Friday, February 10, 2017

Who's the Boss?: All in the Famiglia

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ABC
January 12, 1988
Sitcom
DVD
B

Tony's relatives visit from Italy: Uncle Aldo (Vito Scotti again); his sister, Tony's Aunt Rosa (Antonia Rey, in a role she'd repeat a couple years later); and two cousins whose relation to the others is unclear, 20ish Maurizio (a pre-21-Jump-Street Richard Grieco) and college student Laura.  Since Rosa is referred to as Tony's great-aunt, and everyone's last name is Micelli, I guess Aldo and Rosa are the brother and sister of the grandfather who helped raise Tony.  (We'll see him in a flashback later.)

Rosa, who doesn't speak much English, although Aldo is now relatively fluent, at first doesn't warm up to Angela, but she soon matchmakes her with Tony, Maurizio, and then Tony again.  Maurizio does develop a crush on Angela, who's flattered.  Tony tells Maurizio that he and Angela have a "warm and confused relationship" he'd like to keep that way.  And he tells Aldo to tell Rosa that he'll marry Angela someday.  Angela looks quite pleased to hear this, even though Tony just said it to make peace.

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