really be with Tony.

The characters played by Katherine Helmond on "Who's The Boss?", "Soap", and "Everybody Loves Raymond" all lived in Connecticut!

Several things happened in the last season of Who's The Boss. Sam got married. Angela and Tony nearly tied the knot several times. Tony got a job in Iowa as a college baseball coach and Angela went with him. She missed her job too much and returned to Connecticut. After failing to find an acceptable housekeeper, Angela found Tony at her door to apply for the job. He had decided that giving their relationship another try was more important than his job.

Judith Light met her husband, "Robert Desiderio" when they were both appearing on the daytime drama, "One Life to Live". Judith won two Emmys, two Soapy Awards and a Soap Opera Hall of Fame Award for her work on that TV show! In fact, one of her performances received so much acclaim that it is used to teach in acting schools and TV Guide Magazine named it as, "100 Most Memorable Moments on Television"!

Alyssa Milano's background made her perfect for her role on the Who's The Boss TV show. Her heritage was Italian in real life and she was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Staten Island. Alyssa got her start at the age of seven when her babysitter tried out for a role for the first national tour of the play, "Annie". Her babysitter didn't get a part but Alyssa was noticed and she did! After that, she did television commercials and off-Broadway plays until her big break on, "Who's The Boss (1984)" at age 10. She has had some controversy in her career since then. She did a "Candies Perfume" commercial in revealing lingerie that some networks refused to air. The print versions of those commercials included pictures of a man applying perfume to her cleavage and a medicine cabinet full of perfume and condoms. "Teen People" and "Seventeen" Magazines refused to print those. She also posed nude in an issue of "Bikini Magazine". She became possibly the first most predominant woman whos nude photos were posted all over the internet. She greatly reduced her exposure there however when she successfully sued a web designer for $230,000! In addition to her acting skills, Alyssa also plays the flute and the piano. A picture of her was used as a model to create "Ariel" in the 1989 Disney film, "The Little Mermaid".

Tony Danza's roles on "Taxi (1978)" and "Who's The Boss (1984)" might lead you to believe that he's no more than a "not too bright" jock but in real life he has a bachelor's degree in history education (and besides ... his role on "Family Law (1999)" finally shows off his mental side). That's not to say that he didn't have athletic abilities too. He earned his degree on a wrestling scholarship. He also boxed professionally before acting and even for the first few seasons on "Taxi (1978)"! In fact, his acting career got its start when he met a producer at a boxing gymnasium in New York.

Danny Pintauro grew up (of course) and earned a degree from Stanford University. He is also an Eagle Scout. In a 1997 interview with the National Enquirer, he stated that he is gay. He said, "It turned into a positive thing. I had nothing to hide. I was not at all secretive about it. Everyone in my life knew." He has said that he often watches reruns of Who's The Boss because, to him, it's like looking through an old yearbook.

Who's the Boss Theme Song

Title: Brand New Life

By: Larry Carlton, Robert Craft, Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter

There's a time for love and a time for living.
You take a chance and face the wind.
An open road and a road that's hidden.
A brand new life around the bend.

There were times when I lost a dream or two.
Found the trail, and at the end was you.
There's a path you take and a path untaken.
The choice is up to you my friend.

Nights are long but you're on your way,
To a brand new life,
Brand new life,
Brand new life around the bend.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. Pilot Episode (9/20/1984)
2. Briefless Encounter (9/27/1984)
3. Angela's First Fight (10/23/1984)
4. Mona Gets Pinned (10/30/1984)
5. A Rash Decision (11/13/1984)
6. Dinner For Two (11/20/1984)
7. Sorority Sister (11/27/1984)
8. Truth in Dating (12/4/1984)
9. Sports Buddies (12/11/1984)
10. Requiem (12/18/1984)
11. Samantha's Growing Up (1/8/1985)
12. Paint Your Wagon (1/15/1985)
13. Protecting the President (1/22/1985)
14. Guess Who's Coming Forever? (1/29/1985)
15. Angela's Ex - Part 1 (2/5/1985)
16. Angela's Ex - Part 2 (2/12/1985)
17. Eye on Angela (2/19/1985)
18. Double Date (2/26/1985)
19. Tony's Father-in-Law (3/5/1985)
20. Just Like Tony (3/12/1985)
21. Keeping Up With Marci (4/9/1985)
22. First Kiss (4/16/1985)

