So the vibe is definitely from that time period.įrom little screen to big screen - not too big of a leap! What was the book-to-movie process like for you? Were you involved? I thought maybe the book would be in black and white in the beginning and sort of framed up with an old TV screen.Īnd as I was thinking of the title page and the front of the book, I was almost imagining that there was a TV jingle or theme song going on while he came in as the main character. In a sort of a midcentury modern context. And when I started to design the book and the look of it, I definitely was thinking of it as being a TV show. It was funnier in my mind if he was a white, stereotypical, male boss in the way that the TV shows of my youth showed that sort of character. The illustrations in the Boss Baby are very distinct - almost retro. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Who's the Boss also features Danny Pintauro as Angela's son, Jonathan, and Katherine Helmond as Mona, her sassy, meddling mother.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Boss Baby Author Marla Frazee Though they have a lion's share of mix-ups and arguments, Tony and Angela eventually realize their feelings for one another go beyond friendship.
Despite their differences, Angela can't help but appreciate Tony's fierce loyalty and uncharacteristic tenderness for his daughter, while Tony admires Angela's intelligence and toughness when it comes to holding her own in a nearly exclusively male business environment. The housemates couldn't be any more different, however Tony is an outspoken scrapper from a poor but close-knit Italian populated neighborhood, while Angela is conservative, easily offended, and prone to well-intentioned but over-the-top moral grandstanding.
When Tonyand his tomboy daughter Samantha ( Alyssa Milano) move out of Brooklyn to build a better life for themselves, they find a home in Connecticut with Angela, a single mother and professional who needs a housekeeper while she concentrates on work. Beginning in 1984, Who's the Boss would follow the rocky, antagonistic, yet respect-driven relationship between tough-talking housekeeper Tony Micelli ( Tony Danza) and his uptight boss, Angela Bower ( Judith Light), for eight consecutive seasons.
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