Bosom Buddies
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Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom best known for starring a young Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as men who disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable women-only apartment building.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bosom Buddies canonical | 8 |
| Bosom Buddies (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3865937 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bosom Buddies Context triple: [Lucille Benson, notableWork, Bosom Buddies]
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A.
The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
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B.
Love, Inc.
Love, Inc. is an American television sitcom that follows a group of dating consultants as they help clients find love while navigating their own romantic lives.
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C.
There's Something About Mary
"There's Something About Mary" is a 1998 romantic comedy film known for its outrageous humor and gross-out gags, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz.
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D.
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy film starring Sandra Bullock as an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a beauty pageant.
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E.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd that explores the complexities of love and friendship between a pregnant social worker and her gay best friend.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bosom Buddies Target entity description: Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom best known for starring a young Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as men who disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable women-only apartment building.
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A.
The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
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B.
Love, Inc.
Love, Inc. is an American television sitcom that follows a group of dating consultants as they help clients find love while navigating their own romantic lives.
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C.
There's Something About Mary
"There's Something About Mary" is a 1998 romantic comedy film known for its outrageous humor and gross-out gags, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz.
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D.
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality is a 2000 comedy film starring Sandra Bullock as an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a beauty pageant.
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E.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd that explores the complexities of love and friendship between a pregnant social worker and her gay best friend.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television sitcom
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television series ⓘ |
| airedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| airedOn | ABC ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| character |
Amy Cassidy
ⓘ
Henry Desmond ⓘ Isabelle Hammond ⓘ Kip Wilson ⓘ Ruth Dunbar ⓘ Sonny Lumet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Chris Thompson
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Robert L. Boyett NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas L. Miller ⓘ |
| finalAired | 1982-03-27 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1980-11-27 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sitcom ⓘ |
| hasFormat | half-hour comedy ⓘ |
| homeMedia | DVD release ⓘ |
| notableFor | early starring role for Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 37 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | My Life ⓘ |
| openingThemePerformer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalTimeSlot | Thursday night ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two young men disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable women-only apartment building ⓘ |
| portrays |
Donna Dixon as Sonny Lumet
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Holland Taylor as Ruth Dunbar ⓘ Peter Scolari as Henry Desmond ⓘ Telma Hopkins as Isabelle Hammond ⓘ Tom Hanks as Kip Wilson ⓘ Wendie Jo Sperber as Amy Cassidy ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Paramount Television Studios
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surface form:
Paramount Television
|
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 24 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Donna Dixon
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Holland Taylor ⓘ Peter Scolari ⓘ Telma Hopkins ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ Wendie Jo Sperber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-dressing
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friendship ⓘ workplace comedy ⓘ |
| workplaceSetting | advertising agency ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bosom Buddies Description of subject: Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom best known for starring a young Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari as men who disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable women-only apartment building.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bosom Buddies (TV series)