Maybe it's because I saw the movie on network television and it was edited, or because I was too young to understand a lot of some of the deeper humor in the movie, but I thought the show was better than the movie. This show ran throughout my high school years in the early and mid seventies. Forget Matthau and Lemmon, Jack Klugman and Tony Randall WERE Oscar and Felix. My brother and I could have been the odd couple, and we wouldn't have even had to act. (I'm Oscar, right down to the cigar and the meatloaf under my bed. My brother was Felix. We would have been perfect. Too bad we were too young.)
Sitcoms just seemed to get sillier and sillier after this show, until now, they're just stupid. This was the last of the great sitcoms. (Okay, ALL IN THE FAMILY and SANFORD AND SON were up there with this show, but they all came out at around the same time.) Television comedy hasn't been the same since the last episode of ODD COUPLE was aired. Unlike SANFORD AND SON and ALL IN THE FAMILY, the comedy didn't try to be social or political. Just showed the pitfalls of two different personalities under the same roof and some potential problems (and comedy) that come with it. Can't wait to get the DVDs.
Sitcoms just seemed to get sillier and sillier after this show, until now, they're just stupid. This was the last of the great sitcoms. (Okay, ALL IN THE FAMILY and SANFORD AND SON were up there with this show, but they all came out at around the same time.) Television comedy hasn't been the same since the last episode of ODD COUPLE was aired. Unlike SANFORD AND SON and ALL IN THE FAMILY, the comedy didn't try to be social or political. Just showed the pitfalls of two different personalities under the same roof and some potential problems (and comedy) that come with it. Can't wait to get the DVDs.