'Who's the Boss?' Star Pintauro: 5 Jobs, No Residuals
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- Danny Pintauro played Jonathan Bower on all eight seasons of the ABC sitcom "Who's the Boss?" during his childhood acting career.
- Pintauro posted an Instagram photo in April that surfaced his part-time gig as an Amazon delivery driver, surprising fans.
- Pintauro said the Amazon delivery role is one of five jobs he currently works, attributing the workload to not making money from residuals.
- Fans reacted with shock to the revelation that the former child star of an eight-season network sitcom was working a gig-economy delivery job.
- The story highlights the gap between long-running 1980s sitcoms' cultural footprint and the residual income available to their young cast members.
Why it matters: Pintauro's eight-season run on a major network sitcom didn't translate into the residual income many assume accompanies long-running TV roles — a reality check for child actors and a reminder that syndication-era residual structures don't always protect the smallest cast members, pushing some toward gig-economy work decades later.
