The Odd Couple

Steyn On-line ^ | April 28, 2018 | Mark Steyn

[Inyo-Mono]

Isn’t Neal Hefti the same guy who wrote the theme for the “Batman” TV show in the ‘60s?

[albie]

One of my favorite movies of all time! Loved the TV version with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman even more!

[Bullish]

LOVED the movie! Hated the TV show. The song is great.

[dfwgator]

No better comedy duo than Lemmon and Matthau.

[Calvin Locke]

The only “Neal” in the credits I can recall is “Neal Hamilton”.

[pinkandgreenmom]

“No better comedy duo than Lemmon and Matthau.”

Agree.

[Calvin Locke]

Hated the TV show.

Yeah, that last remake with one of the "Friends" guys was (is?) horrible.

[TBP]

My mother was an extra in that movie. You can see her over Lemmon’s shoulder in the supermarket, talking to the butcher.

[wally_bert]

Love the movie and can take or leave the series.

[TBP]

Yes, he is the one.

[cpdiii]

Grumpy Old Men with Lemon, Matheau and Ann Margret was insanely funny. “

[NonValueAdded]

"I cannot stand little notes on my pillow!" he rages. "'We are all out of cornflakes, FU.' It took me three hours to figure out FU was Felix Ungar."

Confidential to Michelle Wolf:

You can be ROFL funny without being vulgar.

[dfwgator]

I liked another one they did called “Out To Sea”.

[dfwgator]

"I cannot stand little notes on my pillow!" he rages. "'We are all out of cornflakes, FU.' It took me three hours to figure out FU was Felix Ungar."

That reminds of the line Matthau used, in "Out to Sea":

"Where exactly did you go to college, Gordo?"

"Oh, that's a little place called F.U."

[Twotone]

That line did make me laugh out loud!

[Spruce]

The lyrics to the Batman theme song set a standard that will never be achieved again.

[minnesota_bound]

And then Matthau gets up and goes to mix the drinks, and when he returns...

....and then! what happens!

[minnesota_bound]

Art Carney who played a sewer technician in “The Honeymooners” plays Felix in the “The Odd Couple”
That was odd casting.

[jocon307]

“Loved the TV version with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman even more!”

One of my top faves! I only saw the movie once, a long time ago. This article really made me want to watch it again.

I did this show in HS too, it’s a great one set show. The only problem at the HS level is that it’s a small cast and almost all men. But we did it and it was great.