Top Ten Bosses

In case you didn't know, yesterday was National Boss Day.  In honor of bosses everywhere, here's a list of my favorite bosses.  Some of them I could not stand, and would have quit my job if I had to work for them.  A couple of them would have been very cool to work for.  Here are my Top Ten Bosses, in no particular order.

1.  Mr. Mooney - Even with all of the shenanigans that Lucy pulled, Mr. Mooney never actually fired her.  Sure, he yelled "You're fired!" at Lucy every other episode, but he didn't mean it.  He would even give Lucy an advance on her salary if she needed some extra cash.  Somehow, I think when bosses today say "you're fired" they really mean it, and we won't be hired back at the end of the 30-minute episode like Lucy. 

2.  Mr. Drysdale - Being in charge of the Commerce Bank Of Beverly Hills had it's major perks - Mr. Drysdale had one of the biggest offices of any TV boss.  He also had one of the best secretaries of the TV bosses, too.  Miss Jane even drove him everywhere in her cool convertible.  Even though he would get hot over something and steam would come out of his ears, Mr. Drysdale did a great job taking care of the Clampetts and their millions.

3.  Mr. Dithers - It wasn't easy being Dagwood's boss.  Mr. Dithers spent most of his time yelling at Dagwood for sleeping at his desk, or telling him he had to work overtime.  Unlike the other bosses in my list, I still don't know what type of business Mr. Dithers was actually in charge of.

4.  Lou Grant - He appeared to be a grizzly bear while he was in charge of the news room and then later on, the newspaper.  But in reality, Mr. Grant was a teddy bear.  Mary Richards was one of the few that saw his soft side.  I wouldn't have minded working for Mr. Grant. 

5.  Louie DePalma - I don't ever remember seeing Louie smile on "Taxi."  Even though he worked for the Sunshine Taxi Cab Company, he certainly wasn't sunny.  If one of the drivers hacked him off, he would get even by giving them cab #413, aka Widow Maker.  Louie was even more unscrupulous than Abby Ewing.

6.  Mr. Spacely - Like Mr. Mooney, Mr. Spacely was always firing George Jetson, but he, too, would give George his job back at the end of the show.  I bet they paid pretty good at Spacely Sprockets.  I think I might have liked to work there.

7.  Dr. Paul Romano - He ran a tight ship at County General Hospital.  I'm glad he was a surgeon and chief of staff, because he sure had no bedside manner.  I think he was the biggest ass of any boss on TV and cartoons.  It serves him right getting killed when the helicopter that cut off his arm fell on him. 

8.  Larry Tate - He was another boss with the patience of a saint.  He put up with a lot of weird stuff from Darren Stevens and his wife Samantha.  He also had to deal with Darren's mother-in-law a few times, too.  He was a cool boss, and had a pretty cool office, too. 

9.  Tony Soprano - He had no qualms about having people killed, but at the same time he took care of his employees.  All they had to do was be loyal to him, and he'd take care of them no matter what.  You'd think he would have had a big, fancy office instead of conducting business in the backroom of a bar.

10.  Charlie Townsend - Charlie was the best boss of them all, simply because he never came into the office.  He wasn't there in the office hanging over the Angels' shoulders, or calling them every five minutes.