Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

calvinnme This show proves that opposites may not attract, but, with some work, they can at least peacefully coexist. Felix is not just compulsively neat, he literally worships at the altar of order. Oscar's philosophy is not to sweat the small stuff and thinks everything is small stuff. One of the reasons this show is still funny today is that most people have personalities that lie between these two extremes and can therefore sympathize and laugh at the actions of both men.The first season focuses on the relationship between Oscar and Felix, pretty much stays in the same neighborhood as the 1968 movie from which it sprang as to story lines, and even has the same actresses from the film playing the Pidgeon Sisters. The first season is good, and helps establish the complete personalities of Oscar and Felix in a way a two hour film just doesn't have time to do, but I think it lacks something in the way of the energy and pace that the subsequent seasons had. "The Odd Couple" had the misfortune of premiering right before shows like "All In the Family" would give birth to modern television as we know it today, along with the frank discussion of controversial subject matter in a comic context.Quite frankly, I think the show would probably have been canceled after its second season if it had not changed to the live set it used from seasons two forward and started broaching more modern topics like it did to help keep pace with the great changes that were taking place in television during the early 70's. I have to give credit to producer Garry Marshall - if he saw something that wasn't quite working in one of his shows, he wasn't afraid to make drastic changes to try and get things back on track. I would say that the "Odd Couple" is one of the few shows that managed to never jump the shark during its five year run. Considering the fact that it aired during a period of great change in American culture - 1970-1975 - that is saying something. Highly recommended.

possumopossum 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.

ShadeGrenade I saw 'The Odd Couple' television series before the movie. I took to it straight away. Tony Randall played 'Felix Unger' a man so fussy about his personal habits ( he insists on washing playing cards before they're used in poker ) that one day his wife decides she can take no more, and throws him out. So he moves in with friend 'Oscar Madison', a slobbish sports commentator. Naturally, their personalities clash, but they remain friends despite their constant bickering. Randall and Klugman were perfectly cast, and thanks to some top-notch scripts ( some by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson ) were able to successfully develop the characters. Monica Evans and Carole Shelley reprised their movie roles as the cuckoo 'Pigeon Sisters' - Cecily and Gwendolyn. My favourite episode was the one where Oscar tells the Pigeons the story of how he and Felix met for the first time - they were doing jury service, and after being trapped in an elevator with Felix for some hours the accused made a full confession!

Brian Washington When I look at this series I always have a great laugh. The chemistry and the timing between Jack Klugman and Tony Randall made this show the classic that it was. This was a great show that had as many gags in thirty minutes that the movie did in two hours. Also, this was the first show that showed how much of a great comic actor Jack Klugman was after years of primarily playing in dramatic roles.