Role in Popular Culture
In a 1993 episode of The Simpsons, Homer claims to have been the son of Tom Bosley.
Homer and Marge are going to their high school reunion.
- Homer: It'll be great to see the old gang again. Potsie, Ralph Malph, the Fonz.
- Marge: That wasn't you, that was "Happy Days"!
- Homer: No, they weren't all happy days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or the night I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad Tom Bosley had to get it back.
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