Danny Pintauro is celebrating his 40th anniversary Who’s the boss? in a unique way!
On Friday, September 20, Pintauro, 48, who played Jonathan Bower on the 1980s sitcom, revealed that even though the cast couldn’t get together for the big day, that didn’t mean the occasion wasn’t a special one.
“Hey friends, Danny Pintauro here,” he began in a video posted to Instagram. “I have decided that on September 20, from today onwards, Who’s the boss? Day.”
Noting that he wasn’t sure how to make the proposed date “official,” Pintauro explained that he had “decided” to make it that way anyway.
“So, happy Who’s the boss? Dan,” he added, smiling. “And a happy 40th anniversary of the premiere of the first episode of our wonderful television show.”
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The sitcom, which first aired in 1984, ran for 8 seasons and centered on a single father and former professional baseball player (Tony Danza as Tony Micelli) who takes a job as a housekeeper for a powerful advertising executive (Judith Light) as Angela Robinson Bower).
Alyssa Milano landed one of her first television roles on the series playing Tony’s daughter Samantha.
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The show’s song played in the background of Pintauro’s video as he added that he was “so happy to be in your lives for eight years bringing you joy and happiness.”
He was also proud to have played a role in “showing what a good, healthy family looks like.”
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“I just wanted to come here and send some love and light to Tony, Alyssa and Judith because they were the most amazing cast to work with at the time. And I also send them love and light for the great Who’s the boss? day,” he said.
“Unfortunately we can’t be together today or we haven’t been able to organize a reunion because Tony is at the Carlyle, Alyssa is on Broadway at ChicagoJudith is filming a series, I’m out, as you can hear, and I’m just moving,” he said while sitting in the back of a moving truck.
Still, Pintauro, who signed up for “24-hour games” was proud of all the “things happening.”
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Who’s the boss? Stars Alyssa Milano and Danny Pintauro Reunite at Tony Danza’s Cabaret Show in LA Alyssa Milano/Instagram
“I think it’s a good thing. That means we’re all still working and living and loving life, so I’m happy with that,” he concluded.
On her Instagram stories, Milano reposted Pinatauro’s video, as well as shared a fan post celebrating the actor’s ‘Who’s the boss Day’ announcement, tagging her costars.
Meanwhile, Danza shared his own message on social media in honor of the anniversary.
Over a video of the show’s opening credits he previously shared, the actor wrote on his Instagram Stories: “Who’s the Boss premiered 40 years ago tonight!” tagging Milan, Light and Pintaur and adding a heart emoticon.
PEOPLE spoke with Milan for the 40th anniversary. The actress, 51, was 11 when she was cast during her “formative years”.
“So this is the first season where I’ve just come from the theater. So you can say I’m not a sitcom kid yet,” she said, looking at photos of her younger self.
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“A lot of Sam was based on who I was as a kid,” she explained, “which was someone who loved sports, a tomboy, someone who loved her family, tough, scrappy, and everything that was going on in my adolescence. ”
Milano also revealed that the cast has managed to stay close to each other over the years.
“Nobody else understands that experience but us,” she told PEOPLE. “It was a really special cast.”
Who’s the boss? now streaming on Hulu.
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