23. It Happened One Summer - Part 1 (9/24/1985)
24. It Happened One Summer - Part 2 (10/1/1985)
25. Ad Man Micelli (10/8/1985)
26. The Heiress (10/15/1985)
27. Tony The Matchmaker (10/29/1985)
28. Custody - Part 1 (11/5/1985)
29. Custody - Part 2 (11/12/1985)
30. Hunk of the Month (11/19/1985)
31. Thanksgiving At Mrs. Rossini's (11/26/1985)
32. The Prodigal Father-In-Law (12/3/1985)
33. The Graduate (12/10/1985)
34. Tony the Nanny (12/17/1985)
35. Junior Excutive (1/7/1986)
36. Educating Tony (1/14/1986)
37. Gotta Dance (1/21/1986)
38. The Babysitter (1/28/1986)
39. When Worlds Collide (2/4/1986)
40. Jonathan Plays Cupid (2/11/1986)
41. Losers and Other Strangers (2/18/1986)
42. Tony For President (2/25/1986)
43. Not With My Client You Don't (3/4/1986)
44. Angela's New Best Friend (3/25/1986)
45. There's No Business Like Shoe Business (4/1/1986)
46. The Unnatural (4/8/1986)
47. Charmed Lives (5/6/1986)
48. The Anniversary Show (5/13/1986)

49. Angela Gets Fired - Part 1 (9/23/1986)
50. Angela Gets Fired - Part 2 (9/30/1986)
51. Daddy's Little Montague Girl (10/21/1986)
52. Mona's Limo (10/28/1986)
53. The Hickey (11/4/1986)
54. Wedding Bells? (11/11/1986)
55. Jonathan The Gymnast (11/18/1986)
56. Semi-Private Lives (11/25/1986)
57. Forgive Me, Tony (12/2/1986)
58. Spud Micelli (12/9/1986)
59. The Christmas Card (12/16/1986)
60. The Way We Was (1/6/1987)
61. Jonathan Kills Tony (1/13/1987)
62. Marie's Secret (1/20/1987)
63. Tony, the Patchmaker (1/27/1987)
64. Hit The Road, Chad (2/3/1987)
65. Raging Housekepeper (2/10/1987)
66. The Proposal (2/17/1987)
67. Diet in Cell Block 11 (2/24/1987)
68. Older Than Springtime (3/3/1987)
69. Walk on the Mild Side (3/17/1987)
70. Reconciable Differences (3/31/1987)
71. Mona (5/12/1987)
72. A Moving Episode (5/19/1987)

73. Frankie and Tony Are Lover (9/22/1987)
74. Big Girl on Campus (9/29/1987)
75. There Goes the Bride (10/6/1987)
76. A Trip on the Principal (10/13/1987)
77. New Kid in Town (10/27/1987)
78. Two on a Billboard (11/3/1987)
79. A Farewell to Nick (11/10/1987)
80. Hell on Wheels (11/17/1987)
81. A Fishy Tale (11/24/1987)
82. Car and Driver (12/1/1987)
83. Just Mona and Me (12/8/1987)
84. Yellow Submarine (12/15/1987)
85. Another Single Parent (1/5/1988)
86. All in the Famiglia (1/12/1988)
87. Steady as She Goes (1/19/1988)
88. Tony and the Dreamtones (2/2/1988)
89. The Matriculator (2/9/1988)
90. Three Teens and a Tony (3/1/1988)
91. Housekeeper Unite (3/15/1988)
92. Model Daughter (3/22/1988)
93. Marry Me, Mona (3/29/1988)
94. Prom Night II (5/3/1988)
95. Sleep Talk, Sweet Talk (5/10/1988)
96. The Two Tonys (5/17/1988)

97. Sam's Car (10/18/1988)
98. My Fair Tony (10/25/1988)
99. Nineteen Again (11/1/1988)
100. Yankee Doodle Micelli (11/22/1988)
101. A Jack Story (11/29/1988)
102. Double Dump (12/6/1988)
103. Life with Father (12/13/1988)
104. A Sprited Christmas (12/20/1988)
105. Teacher's Pet (1/3/1989)
106. Mrs. Rosini's Uncle (1/10/1989)
107. Your Grandmother's A Bimbo (1/29/1989)
108. Ton-An-Enterprises (1/31/1989)
109. Cardinal Sin (2/7/1989)
110. Winter Break (2/14/1989)
111. First Date (2/21/1989)
112. Party Double (2/28/1989)
113. Boozin' Buddies (3/7/1989)
114. Heather Can Wait (3/21/1989)
115. Men are People, Too (4/4/1989)
116. Working Girls (4/11/1989)
117. Tony Does Golf (4/25/1989)
118. Ode To Angela (5/2/1989)
119. In Sam We Trust (5/9/1989)
120. It's Somebody's Birthday (5/16/1989)

