Saturday9 ~ Brand New Life

Brand New Life

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Saturday 9: Brand New Life (The Theme from Who's the Boss) (1984)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) Who's the Boss? is a sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992. Were you a fan? I was

2) This week's song was composed by the show's producers, two men not known as songwriters. Have you ever tried your hand at songwriting? no

3) The lyrics tell us that, as we go through life, it's not uncommon to "lose a dream or two." Do you agree? Have you ever had to give up on a dream? I do agree, and I have...

4) Who's the Boss? was about a highly-paid executive who hires a housekeeper. In the 1980s, it was unusual because the exec was a woman and the housekeeper was a man. Do you believe a man can be as good at housework as a woman? I do

5) Though the show's star, Tony Danza, graduated from University of Dubuque and was prepared to be a teacher, he got sidetracked. Back in New York, he boxed and tended bar and fell into acting. He finally did teach in 2010, taking over a 10th grade English class. How many different occupations have you held?

• I babysat as a teen
• McDonald's
• cashier at Meijer
• cashier at a local grocery store
• a baker at a gas station/produce/bakery
• worked in the bakery at Meijer
• receptionist at a chiropracter office
• a recepitionist at a doctor office
• medical assistant at a few doctors offices
• owner of my own daycare - 17 years
• ** then back into the medical field **
• medical assistant at an urgent care
• scheduler for 30+ doctors
• worked at a Christian bookstore
• a scheduler at a home health agency
• to my now position of a scheduler for the Gastroenterology and Colorectal Surgery office for multiple doctors

6) On the show, his daughter was played by Alyssa Milano. When she was a teenager, she rebelled against the show's producers by cutting off her long hair and wearing a pixie style. Were you a rebellious teen? not really

7) "The Boss" was Judith Light, who had been known to TV audiences from her work on One Life to Live. She met Robert Desiderio on the set of the soap opera and they have been married more than 34 years. Tell us where one of your romances got started. I was at my cousin's looking at her son's 1st birthday pictures, and came across this one of a really cute guy... I asked who he was and if he was single... she said he was and that she would introduce us..... and the rest is history... we have been together for almost 29 years... love my Italian, guitar playing hubby!

8) The show -- rebroadcast with subtitles -- was a hit in Italy, where it was known as Casalingo Superpiù (Super Housekeeper). Say something to us in Italian. Spero che tu abbia un bellissimo sabato

9) Random question -- Have you more recently watched the sun rise or set? a sunrise