121. In Search Of Tony (9/19/1989)
122. Life's a Ditch (9/26/1989)
123. In Your Dreams (10/3/1989)
124. Sam's Novel Romance (10/10/1989)
125. Living Dolls (10/17/1989)
126. Tony and the Professor (10/24/1989)
127. Mother and Child Disunion (10/31/1989)
128. Sam Can Manage (11/7/1989)
129. Supermom Burnout (11/14/1989)
130. Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape (11/21/1989)
131. To Tony, with Love (11/28/1989)
132. The World According To Jonathan (12/5/1989)
133. Gambling Jag (12/12/1989)
134. Sam Accelerates (1/2/1990)
135. Tony Kills (1/9/1990)
136. Dear Landlord (1/16/1990)
137. Mona and Walter and Sam and Eric (1/23/1990)
138. Micelli's Marauders (1/30/1990)
139. Her Father's Daughter (2/6/1990)
140. Take Me Back To The Ballgame (2/13/1990)
141. I Dream of Genealogy (2/20/1990)
142. Couple Trouble (2/27/1990)
143. Operation Mona (3/13/1990)
144. Road Scholar (3/27/1990)
145. Beautician Heal Thyself (4/10/1990)
146. Sit Down and Be Counted (5/1/1990)
147. The All-Nighter (5/8/1990)

148. Ridiculous Liaisons (9/18/1990)
149. Hey Dude! (9/25/1990)
150. The Famous Robinson Sisters (10/2/1990)
151. Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind (10/9/1990)
152. One Flew Over The Empty Nest (10/16/1990)
153. The Kid (10/23/1990)
154. Parental Guidance Suggested (10/30/1990)
155. Roomies (11/6/1990)
156. Four Alarm Tony (11/13/1990)
157. Starlight Memories (11/20/1990)
158. Inherit The Wine (11/27/1990)
159. Who's Minding The Kid? (12/4/1990)
160. Broadcast Blues (12/18/1990)
161. Days of Blunder (1/8/1991)
162. You Can Go Home Again (1/22/1991)
163. Ms. Mom (1/29/1991)
164. The Unsinkable Tony Micelli (2/5/1991)
165. Tony and Angela Get Divorced (2/12/1991)
166. Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Birds and The Bees (2/19/1991)
167. Party Politics (2/26/1991)
168. Choose Me (3/12/1991)
169. Tony and the Princess (3/26/1991)
170. Between a Rock and a Hard Place (4/16/1991)
171. The Road To Washington - Part 1 (4/30/1991)
172. The Road To Washington - Part 2 (5/7/1991)

173. Seer of Love (9/28/1991)
174. An Affair to Forget (10/5/1991)
175. Misery (10/12/1991)
176. Selling Sam Short (10/19/1991)
177. Tony Bags a Big One (10/26/1991)
178. A Well-Kept Housekeeper (11/2/1991)
179. Death and Love - Part 1 (11/9/1991)
180. Death and Love - Part 2 (11/16/1991)
181. Grandmommie Dearest (11/23/1991)
182. Field of Screams (11/30/1991)
183. This Sold House (12/7/1991)
184. Tony Can You Spare a Dime? (1/4/1992)
185. Mrs. Al (1/11/1992)
186. Who's The Boss? (1/25/1992)
187. Tony Micelli, This is Your Life (2/1/1992)
188. Allergic To Love (2/8/1992)
189. Better off Wed - Part 1 (2/15/1992)
190. Better off Wed - Part 2 (2/22/1992)
191. Tony and the Honeymooners (2/29/1992)
192. Split Decision (3/21/1992)
193. Mr. Micelli Builds His Dream House (3/28/1992)
194. Savor The Veal - Part 1 (4/18/1992)
195. Savor The Veal - Part 2 (4/25/1992)
196. Savor The Veal - Part 3 (4/25/1992)